The 14th International Conference on Business Excellence
Business Revolution in the Digital Era
Business Revolution in the Digital Era
19-21 March 2020, Bucharest, Romania
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
Business excellence is about achieving superior business results in relation to the competitors by means of developing and strengthening the management systems and processes of an organization; it is targeted at improving performance and delivering value for all the stakeholders, in a three-dimensional space characterized by uncertainty, complexity and dynamism.
The first goal of this international conference is to reunite specialists from the triple-helix fields: university and research, consultancy and business, and policy making pursuant to optimizing the business added value by providing a stimulating environment for knowledge and knowhow business excellence transfers and alliance formation.
The second goal of this international conference relates to bridging the Romanian business environment with the international business environment by ensuring a better understanding of new challenges, opportunities and threats generated by globalization and competition in general and in fields like energy, social entrepreneurship and others.
The third goal is to place in this newly emergent context the architecture of the business administration higher education by championing new and challenging programs meant to equip the students for a more aggressive competitive business ecosystem.
The main topics of the conference are focused on but not limited to the following sections:
Publication Opportunities:
The conference is organized by Society for Business Excellence and UNESCO Department for Business Administration on the 19-21 of March 2020 at The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Faculty of Business Administration in Foreign Languages (FABIZ) in partnership with the Romanian Academy, the University of Bucharest and the Sapienza University from Rome, Italy. The papers accepted at ICBE 2020 will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration, payment and presentation. The papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings volume under the German Publishing House De Gruyter and they will be indexed in EBSCO, Proquest, ExLibris, OCLC, Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, CELDES, CNPIE, Naviga, and will be submitted to Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science (WOS) Conference Proceedings Citation Index (https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/picbe/picbe-overview.xml)
Important! Papers presented to the International Conference on Business Excellence (ICBE 2019) will be considered for publication in a Special Issue of the Sustainability Journal, indexed Web of Science, Impact Factor: 1.789 (2016); 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.850 (2016); http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability.
In addition, the best three Papers (Best paper Award Management&Marketing) will be published in the international journal Management & Marketing. Challenges for the Knowledge Society by De Gruyter Open, indexed in Web of Science- Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Proquest, Cabell’s Directory and more than 20 other international databases (www.degruyter.com/view/j/mmcks).
At the final ceremony, based on a international committee selection, there will be granted three Best Paper Award Management&Marketing, two Excellence Awards and two Best Paper Awards of the Journal of Economic Forecasting, indexed in Web of Science (http://www.ipe.ro/rjef.htm).
Submission Details
| Abstract submission deadline | |
| Notification of abstract acceptance | |
| Submission of full paper due for review | |
| Notification of paper acceptance (with any requested changes) | |
| Final paper due (with any changes) | |
| Final Author registration date |
Registration and payment*
| EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT – By February 28th 2020 | |
| Academics | 200 euro |
| Practitioners | 250 euro |
| Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 150 euro |
| REGULAR – By March 9th 2020 | |
| Academics | 300 euro |
| Practitioners | 350 euro |
| Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 250 euro |
| LATER (ON SITE*) – After March 9th 2020 | |
| Academics | 400 euro |
| Practitioners | 450 euro |
| Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 350 euro |
- The conference fee includes one conference attendance, publication, conference folder, meals during the conference and a trip in a soon to be announced destination on March, 21.
- Accompanying person: € 80,00 (Only for the social dinner)
- All confirmed SBE members (who have paid their membership fee for 2020) benefit from a 30% fee discount.
*Please be aware that a late payment involves the possibility not to be present in the printed version of the materials (agenda, booklet).
Should you have any questions please email us at contact@bizexcellence.ro.
Details about the payment and the SBE bank account are available at www.bizexcellence.ro.
Information about the conference could be found also on the website www.fabiz.ase.ro.
ICBE Conference Founders
Constantin Bratianu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Nicolae Al. Pop, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Conference President
Alina Mihaela Dima, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Program Chair
Constantin Bratianu, UNESCO Department for Business Administration, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Conference PR Manager
Tanase Stamule, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Conference Publication Manager
Shahrazad Hadad, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania.
Session Chairs
Fabrizio D’Ascenzo, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy
Florinda Matos, ICAA, Intellectual Capital Accreditation Association, Portugal
Francesco Bellini, University of Rome “La Sapienza”/International Telematic University Uninettuno, Italy
Luis Miguel Ciravegna Fonseca, Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Portugal
Maria Grith, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Wolfgang Härdle, Humboldt University, Germany
Adrian Dumitru Tanţău, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Adriana Dutescu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Adriana Florina Popa, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Alecxandrina Deaconu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Alexandru Marin, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Balan Carmen, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Carmen Monica Păunescu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Christina Marta Suciu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Corina Pelau, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Cristian PAUN, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Dumitru Miron, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Florina Pînzaru, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania
Gabriela Tigu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
George Darie, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Georgeta-Madalina Meghisan Toma, Romanian Academy, Romania
Lavinia Rasca, ASSEBUS, Romania
Luminţa Nicolescu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Magdalena Iordache – Platis, University of Bucharest, Romania
Mihaela Dan, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Simona Chirică, Schoenherr Romania
Sorin Anagnoste, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Tanase Stamule, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Valentina Ghinea, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Vasile Alecsandru Strat, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Claude Chailan, EM Strasbourg Business School, France
Luis Miguel Ciravegna Martins da Fonseca, Porto School of Engineering, Portugal
Wolfgang Härdle, Humboldt University, Germany
Holger Berg, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany
Colin Haslam, University of London, Queen Mary, UK
Alexandru Minea, University Clermont Auvergne, France
Ettore Bolisani graduated with “Laurea” in Electronic Engineering, and got his PhD in Innovation Studies at the University of Padua. He was Researcher at the University of Trieste, EU TMR Research Associate at the University of Manchester, and Researcher at the University of Padua. He is Associate Professor (with habilitation to Full Professorship) at the School of Engineering of the University of Padua, Department of Management and Engineering, where he teaches “Innovation Management” and “ICT in Business” at post-graduate level, and he is member of the Board of the Doctoral School of Management Engineering. He was Erasmus visiting teacher at the universities of Cov\entry (UK), Kaunas Technological University (LT), Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena (E) and Technische Hochschule Köln (D). He was Chair of the 10th and 19th Editions of the European Conference on Knowledge Management (2009 and 2018). He is among the founders and was the first president of the International Association for Knowledge Management (IAKM). He is Co-editor with Meliha Handzic of the Book Series on “Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning” (Springer Publishing). He is Editor of the “Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management”. He is member of the Management Committee of the EU “INDCOR” Cost Action. He has authored more than 200 papers, chapters, and books on knowledge management and innovation management. He has participated in research projects at national and international level, and he provided consultancy and training courses to international institutions, multinationals, and small corporations.
Ralf Andreas Wilke is a Full Professor of Applied Econometrics in the Economics Department at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, since 2014. He is also Research Professor at the Institute for Employment Research at Nuremberg, Germany, Research Associate at the Centre for European Economic Research at Mannheim, Germany and Foreign Expert at the North China Electric Power University, People’s Republic of China. He worked as a Reader in Mircoeconometrics at the University of York, UK, from 2011 to 2014 and as Associate Professor and Lecturer at the University of Nottingham, UK, from 2007 to 2011. He obtained his PhD in Economics at the University of Dortmund in 2002. His main areas of research are applied econometrics and microeconometrics with a focus on distributional methods such as survival analysis, copula models and quantile regression. His empirical research is often about the labour market. He has published more than 30 papers in international journals in the areas of Economics, Econometrics and Statistics, including Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Econometric Theory, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society and Statistical Methods in Medical Research. He serves as an associate editor for Empirical Economics.
WORKSHOP ON KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
International Association for Knowledge Management (IAKM)
Aim: The purpose of this Workshop is to promote the trends and challenges of Knowledge Management in the emergent economies. In the knowledge economy, knowledge becomes a strategic resource and its management is critical in the organizational performance and firm’s sustainability. Promoting Knowledge Management is necessary especially in the emergent economies, like that of Romania, due to its capacity of being a driving force for a firm in achieving competitive advanatge.
Moderator: Professor Emeritus Constantin Bratianu, UNESCO Department of the Bucharest University of Rconomic Studies, Romania, who is the President of the International Association for Knowledge Management (IAKM).
Invited speakers: The Guest Speakers for this Workshop are known international experts in Knowledge Management and they are members of the IAKM Board.
Participants: The Workshop is open to all participants of ICBE who are interested in the topic of Knowledge Management and in its challenges for the firms in emergent economies.
Professor Emeritus Constantin Bratianu, UNESCO Department of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. He is professor of Strategic Management and Knowledge Management and the President of IAKM. He is known for his contributions in the theory of knowledge fields, knowledge dynamics in organizations, and knowledge strategies. He is Associate Editor of the Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management.
Prof. Dr. Ettore Bolisani, University of Padua, Italy. He is the founder and Past President of IAKM. He is known for his contributions in the domain of knowledge intensive business services (KIBS), communities of practice, social media in KM, and knowledge strategies. He is Co-Editor of the Book Series Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning (Springer). He is Editor of the Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management.
Prof.Dr. Malgorzata Zieba, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. She is Vice-President of IAKM. She is known for her contributions in the domain of knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) and knowledge risks. She is an author and a reviewer for the mainstream journals in knowledge management. Also, she wrote several chapters in books published by Springer.
Prof.Dr. Alexeis Garcia-Perez, University of Coventry, UK. He is Vice-President of IAKM. He is known for his contributions in the domain of cybersecurity and knowledge risk and security. He is an author and a reviewer for the mainstream journals in knowledge management. He is the President of the 2020 Edition of the European Conference on Knowledge Management, organized by the University of Coventry, UK.
Prof.Dr. Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Spain. He is a member of the Board of IAKM. He is known for his contributions in the domain of organizational learning and unlearning. He is Associate Editor of the journal Knowledge and Process Management, and Regional Editor of the Journal of Knowledge Management.
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Abstract submission deadline | |
| Notification of abstract acceptance | |
| Submission of full papaer due for review | |
| Notification of paper acceptance (with any requested changes) | 19 February 2020 |
| Final paper due (with any changes) | 19 February 2020 |
| Final Author registration date | 29 February 2020 |
The 14th International Conference on Business Excellence
Business Revolution in the Digital Era
Business Revolution in the Digital Era
19-21 March 2020, Bucharest, Romania
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
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| EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT – By February 19th 2020 | |
| Academics | 200 euro |
| Practitioners | 250 euro |
| Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 150 euro |
| REGULAR – By March 9th 2020 | |
| Academics | 300 euro |
| Practitioners | 350 euro |
| Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 250 euro |
| LATER (ON SITE*) – After March 9th 2020 | |
| Academics | 400 euro |
| Practitioners | 450 euro |
| Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 350 euro |
- The conference fee includes one conference attendance, publication, conference folder, meals during the conference and a trip in a soon to be announced destination on March, 21.
- Accompanying person: € 80,00 (Only for the social dinner)
- All confirmed SBE members (who have paid their membership fee for 2020) benefit from a 30% fee discount.
*Please be aware that a late payment involves the possibility not to be present in the printed version of the materials (agenda, booklet).
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Day 1
19 March 2020
Plenary Session- Aula Magna, Piata Romana, no 6
| 12:30-13:30 | Registration (Coffee Break, floor 1) |
| 13:30-14:30 | Conference Opening |
| 14:30-16:00 | TBD |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30-17:30 | TBD |
| 18:00-19:00 | TBD |
Day 2
20 March 2020 (Calea Grivitei, no 2-2A)
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 – 11:00 | Parallel Sessions |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Parallel Sessions |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch (Calea Grivitei, no. 2-2A) |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Parallel Sessions |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Parallel Sessions |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Conference Dinner and Award Ceremony |
Day 3
21 March 2020 (Social Program)
| 8:30 – 19:00 | TBA |
In case you desire to rent a hotel room directly from the hotel’s website, we’ve compiled a list with some ideas of accommodation for the duration of your stay:
1. Golden Tulip Victoria Bucharest Hotel**** – Calea Victoriei 166, București
situated between Universitatii Square and Romana Square
5 minutes away from Romana Square subway
free wi-fi, restaurant, bar/lounge
2. Hotel Ambasador Bucharest**** – Magheru Blvd. no 8-10 *special price*
situated between Universitatii Square and Romana Square
5 minutes away from Romana Square subway
free wi-fi, restaurant, bar/lounge
3. Athenee Palace Hilton Bucharest***** – Episcopiei Street, no 1- 3
situated between Universitatii Square and Romana Square
10 minutes away from Romana Square subway
free wi- fi, restaurant, fitness center with gym, pool, hot tub, spa, bar/ lounge
single room- 106 euros/ night
4. Sheraton Hilton Bucharest*****– Dorobanti Avenue no 5- 7, Romana Square
2 minutes away from Romana Square subway station and the University of Economic Studies of Bucharest
free wi- fi, fitness center with gym, restaurant, bar/ lounge
single room- 110 euros/ night
5. Duke Hotel***– Dacia Boulevard no 33, Romana Square
2 minutes away from the Romana Square subway station and the University of Economic Studies of Bucharest
free wi- fi, restaurant, access to parking
single room- 75 euros/ night (prices include breakfast also)
From the airport to FABIZ:
By bus: line 780, 783 or 784 (every 40 min). Price– 3,5 Lei/one-way ticket:
By Uber/Bolt/Clever Taxi Apps; Price: approx. 35 Lei
From Golden Tulip Hotel to FABIZ (3 min):
From Radisson Blu Hotel to FABIZ (6 min):
From Hotel Ambassador to FABIZ (13 min):
Attractions in the Old Center:
Discover Bucharest
Bucharest is one of the most important industrial and commercial centre of Romania, being the most populated city of the country. It is very well known for its wide boulevards, its old belle epoque buildings from the Old Town and architectures dating for two or three centuries.
Here are some idea of what you should visit in our city:
1. Ateneul Roman (The Romanian Athenaeum)
The building of Athenaeum is a concert hall in the centre of Bucharest and it was finished around 1888, mostly with money coming from general public. The architecture of the Romanian Athenaeum is a different one from what you will see in Bucharest, resembling with an ancient temple through its Doric styled columns and high dome. Worldwide known for its outstanding acoustics, it is the host of “George Enescu” festival.
Adress: Strada Benjamin Franklin, nr 1- 3
2. Palatul Parlamentului( Palace of the Parliament)
Built at the orders of Nicolae Ceausescu, the las communist leader or Romania, the construction of the Palace of the Parliament( or former known as People’s Palace) began in 1984. It is known for being the second largest administrative building in the world after The Pentagon in the United States, and the third biggest building in the world after the Vehicle Ssembly Building in Kennedy Space Center from Florida. It is a very good late interpretation of neoclassical architecture, with 1,100 rooms and 12 floors.
Adress: Strada Izvor nr 2-4
3. Palatul Regal( The Royal Palace)
The Palace was build in the XIXth century by Dinicu Golescu. It was home to many succedors, rulers of Romania like Alexandru Ioan Cuza or Carol I. An important part of the building was destroyed in 1927 by a fire, right before King Ferdinand’s death. The reconstruction of the building was happening between 1930- 1937. The Royal Palace was also the home of King Carol IInd and his son, Mihai I. Finished in 1937 with the help of the architect, Nicolaie Nenciulescu, the building has a lot of history behind, as for example, the coup against Germany in the IInd World War was led from this palace, by king Mihai I, 18 at that time.
The Royal Palace currently hosts the National Art Museum.
Adress: Calea VIctoriei 49- 53
4. Casa Presei Libere( House of Free Press)
An important building of the history of Bucharest, House of the Free Press was built with the purpose of housing all of Bucharest printing presses and newspapers and the staff. It represented a new level of architecture at the time, in 1956, when the construction was completed, a symbol of the ’50s. The building was designed by Horia Maicu in the style of Soviet Socialist realism, wanting to be a replica of the well known Moscow State University.
Adress: Piata Presei Libere, nr 1
5. Calea Victoriei( Victory Avenue)
Piata Revolutiei (Revoultion Square)
It’s one of the most famous streets of Bucharest, being a main avenue in the central part of the town. It was named so in 1878, after the victory of Romania in the War of Independence. Full of fashion boutiques and restaurants, take a walk down this street to find also more beautiful places and buildings like the CEC Palace( headquarter of the CEC Bank), National Museum of the Romanina History, Museum of Art Colletions, Revolution Square and more.
Adress: Piata Revolutiei, no. 1.
6. Centrul Vechi- Lipscani( Old Town)
Once a residencial area, now the home of many art gallery, fashion shops, restaurants and more especially, coffeehouses. At it’s young ages, it was known as a commercial place. Many merchants and traders would sell their merchendise here. It god the name of ”Lipscani” from the many german traders from Leiptzig or Lipsca. The area still keeps it’s old architecture through it’s old buildings that cand be found on the paved streets of Lipscani.
Adress: Str. Lipscani, no. 1.
7. Bucharest City Tour
Designed especially for tourists, Bucharest City Tour is a line that covers the main attraction of the city in just one hour. The bus has an audio guide that speaks romanian, french, english and italian, and it stops at 14 stations, including the one from Piata Romana. The bus leaves from Piata Unirii and leads to Piata Presei Libere, the time between one bus and another being around 15 minutes. You can buy the tickets directly from the bus.
Best Paper Award
Business Excellence Awards
Journal of Economic Forecasting Awards
Management&Marketing. Challenges for the Knowledge Society
De Gruyter Conference proceedings indexed in various international databases (submitted to Web of Science)
Baidu Scholar
Cabell’s Directory
CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure)
CNPIEC
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
EBSCO Discovery Service
EconBiz
Google Scholar
Management&Marketing. Challenges for Knowledge Society, indexed in 35 international databases
Clarivate Analytics – Emerging Sources Citation Index
Clarivate Analytics – Web of Science
Elsevier – SCOPUS
Sustainability Journal, indexed Web of Science: Special Issue “Sustainable Business Models and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy”– selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Business Excellence”, 21-22 March 2019
Impact Factor: 2.075 (2016) ; 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.177 (2016)
