DAY 1
Doctoral Consortium
The Effectiveness of Acquisitions (M&A action) in Emerging Markets: The Case of Jamaica
Stanley Beckford
Aid and or Hindrance to Economic Development
Austen Douglas-Panther
Entrepreneurship Education Programs in Higher Education: Perceptions of Stakeholders in Developed and Developing Economics
Noel Morgan
Trust in Cooperatives: The Relationship Between Board of Directors, Management, Members and the Impact on Performance
Brenda Cuthbert
Panel: Overcoming the Hurdles of Raising Capital: A Closer Look at the Constraints and Solutions to Accessing Credit Financing for Small & Family-Owned Businesses
Weighted Indexes' as a tool for improving objectivity in funding decisions among stakeholders within the Social Economy - The case of Jamaica
Kadamawe Knife, Michael Marshal and Edward Dixon
Which "F" is it - Financing, Family or Female
Lawrence Nicholson
An Investigation into the Impact of Capital Structures on the Profitability Levels of New Ventures in Trinidad & Tobago
Priscilla Bahaw
Panel: Employment Relations in the Caribbean Financial Sector
Banking Trust: A Trade Union Perspective on Employment Relations in the Caribbean Financial Sector
Senator Kavan Gayle
Banking on Trust: A Management Perspective on Employment Relations in the Caribbean Financial Sector
Carolyn Lewis
The Contemporary Challenges of Employment Relations in the Caribbean Financial Sector - Lessons from the International Arena
Carla-Anne Harris Roper
Reflections of Employment Relations in the Caribbean Financial Sector
Michael McAnuff Jones
Panel: Supporting an Ecosystem for Social Entrepreneurship Thinking and Practice in Jamaica - Policy and Programmes
A Model for Developing a National Social Enterprise Movement: The SEBI Approach
Saffrey Brown
Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Community Development:The Best Schemes Programmes
Wendy-Jo Williams
Role of Good Governance in Social Entrepreneurship Practice for Sustainable Community Development - The Community Renewal Programme PIOJ
Charmaine Brimm
Developing Policy to Support the Social Economy - Limited Review of National MSME policy
Clifford Spencer
Panel: Finance, Development & Finance
Financing Development throught Collaboration in the Caribbean: Arguments for Improved Vigilance, Governance and Policy Regulation Framework - the case of Guyana
Mark Lewis
Ambush Marketing: A Parasitic Attack or an Alternative to Sponsorship
Gerd Nufer
Wealth Creation and Inequality
Albert Duncan
DAY 2
Panel: The Disruptive Implications of New FinTechs on Traditional Banking and Finance
Digital Financial Services (DFS) in the Caribbean
Shiva Bissessar
Fintech, The Most Disruptive Technology of the Century
Maria Luisa Martinez
Strategic Responses to the Threat and Opportunities of New Technologies and New Entrants
Nicole Brown
Panel: Technology and Finance
The Consumer Behavioural Predictors of Credit Card Misuse
Trevor Smith
Towards a Cybercrime Classification Ontology: Case of the Jamaican Jurisdiction
Charlette Donalds
The Impact of Information Systems on the Operations of Commercial Banks in Jamaica: A Preliminary Study
Lakeith Bailey, Shakira Robinson, Arlene Spence & Delroy Chevers
Jamaica & the ICT/BPO 'sector' - The DBJ Intervention
Dianna Dacosta
Panel: Entrepreneurship, Gender and Finance
Female Entrepreneurship in English and Spanish speaking Caribbean countries: The effect of colonization
Tolulope Bewaji
Gender and Leadership in an Emerging Economy: Comparison of Female and Male Leadership Behaviours and Job Satisfaction
Akhentoolove Corbin
Assessing Entrepreneurial Intention in a Plural Society: Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago
Wynette Harewood, Francisco Linan and Saha Gour
The UWI Mona Township and the Entrepreneurial SKills in its 'Venture'
Olivene Burke &: Tariq Weekes
Panel: The Evolving Role of Mutuals in the Caribbean Financial Services Landscape
What Competitive Strategy for Caribbean Mutual Companies
William Lawrence
Cooperative Self-Governance or External Regulation; Preserving the Role of Mutuals in the Jamaican Financial Sector
Brenda Cuthbert
A practitioner persepective on the essence of Mutuality, challenges and opportunities for the Modern Mutual
Peter Reid
The Evolution of Financial Technologies and the Role of Mutuals in the Contemporary Financial Landscape
Maurice McNaughton
Panel: Corporate Governance, Risk & Ethics
Exploring Business Culture and Analyzing Institutional Realities - Case studies form Enterprises in Jamaica and Brazil 2017
Alison Roofe & Michael Roofe
Wealth Creation and Inequality
Suzanne Wynter
A General Model of COrporate Boards: An examination of theories and a review of the literature on board of directors
Jeanelle Baron
Panel: Business Renewal, Continuity & Rengineering
Starting and developing small business
Valerie Veira
Reengineering a mature business
Simon Roberts
Preparing employees for company-wide transformation
Rickert Allen
Extracting Value from data asstes
Maurice McNaughton
Managing Enterprise Risk for Business Renewal in Jamaica
William Lawrence
Panel: Case Studies in Finance & Development
Personality Traits as the Basis for Selling Life Insurance to Young Adults
Trevor Smith
The Impact of Fiscal Incentives Over the Last Six years on the Tourism Sector in Jamaica
Horace Campbell, Cly-Anneka Jones-Williams, Kemoy Jones & Delroy Chevers
Global Health Initiatives: An Income Generation Model
Donnahae Rhoden-Salmon, Antoinette Barton-Gooden, Robin Leger & Steve Weaver
DAY 3
Panel: Corporate Governance & Business Sustainability
Corporate Ownership in Small Island Developing States
Justin Robinson
Evaluating Corporate Sustainability in the Jamaican Manufacturing Sector
Delroy Chevers, Indianna Minto-Coy, David Parker, Alicia Loh, Elisa Gebennini, Bianca Rimini & Luca Zeppetella
Aligning Lending Strategies with the Transformation Experiences of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Winsome Halliman
Panel: National Security & The Growth Economy
A citizen's Observation of the Jamaican National Security Apparatus
Marc Francis Ramsay
National Security and the Growth Economy
Wayne Henry
Panel: Taxation - Policy and Practices
The Effect of Public Goods Messaging on Personal Income Tax Compliance among the Self-Employed: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Jamaica
Oronde Small
Building a Tax Culture: A Case for Taxpayer Education and Publicity Programmes
Mark Lewis
Closing Plenary: Partnerships for Renewal of Jamaica's Tourist Capital
Partnership for Renewal of Jamaica's Tourist Capital
Andrew Spencer
