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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am happy to share with you that IMI-New Delhi is hosting the 7<sup>th</sup> ISDSI & 5<sup>th</sup> OSCM International conference in collaboration with The Indian Subcontinent Region of Decision Sciences Institute will be held at IMI, New Delhi, India from 28 to 30 December 2013. Detailed call for papers can be found at the following website:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://cba.uah.edu/guptaj/ISDSI_CFP.pdf">http://cba.uah.edu/guptaj/ISDSI_CFP.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We take this opportunity to invite you with your intellectual contributions to this international conference to share, discuss and deliberate on a variety of research agendas, ideas and findings in all disciplines related to decision making, decision processes and their impact on performance excellence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Paper(s) can be submitted online at <a href="http://www.imi.edu/page_show/conference_show?cid=8" target="_blank">http://www.imi.edu/page_show/conference_show?cid=8</a> or alternatively can be sent to <a href="mailto:isdsi2013@imi.edu" target="_blank">isdsi2013@imi.edu</a><span style='color:#363636'>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Conference Highlights:</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An opportunity to interact and network with senior Professors and researchers from reputed Universities/institutions across the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The best paper in each category (Theoretical/Empirical, Application, student paper/Ph.D thesis) will be awarded.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Selected papers will be published in the form of edited book and also be considered for publication special issues of:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Operations & Supply Chain Management: An International Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Global Business Review <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>International Journal of Management Perspectives<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Economic Outlook: Magazine for Economic and Practice Issues<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal’, Emerald Publishing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#363636'> ·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#363636'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#363636'>American Journal of Business, Emerald Publishing</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in other international journals and in edited books.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Doctoral consortium for doctoral research scholars will be held on Day 1 of the conference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more details and registration refer to the conference website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Requested to kindly circulate the <b>call for papers</b> to your colleagues and friends.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br>_________________________________________________________________ <br>Jatinder (Jeet) N. D. Gupta, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Associate Dean for Graduate and Sponsored Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Director of Integrated Enterprise Lab<br>Eminent Scholar and Professor<br>College of Business Administration <br>The University of Alabama in Huntsville <br>301 Sparkman Drive<br>Huntsville, AL 35899 <br>Phone: 256-824-6593 (office)<br> 256-288-0150 (home) <br>FAX: 256-824-4339<br>E-mail: guptaj@uah.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>