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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Dear colleagues,</span><br><br>As the deadline is approaching, we just wanted to kindly remind about the 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 <span style='color:black'>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='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='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></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><b><span style='color:black'>From our editorial team, Wendy Tate and Lisa Ellram will be at the </span><span style='color:#ED7D31'>AOM meeting in Atlanta </span><span style='color:black'>next week!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Kind regards,<br>Wendy Tate, Lydia Bals and Lisa Ellram<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='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='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'>Prof. Dr. Lydia Bals<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Supply Chain & Operations Management<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Applied Sciences Mainz – School of Business<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lucy-Hillebrand-Str. 2 | 55128 Mainz | Room M3.08<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>T +49(0)6131 628-3293<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>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>E2 </span><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:lb.smg@cbs.dk">lb.smg@cbs.dk</a></span><span lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>W [https://www.hs-mainz.de/]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Member of project PERFECT (EU Purchasing & Supply Management Curriculum): <span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=DE><a href="http://www.project-perfect.eu/">www.project-perfect.eu</a></span></span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=DE style='color:black'>Linkedin: </span><span style='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='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='color:black'>ResearchGate:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='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='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='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>