The global wealth concentration problem is getting worse as the wealth gap between the rich and the poor is rising every day. The estimates of OXFAM show that the amount of wealth ownership of only eight men and the poorest half of the world is the same. The top 1% richest individuals own more wealth than the remaining 99%. On the other hand the environment is heavily getting polluted due to greater dependence on plastic owing to its inexpensive and durability characteristics. Plastic pollutes land, waterways, and oceans and it's profoundly affecting sustainable livelihood and health of all human beings on earth. Both, wealth concentration and plastic pollution, are the outcomes of the selfishness nature of businesses under the current system of capitalism. The concept of social business promoted by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is an answer to both above-mentioned problems.  The details of the principles of social business developed by Professor Yunus are available HERE.

The 8th Social Business Academia Conference (SBAC 2019), an interdisciplinary conference to be held on November 5-6, 2019, would like to focus on how social business can overcome existing socio-economic problems in the world. The conference is devoted to the ongoing development of theory and research on social business and its impact on societies around the world. The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars in social business to discuss emerging concepts and themes in social business research. Conceptual papers, research papers quantitative or qualitative, case studies and practitioner contributions are welcome.

General Subjects for Conference Papers:

The conference intends to be interdisciplinary and welcomes contributions from anyone who has a perspective on the concept of social business. Papers are welcome on any topics related to the concept of social business and suggested themes for papers include:

1. Poverty and wealth concentration.
2. Promoting sustainable development including climate change, health improvement, plastic pollution control, and environmental sustainability.
3. Achieving UN SDGs through the application of the social business methodology.
4. Affordable healthcare for bottom-most people.
5. Application of technologies in achieving qualitative changes in the lives of the unreachable people.
6. Identifies the differences and similarities among the concepts of social business, social entrepreneurship, social enterprise, social economy, social impact investment, corporate social responsibility, etc.
7. Issues related to the financing of social businesses including innovative financing techniques (potentials and limitations of various financing options, like bonds, venture capital, crowdfunding, philanthropic capital, etc.).
8. Various examples of the application of the social business concept.
9. Research and teaching methodologies of social business.
10. Measurement of social impacts of social businesses.
11. Emerging management methodologies for managing social businesses.
12. Social businesses in developed countries.investment funds.
13. Theoretical basis and practical experiences of establishing and operating social business funds.
14. From unemployment to entrepreneurship through social businesses funds.
15. Development of an ecosystem for the steady growth of the social business.
16. Social Business, marketing, and social marketing.
17. Social business and strategic alliances.
18. Social business, empathy, and active compassion.
19. Social business and education.
20. Social business and customer service relationship.
21. Application of Artificial intelligence and robotics in social business
22. Social business and sports.

Important Dates

Submission Tracks:

1. Social Business in Health, Sports and Athletics
2. Social Business in Education and Training
3. Social Business and Technology including Artificial intelligence
4. Social Business in Environment, Disaster Management, and Plastic Pollution Control
5. Social Business and Marketing
6. Social Business and Sustainable Development Goals
7. Financing Social Business
8. Entrepreneurship and Social Business
9. Wealth concentration and Other Issues in Social Business

Submission Details:

There will be a peer-review process to select papers for the presentation at the conference. Once papers have been selected authors will be notified about the specific sessions in the conference where it will be presented. At least one of the authors would have to register and be present at the conference for the paper to be published in the proceedings. If no author is available to present the paper, the paper will be withdrawn from the presentation list.       

Submission Instructions

Authors are requested to submit their papers (in MS Word/PDF only) through the submission page of the Social Business Academia Conference 2019 (http://socialbusinesspedia.com/sbac/2019). Authors are requested also to see the instructions for authors before submitting the paper. Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at:

-    Professor M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (mjac@du.ac.bd);
-    Ms. Nazneen Sultana (nazneen@grameen.org);
-    Dr. Ashir Ahmed (ashir@ait.kyushu-u.ac.jp).
-    Lamiya Morshed  (lamiya@grameen.org)

Venue & Location

Radialsystem, Holzmarktstraße 33, 10243 Berlin, Germany

Radialsystem, Holzmarktstraße 33, 10243 Berlin, Germany