WBM 2025 / Napa Valley
International Research Conference for the Management Disciplines
Presentation Dates: March 30 - April 1, 2025
Welcome to the WBM 2025 / Napa Valley International Research Conference for the Management Disciplines + Wine Business Research Conference, a premier in-person research conference focused on the management disciplines, with an added feature of wine business research. This conference provides a vibrant forum for academics and scholars to share their latest research findings, teaching methods, and course materials in a collaborative and engaging online environment. We are happy to return to beautiful Napa Valley.
This conference will have a duel focus split into two different days:
Join us in the heart of Napa Valley, March 30-March 31, 2025, for an intellectually stimulating and enriching two-day conference focused on cutting-edge research in the management disciplines with a extra set of sessions emphasizing the unique challenges and opportunities facing the wine industry.
Agenda
March 30, 2025
Location
The conference will be held at the Conference center at the Hampton Inn & Suites in beautiful downtown Napa, California, surrounded by world-renowned vineyards, wineries, and culinary experiences.
International Research Conference for the Management Disciplines
Presentation Dates: March 30 - April 1, 2025
Welcome to the WBM 2025 / Napa Valley International Research Conference for the Management Disciplines + Wine Business Research Conference, a premier in-person research conference focused on the management disciplines, with an added feature of wine business research. This conference provides a vibrant forum for academics and scholars to share their latest research findings, teaching methods, and course materials in a collaborative and engaging online environment. We are happy to return to beautiful Napa Valley.
This conference will have a duel focus split into two different days:
- Management Disciplines (Management/HR/OB, Marketing, International Business, Operations Management, Finance, Accounting etc.)
- Wine Business Research
Join us in the heart of Napa Valley, March 30-March 31, 2025, for an intellectually stimulating and enriching two-day conference focused on cutting-edge research in the management disciplines with a extra set of sessions emphasizing the unique challenges and opportunities facing the wine industry.
Agenda
March 30, 2025
- 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM - Presentations
- 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Social Event / Meet and Greet
- 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM - Presentations (breakfast/lunch included)
Location
The conference will be held at the Conference center at the Hampton Inn & Suites in beautiful downtown Napa, California, surrounded by world-renowned vineyards, wineries, and culinary experiences.
Winter 2025 issue of Journal of Business Management & Change has been published
We are proud to announce our newest journal: The Journal of Business Pedagogy
The Journal of Business Pedagogy aspires to play a significant role in promoting the scholarship of teaching and learning in the realm of business disciplines. Committed to the advancement of teaching and learning in management and organizational fields, our published articles reflect the dynamic shifts in the conceptualization, organization, and practices within business education. Throughout the review process, we adopt a developmental approach in our collaboration with authors, seeking to empower them to eloquently convey their ideas and insights. Format: Online ISSN 2996-668X Format: Print ISSN 2996-6698 |
WBM 2025 / Conferences
WBM 2025 / Bordeaux (France) CANCELLED due to travel concerns October 2025 Live, in-person Synchronous Presentations Optional A-synchronous virtual presentations The Fall international conference may convert to a U.S. domestic conference. Details will come soon. 
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About us
Welcome to WBM, the Western Business & Management Association International Research Conference. WBM is a premiere research conference series focusing on all of the major business management disciplines including Management, Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management Organization Theory, Marketing Management, Operations Management, Financial Management and I/O Psychology. For 2023 we had WBM / Napa Valley and WBM / Lisbon. Our conferences continue in 2024 starting with our WBM / New York City conference in Aprll.
We are based out of an AACSB accredited business school. Most of our events are co-sponsored by STAN/SHRM, the former National HR Games Champions and multiple Super Merit Award winner from SHRM. Papers presented in the conference may be published in the Western Journal of Human Resource Management or the Journal of Business Management & Change, both Cabells listed journals as 'white' journals.
WBM 2025 / Napa Valley (March 29 - April 1, 2025)
WBM 2024 / Rome (super fun and productive!)
WBM 2024 / New York (two encores for this performance)
WBM 2023 / Lisbon, Portugal (like a perfect port wine...sold out!)
WBM 2023 / Napa Valley (an outpouring of success)
WBM 2022 / Champagne (a sparkling success)
WBM 2020 / Business Teaching+Pedagogy (a success)
WBM 2020 / COVID+BUSINESS (a success)
WBM 2020 / Business Teaching+Pedagogy (a success)
WBM 2020 / Human Resource Management (a success)
WBM 2020 / Music Industry Research, September 12, 2020 (a hit)
WBM 2020 / Wine Business Research (success)
WBM 2020 / Napa Valley, California: March 27-28. 2020 (a surprise success as COVID took a swing but we ducked and punched back!)
WBM 2019 / Dijon, France Special Theme: Wine Business Research (a tasty success!)
WBM 2018 / Bordeaux, France Special Theme: Wine Business Research (a huge success! how could it not be.. it is Bordeaux)
WBM 2017 / South Lake Tahoe, California, Nov 3-5, 2017 (a huge success!)
WBM 2017 / South Lake Tahoe, California, May 5-6, 2017 (a huge success!)
WBM 2016 / Las Vegas, March 24-25, 2016 at the University of Nevada Las Vegas
(including special AACSB-focused workshop on publishing)
WBM 2015 / San Francisco, April 10-11, 2015 (a huge success!)
WBM 2015 / Lake Tahoe, Nevada, January 9-11, 2015 (biggest event in Tahoe ever)
WBM 2014 / Lake Tahoe, Nevada January 17-19, 2014 (a success!)
WBM 2014 / San Francisco April 25-26, 2014 (a success!)
WBM 2014 / Lyon April 17, 2014 (a success!)
WBM 2014 / Paris October 3-4, 2014 (a success!)
WBM 2013 / London October 4-5, 2013 (a success!)
WBM 2013 / San Francisco April 5-6, 2013 (a success!)
WBM 2013 / Rome June 5, 2013 (a success!)
WBM 2012 / Paris October 6, 2012 (a success!)
+ many more back to 2002
We hold our conferences in the greatest cities in the world: London, Paris, Rome, Las Vegas, Bordeaux, Lyon, Honolulu, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Lake Tahoe. We are considering future conferences in Barcelona, Yosemite, Prague, Amsterdam, Vienna and Dijon.
We are proudly listed on allconferences.com the premiere listing website for professional and academic conferences.
We are based out of an AACSB accredited business school. Most of our events are co-sponsored by STAN/SHRM, the former National HR Games Champions and multiple Super Merit Award winner from SHRM. Papers presented in the conference may be published in the Western Journal of Human Resource Management or the Journal of Business Management & Change, both Cabells listed journals as 'white' journals.
WBM 2025 / Napa Valley (March 29 - April 1, 2025)
WBM 2024 / Rome (super fun and productive!)
WBM 2024 / New York (two encores for this performance)
WBM 2023 / Lisbon, Portugal (like a perfect port wine...sold out!)
WBM 2023 / Napa Valley (an outpouring of success)
WBM 2022 / Champagne (a sparkling success)
WBM 2020 / Business Teaching+Pedagogy (a success)
WBM 2020 / COVID+BUSINESS (a success)
WBM 2020 / Business Teaching+Pedagogy (a success)
WBM 2020 / Human Resource Management (a success)
WBM 2020 / Music Industry Research, September 12, 2020 (a hit)
WBM 2020 / Wine Business Research (success)
WBM 2020 / Napa Valley, California: March 27-28. 2020 (a surprise success as COVID took a swing but we ducked and punched back!)
WBM 2019 / Dijon, France Special Theme: Wine Business Research (a tasty success!)
WBM 2018 / Bordeaux, France Special Theme: Wine Business Research (a huge success! how could it not be.. it is Bordeaux)
WBM 2017 / South Lake Tahoe, California, Nov 3-5, 2017 (a huge success!)
WBM 2017 / South Lake Tahoe, California, May 5-6, 2017 (a huge success!)
WBM 2016 / Las Vegas, March 24-25, 2016 at the University of Nevada Las Vegas
(including special AACSB-focused workshop on publishing)
WBM 2015 / San Francisco, April 10-11, 2015 (a huge success!)
WBM 2015 / Lake Tahoe, Nevada, January 9-11, 2015 (biggest event in Tahoe ever)
WBM 2014 / Lake Tahoe, Nevada January 17-19, 2014 (a success!)
WBM 2014 / San Francisco April 25-26, 2014 (a success!)
WBM 2014 / Lyon April 17, 2014 (a success!)
WBM 2014 / Paris October 3-4, 2014 (a success!)
WBM 2013 / London October 4-5, 2013 (a success!)
WBM 2013 / San Francisco April 5-6, 2013 (a success!)
WBM 2013 / Rome June 5, 2013 (a success!)
WBM 2012 / Paris October 6, 2012 (a success!)
+ many more back to 2002
We hold our conferences in the greatest cities in the world: London, Paris, Rome, Las Vegas, Bordeaux, Lyon, Honolulu, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Lake Tahoe. We are considering future conferences in Barcelona, Yosemite, Prague, Amsterdam, Vienna and Dijon.
We are proudly listed on allconferences.com the premiere listing website for professional and academic conferences.
