The conference topics of interest for submission include but are not limited to the following. Please note that individuals who are not able to submit or present a paper but also welcome to register to attend the conference. • Development and management of transnational corporations in China and other emerging economies • Global development strategy and mergers and acquisitions overseas • Globalization and economic development • Globalization of electronic commerce • Globalization of service industry • International entrepreneurship and internationalization of small and medium sized enterprises • International marketing and human resources management • International trade and investment policy • R&D and Globalization of innovation management • Role of emerging markets in the global economy • Significance, function and effect of Asia-Pacific Free Trade Zone • Social responsibility of transnational corporations and sustainable development • Transnational corporations and cross-cultural management • Transnational corporations, foreign investment and institutional innovation • Transnational corporations’ global supply chain management • World economic and financial research