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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,<br><br>We just wanted to kindly remind about the call for papers for a special issue on <b>“Global Supply Chain Management Issues in Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Markets” at IJPDLM.</b><br><br>From a methodological viewpoint, multiple types of theoretically-grounded research methodologies including synthesizing and integrative literature reviews, conceptual development, empirical studies, qualitative and empirically-grounded quantitative research, and case study research will be considered.<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'>Deadline for submissions is<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>December 31st, 2017</b><span class=apple-converted-space>.</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><br></span>The full call for papers can be viewed <span style='color:black'>here: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=DE style='color:black'><a href="http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=7260"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=7260</span></a> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><br>Kind regards,<br>Wendy Tate, Lydia Bals and Donna Marshall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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='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 style='color:black'><a href="mailto:lb.smg@cbs.dk">lb.smg@cbs.dk</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>W [https://www.hs-mainz.de/]<o:p></o:p></span></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/"><span lang=EN-US>www.project-perfect.eu</span></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: <a href="http://de.linkedin.com/in/DrLydiaBals">de.linkedin.com/in/DrLydiaBals</a> <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><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lydia_Bals">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lydia_Bals</a><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 lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>