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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>- Deadline Extension - </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Dear colleagues,<br><br>Based on popular request we have decided to extend the deadline concerning the call for contributions to the 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 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. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> The </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>new deadline</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> for abstracts is </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>October 1st, 2017</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> (early submissions are welcome).<br><br>The full call for contributions is attached. <br><br>Kind regards,<br>Wendy Tate, Lydia Bals and Lisa Ellram</span><span style='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='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='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>