· County of Jiu Zhaigou, Chengdu city, Sichuan Province, P. R. China
· University of Minnesota, USA; Department of Forest Resources and Tourism Center
· University of St. Thomas, USA; Opus College of Business
2008 ICSM Chair: Professor Xie Heping, President of Sichuan University;
2008 Vice Chairs: Professor Xu Jiuping, Vice Dean of Business School, Sichuan University,
Mr. Zhao Ping, President of Jiu Zhaigou County
2008 ICSM Organizing Committee Chair: Professor Yang Jiang, Executive Vice Dean of Business School of
Sichuan University, China; Vice Chair: Professor Jie Xiaowen, Business School, Sichuan University, China,
and Mary Maloney Assistant PhD. Opus College of Business, University of St Thomas, St Paul, MN USA.
2008 ICSM Academic Chair: Ingrid Schneider, Associate Professor and Director Tourism Center,
University of Minnesota Department of Forest Resources, Minneapolis, MN USA
2008 ICSM Academic Co Chair: Assistant Professor Mary Maloney, Opus College of Business, University of
St Thomas, Minneapolis, MN USA
2008 ICSM U.S. Coordinator: Dr. Thomas Walkington, University of Minnesota Carlson School of
Management, Human Resources and Industrial Relations, Minneapolis, MN USA
2008 ICSM Secretariat:
Secretary-general: Professor Zhang Liming (00)86-13709031166
Secretary: Zhao Lu (00)86-13550079339; Yan Shu (00)86-13438866485; Zhang Liangliang (00)86-13880646283
Paper topics include but are not limited to:
1.Innovation in the Tourism industry and Strategies for Sustainable Regional Development
2.Strategies for Eco-tourism and Cluster Development in Jiu Zhaigou District
3.SMEs’ Entrepreneurship and Development Strategies in Transition period
4.Strategies for balancing Enterprise and Sustainable Development in Western China in Transition period
5.Self-innovation and the Strategy of Sustainable Enterprise Development
6.Globalization and the Strategy of Enterprise Development
7.IT and the Strategy of Sustainable Enterprise Development
Special Instructions:
All abstracts and papers should be written in English. Abstracts should be between 500 and 800 words,
prepared in 11 point Times Roman font, and use 1 inch margins on all page sides. Abstracts invited for
full papers should be expanded to between 5000 and 8000 words and processed in Microsoft Word 2000
or higher edition.
All accepted papers will be published by Press of Sichuan University and indexed by ISTP (index to
Scientific and Technical Proceedings) and by ISSHP（Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings.
(ISTP and ISSHP are two foundational Index of ISI Web of Knowledge in the USA. (The acceptance of index
depends on the quality of papers)
Significant Deadlines and Schedule:
*Author Profile and Abstract due (500-800 words): April 1, 2008
*Due date for full accepted papers: June 30, 2008
*Notification for accepted papers /and Confirmation of participation: August 1, 2008
*International conference in Sichuan University and Jiu Zhaigou District Oct 16 –20, 2008
Papers from inside China should be sent by email directly to：
Any problem related to papers, please contact:
Professor Jie Xiaowen
Business School of Sichuan University
Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China
Post Code: 610064
Tel: 86-28-85410771
Fax: 86-28-85410771
Dr. Thomas Walkington
Human Resources and Industrial Relations
Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
321 19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
