Managing In Global Economy

The Eastern Academy of Management initiated the first international conferences in the Academy of Management in 1985 with Managing in Global Economy I, hosted by the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands. Succeeding conferences:
	2009: Rio de Janeiro
	2007: Amsterdam
	2005: Cape Town
	2003: Porto
	2001: San Jose
	1999: Prague
	1997: University College Dublin, Ireland
	1995: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
	1993: The Paul-Lobe Institute, Berlin, Germany
	1991: CERAM ESC Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
	1989: Chinese University of Hong Kong
	1987: Deree College, Athens, Greece
These conferences are designed to facilitate an ongoing dialogue among U.S. management scholars and executives and their counterparts overseas. In addition to refereed competitive papers and keynote presentations by leading scholars and executives, a unique feature of the conference includes corporate sessions, on-site meetings held with CEOs and top management of leading industries. In the Netherlands, we met with executives of Phillips N.V. and Europort-Rotterdam. In Greece, sessions were held with management of Epiriotiki Shipping on board a ship of their fleet. In Hong Kong, we discussed current issues with the management MC Packaging, a global family firm, and with Computer Products, a Chinese subsidiary of an American-based company. Designed for 150 people, the conferences are planned so that all attendees participate. A proceedings is published for each conference. Please visit the Cape Town web site if you wish to work on the conference.