Emerging Economies like Brazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa, etc. have been part of the globalization process for a long time and these parts of the world has been in the limelight since 1991. Their involvement has added new dimensions in terms of theoretical perspectives and management practices in the domain of international business. The engagement of emerging economies in the rapid globalization process has brought transformation on several aspects of emerging economies such as enterprises, industries, science and technology, tradition and culture, history, institutions and on the overall performance of emerging economies. The above issues are covered under seven tracks of the conference.

IIM Indore will be launching the Global Research and Knowledge Management (GRKM) web in the conference were in IIM Indore and eight universities collaborating with IIM Indore from Germany, France, England, New Zealand, USA, Spain and China will be integrated. Indian faculty members and corporate will get full access to the knowledge bank of these participative institutions. The success stories of Indian corporate and management knowledge of Indian professors will be disseminated to the world through the world wide global research and knowledge management (GRKM) web thus gaining brand recognition and enhancement of brand value internationally for Indian companies and academic society.