Proceedings of the International Conference on Managing the Asian Century, 2013 ICMAC 2013

Part 1: Global Education.- Part 2: Antecedents of Asia’s Competitiveness.- Part 3: Emerging Trends in Banking, Finance and Accounting.- Part 4: Psychological Issues in Asia.- Part 5: Emerging Retail and Service Industries.- Part 6: Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation.- Part 7: Systems Thinking and Systems Practices.- Part 8: Tourism initiatives, relationships and issues in Asia-pacific.- Part 9: General Topics.

Prof Purnendu Mandal is a senior academic with teaching, research and consulting experiences over 30 years in four continents (Europe, Australia, Asia and North America). He taught in UK, India, Australia and USA. Professor Mandal held several senior executive offices and corporate positions in education sector. Professor Mandal maintains a strong research and publication portfolio in inter-disciplinary areas including business technologies (IT/IS, SAP, computer simulations), supply chain management (modelling and simulation), system dynamics modelling, manufacturing/operations management, and business logistics. He published more than 150 journals and conference papers (refereed). Professor Mandal is consulted widely in private and public sectors and has received several research grants. He has served in many professional organizations in various capacities, organized international conferences, delivered keynote addresses and participated in panel discussions in numerous occasions

Presents papers from multi-disciplinary areas like management, social science, economics and education Conference address important topics and needs of Asian countries Addresses the importance of businesses to establish world-class practices Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras