Mini Track Chair:
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 on bridging disciplines is needed in order to investigate skill demand-supply alignment, the digitalization of job markets, and adaptive policymaking. The track aims to generate actionable insights for stakeholders spanning academia, industry, and policymaking. Contributions that advance knowledge in creating knowledge graphs for job market analysis, improving skill extraction algorithms, and simulating employment scenarios to support informed decision-making and promote inclusive growth are particularly encouraged.
The main topics covered by the hereby call for papers are related to:
Petre Caraiani is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Economic Forecasting as well as a PhD advisor and professor at the School for Advanced Studies, Romanian Academy. His research focuses on modeling macroeconomic and financial phenomena with a focus on the links between the two. He has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Economics Letters, Journal of Macroeconomics, Empirical Economics, Economic Modelling and International Review of Economics & Finance. His main topics of interest include business cycles, forecasting, nonlinear modeling and networks.
Liviu-Adrian COTFAS is a Professor with the Department of Economic Cybernetics and Informatics at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, where he also earned his Ph.D. and Habilitation in Economic Informatics. Dr. Cotfas’s research interests span machine learning and deep learning techniques, natural language processing, social media analysis, agent-based modeling, recommender systems, semantic web, and grey systems theory. He has published over 50 articles in renowned journals and presented his findings at more than 30 international conferences. Additionally, he is the author of several books and book chapters and has actively contributed to numerous national and international research projects. A recipient of multiple research awards, Dr. Cotfas’s work has also been mentioned in mainstream media outlets such as Wired magazine and The New York Times. He is an active member of the Grey Uncertainty Analysis Association and serves as an Associate Editor for leading journals, including IEEE Access, PLOS One, and Grey Systems: Theory and Application. He has been an Invited Professor at the University of Technology Belfort-Montbéliard (France) and University of Franche-Comté (France) and a visiting fellow at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy).
Camelia DELCEA is a Professor at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, the Department of Economic Cybernetics and Informatics, Bucharest, Romania. She received her Ph.D. degree in economic cybernetics and statistics from the same university. She received 41 international and national awards, including the Best Paper Award, the Opera Omnia for Excellent Scientific Research Award, the Georgescu Roegen for Excellent Scientific Research Award, the Excellent Paper Award, and the Top Reviewer Award. She was invited to deliver keynote speeches on grey systems themes in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2022. She is an Associate/Academic Editor at the following journals: IEEE Access, Plos One, Frontiers in Public Health, Operations Research Forum, Health and Social Care in the Community, International Journal of Grey Systems, Management Science Business Decisions, Advances in Civil Engineering, and Grey Systems Theory and Application. Her research works have been mentioned in Wired and the New York Times. In 2023, she was featured on EveryONE—the official blog of the Plos One Journal.
Publication Opportunities:
The conference is organized by Society for Business Excellence and Faculty of Business Administration in Foreign Languages on the 20-22 of March 2025 at The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Faculty of Business Administration in Foreign Languages (FABIZ) in partnership with the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Economics (EAM), the Faculty of International Economic Relations (REI), the Faculty of Economic Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics (CSIE), the Faculty of Finance and Banking (FABBV), the Faculty of Theoretical and Applied Economics (ETA), the Faculty of Accounting and Management Information Systems (CIG).
The papers accepted at ICBE 2025 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)
The last 8 editions of the Proceedings of the ICBE volumes have been indexed in ISI Web of Science.
Submitted papers will be also considered for publishing under Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, series indexed by Scopus. Here you can access the edition published following ICBE 2024: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031781780
Additionally, three papers, selected based on the review process, will be published in the international journal Management & Marketing, indexed in Web of Science- Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Proquest, Cabell’s Directory and more than 20 other international databases (https://sciendo.com/journal/MMCKS).
Submitted papers will also be considered for publication in the Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). JRFM is ranked B in the 2022 ABDC Journal Quality List and indexed by a number of databases, including Scopus (CiteScore 4.5; CiteScore category rank Q1), EconBiz/ECONIS, EconLit, EconPapers (RePEc), etc. JRFM is now #8 on the list based on the citation index (H5) for finance. In addition, two best paper awards (200 CHF each) will be published in the conference’s special issue “Leading Change in Disruptive Financial Times“. (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jrfm/special_issues/YWP8Z55UKH)
Selected papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of Financial Studies (ISSN: 2559-1347). JFS has been published by the Institute of Financial Studies since 2016. In its pages, works by professional practitioners, but also by authors from the scientific and university world in the country and abroad, as well as young researchers, will be published, concerning issues in the financial field such as: insurance-reinsurance, capital market, private pensions but also in other fields such as the academic field, the business field etc. The journal is indexed in DOAJ, RePEc, CEEOL, ERIHPLUS and Google Scholar (https://revista.isfin.ro/en/).
All papers submitted to ICBE 2025 will undergo a thorough review for plagiarism and the use of Generative AI tools.
Submission Details
| Submission of full paper due for review | February 28th 2025 |
| Notification of paper acceptance (incl. requests for changes) | March 1st 2025 |
| Final paper due (with changes implemented) | March 10th 2025 |
| Final Author registration date | March 10th 2025 |
Registration and payment*
| EARLY BIRD – by December 1st 2024 | ||
| Academics | 250 euro | 1250 lei |
| Student (Ph.D. or Post-doc) | 200 euro | 1000 lei |
| REGULAR – by February 1st 2025 | ||
| Academics | 350 euro | 1750 lei |
| Student (Ph.D. or Post-doc) | 250 euro | 1250 lei |
| LATE – by March 15th 2025 | ||
| Academics | 450 euro | 2250 lei |
| Student (Ph.D. or Post-doc) | 350 euro | 1750 lei |
- SUPPLEMENTARY PAPER = 200 euro / 1000 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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