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Following hundreds of submissions and the request of many other colleagues to submit their work and given the fact that the Easter and Passover holidays are approaching, we are happy to provide an extension to submit a paper or abstract until the 25th of April.
Call for Papers
The EuroMed Academy of Business announces the
7th Annual EMAB Conference
"The Future of Entrepreneurship"
Kristiansand, Norway
September 18th-19th, 2014
EMRBI Presidents
Prof. Demetris Vrontis, Prof. Yaakov Weber
Dean and Director, Director, Research Unit
University of Nicosia, School of Business Administration
Nicosia, Cyprus College of Management, Israel
Conference Chair
Dr. Rotem Shneor
Associate Professor, School of Business and Law,
University of Agder, Norway
Organized by:
University of Agder
Venue: University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Conference website: click here (http://www.euromed2014.com/#!academic-conference/cngi)
Conference Goals
The EuroMed Academy of Business annual conference has established itself as one of the major Business Management conferences of its kind in the EuroMed region (European and Mediterranean), in terms of size, quality of content, and standing reputation of attendees. Many of the papers presented contribute significantly to the business knowledge base. Its Book of Proceedings is highly recognized and accepted to be under citation. Many papers are published in Special Issues in leading journals, and are driving international research and teaching programs.
Our goal is to create a friendly and approachable academy and environment, a strong network, whereby its members (including senior worldwide scholars, faculty members, doctorate students, researchers and business practitioners) are guiding and mentoring each other. We differentiate as we assist participants to network and publish their valuable work (see below: a. Publication Opportunities, b. Authors' Network and Collaboration Workshop and c. Meet the Editors Session). Our participants also form specialised teams applying and getting involved in EU project funding. EMRBI network has submitted over 11 new projects last year. You can visit our Research Project Workshop (see below) that will take place during the conference.
Author Guidelines
* Submission Deadline: April 25th, 2014
Please submit your paper or abstract to EMRBI@unic.ac.cy and to tsoukat@staff.teicrete.gr by strictly adhering to the author guidelines.
All manuscripts (including abstracts) will be double blind reviewed.
Please indicate, on the first page of the manuscript, the track number for submission. All conference tracks are included at the end of this call (brief track descriptions can be found at the conference website). Should you feel that your submission does not exactly fit in any of the tracks please indicate General Track. Alternatively, you may indicate the general area that you would like to have your manuscript reviewed under (eg Marketing, HRM, Strategic Management, Finance etc).
The maximum number of submitted papers or abstracts accepted per author (either single or co-author) is three.
Important Dates
* Notification to authors (for early submissions by March 17th) | by April 28th, 2014 |
* Notification to authors (for submissions after March 17th) | by May 16th, 2014 |
Early-bird registration | Until July 18th, 2014 |
Late registration | After July 18th, 2014 |
Deadline for inclusion in Book of Proceedings ** | August 31th , 2014 |
**Only papers or abstracts of participants registered until August 31st, 2014 will be included in the Book of Proceedings that will be distributed at the conference. Papers and/or abstracts of participants who will register after the above date will be included in the final book of proceedings that will be distributed after the conference. |
Publication Opportunities
All accepted papers and abstracts will be published in the Book of Proceedings (with an ISBN number) which is approved for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index - an integrated index within Web of Science. This distinction is given only to the most significant papers, in terms of academic excellence, conferences-conventions worldwide.
A selection of the best conference papers will also be considered for publication in the following journals (presented in alphabetic order), most of which are internationally ranked or/and ISI/Scopus approved. Some of these journals will devote and publish a special issue based on conference papers.
1. EuroMed Journal of Business - EMRBI's official Journal
2. Baltic Journal of Management
3. Global Business and Economics Review
4. International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics
5. International Journal of Emerging Markets
6. International Journal of Financial Markets and Derivatives
7. International Journal of Globalization and Small Business
8. International Journal of Online Marketing
9. International Journal of Organizational Analysis
10. International Journal of Technology Marketing
11. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development
12. International Marketing Review
13. International Studies of Management and Organization
14. Journal of Customer Behaviour
15. Journal for Global Business Advancement
16. Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
17. Journal of Promotion Management
18. Journal of Transnational Management
19. Journal of the Knowledge Economy
20. Knowledge and Process Management
21. Managing Service Quality
22. Sinergie
23. Social Business
24. The International Journal of Human Resource Management
25. The Marketing Review
26. Thunderbird International Business Review
27. Transnational Marketing Journal
28. World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management & Sustainable Development
For more information please see publication opportunities on the conference website.
OTHER CONFERENCE AND PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
1. Research Project Workshop
2. Authors' Networking and Collaboration Workshop
3. Academic Business Consulting (ABC) Nexus
· Symposium and Professional Development Workshops (SPDW)
· Executive Workshops on M&A and Global Strategies
4. Meet the Editors Session
5. Doctoral Seminars
· Doctoral Seminar on Management
- Doctoral Seminar on Marketing
Additional information can be found on the website.
AWARDS
· Conference Best and Highly Commended Paper Awards
· Conference Best and Highly Commended Student Paper Awards
· Conference Best Track Chair and Commended Track Chair Awards
· Conference Best Reviewer Awards
· EuroMed Journal of Business Best and Highly Commended Paper Awards
Additional information can be found on the website.
Conference Venue – University of Agder, Kristiansand Campus
The 7th EuroMed Conference will take place on the 18th and 19th of September 2014, at the University of Agder's Campus in Kristiansand, Southern Norway.
Kristiansand, informally considered to be the capital city of southern Norway, is easy to travel to and enjoy. The town and surrounding villages offer a wide range of pleasant holiday experiences. The region of Kristiansand has for decades been Norwegian's favourite destination for leisure and recreation.
Kristiansand Tourist Information: http://www.visitkrs.no/en/
Norway Tourist Information: http://www.visitnorway.com/
Conference Hotels
For details on accommodation options, pricing and booking instructions, please see - http://www.euromed2014.com/#!accommodation/c1n9p
Organized Excursions
For details on tour itineraries, pricing and booking instructions, please see - http://www.euromed2014.com/#!excursions/c232d
Programme Tracks and Track Chairs:
Please indicate, on the first page of your manuscript, the track number for submission. Should you feel that your submission does not exactly fit in any of the tracks below please indicate General Track. For a more detailed description of the conference tracks please visit the conference website.
1. Competitiveness, Development and Sustainability |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs |
1. | Sustainable Growth and Development (environment, society and economy). | Dr Ruth Rios-Morales,
Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland ruthriosmorales@bluewin.ch |
2. | Business Competitiveness Drivers in the Post Crisis Era: The European Mediterranean Perspective | Prof. Fotini Psimarni-Voulgari,
TEI of Crete, Greece fvoulgari@staff.teicrete.gr |
3. | Social and Solidarity Economy and common goods | Prof. Bernard PARANQUE,
Kedge Business School bernard.paranque@kedgebs.com |
4. | Agribusiness in Rural Development | Dr Abu Zafar Mahmudul Haq,
City University, Dhaka, Bangladesh zafarhaq34@gmail.com lamisa67@yahoo.com |
5. | Environmental Communication and sustainable development | Dr Georgios Tsandopoulos,
Democritus University of Thrace, Greece tsantopo@fmenr.duth.gr and Dr Stamatis Aggelopoulos,
Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece stamagg@farm.teithe.gr |
6. | Accountability and sustainability in public and non-profit organizations | Prof. Paolo Ricci,
University of Sannio, Italy ricci@unisannio.it Dr Salvatore Russo
Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy salvus@unive.it Dr Paolo Esposito
University of Piemonte Orientale "Avogadro", Italy paolo.esposito@eco.unipmn.it |
2. Conflict, Diversity and Cohesion | |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs |
7. | Managing Diversity and Promoting Collaboration in the Context of Conflict | Prof. Helena Desivilya Syna,
Max Stern Yezreel Valley College (YVC), ISRAEL desiv@yvc.ac.il |
8. | Women's Voices at Top Management in the Era of Complexity | Prof. Helena Desivilya Syna,
Max Stern Yezreel Valley College (YVC), ISRAEL desiv@yvc.ac.il and Dr Dolores Sanchez Bengoa,
International Business School at Vilnius University, Lithuania sanchezl@cytanet.com.cy |
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3. Corporate Governance | |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs |
9. | Corporate Governance and International Business: Strategy and Performance | Prof. Trond Randøy
University of Agder, Norway trond.randoy@uia.no and Dr Matteo Rossi,
University of Sannio, Italy mrossi@unisannio.it |
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4. Cross – Cultural Management |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs | |
10. | Cultural Issues in international business and management and domestic organizations: Implications for managing and interacting in international, domestic and multicultural work-environments | Mr David S. A. Guttormsen
Coventry University ab3483@coventry.ac.uk | |
11. | Intercultural Competence | Prof. Hans Ruediger Kaufmann,
University of Nicosia and EMRBI Vice President kaufmann.r@unic.ac.cy Dr Dolores Sanchez Bengoa,
International Business School at Vilnius University, Lithuania sanchezl@cytanet.com.cy and Ms Englezou Maria,
University of Gloucestershire maria.englezou@hotmail.com | |
12. | Cross Cultural Perspectives of Human Resource Management | Dr Crystal Zhang,
Leeds Metropolitan University c.zhang@leedsmet.ac.uk | |
13. | Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Foreign Direct Investment | Dr Hortênsia Barandas-Karl,
Universidade do Porto, Portugal barandas@fep.up.pt | |
5. Education and Training |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs |
14. | Management of Higher Education (HE) Systems and Institutions | Dr Erika Vaiginienė,
Vilnius University, Lithuania erika.vaiginiene@tvm.vu.lt |
15. | Creativity and Innovation in Teaching in Universities versus employability in the Euro-Mediterranean region | Dr Simona Mihai-Yiannaki,
European University, Cyprus S.Mihai@euc.ac.cy |
16. | e-learning web based models for business and accounting: Requirements, procedures, implementation experiences and implications on lifelong learning | Prof. George Venieris,
Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece |
6. Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs | |
17. | Creativity, innovation and global entrepreneurship | Dr Marios Trigkas,
mtrigkas@for.auth.gr Ms Karagouni Glykeria, karagg@teilar.gr and Prof. Ioannis Papadopoulos, papad@teilar.gr TEI of Larissa, Greece | |
18. | The importance of non-technological innovation for long-term growth | Dr Carlos Martin-Rios,
Rutgers University. USA cmartinrios@cminnovation.org and Dr Niclas Erhardt,
University of Maine, USA niclas.erhardt@maine.edu | |
19. | International entrepreneurship: Challenges in the 21st century | Dr Luísa Carvalho,
Setubal Polytechnic Institute, Portugal luisam.carvalho@uab.pt | |
20. | Governmental innovation policy | Dr Amiram Porath
College for academic studies Or-Yehuda, ISRAEL amirampster@gmail.com, Dr Hakikur Rahman hakik@dsi.uminho.pt, and Prof. Isabel Ramos iramos@dsi.uminho.pt, University of Minho, Portugal. | |
21. | Entrepreneurial Intentions: "Necessity is the Mother of Inventions" (Plato? or Franck 1658) | Dr Jan Green
Glyndŵr University, UK jan.green@glyndwr.ac.uk | |
22. | Value co-creation: Entrepreneurial challenges in the 21st century | Dr S M Riad Shams,
Marketing Advisor and Freelance Consultant shamsriad@gmail.com Dr Mohammad Zahid Hasan,
University of Notre Dame Australia zahid.hasan@nd.edu.au, hasanzahidul@yahoo.com | |
23. | The politics of entrepreneurship: mapping common ground between the social sciences | Dr Stefan Gänzle, stefan.ganzle@uia.no Dr Thomas Henökl, thomas.henokl@uia.no and Dr Stina Torjesen, stina.torjesen@uia.no University of Agder, Norway | |
24. | Strategic Entrepreneurship | Prof. Álvaro Lopes Dias,
ISG, Portugal alvarodias@isg.pt and Dr Renato Pereira,
UAL, Portugal pereiren@hotmail.com | |
25. | Innovation and Start-ups | Dr Matteo Rossi,
University of Sannio, mrossi@unisannio.it Dr Rosa Lombardi,
University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, rosa.lombardi@unicas.it | |
26. | Inclusive entrepreneurship and microfinance | Prof. Roy Mersland,
University of Agder, Norway roy.mersland@uia.no | |
27. | Innovation in Family Businesses | Prof. Elisa Giacosa elisa.giacosa@unito.it Dr Stefano Bresciani stefano.bresciani@unito.it and Prof. Francesca Culasso francesca.culasso@unito.it University of Turin | |
28. | Leadership and entrepreneurial behaviour in turbulent times: A critical assessment across the public sector in Europe" | Dr Rómulo Pinheiro,
University of Agder, Norway romulo.m.pinheiro@uia.no Dr Hugo Horta,
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal hugo.horta@ ist.utl.pt | |
29. | Cooperatives as an alternative economic model in the 21st century | Dr Sara Edom,
Ashkelon Academic College Sara.edom@gmail.com | |
7. Finance and Accounting | |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs |
30. | Accounting, Auditing and Accountability between Present, Past and Future | Prof. Maura CAMPRA maura.campra@eco.unipmn.it Dr Paolo ESPOSITO pesposito@unisannio.it Prof. Pier Carlo ROSSI piercarlo.rossi@eco.unipmn.it University of Piemonte Orientale "Avogadro" |
31. | Management accounting and financial reporting practices: Implications for corporate governance and management | Dr Sandra Cohen,
Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece scohen@aueb.gr |
32. | Interactions between the Volatility of Financial Markets and Investors' Behaviour | Ms Georgia Mouzoura,
University of Gloucestershire, UK georgiamouzoura@connect.glos.ac.uk and Dr Evangelos Tsoukatos,
TEI of Crete, Greece and EMRBI Director of Operations and Developmenttsoukat@staff.teicrete.gr |
33. | Intellectual Capital Valuation and Reporting | Prof. Raffaele Trequattrini, Dr Giuseppe Russo, Dr Rosa Lombardi, Prof. Fabio Nappo, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio |
34. | Public Private Partnership: Business Models, Accounting Regulation, Accountability | Prof. Maura Campra, maura.campra@eco.unipmn.it and Dr Paolo Esposito, paolo.esposito@eco.unipmn.it University of Piemonte Orientale "Avogadro, Italy Prof. Paolo Ricci,
University of Sannio, Italy ricci@unisannio.it |
35. | Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in administrative contracts. Regulations and managerial implications for New Public Management | Dr Antonios Maniatis,
Technological Educational Institute of Ionian Islands, Greece maniatis@dikaio.gr |
36. | New Fiscal and Monetary Policy trends in view of economic and currency reap | Dr Simona Mihai-Yiannaki,
European University, Cyprus S.Mihai@euc.ac.cy |
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8. International Business and Management |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs | |
37. | International Business and Management | Dr Ziva Rozen-Bachar
The Western Galilee College, Israel zivarozenb@gmail.com | |
38. | Managing Multinational corporations in the Euro-Mediterranean region | Dr Dorra Yahiaoui,
Normandy Business School, France d.yahiaoui@em-normandie.fr Dr Hela Chebbi,
EDC – Paris, France hela.chebbi@edcparis.edu and Dr Samer François Nakhle
Modern University for Business and Science-Beirut, Lebanon snakhleh@mubs.edu.lb) | |
39. | Natural Gas – The Driver for New Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean | Dr. Amit Mor,
Eco Energy, Strategic and Financial Consulting amitmor@ecoenergy.co.il | |
40. | Technology application management in banking: Business process reengineering, customer satisfaction, payment system, risk management, financial integration and stability | Prof. Saroj Kumar Datta
VIT Business School, VIT University dattasaroj@gmail.com and Ms Sukanya Kundu
Alliance Business School, Alliance University, Bangalore, India sk54015@gmail.com | |
41. | Chinese Direct Investments in Europe | Prof. Bernd Britzelmaier,
Pforzheim University bernd@britzelmaier.de | |
42. | Pharmaceutical enterprise and supply chain management systems | Dr Ahmad Alibabaei
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences A.Alibabaei@sbmu.ac.ir | |
43. | From Multinational Enterprises to Multinational Industries: Changes in the Nature of the Firm and in the Nature of International Business | Prof. Tamir Agmon
School of Business, Economics and Law, Goteborg University, Sweden tamir.agmon41@gmail.com | |
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9. Marketing | |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs |
44. | Marketing: Theory and Practice | Prof. Demetris Vrontis,
University of Nicosia, Cyprus and EMRBI President vrontis.d@unic.ac.cy |
45. | International, Cross-cultural, Transnational Marketing and Consumer Behaviour | Prof. Ibrahim Sirkeci,
Regent's Centre for Transnational Studies, Regent's University London, UK sirkecii@regents.ac.uk and Dr Maktoba Omar,
Edinburgh University, UK m.omar@napier.ac.uk |
46. | Consumer behaviour | Dr Ioanna Papasolomou papasolomou.i@unic.ac.cy and Dr Yioula Melanthiou melanthiou.y@unic.ac.cy University of Nicosia, Cyprus |
47. | Emerging innovative practices in Services Marketing | Dr Bhavesh Vanparia,
Tolani Institute of Management Studies bhavindh@gmail.com |
48. | Food marketing and sustainability | Dr Riccardo Vecchio
University of Naples Federico II Riccardo.vecchio@unina.it and Ms Azzurra Annunziata
University of Naples Parthenope Azzurra.annunziata@uniparthenope.it |
49. | Food and agriculture: shifting to a consumer-lead model | Dr Karipidis Philipos philika@farm.teithe.gr and Dr Aggelopoulos Stamatis stamagg@farm.teithe.gr Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece |
50. | The study of brand equity as a relationship between brand personality and consumer personality | Ms Irma Shyle,
Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albaniairmitash@yahoo.com |
51. | Relationship Marketing & Customer Experience Management | Dr Apostolos Giovanis,
TEI of Athens, Greece agiovanis@teiath.gr and Dr Pinelopi Athanassopoulou,
University of Peloponnese, Greece apinelopi@hotmail.com |
52. | Social Media Marketing | Mr Md. Zahir Uddin Arif,
Jagannath University (JnU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. mjarif2004@yahoo.com mzarif04@yahoo.com |
53. | Consumption culture | Dr Carmen Rodríguez Santos, University of León, Spain carmen.santos@unileon.es and Prof. Ruediger Kaufmann Hans,
University of Nicosia and EMRBI Vice President kaufmann.r@unic.ac.cy |
54. | Innovative technology marketing strategies for economic development | Mr. Mohammad Fateh Ali Khan Panni fkpanni@yahoo.com and Md. Shahriar Parvez msparvez_educator@yahoo.co.uk City University, Bangladesh |
55. | Branding and Consumer Choice for Food | Dr Polymeros Chrysochou polyc@asb.dk and Prof. Krystallis Athanasios ATKR@asb.dk Aarhus University |
56. | Brands and their stakeholders | Prof. Sandra Loureiro,
ISCTE-IUL-business schoolsandra.loureiro@iscte.pt |
57. | Strategic Brand Management | Mr. Md. Zahir Uddin Arif,
Jagannath University (JnU), Bangladesh. mjarif2004@yahoo.com and mzarif04@yahoo.com |
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10. Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs | |
58. | Organizational Behaviour: Theory, Cases and Practice | Prof. Peter Stokes* p.stokes@chester.ac.uk Dr Neil Moore, n.moore@chester.ac.uk Prof. Caroline Rowland c.rowland@chester.ac.uk, University of Chester, UK. and Mr. Peter Scott,
Liverpool John Moores University, UK p.scott123@btinternet.com * corresponding track chair | |
59. | Human Resource Management | Dr Andrew Michael,
Intercollege Larnaca, Cyprus, UGSM-Monarch Business School, Switzerland and Northcentral University, Arizona, USA mandy@cytanet.com.cy | |
60. | Different organizations; different business process management methodologies for business values | Dr Ahmad Alibabaei
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences A.Alibabaei@sbmu.ac.ir | |
61. | Early Labour Market Careers and Competencies: Apprenticeships and Work-based Learning | Ms Teresa Torres-Coronas teresa.torres@urv.cat Dr Maria-Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco mariaarantzazu.vidal@urv.cat Prof. Mario Arias-Oliva mario.arias@urv.cat Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain | |
62. | Ethics in business and in Organizations | Dr Dalit Yassour-Borochowitz
Yezreel Valley College, ISRAEL dality@yvc.ac.il | |
63. | Global challenges on sustainable employability and innovative HRD practices | Dr Niki Kyriakidou,
Leeds Metropolitan University, UK n.kyriakidou@leedsmet.ac.uk | |
64. | Information Systems human capital development and career planning; tools for human capital retention | Dr Ahmad Alibabaei
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences A.Alibabaei@sbmu.ac.ir | |
11. Strategic Management |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs |
65. | Strategic Management: Theory and Practice | Dr Shlomo Tarba, tarba2003@gmail.com The University of Sheffield, UK |
66. | Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions | Dr Emanuel Gomes, E.Gomes@sheffield.ac.uk and Dr Shlomo Tarba, tarba2003@gmail.com The University of Sheffield, UK |
67. | Strategic Integrated Communication: What leaders and entrepreneurs need to know | Dr Dalmé Mulder,
University of the Free State, South-Africa mulderd@ufs.ac.za |
68. | Business of agricultural products and agribusiness: Management, Financing and Decision Support Systems in Agriculture | Dr Stamatis Aggelopoulos,
Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece stamagg@farm.teithe.gr |
69. | Wine Business | Dr Matteo Rossi,
matteo.rossi@unisannio.it Prof. Giuseppe Festa
gfesta@unisa.it University of Sannio, Italy and Prof. Eugenio Pomarici
pomarici@unina.it University of Siena, Italy |
12. Tourism |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs | |
70. | Tourism | Prof. Vitor Ambrósio,
Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, Portugalvitor.ambrosio@eshte.pt | |
71. | Web marketing in tourism destinations | Prof. Amedeo Maizza,
University of Salento, Italy | |
72. | The future of tourist destination competitiveness in a sustainable view | Dr Milena Viassone,
University of Turin, Italy milena.viassone@unito.it | |
73. | Rural Tourism: typology of tourists, motivation, marketing, communication, booking process, etc. | Dr Enric López,
EUHT CETT, Barcelona, Spainenric.lopez@cett.es | |
13. Virtual Tracks |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs | |
74. | Social Innovation facing Bio economics | and Prof. Manuela Epure,
prorector_cercetare@spiruharet.ro USH Bucharest, Romania | |
14. General Tracks | |
| Track Title | Track Chair/Chairs |
75. | Business Analytics | Prof. Saroj Kumar Datta
VIT University, India dattasaroj@gmail.com and Ms Sukanya Kundu
Alliance University, Bangalore, India sk54015@gmail.com |
76. | General Track | Dr Evangelos Tsoukatos,
TEI of Crete, Greece and EMRBI Director of Operations and Developmenttsoukat@staff.teicrete.gr |
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Professor Yaakov Weber
Director, Research Unit
School of Business Administration
College of Management, Israel
President, EMRBI
EuroMed Research Business Institute
www.emrbi.com