Out of total 79 eligible voters, 56 members casted their votes, all in favor of all nominees. The exception is that one member casted a vote against one of the nominees. The new executive committee members for 2003 are

ARTICLE X - COMMITTEES, ADVISORY BOARD AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Call For Papers And Participation
European Applied Business Research Conference
Venice, Italy
June 09-13, 2003

The next European ABR Conference will be held at the Ramada Hotel Venezia in Venice, Italy during the week of June 09-13, 2003. The hotel where we are meeting has rooms beginning at only $99 Euro per night for a single-use double room, $150 Euro for a double room, and $200 Euro for a triple room. One of the world's most famous and unusual cities comprised of about 120 islands, with its transportation all on water. For over 400 years, Venice has been considered a tourist attraction, with its historic churches, palaces, museums, famed gondolas, fine food, and many shops. Submit your abstract or proposal to EABR Conference, PO Box 620760, Littleton, CO 80162 USA or email to cluter@wapress.com by April 30, 2003. Any applied business or economics related research manuscript or teaching related manuscript or case is welcome. The format of the paper is not important at this point. The final version on diskette (or email attachment) and conference fee must be received by May 30, 2003. The conference registration fee is $350 with a $100 fee for each additional paper presented. Please contact us if a deadline will be missed.

Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions

Hawaii International Conference on Business
June 18-21, 2003
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu Hawaii, USA

Submission Deadline: January 16, 2003

Sponsored by: University of Hawaii - West Oahu

Web address: http://www.hicbusiness.org
email address: business@hicbusiness.org

International Conference
Economics and Management of Networks - 2003
Special Topic: Franchising Networks

The first International Conference on Economics and Management of Networks will be held at the University of Vienna from June 26 to June 28, 2003, in Vienna, Austria. The purpose of the conference is to provide an international discussion forum for the research in economics and management of franchising networks. Theoretical, conceptual and empirical papers from all aeras in economics and management of franchising are invited.

Areas of interest are Theories of Franchising, Ownership and Control, Organization Structure, Economics and Law, Knowledge Management, Strategic Management, Contract Design, Organizational Behavior, Industry Studies, International Management, IT and Franchising Network, Comparative Institutional Analysis,

Procedures for Submitting Papers
Authors who want to present a paper should submit an abstract (1 page) and return the enclosed response form as soon as possible, but not later than March 15, 2003. Please e-mail or fax the response form to:

Deadlines:

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Tsinghua University will co-organize the 2003 Symposium on China Accounting and Finance Research in Hong Kong on June 27-28, 2003. The Symposium will bring together world leading accounting and finance academics to explore and exchange views on China’s accounting, corporate governance, auditing, taxation, financial management, and securities markets.

You are cordially invited to submit papers to the symposium. All submitted papers will be subjected to a blind review. One author (presenter) of each accepted paper will be provided with a round-trip air fare of up to US$1,200 (Eeconomy class) (Up to USD1,000), 2 nights of accommodation, and a waiver of the registration fee. With the consent of the authors, accepted papers will be given fast-track consideration for publication in the bilingual journal China Accounting and Finance Review. The Symposium is chaired by Prof. Judy Tsui, Dean of Faculty of Business and Information Systems, Chair Professor of Accounting, at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Prof. Xiaoyue Chen, Director of Accounting Research Institute at Tsinghua University and Vice President of the National Accounting Institute

Keynote Speakers:

Papers exploring topics that are related to China accounting and finance research will be most welcome. Specific areas include, but are not restricted to, the following::

The deadline for submission is 14 February 2003. Authors will be notified of decisions by 1 April 2003. Submissions should be made in the form of a completed paper. For submissions from outside of Mainland China (including Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas), please send two copies of a full paper to Prof. Jeong-Bon Kim while sending to Prof. Xiao Chen otherwise.

An increasing number of organizations are seeking to get more sessions while new organizations attempt (often unsuccessfully) to enter ASSA and take away with some. As the total number of sessions is fixed and the KAEA is being one of the smallest if not the smallest organizations, we face the constant threat of losing the sessions. We lost one session this year. To keep the remaining three sessions, it is imperative for members to attend KAEA-sponsored sessions and to pay their dues. The number of due-paying members is ever more important to keep the allotted sessions at the ASSA annual convention. Please send your membership due for 2002 to KAEA treasurer: