First International & Interdisciplinary Conference on Trust and Islamic Capital

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1 First International & Interdisciplinary Conference on Trust and Islamic Capital Saturday & Sunday 30 th and 31 st May 2015 Hosted by, The Centre of Islamic Finance, University of East London London, U.K. The best papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of Society & Business Review by Emerald The Conference Theme Competitive Capital Creation and Religious Values, with reference to Islam: Can they produce trust among communities?

2 Post September 11, 2001, Muslim communities globally have witnessed a continuous erosion of trust, although with varying degrees in different societies. This has profoundly affected a vast and disparate range of multilingual, multiethnic, multinational and multiregional Muslim communities. The international and interdisciplinary perspectives afforded by this conference is meant to re-envision how trust in the broadest sense is conceived between different communities, and especially between Muslim and non- Muslim communities. One of the main avenues along which trust underpins everyday practice, ordinary habits, pragmatic decisions and theoretical questions is capital. So, this conference turns to capital, and specifically Islamic capital, as the standpoint or venue through which to understand trust, conceptualize and grapple with trust and inculcate and produce the conditions to foster trust. As an integral part of the grant-funded project in the U.K., Muslims, Trust and Cultural Dialogue ( this conference turns the broader cultural and social questions addressed in the project towards the more focused arena where Islam, economics and business practices come together. Trust underwrites all movements of capital: Financial, social, political and cultural. This conference tracks the tensions and contestations trailing different configurations of trust making, afford locale-specific insights into the contours of trust, locate the antecedents of e-trust (successes and failures) and imagine how trust might be contextually renewed, re-imagined and even developed where it has not previously been possible or foreseen. To do so, this conference seeks to imagine and interrogate Islamic capital in a capacious way: The history of different strands of capital associated with many practices of Islam; the philosophical questions that underlie Islamic capital and are raised by it; the creation and management of capital through the development and exchange of products and services associated with religious injunctions as well as religious values; and the range of ethical issues engaged by Islamic capital. The focus of the conference is on Islamic capital values, businesses, brands and markets. We encourage submissions that may examine the topics in relation to other religions or discuss comparative cases. As an interdisciplinary and international conference, we want to include papers on, but not limited to, business management, marketing, finance, and economics, which may address historical, philosophical and religious questions. The conference takes a critical approach to general trends and misconceptions and encourages creative perspectives and empirical research. It also solicits contributions from practitioners, as well as evaluations of business practices and case studies. We solicit papers from three thematic areas: 2

3 Theme 1: Towards better understanding of the role Islamic values play in business Examination of Islamic capital: Historical and contemporary contexts; its flows; trade; values and ethics Ethical branding and religious values Relationship marketing, trust and religious values Credit, debt, equity and religion Legislation, compliance and philosophical ethics: Continuities and differences Businesses Fatwa shopping and trust, e.g. Sharia a compliance and Halal License; Sharia a law and quality standards Competitiveness in Islam Consumerism, materialism and Islamic values Sharia-compliance as a form product/market positioning Theme 2: Establishing trust among communities and the role of businesses associated with religious values The role of religiously associated brands and products/services in building bridges across cultures Business as a social interaction platform and the creation of trust Behaviours and practices of Islamic businesses and how they vary across communities; the moderating effects of contextual/institutional variability in building trust Marketing and branding practices in a religious environment and trust Finance practices in a religious environment and trust Islamic finance and trust Digital marketing, social media, trust and Islamic businesses e.g., online dating and marriage websites The role skepticism, doubt and fear plays in the competitiveness of businesses associated with Islam Theme 3: Enhancing businesses capabilities to serve Muslim and non-muslim consumers Towards better understanding of consumer buying behaviours towards products and services associated with religious values such as Islamic finance Muslims purchase intensions and decisions Branding for Muslim consumers 3

4 Marketing Islamic finance in the west National images and buying decision of brands/products associated with religious/islamic values Branded nations and internationalisation of businesses and brands that originated in Islamic communities. Keynote Speakers: Ali Al-Shamali, PhD Chairman, Al Madina for Finance & Investment Group Chairman, Al Salaam Investment Group, one of the fastest growing groups in the Middle East and in Kuwaiti Stock Exchange manages over a billion pounds worth of assets and runs 6 public companies among 32 other private companies. Andrew Fiddaman MVO Executive Director and one of the Founders of The Prince s Youth Business International (YBI) International speaker on youth employment issues and sits on the advisory boards of various organisations dealing with leadership skills, enterprise development and social responsibility Member of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by The Queen Jonathan A.J. Wilson, PhD Senior Lecturer Advertising, Branding & Marketing Communications Editor-in-chief: Journal of Islamic Marketing Advisory Board Member: Networked Scholar Marketing, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. Columnist: Huffington Post, Thomson Reuters, Aquila Style, Marketeers Magazine Conference Venue: The International Conference on Trust and Islamic Capital (30 th and 31 st May 2015), is the first of its kind. It will be homed in the Centre of Islamic Finance which is part of University of East London. The conference will take place at the beautiful site of University of East London from Saturday 30, 2015 at 9am to Sunday May 31, 2015 at 1pm. Check the University unique position on the Royal Dock with brilliant views over the water and the City Airport or the state-of-the-art new University Square in bussing Stratford near the London 2012 Olympic village and its brilliant stadium, and UEL Sports Dock that hosted many of the games and the American team in 2012, Travel and accommodation is to be paid by participants. The conference organization will provide a list of hotels. 4

5 Paper Selection Process: Papers will be selected based on a double-blind review process. The initial submission should comprise an abstract of no more than 250 words, which describes the proposed paper. The abstracts will be peer-reviewed, and if accepted, this will be followed by a submission of full papers, which will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference in an abbreviated form. Best papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of Society & Business Review published by Emerald, indexed and abstracted in ABI and Cabells. See more information at: Abstract to be submitted before Monday 18 th August 2014 Notifications of accepted abstracts: the week of 29 th September 2014 Full papers to be submitted before Thursday 15 th January 2015 Notifications of accepted papers: the week of 02 nd March 2015 Conference dates: Saturday and Sunday 30 th and 31 st May 2015 Please send the abstract and full papers (after your abstracts have been accepted) to: Mili Kalia - mk7nz@virginia.edu The conference Administrator and Research Assistant If you have any query regarding accommodation and travel please contact: Naheed Khan - n.khan@uel.ac.uk Senior Administrative Officer The conference is organised and co-chaired by: Geeta Patel Associate Professor Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures University of Virginia Paper Format Guidelines: Rula M. Al-Abdulrazak Senior Lecturer Branding, Nation Branding and Global Marketing University of East London rula@uel.ac.uk Please prepare your manuscript before submission using the following guidelines from Society & Business Review: 5

6 Format All files should be submitted as a Word document Article Length Articles should be between 4000 and 6000 words in length. This includes all text including references and appendices. Please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Article Title A title of not more than eight words should be provided. Article Title Page An Article Title Page should be submitted alongside each individual article using the template provided. This should include: Article Title Author Details (see below) Acknowledgements Author Biographies Structured Abstract (see below) Keywords (see below) Article Classification (see below) Author Details Details should be supplied on the Article Title Page including: Full name of each author Affiliation of each author, at time research was completed Where more than one author has contributed to the article, details of who should be contacted for correspondence address of the corresponding author Brief professional biography of each author. Structured Abstract Authors must supply a structured abstract on the Article Title Page, set out under 4-7 sub-headings (see our "How to... write an abstract" guide for practical help and guidance): Purpose (mandatory) Design/methodology/approach (mandatory) Findings (mandatory) Research limitations/implications (if applicable) Practical implications (if applicable) Social implications (if applicable) Originality/value (mandatory) Maximum is 250 words in total (including keywords and article classification, see below). 6

7 Keywords Please provide up to 10 keywords on the Article Title Page, which encapsulate the principal topics of the paper (see our "How to... ensure your article is highly downloaded" guide for practical help and guidance on choosing search-engine friendly keywords). Whilst we will endeavour to use submitted keywords in the published version, all keywords are subject to approval by Emerald s in house editorial team and may be replaced by a matching term to ensure consistency. Article Classification Categorize your paper on the Article Title Page, under one of these classifications: Research paper Viewpoint Technical paper Conceptual paper Case study Literature review General review. Headings Headings must be concise, with a clear indication of the distinction between the hierarchy of headings. The preferred format is for first level headings to be presented in bold format and subsequent sub-headings to be presented in medium italics. Notes/Endnotes Notes or Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary and must be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, enclosed in square brackets and listed at the end of the article. Research Funding Authors must declare all sources of external research funding in their article and a statement to this effect should appear in the Acknowledgements section. Authors should describe the role of the funder or financial sponsor in the entire research process, from study design to submission. Figures All Figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, web pages/screenshots, and photographic images) should be submitted in electronic form. All Figures should be of high quality, legible and numbered consecutively with arabic numerals. Graphics may be supplied in colour to facilitate their appearance on the online database. 7

8 Figures created in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Illustrator should be supplied in their native formats. Electronic figures created in other applications should be copied from the origination software and pasted into a blank MS Word document or saved and imported into an MS Word document or alternatively create a.pdf file from the origination software. Figures which cannot be supplied in as the above are acceptable in the standard image formats which are:.pdf,.ai, and.eps. If you are unable to supply graphics in these formats then please ensure they are.tif,.jpeg, or.bmp at a resolution of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide. To prepare web pages/screenshots simultaneously press the "Alt" and "Print screen" keys on the keyboard, open a blank Microsoft Word document and simultaneously press "Ctrl" and "V" to paste the image. (Capture all the contents/windows on the computer screen to paste into MS Word, by simultaneously pressing "Ctrl" and "Print screen".) Photographic images should be submitted electronically and of high quality. They should be saved as.tif or.jpeg files at a resolution of at least 300dpi and at least 10cm wide. Digital camera settings should be set at the highest resolution/quality possible. Tables Tables should be typed and included in a separate file to the main body of the article. The position of each table should be clearly labelled in the body text of article with corresponding labels being clearly shown in the separate file. Ensure that any superscripts or asterisks are shown next to the relevant items and have corresponding explanations displayed as footnotes to the table, figure or plate. References References to other publications must be in Harvard style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. This is very important in an electronic environment because it enables your readers to exploit the Reference Linking facility on the database and link back to the works you have cited through CrossRef. You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author's name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more authors. At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied: For books Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication. e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY. 8

9 For book chapters Surname, Initials (year), "Chapter title", Editor's Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages. e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice a continuum", in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp For journals Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", Journal Name, volume, number, pages. e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp For published conference proceedings Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of paper", in Surname, Initials (Ed.), Title of published proceeding which may include place and date(s) held, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers. e.g. Jakkilinki, R., Georgievski, M. and Sharda, N. (2007), "Connecting destinations with an ontology-based e-tourism planner", in Information and communication technologies in tourism 2007 proceedings of the international conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007, Springer-Verlag, Vienna, pp For unpublished conference proceedings Surname, Initials (year), "Title of paper", paper presented at Name of Conference, date of conference, place of conference, available at: URL if freely available on the internet (accessed date). e.g. Aumueller, D. (2005), "Semantic authoring and retrieval within a wiki", paper presented at the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), 29 May-1 June, Heraklion, Crete, available at: (accessed 20 February 2007). For working papers Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date. e.g. Moizer, P. (2003), "How published academic research can inform policy decisions: the case of mandatory rotation of audit appointments", working paper, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, 28 March. For encyclopedia entries (with no author or editor) Title of Encyclopedia (year) "Title of entry", volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place of publication, pages. 9

10 e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926) "Psychology of culture contact", Vol. 1, 13th ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica, London and New York, NY, pp (For authored entries please refer to book chapter guidelines above) For newspaper articles (authored) Surname, Initials (year), "Article title", Newspaper, date, pages. e.g. Smith, A. (2008), "Money for old rope", Daily News, 21 January, pp. 1, 3-4. For newspaper articles (non-authored) Newspaper (year), "Article title", date, pages. e.g. Daily News (2008), "Small change", 2 February, p. 7. For electronic sources If available online, the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as a date that the resource was accessed. e.g. Castle, B. (2005), "Introduction to web services for remote portlets", available at: (accessed 12 November 2007). Standalone URLs, i.e. without an author or date, should be included either within parentheses within the main text, or preferably set as a note (roman numeral within square brackets within text followed by the full URL address at the end of the paper). For more information see: id=sbr&phpsessid=4qei1j4nk9vb0is4el1pq01ve5#sthash.7zsugywb.dpuf Selected Bibliography: Abbas, J.A. (2011) Islamic Ethics and Marketing, in Handbook of Islamic Marketing, edited by Sandıkcı, G. and Rice, G., UK: Edward Elgar. Al Abdulrazak, R.M. and Chong, D. (2011) Cultural Diplomacy and the United Arab Emirates: the emergence of a sovereign wealth fund nation on the international art world stage, pp in Handbook of Islamic Marketing, edited by Sandıkcı, G. and Rice, G., UK: Edward Elgar. Bourdieu, P. (1996), The Forms of Capital, pp in Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education, edited by J. Richardson. Westport, CT: Greenwood. 10

11 Cook, K. S. (2001), Trust in Society, New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Gambetta, D. (1988), Trust: Making and breaking cooperative relations, New York: Basil Blackwell. Hardin, R. (2006), Trust, Cambridge, UK: Polity. Ho, E. (2006), The graves of Tarim: Genealogy and mobility across the Indian Ocean, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Kramer, R. M. and Tyler, T. R. (1995), Trust in organizations: Frontiers of theory and research, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. Maurer, B. (2006), Pious Property: Islamic mortgages in the United States. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, Project MUSE. Web. 12 Feb < Patel, G. (2007), "Imagining risk, care and security: Insurance and fantasy." Anthropological Theory, Vol. 7, pp Sztompka, P. (2003), Trust: A sociological theory. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. Tilly, C. (2005), Trust and Rule, Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. 11