The ever evolving Management practices have impacted societies, cultures, technologies, environment, markets, public policies, and international collaborations in business and trade, in a big way. Change is all the more overriding in the developing and less developed countries. Internationalization of businesses has not only resulted in foreign direct investments and foreign institutional investments in emerging markets, but also a great deal of technology transfer and innovations in product and process design. The latter has a powerful bearing on business strategies and business models.

It would be interesting to see how such changes have come about especially in the context of emerging markets. This conference is likely to provide a platform for the academics as well as the managers to understand the contemporary Management practices and decode what lies ahead. The theme-'Culture, Design, and Business in Emerging Markets' has been chosen consciously so as to view the Management practices in the broader context of cultures, design, and businesses in emerging markets.