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 | 15 October 2018 |
| Notification of abstract acceptance | 31 October 2018 |
| Submission of full paper due for review | 5 January 2019 |
| Notification of paper acceptance (with any requested changes) | 31 January 2019 |
| Final paper due (with any changes) | 28 February 2019 |
| Final Author registration date | 28 February 2019 |
Registration and payment*
| EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT 15 January 2019 – 15 February 2019 | |
| Academics | 200 |
| Practitioners | 250 |
| PhD Students | 150 |
| STANDARD REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT 16 January – 28 February 2019 | |
| Academics | 300 |
| Practitioners | 350 |
| PhD Students | 250 |
* The conference fee includes conference attendance, publication, conference folder, meals during the conference and a trip in a soon to be announced destination on the 22nd of March 2019.
** Non-presenting participants are subject to a universal fee of 150 euro.
*** All confirmed SBE members (who have paid their membership fee for 2019) benefit from a 30% fee discount.
As a first step, we require a 300-word abstract which is to be received by the 15th of September 2018. Submissions must be made using the online submission form available at www.bizexcellence.ro/icbe and the final paper should be accompanied by publishing agreements and declaration of originality.
Should you have any questions please email us at office@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
Mark Dubrulle is President & Executive Director of the Club of Rome EU-Chapter, in Brussels, and Ex Officio Member of the international Club of Rome. He has 48 years professional experience in environmental protection, environmental management and European affairs. A founding member of the Belgian environmental confederation Bond Beter Leefmilieu / Inter-environnement and its National Secretary from 1970 to 1980, delegate at the first UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm 1972). He was co-founder and first Secretary of the Flemish green party Agalev(presently Groen!). As a senior consultant to dozens of industrial companies, government agencies and the European Commission, he specialised in environmental conflict resolution and facilitated major EC waste management projects in the 80’ and 90’s. He is the author or co-author of several publications on environmental matters, lecturing also at several universities in Belgium, France and the U.K. He is a Past President of the European Society for Environment and Development, GreenFacts – Scientific facts on Health and Environment – and the Forum Europe of Cultures.
Trained as a cadet at the Naval School, he spent two years at sea. His academic background is in social sciences at the Social Academy of his hometown Ghent (B).
Elected by EM Strasbourg Business School’s Board on 4 May 2016, Dr. Herbert Castéran has been officially appointed Dean of EM Strasbourg Business
School by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. Dr. Castéran was elected for a five-year mandate and succeeds Dr. Isabelle Barth who served in this position since May 2011.
Dr. Casteran, 48, is associate professor and member of the HUMANIS research laboratory at EM Strasbourg Business School. He holds a
Master’s degree from Science Po Toulouse, and Masters’ degrees in Statistics and Econometric and in Research in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, as well as a PhD in Management Sciences from Toulouse I University. For 12 years, he was the founder and the CEO of his own marketing research company.
He joined EM Strasbourg Business School in September 2010 as Director of Studies of the work-study/apprenticeship programme in marketing. A few years later he founded the Masters’ degree in Tourism Management that he supervised until his appointment as Dean.
Dr. Casteran’s research focuses on such themes as customer lifetime value, tourism and big data, and in particular on measuring the efficiency of marketing activities. Acknowledged for his expertise in impact studies, he has consulted a number of businesses and institutions. Thus, in 2012 and in 2015 he researched the economic impact of EM Strasbourg Business School on the Alsace region. Later on he used his methodology to study the impact of Air France’s financial situation on metropolitan France, a study that he re-conducted in 2016.
Dr. Castéran is also the co-founder of the Observatory of the world-known Strasbourg Christmas Market.
IANCU GUDA, CFA, EMBA, is CEO of Coface Credit Management Services, where he is responsible for the development of service lines and where he has accumulated more than 12 years’ experience in credit risk management. In 2017, Iancu Guda was authorized by the Financial Supervisory Authority for the position of Independent Administrator on the Board of Directors of BRD Asset Management. In 2010, after graduating from the Faculty of Finance, Insurance, Banking and Stock Exchange from The Academy of Economic Studies, Iancu Guda successfully completed the DOFIN – European Excellence Center and in 2016 all three levels of CFA certification. Also, he holds the trainer’s license from the National Qualifications Authority. In November 2014, he started the EMBA Sheffield University courses, which he finished with a distinguished mark at the end of 2016, being the only winner of the full national scholarship. Since March 2012, he is an active member of the Banking and Banking Analysts Association of Romania (AAFBR) and takes over the responsibility of the Vice President for the period 2014-2016, followed by the mandate of the Board of Directors of AAFBR for the period 2016-2018.
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Abstract submission deadline | 15 September 2018 |
| Notification of abstract acceptance | 31 October 2018 |
| Submission of full papaer due for review | 31 January 2019 |
| Notification of paper acceptance (with any requested changes) | 10 February 2019 |
| Final paper due (with any changes) | 28 February 2019 |
| Final Author registration date | 10 March 2019 |
The template paper can be downloaded by clicking here.
Should you encounter problems when trying to upload files, please email the conference organizers at office@bizexcellence.ro.
If you submitted the paper and did not receive any confirmation, contact us as soon as possible at office@bizexcellence.ro!
STEP 1
Please consult the list below in order to acknowledge the registration and payment.
| EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT 15 January 2019 – 15 February 2019 | |
| Academics | 200 euro |
| Practitioners | 250 euro |
| PhD students | 150 euro |
| STANDARD REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT |
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| Academics | 300 euro |
| Practitioners | 350 euro |
| PhD students | 250 euro |
* The conference fee includes conference attendance, publication, conference folder, meals during the conference and a trip in a soon to be announced destination on the 22nd of March 2019.
**Non-presenting participants are subject to a universal fee of 80 euro.
***All confirmed SBE members (who have paid their membership fee for 2019) benefit from a 30% fee discount.
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Day 1
21 March 2019
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 | Plenary Session (guest speakers)
Herbert CASTERAN, Associate Professor, PhD, Dean of EM Strasbourg Business School – Metrics for sustainability and sustainable metrics Q&A |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30-17:30 | Release of the book New Models for Financing and Financial Reporting for European SMEs: A Practitioners’ view
Iancu Guda, president of the Association of Financial and Banking Analysts |
| 18:00-19:00 | Reception (First Floor Piata Romana Building- ASE) |
Day 2
22 March 2019 (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,
Intercontinental Hotel |
Day 3
23 March 2019 (Social Program)
Trip to wine cellars including lunch and transportation
| 8:30 | Departure Piata Romana no. 9 |
| 19:00 | Return to Bucharest |
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. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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)
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
Wolfgang Karl Härdle, Daniel Traian Pele, Niels Wesseerlhöfft | “A genus-differentia approach for the time series of cryptocurrencies returns”
Business Excellence Awards
Luis Fonseca, Jorge Fernandes, Sandra Ramos | “Enabling factors for the competitiveness of the Portuguese automotive industry”
Alexandra Horobet, Georgiana Vrinceanu | “Currency exposure of CEE companies: an analysis of financial and energy industries”
Journal of Economic Forecasting Awards
Wolfgang Karl Härdle, Daniel Traian Pele, Niels Wesseerlhöfft | “A genus-differentia approach for the time series of cryptocurrencies returns”
Luis Fonseca, Jorge Fernandes, Sandra Ramos | “Enabling factors for the competitiveness of the Portuguese automotive industry”
Alexandra Horobet, Georgiana Vrinceanu | “Currency exposure of CEE companies: an analysis of financial and energy industries”
Management&Marketing. Challenges for the Knowledge Society
Radu Isaic, Tudor Smirna, Cristian Paun | “A critical view on the mainstream theory of economic cycles”
Nga Thi Vo, Miloslava Chovancova, Ho Thanh Tri | “A major boost to the website performance of up-scale hotels in Vietnam”
Cristian Pauna | “Low risk trading algorithm based on the price cyclicality function for capital markets”
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)