THE 5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SERVICES MANAGEMENT

MAY 19-21, 2011

The Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon, Delhi (NCR)

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

 

 

Day 1 – THURSDAY (May 19th, 2011)

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

 

ACTIVITIES

TIME

 

 

 

REGISTRATION

8.30 AM to 9.30 AM

 

Conference Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INAUGURATION

09.30 AM to 09.40 AM

 

Address by Conference Chair Dr. Vinnie Jauhari - Director, IIMT

09.40 AM to 09.50 AM

 

New Campus Presentation by Mr. Amit Kapur, Promoter IIMT

09:50 AM to 10.00 AM

 

Address by Dr. R. Kapur, Promoter Radisson Delhi and Varanasi and Chairman, IIMT

10.00 AM to 10.05 AM

 

Address by Mr.K.B.Kachru - Executive Vice President, South Asia, Carlson Hotels and Managing Director, IIMT

10.05 AM to 10.10 AM

 

Address by Conference Partners

Prof. Bert Van Hoof, Director, School of Hospitality Management, Penn State University

10.10 AM to 10.15 AM

 

Prof. Levent Altinay Professor, Business School Oxford Brookes University, UK

 

10.15 AM to 10.35 AM

 

Keynote Address 1: “Educating our students for the future”

Mr. Wayne Johnson,

Member of the ASTRA Board of Directors

Member of the Global Innovation Community 

 

10.35 AM to 10.55 AM

 

Keynote Address 2: “Internationalisation, Technology & Customer Experience”

Prof. Mahmood Khan,

Professor, Hospitality & Tourism Management

Brahim’s Endowed Chair Professor, UPM

Virginia Tech’s Northern Virginia Center, USA

10.55 AM

 

Vote of Thanks – Prof. Meghna Rishi, Assistant Professor, IIMT

 

TEA BREAK

 

11:00 AM to 11:30 AM

 

 

Time:  11:30 AM TO 1:00 PM

Technical Session 1A: Consumer Service and Experience

Conference Room-1

Session Chair: Prof. Anna Mattila

Session Co-Chair: Prof. Sudhanshu Bhushan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time:  11:30 AM TO 1:00 PM

Technical Session 1B: Managing Services

Conference Room-2

Session Chair: Prof. Mita Sujan

Session Co-Chair: Prof. Sandeep Munjal

Speakers

Paper

Speakers

Paper

Harish Sujan, Meryl Gardner and  David Cranage

How do Optimistic and Pessimistic Customers Differ in their Response To Retailers’

Strategies for Recovering from Product Failure?

Charla Griffy-Brown

Using Customer-Facing Technology to Create New Business Value: Insight from the

Public and Private Sector into the Changing Value Equation

Nidhi Sabharwal and Harmeen Soch

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Determinants of Service Recovery

Alexandros Paraskevas and Catia Guimaraes

From Business Continuity to a Business Resilience Model for Hotel Operating Systems

David Cranage and Chung Hun Lee

Towards Understanding Consumer Processing of Negative Word-of-Mouth Communication: The Roles of Opinion Agreement and Organizational Response

Ashish Pareek, Swati Bhargava and Preeti Tak

Survival Strategy for Traditional Retailers in the Era of Modern Retailing

Mukesh Malik and Deepti Dabas Hazarika

Role of Service Encounter and Context in Strengthening the Service Recovery Paradox

B.P. Saraswat and Nidhika Joshi

Strategic Management of Brand and its Effectiveness in Banking Sector

Daniel L. Spears, Bharath M. Josiam, Sanjukta Pookulangara and Tammy Kinley

We have Seen it in the Movies, Now Let's See if it's True: Hollywood and Tourism

 

 

 

LUNCH

 

 

1:00 pm-2:00 pm

 

 

2.00 PM to 3.00 PM                  Panel Discussion-1                    Panel Members

Conference Room-1        University & Industry Collaboration   Prof. Bert Van Hoof, Director, School of Hospitality Management, Penn State University (Moderator)                                                                                                                                      Prof. Ruth Ann Jackson, Director, Hospitality Leadership Institute, Penn State University                                                                                                      Prof. Sandeep Sancheti, Director NITK, Surathkal Consulting                                                                                                       Prof. K.B.Akhilesh, Professor , Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

                                                                                                     Mr. Aquil Busrai, Ex- Executive Director Human Resources, IBM, CEO Aquil Busrai

 

TEA BREAK

 

 

3:00 PM to 3:30 PM

 

 

Time:  3:30 PM TO 5:00 PM

Technical Session 2A: Competencies and

Customer Experiences

Conference Room-1

Session Chair:  Prof. Ruth Ann Jackson

Session Co-Chair: Prof. Gunjan Sanjeev

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time:  3:30 PM TO 5:00 PM

Technical Session 2B : Customer Experiences and Relationships

in Service Industry

Conference Room-2

Session Chair:  Prof.  Sanjaya Gaur

Session Co-Chair: Prof. Meghna Rishi

Speakers

Paper

Speakers

Paper

Sudhanshu Bhushan and Sonia Bharwani

From Capacity Expansion to Capability Enhancement Identification and Development of Skills in the Indian Hospitality Industry, Keeping in View the Global Context

H.G. Parsa, Amy Gregory, John. T. Self, Kirti Dutta, and Hae Jin Yoon

Assessing the Relative Importance of Restaurant Attributes in

Consumer Patronage

Mandeep Singh and Alka Sharma

Role of Value Added Services in Building Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty in Mobile Telephony

Michela Mari and Sara Poggesi

Reviewing the Servicescape: Consumer Experience and New Trends of Research

Sonia Bharwani and Vinnie Jauhari

From Fungible to Memorable An Exploratory Study of Competencies Required to Create Customer Experiences in the Hospitality Industry

Parikshat Singh Manhas and Ramjit

Customer Experience and its Application in Building the Brand  Loyalty in Hospitality Industry

Mita Sujan

Improving Health Outcomes: Increasing Adherence to Physician  Recommendations for Chronic Condition Care Regimes via Message Framing

B. Krishna Reddy and B. Madhavi Latha

Factors Influencing Satisfaction of Guests in Hotel Industry- An Emperical Study

Khalid M.A. Magablih and Mairna Mustafa

The Perceptions of Local Community about Tourism in the New World Wonders:

The Case of Petra in Jordan

Soma Sur

Understanding Customer Loyalty Relationships In Customer Service Oriented

Versus Self-Service Oriented   Technology-Based Services

Prasanta Parida

Enhancing Tourism Management Services through Social Marketing

 

 


Day 2 –  FRIDAY (May 20th, 2011)

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

 

Time:  9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Technical Session 3A: Marketing Services Industry

Conference Room-1

Session Chair: Prof. David A. Cranage

Session Co-Chair: Prof. Sonia Bharwani

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time:  9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Technical Session 3B: Marketing & Customer Perceptions

in Services Industry

Conference Room-2

Session Chair: Prof. Levent Altinay

Session Co-Chair: Prof. DurgaMohan

Speakers

Paper

Speakers

Paper

Padmavathy. C and V. J. Sivakumar

Linkages among CRM Effectiveness, Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty:  Indian Retail Banking Context

Sanjaya S. Gaur and Halimin Herjanto

Effect of Similarity on Satisfaction with Service Salespersons

Shamsher Singh

Customer Satisfaction analysis of Service Delivery Quality: An Empirical Study of Banking Sector in National Capital Region

Ashish Pareek, Preeti Tak and Swati Bhargava

Customer Perception of Retail Formats: A Study of Ajmer City

Chitra  Sivasubramanian and A. Pankajam

Retail Investors’ Satisfaction and Behavioural Intentions towards Stock

Brokers and Designing Schemes for Better Satisfaction

Sanjukta Pookulangara, Tammy R. Kinley, Bharath M. Josiam and Dan Spears

Using Structural Equation Modeling to Understand the Impact of Hollywood on

Fashion Purchases

Hussain Ali Bekhet and Basheer Abbas Al-allak

Measuring Factors Affecting the Adoption of E-statement in Malaysia

Madhurima Deb

Antecedents of Retailer-Customer Relationships - Focused on Indian

Fashion (Designer Wear) Retailer

P. Chitramani,

Shantha B. Kurup,

B. L. Lakshmi Meera

Retail Strategies based on Store Choice Behavior and Shopping Orientation of Outshoppers

Soumodip Sarkar and Luisa Carvalho

Market Structures, Strategy and Innovation in Services a Study Applied to the Tourism Sector

 

 

Rajneesh Sharma and Thani Jambulingam

Does Internet Marketing Matter to the Generic Drug Industry?

 

TEA BREAK

 

 

11:00 AM to 11:30 AM

 

 

Time:  11.30AM to 1:00 PM

Round Table 1: Strategy & Growth Challenges for Global Hospitality

Conference Room-1

Time:  11.30AM to 1:00 PM

Round Table 2: Marketing, Finance & HR Challenges for Global Hospitality Industry

Conference Room-2

Guest of Honor: Prof. Richard Teare, Editor, WorldWide Hospitality & Tourism Themes & President, Global University for Lifelong Learning (GULL), UK

Chair: Prof. Hubert B. Van Hoof, Director and Professor, School of Hospitality Management, Penn State University, USA

Chair: Prof. Mahmood Khan, Professor, Hospitality & Tourism Management, Virginia Tech’s Northern Virginia Center, USA

Co-Chair: Prof. Sudhir Andrews, Dean, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, IIMT

Panel Members:

Panel Members:

Mr. K.B. Kachru, Executive Vice President, South Asia, Carlson Hotels

Mr. Ajay Bakaya, Executive Director, Sarovar Hotels & Resorts

Mr. Manav Thadani, Chairman, HVS South Asia

Mr. Nathan Andrews, Executive Vice President, Lavasa Corporation Limited

Mr. Amit Kapur, Director Business Development, Radisson Hotel, Delhi

Finance:

Mr. Akshay Kulkarni, Resident Director, South Asia, Cushman & Wakefield Hospitality

Prof. Daniel Mount, Associate Professor, School of Hospitality Management Pennsylvania State University, USA

HR

Mr. Sanjeev Sethi, Area Director, Human Resource, The Leela Palace Kempinski,
New Delhi

Dr. V.P. Singh, Executive Director, HR & Chief Pupil, RJ Corp / Devyani International Ltd.

Marketing

Prof. Anna Mattila, Editor, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research

Prof. David Cranage, Associate Professor, School of Hospitality Management Pennsylvania State University, USA

 

LUNCH

 

 

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

 

 

2.00 PM to 3.15 PM                Panel Discussion-2                         Panel Members

Conference Room-1         Excellence in Higher Education            Prof. Vinayshil Gautam, Chair Professor of Management, IIT Delhi (Chair & Moderator)

                                                                                                        Prof. Sanjay S. Gaur, Associate Professor, AUT School of Business, Auckland University of Technology, NZ

                                                                                                        Prof. David Cranage, Associate Professor, Hospitality Management Pennsylvania State University, USA

                                                                                                        Prof. Richard Teare, Editor, Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Theme (WHATT)

                                                                                                        Prof. Sudhanshu Bhushan, Professor, Dean-Student Welfare, IIMT, Gurgaon

 

TEA BREAK

 

 

3:15 PM to 3:30 PM

 

 

Time:  3:30 PM TO 5:00 PM

Technical Session 4A: Social Innovation and CSR in Service Industry

Conference Room-1

Session Chair: Prof. Sudhanshu Bhushan

Session Co-Chair: Prof.  Sandeep Munjal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time:  3:30 PM TO 5:00 PM

Technical Session 4B: Financial Management in the Context of Services Industry

Conference Room-2

Session Chair:   Prof. Daniel Mount

Session Co-Chair: Prof. Gunjan M Sanjeev

Speakers

Paper

Speakers

Paper

Punita Bhatt Datta and Levent Altinay

Exploring the Impact of a Social Innovation: A Case Study from India

Kate Varini and Pavan Sirsi

Social Media and Revenue Management; Where Should the Two Meet?

Sandeep Munjal and Parul G Munjal

City Palace Udaipur: A Case Study for Sustainable Heritage Tourism through Services Enhancement

Xuan Lorna Wang

The Impact of Revenue Management on Hotel Key Account Relationships

Bharath M. Josiam, Daniel Spears, Sanjukta Pookulangara and Tammy Kinley

Love in Tokyo or an Evening in Paris:  Bollywood and International Tourism by Indians Worldwide

Kate Varini and Yuping Li

Perspectives of the Positive Impacts of Overbooking on Customer Loyalty

Anjana Singh and Meghna Rishi

Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in the Indian Private Hospital Industry

Madhu Vij and Gunjan M. Sanjeev

Determinants of Net Interest Margins (NIM) of Banks in India: An Empirical Study

Shachi Yadav, Sumbul Khan and Sarika Tomar

Corporate Philanthropy the Bharti Way

Kanika Gupta

Persistent Effect of the Pecking Order Theory and Market Timing Theory: The Case of Indian Listed Companies

 

 

 

Day 3 – SATURDAY (May 21st, 2011)

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

 

Time:  9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Technical Session 5A: Trends in the Services Sector

Conference Room-1

Session Chair: Prof. Bharath M. Josiam

Session Co-Chair: Prof. Rumki Bandopadhyay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time:  9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Technical Session 5B : Deployment of Technology in Service Sector

Conference Room-2

Session Chair:  Prof. Charla Griffy-Brown

Session Co-Chair: Prof. Sonia Bharwani

Speakers

Paper

Speakers

Paper

Zélia Breda and Carlos Costa

The Role of Network Relationships in the Internationalisation of  Tourism Firms: The Case of the Portuguese Hotel Sector

Anudeep Rawal

Adoption of Cloud Computing in India

Sudhanshu Bhushan and Gaurav Tripathi

Service Economies of China and India - A Comparative Study

Ramaraj Palanisamy and  Bhasker Mukerji

Adoption of Open Source Software for Enhancing Customer Satisfaction:

A Case Study from Canadian Educational Sector

Rumki Banerji and Gunjan M. Sanjeev

A Review on the Effects of Bank Merger and Acquistions

Slawomir Smyczek and Justyna Matysiewicz

Building Consumer Loyalty - Challenge for Global E-healthcare Organizations

Anomitra Chakravarty, S.N.V. Siva Kumar and Mohd. Nishat Faisal

What Differentiates Indian Exporters and Non-exporters of  Engineering Consultancy Services?

Sanjay K. Jain and Manika Jain

Exploring Impact of Consumer and Product Characteristics on E-Commerce

Adoption: A Study of Consumers in India

Rati Shukla and Anjana Singh

Emerging Technologies in Eye Sight Correction: Customers Perspective

A. Lenin Jothi

Leveraging IT for Customer Service: A Study from Indian Life

Insurance Industry

Meghna Rishi

Sector-Wise Contribution to the Indian Advertising Industry:

Media Convergence Model

Manasi Shukla

Study of Relevance of Software Developer Competencies via a Survey of Indian Software Services Industry

 

TEA BREAK

 

 

11:00 AM  to 11:30 AM

 

 

Poster Presentation                                                                                        11:00 AM  to 11:30 AM

 

11.30 AM to 12.30 PM                      Panel Discussion-3                              Panel Members

Conference Room-2                       Editor Workshop Panel                           Prof. Bert Van Hoof, Director, School of Hospitality Management, Penn State University (Moderator)

                                                                                                                        Prof. Anna Mattila, Editor , Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

                                                                                                                        Prof. David Cranage,Editor, Journal of Foodservice Business Research

                                                                                                                        Prof . Richard Teare, Editor, Journal of WorldWide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

                                                                                                                        Prof. Vinnie Jauhari, Editor, Journal of Services Research & Journal of Technology Management for

                                                                                                                        Growing Economies

                                                                                                                        Prof. Charla Griffy-Brown, Editor-in-Chief, Technology in Society, an International Journal


VALEDICTORY

 

                    12.30PM to 1.30PM                                                                                             Conference Room 1

Summarising the deliberations

Dr. Gunjan Sanjeev

Conference Agenda for the year 2012

PennState University Team :

Prof. Bert Van Hoof, Prof. David Cranage, Prof. Dan Mount

Best Paper Awards

IIMT Team

 

LUNCH

 

 

1.30PM to 2.30PM

 

   

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