Call for papers


Wine in the World:
Markets and Globalisation

Fourth International Conference on Economics, Management Sciences
and History of Wine
Zaragoza June 29 th–July 1st, 2011
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Organized by
Vicente Pinilla
Department of Applied Economics and Economic History
University of Zaragoza, Spain
vpinilla@unizar.es
In collaboration with
Gwyn Campbell
IOWC, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
gwyn.campbell@mcgill.ca


This three day inter-disciplinary conference aims to bring together researchers interested in Economics, Management Sciences, Marketing, History and more generally cultural or sociological dimensions of wine production. The conference will be organised on the line of one main topic: international wine market. 

Those interested in the international wine market should focus on papers that improve market understanding through: integration of theories, suggestion of methods and/or tools for efficiency evaluations of wine businesses. Different approaches may be of interest: economics, geography, history, sociology, marketing, business studies, management, wine tasting and viticulture. Papers should be based on diverse empirical works: quantitative surveys, qualitative approaches; contemporary and historical case studies…

Additionally, the conference is also opened to papers on wine tourism. These papers should examine the links between tourism and wine activities: notably the impact of the vineyards and of wine production and sales on the attractiveness of wine-producing regions; and of the value in wine tourism of socio-anthropological aspects of the industry 

Selection of papers and abstracts for discussion sessions will be on the basis of peer reviewer comments. Selection criteria include the general quality of the paper, rigour of conceptualisation, application of research methods, clarity of presentation, originality, and the relevance of the issues addressed to the understanding of the wine world.
The conference will be open only to authors of accepted papers.
A selection of the best papers may be published in international journals of reference.

Sessions Structure
  • The sessions will be held in English.
  • Each session will be led by a discussant
  • Selected papers will be presented by the author in a 20 minutes summary, relevant to the session topic - to be followed by a 10 min. discussion.

    General Rules for submiting papers

  1. Papers or abstracts (500-2000 words) must reach the convenor by e-mail, at the latest by January 30th, 2011.
  2. Prospective participants should include with their paper or abstract :
  • Their name, postal address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the contact author.
  • Their title (and specify if they or a co-author is a student).
  1. Acceptance will be notified on February 28th by e-mail.
  2. The final papers, sent as an e-mail attachment (version Word 6 or more recent), must reach the conference convenor by May 30th, 2011.
  3. Submitted papers - including references, exhibits, and appendices - should be double-spaced (Font : Times New Roman 12) and should not exceed 8,000 words (including footnotes).
  4. Papers will be reviewed using a blind procedure. Therefore, name(s) of the author(s) should appear only on the title page. Authors should avoid revealing their identities in the body or references section of their papers.
  5. Papers submitted for presentation at the conference or subsequent publication
    should not have been published or accepted for publication, or be currently under review elsewhere.
  6. Submissions  should be sent to:
vpinilla@unizar.es and gwyn.campbell@mcgill.ca
  1. Conference Registration Fee: 200 Euros (Students: 120 Euros) (lunch and dinner included), extra fees may be asked for the field trip.
  2. Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs
  3. The organisers will supply participants with local transport advice and a list of local hotels.
Conference committee 


Luis Miguel Albisu  (Centro de Investigación  y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón)
Jesús Cambra-Fierro (Universidad Pablo Olavide, Sevilla)
Gwyn, Campbell (McGill University, Montreal)
Raúl Compés (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia)
Marta Fernández-Olmos, (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Vicente Pinilla (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Raúl Serrano (Universidad de Zaragoza)
James Simpson (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid)
Francesc Valls (Universidad de Barcelona)


Secretary


Department of Applied Economics and Economic History
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
Gran Vía 4
50005 Zaragoza, Spain
Tel. + 34 976 761786  Fax. + 34 976 761840
e-mail: vpinilla@unizar.es


Programme


June 29th
13 - 15 Registration & Coffee
15 - 15.30 Opening addressing
15.30 - 16 Introduction
16-19 First session
21.00 Gala Dinner


June 30th
9-13.30 Second session (coffee break at 11)
13.30-15 Lunch
15-17 Third session
Coffee break
17.30 - 19 Fourth session
20.30 Tasting and dinner

July 1st : Field trip
9.00 Departure of the tour in the Somontano of Barbastro  area
13.30 Lunch and tasting
16.00 Return to Zaragoza