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Mini Track Chair: George Șerban Oprescu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Silvia Elena Iacob, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Isabel Novo-Corti, University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain The consensus among studies is that AI will significantly impact the global economy. However, forecasts vary widely, with some estimating a doubling of growth in GDP and others predicting more modest increases driven by increased productivity, automation, and innovation. This positive outlook on AI's economic impact has led to a surge in investment in AI technologies. Nevertheless, despite significant investments, the economic returns on [...]

Mini Track Chair: Raluca Mihaela Drăcea, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Marko Jeločnik, Institute of Agricultural Economics from Belgrade, Serbia Raluca Ignat, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania The post-pandemic period requires a reassessment of priorities and approaches for sustainable development. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the vulnerabilities and inequities in our society and demonstrated the need for a more sustainable approach to health, economy and environment. In this context, technology and innovation have a crucial role in defining new horizons for sustainable development. Sustainable development, [...]

Mini Track Chair: Mihai GHEORGHE, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Adriana DAVIDESCU, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Dumitru ROMAN, SINTEF AS, Norway The explosion of Big Data and the rapid advancements in AI have revolutionized how businesses process information and make decisions. Making swift conclusions based on observed patterns is tempting in such a data-rich environment. Still, the age-old challenge of differentiating between causation and correlation becomes even more critical. Without a clear understanding of causality, organizations might misinterpret data, leading to misinformed strategies and missed opportunities in innovation management. [...]

Mini Track Chair: Stefan LESSMANN, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Roxana CLODNITCHI, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Energy finance highlights the interdependency of energy and financial markets. While the traditional viewpoint of energy markets being a source of shocks in financial markets remains valid, the increasing financialization of energy products renders the linkage between those markets far more complex. Understanding these relationships and answering the crucial question of how to fuel world economies' hunger for energy while decreasing greenhouse gas emissions requires a new family of tools that turn the vast amounts of data in [...]

Mini Track Chair: Wolfgang Karl HAERDLE, Humboldt University, Germany Dan Pele, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania The main topics covered by the hereby call for papers are related to: TBD Prof. Wolfgang Karl HÄRDLE did 1982 his Dr.rer. nat. in Mathematics at Universität Heidelberg and took his Habilitation at Universität Bonn in 1988. He is Ladislaus von Bortkieviecz chair professor of statistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Moreover, he is director of the Sino German International Research Training Group IRTG1792 „High dimensional non stationary time series analysis“ (WISE, Xiamen University). His [...]

Mini Track Chair: Christian FIESELER, BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway Miruna MAZURENCU, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Mihai SACALĂ, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania The diffusion of rapidly improving, powerful artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is rendering automated decision making an increasingly common component of organizational processes, in which employees, managers, clients and the public are more and more facing a reality where machines make ‘decisions’ that are implemented without always meaningful avenues for questioning and redress. While AI and its employment in organizations has made great progress over the last decade, [...]

Mini Track Chair: Vanesa VARGAS, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania We are pleased to invite submissions for the HERMES workshop on "Entrepreneurship as an Engine for Sustainable Growth" at the 18th International Conference on Business Excellence. This section aims to explore the multifaceted role of entrepreneurship in fostering sustainable growth, addressing challenges, and unlocking opportunities for businesses, economies, and societies. The HERMES network was founded in November 1997 as an initiative of the Ecole de Management Strasbourg (former IECS) of the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg. Three years later, on the 31st of [...]

Mini Track Chair: Carmen Valentina Rădulescu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Jonel Subić, IEA Belgrad, Serbia Sorin Burlacu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Concerns over climate change, clean air and water, renewable energy and land use, continue to draw attention to sustainability, sustainable urban planning and the developmental strategies, practices and models that ensure habitable, self-sustaining communities. The role of agriculture as promoter and enabler of a circular economy has become clearer and of great significance in tackling challenges of natural resource depletion, waste management, food security and more. The main [...]

Mini Track Chair: Adrian TANȚĂU, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Holger BERG, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Germany Integrated energy systems are key solutions in decarbonizing the energy systems and reducing the GHG emissions (e.g. CO2 emissions) in order to combat climate change. Energy systems include production (Hydro, nuclear, photovoltaic, wind, gas, coal), transport (electricity, thermal energy, hydrogen), storage and energy use (industry, transport, households). Digital circular economy is more than: reduce, reuse, recycle and remove. It can reduce also the internet network energy consumption and can be associated with a reduction of [...]

Mini Track Chair: Dana BOLDEANU, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Florin MIHAI, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Tamás OROSZ, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary Over recent years, companies from different domains started to invest in ERP systems with the aim of exploring opportunities and employing technology to optimize business performance. Balancing between reducing costs and risks and increasing business resilience, the companies are facing challenges related to the development of ERP systems in the context of business disruption and need for adaptation to the new digital technologies. The main [...]