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The EuroMed Academy of Business announces the
4th Annual EuroMed Conference
20th -21st October 2011
Hosted by: Technological Educational Institute of Crete
<http://www.portoelounda.com/v4/html/Accommodation.htm> , Greece
Conference Venue: Porto Elounda Deluxe Resort <http://www.portoelounda.com/>
<http://www.portoelounda.com/v4/html/Accommodation.htm> , Crete, Greece
Special prices were negotiated with the hotel to apply to all conference
participants and accompanying people
EMRBI Presidents
Prof. Demetris Vrontis, Dean
Prof. Yaakov Weber, Chair
School of Business,
Dept. of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
University of Nicosia,
School of Business
Nicosia, Cyprus
College of Management, Israel
Conference Chairs
Dr Evangelos Tsoukatos
Prof. Fotini Psimarni-Voulgari
Department of Finance and Insurance, Agios Nikolaos Campus,
Technological Educational Institute of Crete
The conference is under the auspices of the Mayor of Agios Nikolaos and the
President of the Economic Chamber of Greece (East Crete Chapter)
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
<http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/science_products/a-z/co
nf_proceedings_citation_index/> Conference Proceedings Citation Index — an
integrated index within
<http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/science_products/a-z/we
b_of_science/> Web of Science. This distinction is given only to the most
significant, 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:
* EuroMed Journal of Business - EMRBI’s official Journal
* California Management Review
* International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics
* International Journal of Technology Marketing
* Journal of Global Responsibility
* Journal of Transnational Management
* World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management & Sustainable
Development
Conference Goals
The 4th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business has two goals.
The first is to provide a global platform for different academic and
professional approaches (i.e. empirical, conceptual, practical, case
studies, etc) and discussions on business research challenges and
developments in this turbulent era in the region and the world. The second
goal is to provide the opportunity to scholars, practitioners and PhD
students to have their work reviewed, encouraged and commented on within a
supportive academic and professional community of colleagues from different
international contexts.
Parent organization of the EuroMed Academy of Business, the EuroMed
Research Business Institute
http://www.emrbi.com/ is an international
research institute with country directors in all the main countries of the
region, and beyond, who are supported by an advisory board of scholars from
leading universities.
Author Guidelines, Submission Deadline, Review Process and Awards
Submission Deadline: May 16, 2011
Please submit two copies of your paper or abstract to
tarba2003@gmail.com
and to
emrbi@unic.ac.cy by strictly adhering to the attached author
guidelines.
All manuscripts (including abstracts) will be double blind reviewed. Please
indicate, on the first page of the manuscript, the track (only one) for
submission. All conference tracks are included at the end of this call.
The best All Conference, Junior Researcher and Student papers will be
awarded at the conference.
The maximum number of papers accepted per author (either single or
co-author) is three.
Other Important Dates
Conf. website opens (http://www.emrbi.com/conf2011/) 15th March 2011
Notification to authors: June 30, 2011
Early-bird registration: Till September 08, 2011
Late registration: After September 08, 2011
Only papers or abstracts of registered participants until September 23, 2011
will be included in the Book of Proceedings that will be distributed at the
conference. All other papers and/or abstracts of registered participants
will be included in the final book of proceedings that will be distributed
after the conference.
EMAB Best and Highly Commended Paper Awards (All Conference)
Sponsored by the EuroMed Journal of Business, one “Best Paper” and three
“Highly Commended Paper” awards will be presented. Only full paper
submissions will be considered for the awards.
EMAB Best Reviewer Awards
As part of the implementation of EMRBI goals described above and dedication
to high quality reviews process, Best Reviewer Award will be presented to
5-10 Reviewers whose reviews were with high quality, clear contribution and
positive recommendations for paper and research improvement to authors. The
evaluation criteria for this award will be published in the website.
EMAB Junior Researcher Awards
Junior researchers are invited to apply for the “Best Junior Researcher’s
Paper” and three “Highly Commended Junior Researcher’s Paper” awards. These
prestigious awards aim to motivate and support emerging researchers and
promote co-operation between junior and senior researchers.
The selection of best paper and highly commended papers will be based on the
following criteria:
1. Applicants should be currently employed as junior faculty, at a
University or College, or hold a junior management position in the industry.
2. Applicants should submit a full paper by May 16th 2011, to any of
the conference tracks.
3. A cover letter, supporting the application, should be sent together
with a short CV
4. The above should be sent to
EMRBI@unic.ac.cy by May 16th 2011
EMAB Student Awards
Students are invited to apply for the “Best Student Paper” and three “Highly
Commended Student Paper” awards. The Best Student Paper award is accompanied
by a complimentary conference registration and complimentary one year
student EMRBI membership.
Selection of best and highly commended student papers will be based on the
following criteria:
1. Applicants should currently be Doctorate students (e.g. PhD, DBA,
DProf).
2. Applicants should submit a full paper by May 16th 2011, to any of
the conference tracks
3. A cover letter, supporting the application, should be sent together
with a short CV
4. The above should be sent to
EMRBI@unic.ac.cy by May 16th 2011
Academic Business Consulting (ABC) Nexus
The conference will include activities aiming to develop Academic Business
Consulting Nexus as suggested by EMRBI members in the Leaders Meeting and
accepted by the Executive Board of EMRBI. Examples of such activities
include:
1. Symposium and Professional Development Workshops (PDW)
The EuroMed Symposiums and Professional Development Workshops (PDW) (for
example, professional to scholars) are platforms for colleagues to share
knowledge and expertise and foster the professional development of workshop
participants. It is also an opportunity to develop innovative and creative
symposium with the view of enriching participants and generate a high
standard scholarly gathering. Our goal is to have sessions that encourage
new thoughts and innovative research directions. The submission should not
exceed three pages and should be submitted by at least three scholars whose
participation in the conference would be necessary.
Please refer to
http://www.emrbi.com/main.asp?sel_nav1=145
<http://www.emrbi.com/main.asp?sel_nav1=145&sel_nav2=90&cat=site>
&sel_nav2=90&cat=site
2. Executive Workshop on M&A
The EuroMed 2011 Annual Conference Executive Workshop on Mergers &
Acquisitions provides an overview of state-of-the-art on success and failure
factors in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions from buyer
and seller points of view (including managerial practical guide for planning
mergers and acquisitions, synergy analysis, evaluation and pricing,
negotiation, implementing post-merger integration process, dealing with
cultural differences, human resource challenges, and capturing synergy
potential).
For full description of the objectives of the Executive Workshop please see
the details at our website.
3. Presentations and Keynote Speeches from academic AND business experts.
4. Suggestions for more activities
Ideas and suggestions for more activities are invited. Please send 1-3 pages
description of such proposed activities to Dr. Shlomo Tarba
tarba2003@gmail.com
Doctoral Seminar on M&A
The EuroMed 2011 Annual Conference Doctoral Seminar provides an opportunity
for doctoral students representing all areas of business to explore their
research interests in a unique interdisciplinary and interactive workshop
with a panel of distinguished research faculty. Abstracts will be published
in the conference proceedings.
The seminar will provide a unique opportunity for doctoral students to
further develop their research ideas, to learn about the challenges of
conducting M&A research and building a successful academic career in this
field, and to broaden their professional networks. The format of the
Consortium will facilitate a constructive and supportive discussion among
the doctoral students and the participating faculty on topics of broad
interest such as new trends in conducting high-impact M&A research, managing
the dissertation stage and the job search process, and successful entry into
the academic career. In addition, students will receive concrete feedback on
their individual current research projects as well as ideas and guidance for
their future research agenda.
All participants in the Doctoral seminar are eligible for the EMAB Award for
the Best Doctoral Dissertation Proposal.
Participants of the Doctoral seminar that precedes the conference (Crete,
October, 18-19, 2011) will be exempted from the conference registration
fees. The institute offers a limited number of scholarships up to 600 Euro
each.
For full description of the objectives of the 2011 Doctoral Seminar and
selection criteria please see the details at our website
<http://www.emrbi.com/main.asp?sel_nav1=155&sel_nav2=92&cat=site>
http://www.emrbi.com/main.asp?sel_nav1=155&sel_nav2=92&cat=site
For more information please contact Prof. Yaakov Weber
yaakovw@colman.ac.il
Research Fellowship Award
Participation in various activities of the conference and other EMRBI
activities are taken in account in consideration for awarding Research
Fellowship Award.
Please refer to
http://www.emrbi.com/photos/uploads/research%20fellowship.pdf
Organized Excursions
Boat Tours
Half day boat trips to the nearby Spinalonga Island
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinalonga> will be organized on Thursday
20th and Friday 21st of October. Embark from and disembark to your hotel’s
private pier. Guided tour of The
<http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=32517&isbn13=
9780061340321&displayType=bookinterview> Island included.
Bus Tour
A full day excursion will be organized on Saturday 22nd of October for a
tour around some of the main attractions of the island. The bus will depart
from your hotel in Elounda and travel to Plateau
<http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=32517&isbn13=
9780061340321&displayType=bookinterview> of Lasithi (where you will visit
Diktaion Andron <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychro_Cave> ), Archanes
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archanes> , Knossos
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos> and Heraklion
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion> . Details are provided below:
* Porto Elounda Deluxe Resort
* Plateau of Lasithi
* Diktaion Andron
* Archanes
* Knossos, guided tour
* Heraklion
Programme Tracks and Track Chairs:
The following list indicates the various Conference Track Chairs, some of
which are interdisciplinary. If you have any difficulties in selecting the
most appropriate track for your paper or abstract, please send your paper to
the last track, General Track. The scientific committee will evaluate your
submission and include it within the most appropriate track.
1. International and regional trade and economics in the EuroMed zone. Amir
Shoham, College of Management-Academic Studies, Rishon LeZion,
amir1s@colman.ac.il
2. Strategic alliances in a turbulent economy: Product vs. service
alliances, alliance networks or alliance portfolios, knowledge sharing and
creation through alliances. Ian Kwan,
ikwan@alumni.unav.es
3. M&A management and perspectives: Process and practice of M&A, global
expansion via M&A, post-merger integration, knowledge transfer, and
performance. Vasilaki Athina, IESEG,
a.vasilaki@ieseg.fr
4. Organizational behavior: Leadership, motivation, job design, team work,
organizational citizenship. Yitzhak Fried, Syracuse University,
yfried@syr.edu
5. Agriculture trade and businesses: customer behaviour, labour management,
marketing, real estate. Sara Edom, Ashkelon Academic College,
edomdr@hotmail.com
6. Transnational and immigrant entrepreneurship (this track focuses on
papers regarding how transnational and immigrant entrepreneurs examine the
process of seeking and exploiting business opportunities). Israel Drori,
College of Management- Academic Studies,
israeld@colman.ac.il
7. International business and management: Multinational enterprises,
comparative business-government relations, reasons for direct foreign
investment, internationalization theory, joint ventures and strategic
partnerships. Yaakov Weber, College of Management-Academic Studies,
yaakovw@colman.ac.il
8. Strategic management: Competitive strategy, business unit strategy,
corporate strategy. Shlomo Tarba, EMRBI,
tarba2003@gmail.com
9. Value based management: Value definition, measurement, and management of
value drivers. Bernd Britzelmaier, Pforzheim University,
bernd@britzelmaier.de and
Valentin Beck, Leeds Metropolitan University,
V_Beck@web.de
10. Technology marketing: Marketing considerations for technology and
technology-intensive products. Alexander Brem, Friedrich-Alexander
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany,
brem@industriebetriebslehre.de
and Eric Viardot, EADA, Barcelona,
eviardot@eada.edu
11. Case study track. Yaakov Weber, College of Management - Academic
Studies,
yaakovw@colman.ac.il
12. New perspectives on managing multinational corporations in the
Euro-Mediterranean region. Dorra Yahiaoui, Normandy Business School,
d.yahiaoui@em-normandie.fr , Hela Chebbi, EDC – Paris,
hela.chebbi@edcparis.edu , and Adel Golli, Euromed Management,
adel.golli@euromed-management.com
13. Small and medium enterprises: Economic environment, finance, R&D,
valuation, controlling, and business succession. Bernd Britzelmaier,
Pforzheim University,
bernd@britzelmaier.de, Matteo Rossi, Università degli
Studi del Sannio, Benevento, Italy,
mrossi@unisannio.it , and Paolo Ricci,
Università degli Studi del Sannio, Benevento, Italy,
ricci@unisannio.it
14. Entrepreneurship and tourism, behaviour and culture in tourism
destinations, tourism planning and development models and experiences.
Vitor Ambrósio, Portugal,
vitor.ambrosio@eshte.pt
15. Utilization of open innovation strategies for the development of small
and medium scale enterprises in Euro-Med Region. Hakikur Rahman, University
of Minho, Portugal,
hakik@dsi.uminho.pt and Isabel Ramos, University of
Minho, Portugal,
iramos@dsi.uminho.pt
16. European and global business innovation system policy, analysis and
management techniques: Economics and business strategy viewpoints on
innovation, innovation systems in several sectors and regions-business
clustering, social policy-strategic and tactical viewpoints for sectoral,
regional and national development. Ioannis Papadopoulos, Department of Wood
& Furniture Technology & Design, Karditsa, Greece, <mailto:
papad@teilar.gr>
papad@teilar.gr, Glykeria Karagkouni, Department of Wood & Furniture
Technology & Design, Karditsa, Greece, and
karagg@teilar.gr and Marios
Trigkas, Department of Wood and Furniture Technology& Design, Karditsa,
Greece, <mailto:
mtrigkas@cereteth.gr>
mtrigkas@cereteth.gr
17. Cultural heritage in the context of tourism industry: Branding and
promoting destinations, and the role of festivals, traditional food and
beverages on the firm competiveness. Amos Raviv, Israeli Center of
Management Studies,
amos@rvc.co.il
18. Culture implications on performance. Orly Yeheskel, The Academic College
of Tel-Aviv Yaffo,
orlyyehe@mta.ac.il
19. Wine business and globalization. Ruth Rios-Morales, University of
Applied Sciences, Switzerland,
ruth.riosmorales@glion.edu and Matteo
Rossi, Università degli Studi del Sannio, Benevento, Italy,
mrossi@unisannio.it
20. Sub Saharan African countries and the Mediterranean counntries are the
new economic challenge for China and USA. Ilan Bijaoui, Ashkelon Academic
College,
ibii@netvision.net.il
21.Marketing management in services industries: Health care marketing,
telecommunications-mobile marketing, bank marketing, educational
marketing, restaurant marketing, and crisis management in service industry.
Constantinos-Vasilios Priporas, University of Macedonia, Greece,
cpriporas@gmail.com
22.Cross-Cultural perspectives of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial
development, entrepreneurial orientation and global competitiveness,
entrepreneurship in transition economies. Evangelos Tsoukatos, Technological
Educational Institute of Crete,
tsoukat@staff.teicrete.gr
23. Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR), business
ethics, sustainability, and corporate governance from different cultural
perspectives. Mehdi Majidi, The American University of Paris,
mmajidi@aup.fr
24. Technology application management in banking: Business process
reengineering, customer satisfaction, payment system, risk management,
financial integration, financial stability. Saroj Datta, Mody Institute of
Technology and Science,
dean.fms@mitsuniversity.ac.in and Sukanya Kundu,
Mody Institute of Technology and Science,
sk54015@gmail.com
25. Derivatives and Financial Risk Management: Regulatory Framework,
derivatives and financial risk hedging, developing countries scenario,
foreign institutional investors and derivative market, stock market
volatility and derivative pricing, trading strategies. Saroj Datta, Mody
Institute of Technology and Science,
dean.fms@mitsuniversity.ac.in and
Ruchika Gahlot, Mody Institute of Technology and Science,
ruchikagahlot29@gmail.com
26. Risk management: The emerging management skill. Yossi Raanan, College of
Management, Rishon LeZion,
yraanan@colman.ac.il
27. HR development: Workforce training, career development, job
satisfaction, organizational commitment, and the influence of different HR
practices on firm performance. Andrew Michael, Intercollege Larnaca, Cyprus,
mandy@cytanet.com.cy
28. The influence of customer-driven marketing strategies (Relationship
Marketing-RM, Customer Relationship Management-CRM, and Customer Knowledge
Management-CKM) in the improvement of organizational and marketing
performance. Mohammad Fateh Ali Khan Panni, City University,
fkpanni@yahoo.com
29. E-Business systems - The opportunity for effective management of global
enterprises. Bhavani Prasad Goli Veera, Kakatiya University, Warangal,
bhavaniprasadgv@gmail.com
30. The role of the manager in turbulent international environments:
Differences between informal and formal decision making, new market
penetration modes, and headquarter-subsidiary interrelationships. Shlomo
Tarba, EMRBI,
tarba2003@gmail.com
31. Identity and marketing: psychological and sociological concept of
identity. The role of relations, values and emotions in the satisfaction of
customer desires, wants and needs. Hans Rudiger Kaufmann, University of
Nicosia,
kaufmann.r@unic.ac.cy
32. Impact of globalization on sustainable tourism in the Mediterranean
countries.
Gjergji Shqau, Aleksander Xhuvani University,
gjergjishqau@yahoo.com
33. Business of agricultural products: Agricultural management, marketing
of agricultural products, decision support systems in agriculture. Stamatis
Aggelopoulos, Educacional Institute of Thessaloniki,
Greece,
stamagg@farm.teithe.gr
34. Intercultural knowledge management: Capturing, codifying and
transferring the knowledge between business entities - subsidiaries,
strategic alliances, joint ventures, M&A. Dolores Sanchez Bengoa,
Intercollege, Larnaca, Cyprus,
sanchez.l@adm.lar.intercol.edu or
sanchezl@cytanet.com.cy
35. The impact of migrations on the development of Mediterranean Region.
Diego Matricano, Istituto di Ricerche sulle Attività Terziarie, Naples,
Italy, <mailto:
diego.matricano@unina2.it>
diego.matricano@unina2.it
36. Cross-cultural management: Micro-level effects of individual value
preferences (S. Schwartz) and personality traits (Big Five) and their impact
on certain patterns of behavior in cross-cultural situations. Daniel Dauber,
Warwick University,
daniel.dauber@wu.ac.at
37. Waste Management and Sustainability in a Connected World. Ivana Modena,
International University of Geneva, Switzerland,
imodena@iun.ch
38. International Human Resource Management: Intercultural communication
competence between local managers and expatriates in subsidiaries. Peter
Juskiw, Les Roches Gruyère University of Applied Sciences, Bulle,
Switzerland, <mailto:
peter.juskiw@glion.edu>
peter.juskiw@glion.edu and
Ivana Modena, International University of Geneva, Switzerland,
imodena@iun.ch
39. Project, program and portfolio management (3PM) as a tool for a
strategic management: 3PM and business organization, 3PM and public sector,
3PM and change management. Erika Vaiginiene, International Business School
at Vilnius University,
Erika.vaiginiene@tvm.vu.lt
40. Consumer behavior in emerging countries: Between anchored traditions and
emerging trends: Ambivalence between tradition and modernity. Fatma Smaoui
Institut Supérieur de Gestion - Tunis University,
<mailto:
fatma.smaoui@gnet.tn>
fatma.smaoui@gnet.tn
41. Internet-enabled Internationalization - Mass customization and
personalization of content and services in the new digital business
environments. Internet and mobile computing in context of e-business and
global economy.
Rotem Shneor, University of Agder, Norway,
rotem.shneor@uia.no
42. Brand personality research: Conceptualizations, dimensions, and
structures. Human-brand personality congruence and fit, and its impact on
issues such as brand recall and brand loyalty. Rotem Shneor, University of
Agder, Norway,
rotem.shneor@uia.no
43. The impact of corporate venture capital investment on innovation.
Business angels: Accelerators of innovation in EuroMed Region. Matteo Rossi,
Università degli Studi del Sannio, Benevento, Italy,
mrossi@unisannio.it ,
and Pier Massa,
M2 - Business Frameworks Limited,
pier.massa@m2businessframework.com
44. Knowledge and skills for building partnerships among universities,
business, government and the community: Innovation capacity building,
knowledge exchange and entrepreneurship, technology transfer. Elvira
Martini, University of Sannio, Benevento - Italy,
elmartin@unisannio.it
45. Internet-based technologies for solving work-related tasks: Knowledge
sharing, collaborative problem solving, learning, communities of practice,
innovation, creativity, and the role of HRM with these advanced
technological tools (social networking, virtual worlds, micro blogging).
Bjørn-Tore Flåten, University of Agder, Norway,
bjorn-tore.flaten@uia.no
46. Outsourcing in the post global financial crisis era: The consequences of
the global financial crisis and reduction in the amount of
outsourced-business. The current and future trends in outsourcing. Economies
of outsourcing and its strategic implementation. Richard Mbewe, Lazarski
University, Warsaw, Poland,
rmbewe@wp.pl
47. Corporate identity, brand, image and reputation: Dimensions and
implications. Cláudia Simões, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal,
csimoes@eeg.uminho.pt
48. European integration: the problem or the cure for the economic crisis?
Eyal Inbar, College of Management - Academic Studies,
inbarim@netvision.net.il
49. Impact of globalization on sustainable tourism in the Mediterranean
countries.
Gjergji Shqau, Aleksander Xhuvani University,
gjergjishqau@yahoo.com
50. Business of agricultural products: Agricultural management, marketing
of agricultural products, decision support systems in agriculture. Stamatis
Aggelopoulos, Educacional Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece,
stamagg@farm.teithe.gr
51. Supply chain management: Supplier-buyer and customer-seller
relationships, purchasing, logistics, and distribution, innovation in
purchasing management.
Gøril Hannås, Agder University, Norway,
goril.hannas@uia.no
52.Critical success factors of technological alliances in complex products
and systems. Arbabi Hani,
haniarbabi@yahoo.com , Kefayatmand Massoud, and
Arasti, Mohammad-Reza.
53. IT in healthcare as one of main factors in improving quality of life:
Balanced Scorecard Approach. Misak Vartanov,
varmiog@gmail.com
54. Innovative financial instruments in the public sector: Strategic trends
and development in local governments of the EuroMeditarranean area. Fabio
Amatucci, University of Sannio ,
fabio.amatucci@unisannio.it and Paolo
Esposito, University of Sannio,
esposito_paolo@yahoo.it
55. Emergence and the role of dynamic interactions in strategy and
innovation: Complex adaptive systems theory and virtual organizations.
Harald Knudsen, University of Adger,
harald.knudsen@uia.no
56. Entrepreneurial design: Methods, techniques and instruments of
measuring, building and promoting of entrepreneurial compentences,
personality and identiy. Johanna Telieps, Alanus University,
johanna.telieps@alanus.edu
57. Negotiations and conflict resolution in the Mediterranean region:
Strategy and tactics in business conflicts, negotiation simulations and
models. Enrique Ogliastri, IE Business School, Madrid
Enrique.Ogliastri@incae.edu
58. Sport management and marketing, sport tourism, sport event and media
management. Pinelopi Athanassopo, University of Peloponnese,
apinelopi@hotmail.com
59. Entrepreneurship, creativity and organisational learning. Stefan
Lagrosen, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden,
stefan.lagrosen@hv.se
60. Human Resource Management: Leadership development, coaching and talent
management. Paul Iles, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK,
p.a.iles@Salford.ac.uk
<http://uk.mc249.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=
p.a.iles@Salford.ac.uk> and
Zhu, Xiaoxian (PG), University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK,
X.Zhu3@edu.salford.ac.uk
61. Social media marketing: Business models based on the SMM, social media
consumer behaviour, SMM and innovation. Enric López, Director Master Oficial
en Gestió Estratègica de les Empreses Turístiques, Director Master
"e-Tourism", Barcelona, <mailto:
enric.lopez@cett.es>
enric.lopez@cett.es
62. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs): Performance, growth, finance,
R&D, innovation, management, economic environment, economic crisis
encountering, and comparisons. Fotini Psimarni Voulgari, School of
Management & Economics T.E.I. of Crete, Agios Nikolaos Branch, Creece,
fvoulgari@staff.teicrete.gr
63. Examination of different theories for extension of bargaining solution
analyses
(e.g. behavioural theory, game theory, processual theory, integrative
theory,
narrative theory, automated bargaining theory and anchor pricing theory).
Leonidas Papakonstantinidis, Technological Educational Institute of
Kalamata,
papakon@gmail.com
64. Financial risk management: financial modeling, engineering, and
multicriteria decision-making (sophisticated statistical and econometric
techniques, stochastic process, optimization algorithms). Constantin
Zopounidis, Technical University of Crete,
kostas@dpem.tuc.gr
65. Dynamic capabilities: creation, modification, and renewal. Alvaro Lopes
Dias, Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa, Portugal,
<mailto:
alvaro.dias1@gmail.com>
alvaro.dias1@gmail.com and Renato Pereira,
Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa, Portugal, <mailto:
pereiren@hotmail.com>
pereiren@hotmail.com
66. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and competitiveness of SMEs. Eleni
Apospori, Athens University of Economics and Business,
apospori@aueb.gr and
Maria Krambia-Kapardis, Cyprus University of Technology,
maria.kapardis@cut.ac.cy
67. Organizational culture, strategy, structure and behavior. Gerhard Fink,
Vienna University
Gerhard.Fink@wu.ac.at , Maurice Yolles, Liverpool John
Moores University, <mailto:
prof.m.yolles@gmail.com>
prof.m.yolles@gmail.com
, Daniel Dauber, Vienna University and Warwick University,
daniel.dauber@wu.ac.at
68. Economic crisis with its social Effects and the role of cause-related
marketing. Green marketing as a form of cause-related marketing. Demetriou
Marlen, University of Nicosia,
demetriou.m@unic.ac.cy
69. Advertising around the Mediterranean region: Product advertising,
employment advertising, commercials. Marinel Gerritsen, Radboud University
Nijmegen, The Netherlands,
m.gerritsen@let.ru.nl
70. Challenges in managing the value enhancement of brand: Brand loyalty,
brand identity, and brand positioning. Celebritiy advertisement and business
performance. SamudhraRajkumar, Annamalai University, India,
csk64@yahoo.com
71. Supply chain management for the global stability: Green supply chain
management. Teck Yong Eng, University of Essex, UK,
tyeng@essex.ac.uk
72. Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) and its application to the
workplace: Exploring the employee commitment, employee engagement, and
employee mental health and well-being. Zoe Dimitriades, University of
Macedonia,
zoedimitriades@gmail.com
73. Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) In Infrastructure Sector. A.
Suryanarayana, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India,
professorsuryanarayana@yahoo.com
74. Business incubation and development: Case Studies in small and medium-
sized enterprises. Abel Kinoti Meru, The Catholic University of Eastern
Africa,
kinmru@yahoo.com
75. Management of science, technology, innovation, quality, and conformity
assessment business. K.M.Mostafa Anwar, United Nations Industrial
Development Organization (UNIDO), Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh,
<mailto:
mostafa_anwar@yahoo.com>
mostafa_anwar@yahoo.com
76. Marketing and Sustainability: Stakeholders’ (consumers, firms,
government, civil society etc) role and commitment towards attaining triple
E (ecology, economic, equity) balance in the quest for societal development.
Anayo D. Nkamnebe, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria,
nkamnebe@yahoo.com
77. General Track. Dr. Shlomo Tarba, EMRBI,
tarba2003@gmail.com
Prof. Yaakov Weber
1.President, EMRBI
EuroMed Research Business Institute
www.emrbi.com
2. Chair, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
School of Business Administration
College of Management
Rishon Lezion, Israel