This conference is organized by the Centre for Research & Consultancy at University of Dubai in collaboration with Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Academic Consortia of 21 universities in UAE, and AACSB/EQUIS accredited international universities. Selected top quality accepted papers will be published as conference proceedings if desired by the paper presenters. The 2017 year conference proceedings can be viewed at http://publications.ud.ac.ae/index.php/ICABML-CP.