I am very pleased to welcome everyone to Sydney International Business Research Conference (SIBRC), 17-19 April 2015 at the University of Western Sydney Campbelltown Campus organised by Australian Academy of Business Leadership (AABL).

AABL is engaged in research, research training and organising international conferences to ‘create knowledge’, to develop ‘collaboration and networking’ and to foster ‘research excellence’. It is also keen to improve the career of young academics and researchers by enhancing their abilities for further growth and development. I am delighted to announce that this conference received overwhelming response from the prospective participants and is being attended by approximately 100 scholars from all major continents including Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East and North America. Research papers will be presented in key areas of research including Accounting, CSR, Finance, Management, Marketing, Law, Education, IT, Social Business and multidisciplinary areas. Abstracts submitted to this the

conference were subject to double blind peer review to ensure the highest level of academic quality and relevance. There will be a ‘Social Business Roundtable’ during the conference. Full papers submitted for the conference will have publication opportunities in the AABL or its partners’ journals subject to the adherence to their editorial policies.

I trust that SIBRC 2015 will be useful to scholars in promulgating research excellence. I also look forward to AABL receiving similar outstanding support in all its future conference.

Sincerely,

Dr Anne Abraham

Associate Professor in Accounting

School of Business

University of Western Sydney, Australia

• Professor Jeffrey Gow, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

• Professor Marie Kavanagh, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

• Associate Professor Abu Umar Faruq Ahmad, The Global University of Islamic Finance, Malaysia

• Associate Professor Andrew D. Banasiewicz, Boston University, USA

• Associate Professor Anne Abraham, University of Western Sydney, Australia

• Dr Afzalur Rashid, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

• Dr Amzad Hossain, The University College of North, Canada

• Dr Arash Najmaei, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia

• Dr Gregory Jones, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

• Dr Mohobbot Ali, University of Canberra, Australia

• Dr Mostaque Ahmed Zebal, Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates

• Dr Zahra Sadeghinejad, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia

• Nicholas McDonald, Australian Academy of Business Leadership, Australia

• Professor Jai Prakash Sharma, University of Delhi, India

• Professor Jeffrey Gow, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

• Professor Marie Kavanagh, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

• Professor Mohamad Fairooz Abdul Khir, ISRA, Malaysia

• Professor Nasira Jabeen, University of the Punjab, Pakistan

• Professor Pradeep Kumar Ray, University of New South Wales, Australia

• Professor Rajnandan Patnaik, Institute of Management Technology, India

• Professor Tony Fang, Memorial University, Canada

• Associate Professor Andrew D. Banasiewicz, Boston University, USA

• Associate Professor Humayun Murshid, Charles Sturt University, Australia

• Associate Professor Shawkat Alam, Macquarie University, Australia

• Dr Amani Moazzem, University of the Punjab, Australia

• Dr Arash Najmaei, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia.

• Dr Ciorstan Smark, University of Wollongong, Australia

• Dr Eko Fajar Cahyono, Univeristas Airlangga, Indonesia.

• Dr Gregory Jones, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

• Dr Md Mahfuz Ashraf, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Dr Michael Troilo, University of Tulsa, USA

• Dr Sardana Islam Khan, East West University, Bangladesh

• Dr Sri Herianingrum, Univeristas Airlangga, Indonesia.

• Dr Tika Widiastuti, Univeristas Airlangga, Indonesia.

• Dr Mostafa Mahmud Naser, Macquarie University, Australia

• Dr Teruyo Omura, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

SIBRC 2015 Conference Associates

• Dr Amir Ahmed, Sylvanvale Foundation, Australia- Team Leader

• Aysha Jahan Bibha, Northern University, Bangladesh-Deputy Team Leader

• Dedar Mahmud, Macquarie University, Australia-Team Member

• Dineshwar Ramadhony, University of Southern Queensland, Australia-Team Member

• Justine Wang, Macquarie University, Australia-Team Member