The 16th International Conference on Business Excellence
New Challenges of the Century. Digital Economy and the Green Revolution
New Challenges of the Century. Digital Economy and the Green Revolution
24-26 March 2022, Bucharest, Romania
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
* The event will be held in a hybrid format. Speakers will be able to present their works in person at the venue or attend the event virtually for sharing their scientific contribution.
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 Faculty of Business Administration in Foreign Languages on the 24-26 of March 2022 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 2022 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
NEW Submission of full paper due for review | March 7th 2022 |
Notification of paper acceptance (incl. requests for changes) | March 10th 2022 |
Final paper due (with changes implemented) | March 17th 2022 |
Final Author registration date | March 20th 2022 |
Registration and payment*
EARLY BIRD – by February 25th 2022 | |
Academics | 150 euro |
Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 75 euro |
REGULAR – By March 10th 2022 | |
Academics | 200 euro |
Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 150 euro |
LATER – After March 10th 2022 | |
Academics | 250 euro |
Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 150 euro |
Supplementary paper | 75 euro |
- 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).
Should you have any questions please email us at icbe@fabiz.ase.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 BRĂTIANU, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Nicolae Al. POP, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Honorary President
Nicolae ISTUDOR, Rector of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Conference President
Alina Mihaela DIMA, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Conference Programme Chair
Constantin BRĂTIANU, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Academic Coordinator
Tănase STAMULE, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Conference Director
Mihail BUŞU, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Editor in Chief
Carmen PĂUNESCU, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
International Relations Manager
Anca BOGDAN, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
PR Manager
Georgiana Oana STĂNILĂ, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Financial Manager
Sorin ANAGNOSTE, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Oana POPOVICI, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Roxana PĂTĂRLĂGEANU, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Petru RUSET
Petru Ruset has more than 30 years of experience in the main companies activating in the Romanian energy fields. He is currently the CEO of Siemens Energy and has joined Siemens in 2007 as Head of company’s divisions related to the energy field. Between 1989 and 2007 he worked for the transport and distribution of electricity company RENEL, Transelectrica and SMART, holding coordination and management positions.
Mr. Ruset holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, with the thesis “Optimizing the operating regime of medium voltage networks having neutral treated with compensating coils” (2012). Member of important bodies in the energy field, such as CIGRE, WEC, and IEEE, Petru started his academic involvement as a guest professor of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Energy Faculty, in 2015, and since 2016 is visiting professor within our faculty.
Petru Ruset graduated the Faculty of Electrotechnics at the Polytechnic Institute “Traian Vuia” Timisoara (1989), Management & Marketing Course “Carl Duisbesrg” Germany (1996-1997,) Advance Management Course Feldangen Siemens Germany (2009).

Christian FIESELER
Christian is professor for communication management at BI Norwegian Business School and a director of the Nordic Centre for Internet and Society. He received his PhD in Management and Economics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in 2008. At the former he worked as a postdoctoral researcher, as well as at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and at Stanford University, before joining BI, in 2014. Christian’s research is focused on the question of how individuals and organizations adapt to the shift brought by new, digital media, and how to design participative and inclusive spaces in this new media regime. In this field, he has over the last years, worked extensively on technology and new collaboration modes in projects with the European Union and the Norwegian Research Council.
Milestone | Date |
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NEW Submission of full paper due for review | March 7th 2022 |
Notification of paper acceptance (incl. requests for changes) | March 10th 2022 |
Final paper due (with changes implemented) | March 17th 2022 |
Final Author registration date | March 20th 2022 |
Due date for payment – regular prices | TBD |
Conference | March 24th-25th 2022 |
The 16th International Conference on Business Excellence
New Challenges of the Century. Digital Economy and the Green Revolution
New Challenges of the Century. Digital Economy and the Green Revolution
24-26 March 2022, Bucharest, Romania
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
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EARLY BIRD by February 25th 2022 | |
Academics | 150 euro |
Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 75 euro |
REGULAR – By March 9th 2022 | |
Academics | 200 euro |
Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 150 euro |
LATER (ON SITE*) – After March 9th 2022 | |
Academics | 250 euro |
Student (PhD or Post-doc) | 150 euro |
Supplementary paper | 75 euro |
- 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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Day 1
Thursday, 24 March 2022
12:00-14:40 | Research Workshop, Madgearu Room, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Invited guests:
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14:00-14:30 | Registration of participants, Hall of Madgearu Room, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies |
15:00-15:30 | Conference’s Opening, Madgearu Room, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Keynote speakers:
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15:30-17:00 | Plenary Session, Madgearu Room, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Keynote speakers:
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Day 2
Friday, 25 March 2022
PARALLEL SESSIONS, FABIZ Building, Calea Griviței 2-2A
09:00-17:00 | Conference’s Parallel Sessions |
16:00-18:00 | Partnership for French language learning and education in French |
18:00 | Gala Dinner & Award ceremony, Radisson Blu Hotel, Bucharest |
Day 3
Saturday, 26 March 2022
10:00 | Networking trip, Rasova vineyard, Constanța county |
Download the extended Conference Programme here:
Best Paper Award
Award of Management & Marketing. Challenges of the Knowledge Society
Business Excellence Awards
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
Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics indexed in various international databases
Clarivate Analytics – Web of Science
Elsevier – SCOPUS