The 17th International Conference on Business Excellence
Rethinking business: Sustainable leadership in a VUCA world
23 – 25 March 2023
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
Mini Track Chair:
Few fields are not concerned with an increase in the complexity of today’s problems and systems. Most systems today include technology controlled by software because of the range of capability it can provide, yet software introduces complexity of new types as it solves familiar types of complexity. While research into complexity is proceeding in multiple fields, awareness of the advances made and their application to other fields is lagging.
This track is seeking papers related to both broad and specific work in:
Academic researchers, doctoral students, industrial practitioners, and government business or management employees are especially encouraged to submit papers on Business Excellence and Complexity.
Valentina Mihaela Ghinea, PhD, is an associate professor at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. She mainly teaches Human Resource Management and Strategic Human Resource Management, as she holds a PhD in Organizational Culture dynamics. She formerly developed a career as import-export specialist, holding also the position of coordinator of import-export department. In 2008 and 2011, she was a visiting-professor to ENSAM Cluny, France, lecturing on communication and organizational culture. Valentina Mihaela Ghinea was part of different research teams in national projects, and she authored academic papers, books and chapters in her research and practitioner areas of interests. Certified as a trainer, she trained employees from the business sector. Currently, she is also the President of the Society for Business Excellence.
Luis Miguel Ciravegna Martins da Fonseca, PhD, is Professor at ISEP, Porto School of Engineering, of Quality and Organizational Excellence, Business and Industrial Management and Sustainability, at MSc and BSc courses, since 1989. He is also Professor (invited) of Sustainability and Social Responsibility at University, Department of Production, and Systems | School of Engineering, from 2103. Luis Fonseca holds a PhD in Management (ISCTE-IUL, 2012), an MBA (IEP/ESADE, 1993), a Specialization in Quality Engineering (UNL/ISQ, 1987) and is Electrical Engineer (UP, 1982). He is presently President of the North Delegation of APQ (Portuguese Association for Quality), is an ASQ (American Society for Quality) Fellow Member, and is Senior Member and Industrial Engineer and Management Specialist by Ordem dos Engenheiros (Portuguese National Association of Engineers). Luis Fonseca was CEO of the leading Portuguese systems certification body (APCER) for more than 10 years, and Vice-President of the IQNet Association, following a previous career (since 1982), as Quality and Process Control Manager and engineer at several multinational companies. He is a researcher at CIDEM- Centre for Research and Development in Mechanical Engineering with the main primary research focus on Quality and Organizational Excellence, Business and Industrial Management, Sustainability, Social Responsibility, and Circular Economy. Luis Fonseca is a regular presenter and speaker to both academic audiences and practitioners and published more than 20 academic papers in Scopus indexed journals, and authored several chapters, related to his research and practitioner fields. He is also an active reviewer for relevant Journal in his areas of expertise. ● lmf@isep.ipp.pt; luismiguelcfonseca@gmail.com ● http://paginas.isep.ipp.pt/lmf; http://pt.linkedin.com/in/luismiguelciravegnafonseca ● ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5668-0656; Researcher ID: L-4285-2014; Scopus Author ID: 56356558600 ● LMF.2017.08.15
Publication Opportunities:
The conference is organized by Society for Business Excellence and Faculty of Business Administration in Foreign Languages on the 23-25 of March 2023 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 2023 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
Submitted papers will be also considered for publishing under Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, series indexed by Scopus and ISI. Here you can access the last the edition published following ICBE2020: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030599713
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).
Selected papers will be published, subject to review, in a Special Issue of Sustainability journal (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Post-Industrial_Design_Sustainability_Development_Goals).
A selection of the submitted papers will be published, subject to review, in the Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting (https://ipe.ro/rjef.htm).
At the final ceremony, based on a selection of the international committee, there will be granted three Best Paper Awards Management&Marketing (https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/mmcks/mmcks-overview.xml, indexed in Web of Science) and two Excellence Awards.
Submission Details
| Submission of full paper due for review | March 10th 2023 |
| Notification of paper acceptance (incl. requests for changes) | March 15th 2023 |
| Final paper due (with changes implemented) | March 18th 2023 |
| Final Author registration date | March 20th 2023 |
Registration and payment*
| EARLY BIRD – by December 31st 2022 | ||
| Academics | 170 euro | 850 lei |
| Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 125 euro | 625 lei |
| REGULAR – By February 28th 2023 | ||
| Academics | 250 euro | 1250 lei |
| Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 200 euro | 1000 lei |
| LATER – After February 28th 2023 | ||
| Academics | 350 euro | 1750 lei |
| Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 300 euro | 1500 lei |
| Supplementary paper | 100 euro | 500 lei |
- The conference fee includes one conference attendance, publication, conference folder and acces to the online events during the conference.
*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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