ICBE 2026

Mini Track Chair: Daniela Staicu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Healthcare systems worldwide are being transformed by technological innovation, knowledge-based management, demographic change and the growing demand for accessible, efficient and patient-centred services. Yet significant gaps remain between Eastern and Western European healthcare systems in technology adoption, organisational capabilities, resource allocation and health outcomes. This track explores how innovative business models, digital technologies, artificial intelligence, knowledge transfer and sustainable management practices can help close these gaps and build more resilient, equitable and efficient healthcare systems. We welcome theoretical, empirical and interdisciplinary contributions on topics such [...]

Mini Track Chair: Ilan Alon, Ariel University, Israel Sorin Cristian Niță, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania The rapid maturation of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies is reshaping how value is created, recorded and exchanged, with tokenization, crypto-assets, smart contracts and decentralized finance moving from experimental niches into mainstream business, financial and public sector processes. These technologies promise greater transparency, efficiency and disintermediation, yet they also raise new risks for organizations, investors and public authorities: market volatility, fraud and illicit finance, tax evasion, consumer protection gaps, and governance structures that often escape traditional mechanisms of [...]

Mini Track Chair: Sos Khachikyan, Armenian State University of Economics, Armenia The connectivity issues between the Europe and Asia transforms into new economic relations and geopolitical paradigm. There is expected in this session to initiate discussion on transnational economic modernization and cross-country collaboration, considering the Caucasus as a connectivity link. In this context soft skills can contribute business modeling in a large continental landscape with complex communication issues like Eurasia. Opening discussion among professionals, practitioners, policymakers and business planers will generate new academic content and policy thought. Contributions in this framework can include but not limited within [...]

Mini Track Chair: Maria CARATAȘ, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Irene ROSBERG,Copenhagen Business School / Blue MBA, Denmark This mini-track explores how maritime logistics and port ecosystems develop business models that support strategic connectivity, competitiveness, and long-term adaptation in a changing international environment. It focuses on the role of ports and related transport networks as key enablers of exchange, coordination, and regional integration, with particular attention to how organizations respond to technological change, infrastructure pressures, and evolving trade patterns. The track aims to examine how firms, institutions, and public actors build value through improved [...]

Mini Track Chair: Mihai GHEORGHE, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania This section showcases measurable outcomes from applied AI across industries, pairing business results with the data and engineering that made them possible. We invite case studies, technical deep-dives, and research-in-practice that demonstrate how organizations built the data foundations, operationalized models (MLOps/LLMOps), navigated governance and EU compliance, and delivered impact—whether in forecasting, process automation, decision intelligence, or multilingual NLP for Romanian contexts. Submissions should emphasize methods, architecture, and lessons learned, with clear metrics and transferable practices that bridge economic research and applied informatics. The main topics [...]

Mini Track Chair: Nicoleta Chicu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Todor Yalamov, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria The Role of Multiculturalism in Digital Transformation Strategies At its heart, digital transformation is just as much about shifting mindsets and behaviors as it is about embracing new technologies. This mini-track explores how multicultural dimensions—such as cultural diversity, global mindsets, and inclusive practices—influence and shape digital transformation efforts across organizations. It seeks to understand how culturally aware strategies, international collaboration, and diverse workforce perspectives can foster innovation, improve user engagement, and enable successful digital adoption [...]

Mini Track Chair: Mihai TOMA, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania The integration of data science into behavioral economics has created new opportunities for analyzing and understanding human decision-making. Behavioral economics has reshaped traditional economic thinking by emphasizing cognitive biases, bounded rationality, and social influences that drive individual and collective choices. At the same time, advances in data science and machine learning provide powerful tools to collect, process, and interpret increasingly large and complex datasets, ranging from online surveys and controlled experiments to digital traces of real-world behavior. This mini-track seeks to highlight how these two [...]

Mini Track Chair: Petre CARAIANI, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Liviu-Adrian COTFAS, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Camelia DELCEA, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania This special track will bring together innovative methodologies and diverse perspectives to tackle the complexities of modern labor markets shaped by digital transformation and Industry 4.0. Cutting-edge approaches, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Semantic Web technologies, and Agent-Based Modeling (ABM), are nowadays at the forefront of analyzing and predicting labor market dynamics, in addition to more traditional approaches such as quantitative and qualitative methods. A strong emphasis [...]

Mini Track Chair: Mihaela IACOB, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Cosmin Octavian CEPOI, “Victor Slăvescu” Centre for Financial and Monetary Research Technologies’ continuous evolutions (or disruptive revolutions) made their imprint on the financial side of the economy inasmuch they were impacted by the availability and accessibility of capital. Such a statement looks like a truism, yet it needs to be carefully revisited for the interplay between the two is, more often than not, subject to reductionist views.For instance, on the one hand, there is the fuse suggested by the “fintech” designation, meaning the ensemble [...]

Mini Track Chair: Adriana DAVIDESCU, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Rim Jallouli, Higher School of Digital Economy (ESEN), University of Manouba, Tunisia Mohamed Anis Bach Tobji, Higher School of Digital Economy (ESEN), University of Manouba, Tunisia This mini track examines the application of advanced data science and machine learning models in solving modern economic problems. It highlights the ways that these models can help in the analysis of the economic phenomena, decision making and building of forecasts over economic processes. Topics include issues in macroeconomics, finance, labor economics, and policy analysis demonstrating the [...]