Latin American Firms Competing in the Global Economy
2012 BALAS Annual Conference
March 28-30, 2012 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hosted by PUC-Rio (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)

Paper Submission Due Date November 1, 2011 (CLOSED)

Global competition is well-known to Latin American firms. As their domestic market has been contested by foreign competitors, opportunities abroad have also emerged and been exploited. While there have been noteworthy setbacks as well as remarkable triumphs, several challenges and prospects still remain. From both theoretical and managerial perspectives, it is important to understand what mistakes have been made, what courses have paid off, and what lessons have been learned.

For the BALAS 2012 conference, we are particularly interested in contributions about the pattern of internationalization of Latin American firms – their trajectories and their management of geographically dispersed operations. Also, a discussion of the similarities and differences of Latin American firms vis-à-vis those of other continents as well as across Latin American firms themselves would be enlightening. Advancement of the implications for academic research, managerial practice and public policy would be greatly welcome. Besides inviting you to submit to the Conference Theme Tracks, BALAS also encourages submissions to the regular Conference Tracks. All papers submitted are to focus on the business or economic environment of Latin America or the Caribbean. Paper submission deadline is November 1, 2011.

BALAS publishes a conference Proceedings of the papers accepted and presented at the conference. In addition the Journal of Business Research and Academia / Revista Latinoamericana de Administración will publish special issues with the best papers of the BALAS 2012 conference.

CONFERENCE THEME TRACKS
Strategies for Global Competitiveness
Impact of Public Policy on the International Expansion of Latin American Firms
Managing in a Polarized Regional World

GENERAL LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS TRACKS
Accounting, Taxation and Management Information and Control Systems
Consumer Behavior
Corporate Finance
Culture, Social and Ethical Issues
Economic Environment and Regional Integration
Entrepreneurship and Family Business
Financial Markets, Investment and Risk Management
Human Resource Management
Information Technology Management
Marketing Management
Management Education and Teaching Cases
Supply-Chain and Operations Management

Programme Chair: Jorge Carneiro, PUC-Rio (jorgemtc@iag.puc-rio.br)

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