Southwest Decision Sciences Institute

www.swdsi.org

Thirty-Fifth Annual Conference

March 2-6, 2004

Caribe Royale Suites & Convention Center, Orlando, Florida

 

 

TRACKS & CHAIRS:

 

Accounting
Roderick B. Posey
University of Southern Mississippi
Posey@cba.usm.edu

 

Economics & Finance
Hadley Leavell
Sam Houston State University

fin_whl@shsu.edu

 

eCommerce
P. Pete Chong
University of Houston - Downtown
ChongP@uhd.edu

 

DSS/ES/KM
Mohan Rao
University
of Texas - Pan American
rao@panam.edu

 

Global Business
Balasundrum Maniam
Sam Houston State University

maniam@shsu.edu

 

Health Care
John Vassar
LSU-
Shreveport
jvassar@pilot.lsus.edu

 

Innovative Education
Fred Kitchens
Ball State University

fkitchens@bsu.edu

 

Management Information Systems
Utpal Bose
University of Houston - Downtown
boseu@uhd.edu

 

Management
Bonnie F. Daily
New Mexico State University

bdaily@nmsu.edu

Marketing
John Cox
Ouachita Baptist University

coxj@obu.edu

 

Operations & Supply Chain Mgt.
Charlotte Jones
LSU-Shreveport
cjones@pilot.lsus.edu

 

eGovernment/NonProfit Admin.
Richard Alan McMahon, Sr.
University of Houston - Downtown
mcmahonr@uhd.edu

 

Quantitative Methods & Quality
Robert Pavur
University
of North Texas
pavur@unt.edu

 

Student Track
David Chou
Eastern Michigan University

david.chou@emich.edu

 

Proceedings Editor

Farhad Moeeni
Arkansas State University

moeeni@astate.edu

 

 

VOLUNTEERS:

 

Anyone interested in participating in the program as a session chair or reviewer should communicate her/his interests to the Program Chair.  A volunteer participation form is available on our website.

Revised Deadline for Paper Submissions: October 1, 2003

Program Chair: John Seydel, Arkansas State University

 

 

Competitive Papers.  Papers or detailed abstracts are invited in, but not limited to, the track areas listed.  All papers will be blind refereed electronically, and accepted papers will be published in the conference Proceedings.  Abstracts should be of sufficient detail to indicate clearly the objectives of the research.  Preference is given to completed papers.  It is understood that submissions have not been previously published in a Proceedings or journal, nor are submissions currently under review for publication or presentation elsewhere.  Submission of a paper implies that an author will register for the conference, attend the conference, and personally present the paper, if accepted.  Concurrent submission/presentation of the same or similar paper at another conference is considered a breach of professional ethics.

 

Program Participation.  Paper reviewers, discussants, and session chairpersons will be needed for a successful program.  Please contact the Program Chair or one of the Track Chairs to indicate your interest by July 15, 2003.  Symposia, tutorials, and workshops on current topics are invited.  Please contact the Program Chair concerning these proposals.

 

Distinguished Paper Awards.  Distinguished paper awards are once again being sponsored by Irwin Publishing, Inc., to recognize the outstanding papers submitted at the FBD conference.

 

Student Papers.  Cash awards will be presented to the top three student papers. Papers submitted in the student track must be solely of student authorship.

 

Instructional Innovation Award.  Alpha Iota Delta is sponsoring an award that is intended to recognize outstanding contributions that advance instructional approaches within the decision sciences.  The focus of this award is innovation in college- or university-level teaching.  A plaque will be awarded to the author(s) of the paper judged best within the Innovative Education track.

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS

1.     Author(s) should submit papers via email attachment directly to the Program Chair at jseydel@astate.edu.  Abstracts should be a minimum of three pages; papers should not exceed twenty pages.  The more complete and detailed the submission, the greater its chance for acceptance.  Hard copies will not be accepted.

2.     Each submission must include a separate title page with the following information:

(1)     title of submission

(2)     type of submission (i.e., Refereed Research Paper,  Non-Refereed  Research  Abstract, Workshop Proposal, Tutorial Proposal, Panel Proposal, or Symposium Proposal).  The non-refereed research abstract can be submitted as just a page but it will not be published in the Proceedings. 

(3)     author(s)                          

(4)     affiliation(s)                       

(5)     complete address(es)         

(6)     telephone number(s)          

(7)     email address of the author(s)

(8)     name of the dean(s) of the affiliate school(s)

(9)     track (or topic) that best fits the submission

(10)  corresponding author

 

3.     The main body of the paper, abstract, or proposal must have a title but should not include author name(s).

 

4.     All submissions must be received by October 1, 2003.  Acceptance/rejection notifications, as well as publication guidelines, will be provided by November 21, 2003. Submission deadline for the Proceedings is January 12, 2004.

 

5.     A pre-registration fee will be required before papers are accepted by the Proceedings Editor.


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