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ISOF Conference 2010 Call for Papers

The 24th Annual International Society of Franchising Conference will be held at the Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia on June 8 & 9, 2010.

The conference provides a forum for scholarly research that enhances the knowledge of franchising.

The best ongoing research will be presented and manuscrpits ranging from early stage research to those currently under review at journals are welcomed.

Papers presented at past conferences have spanned a broad spectrum of approaches to franchising research and has ranged from the conceptual to the heavily empirical; from the purely theoretical to that with a practitioner emphasis.

The Conference is a multi-disciplinary forum so papers are invited from all disciplines on any topic related to franchising. Particularly relevant disciplines include:

• Accounting 
• Communications
• Economics
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Hospitality
• International Business
• Information Systems
• Law
• Logistics
• Management
• Marketing 
• Operations
• Organisational Behaviour
• Policy
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Strategy

Best Paper Awards will be announced at the Conference.

If your paper is accepted, you are expected to attend the conference and present it.  Formal ISOF 2010 Call for Papers and Key Dates document can be accessed here.

Procedures for Submitting Papers

Authors should indicate their intention to present a paper or case by completing and returning the response form by October 1, 2009.

Papers must be submitted in Microsoft Word along with the appropriate ISOF title page to:

• Professor Lorelle Frazer, Griffith University at l.frazer@griffith.edu.au; and
• Professor Cheryl Babcock, International Society of Franchising at babcockc@nsu.nova.edu

Papers will be converted to Adobe format (pdf files) prior to being added to a CD for reviewers and conference attendees.

Criteria for Papers

Each paper should meet the following criteria:

1. It recognizes and acknowledges the literature of its author’s field. Collectively, we are the audience; we are not addressing ourselves to franchisors, franchisees, or public policy makers. Sharing an interest in the phenomenon of franchising, we are trying to learn from each other and, as non-specialists in the fields of most authors; we need the references to the literature of each author’s discipline.
2. It is readable. Concepts that are unlikely to be familiar to those outside the author’s discipline are thoroughly but concisely explained. Jargon is avoided, and when technical terms are used, they are adequately defined.
3. When the paper reports empirical research using published or other forms of “secondary data”, the sources of those data are described, the adequacy of the data for the purposes of the research is evaluated and the author’s statistical treatment is thoroughly described.
4. When the paper reports empirical research using data collected by its author(s), the methods by which they were collected and the author's statistical treatment of the data are thoroughly described.
5. When the paper draws policy implications from its analysis, it is neither an advocacy of, nor an apology for, any particular business practice or political position.
6. Word limit and style guide for paper: In addition to style instructions above, authors are expected to adhere to the norms of their discipline in relation to word limit and style guide.

To implement these criteria, your manuscript will be read by at least one person from your discipline who will be asked to evaluate it in light of the existing literature of your field.

'Readability' and, for papers reporting empirical research, 'full disclosure' will be equally important issues. We urge you to remember participants of this conference and the readers of its proceedings are interested in franchising but are not necessarily knowledgeable of the conceptual frameworks or terminology of your discipline.

Panel Submissions

Panel submissions are encouraged and should include a one-page paper with the title, purpose, panel moderator(s), and panel expert’s names and titles. Panels will be allotted approximately one hour and 15 minutes. Brief biographies of panel members must be included. It is suggested the panels consist of no more than three or four experts and two moderators.  

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