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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>- Friendly Reminder - <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Dear colleagues,<br><br>We just wanted to bring to your attention that we have just issued a call for contributions to an edited book with Kogan Page on “Supply Chain Finance: Solutions for Financial Sustainability, Risk Management and Resilience in the Supply Chain”.<br><br>We welcome theoretical and empirical pieces as well as case studies addressing advances in the area of Supply Chain Finance. We explicitly encourage the submission of case studies, addressing how to design and implement SCF in supply chains. We also welcome conceptual papers that help us to understand, analyze and reflect upon new approaches to SCF, and identify areas for future research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Deadline for abstracts is<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>September 1st, 2017</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(early submissions are welcome).<br><br>The full call for contributions is attached. <span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br><br>Kind regards,<br>Wendy Tate, Lydia Bals and Lisa Ellram<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Prof. Dr. Lydia Bals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Supply Chain & Operations Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>University of Applied Sciences Mainz – School of Business<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Lucy-Hillebrand-Str. 2 | 55128 Mainz | Room M3.08<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt'>T +49(0)6131 628-3293<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt'>E1 <u><span style='color:#0563C1'><a href="mailto:lydia.bals@hs-mainz.de">lydia.bals@hs-mainz.de</a></span></u> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt'>E2 </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="mailto:lb.smg@cbs.dk">lb.smg@cbs.dk</a></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>W [https://www.hs-mainz.de/]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Member of project PERFECT (EU Purchasing & Supply Management Curriculum): </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.project-perfect.eu/">www.project-perfect.eu</a></span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Linkedin: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://de.linkedin.com/in/DrLydiaBals"><span lang=DE>de.linkedin.com/in/DrLydiaBals</span></a></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size: initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>ResearchGate:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lydia_Bals"><span lang=DE>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lydia_Bals</span></a></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>