Finance and Banking in a Technologically Integrated World
Mini Track Chair: Mihaela IACOB, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania 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, [...]
Data Science and Machine Learning for Economic Research
Mini Track Chair: Adriana DAVIDESCU, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Mihail GHEORGHE, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Kiran SOOD, Chitkara University, Punjab, India TBD The main topics covered by the hereby call for papers are related to: TBD Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu is a Full Professor at the Department of Statistics and [...]
Performance and competitiveness of agro-food sector through supply chain management
Mini Track Chair: Irina PETRESCU, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Mihai DINU, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Ammar Mouaky, Green Energy Park (GEP), Maroc One of the main challenges of the modern world is related to access to food and energy. That is why the importance of the supply chain has increased recently, even more so during the recent crisis periods, [...]
New Challenges for Macroeconomic Modelling
Mini Track Chair: Petre Caraiani, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Cecilia Ciocîrlan, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Radu Prodan, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania The recent years in the aftermath of the last financial crisis saw many challenges for macroeconomics. New issues that were mostly neglected appeared at the forefront of concerns for policy makers and the academia, e.g. liquidity trap, [...]
Futurenomics: From Exploring to Exploiting Societal Mega-trends, Catalysts and Game-changers
Mini Track Chair: Octavian-Dragomir JORA, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Ieva BUZIENE, Vilnius University, Lithuania The exploration (aiming, inherently, at some kind of, at least, intellectual exploitation) of the future, as well as of the past, while differing on their basic ingredients – “visions” and “vestiges”, respectively –, shares a couple of adamant blemishes – our “incomplete information” and “bounded rationality”. We stubbornly [...]
AI for Customer Analytics
Bistra Vassileva, University of Economics–Varna, Bulgaria Vlad Roșca, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania The AI for Customer Analytics mini-track explores the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence in revolutionising customer insights and strategies. With AI at the forefront of data-driven decision-making, it is expected that participants will explore how machine learning, predictive modeling, and advanced analytics are reshaping customer interactions, personalisation, and market positioning. The [...]
Sustainability reporting: the accounting profession’s role in sustainable development
Mini Track Chair: Simona Rusănescu, University of Groningen, Netherlands Mirela Nichita, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Globalisation and a rapidly evolving economic landscape are closely linked to significant changes in several key areas, including resource use, climate change, and employees and consumers behaviour. In this context, environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting is of critical importance for companies. In certain jurisdictions, [...]
Reshaping accounting through digital transformations, technological advancements, and innovations
Mini Track Chair: Vlad-Andrei Porumb, Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), UK Sînziana-Maria Rîndașu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania In the current business environment, companies are leveraging technological advancements, digital transformations, and innovations to meet the expectations of their stakeholders and shareholders in terms of performance and sustainability. In this context, accounting activities are regarded as a fundamental aspect of any organisation, as they [...]
Economics of education and impactful public service leadership
Mini Track Chair: Madlena Nen, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Anca Bogdan, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania In the current economic and geopolitical context, it is expected that the discussions within this session address the changes in the business environment - that is becoming more and more competitive, the need to adapt qualifications to the labor market and, last but not [...]
The Economic Landscape with AI: A Macro Perspective
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 [...]
Sustainable Development, Technology and Innovation: New Horizons for a Post-Pandemic Period
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 [...]
CauseFinder: Causality in the Era of Big Data and AI
Mini Track Chair: Mihai GHEORGHE, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Adriana DAVIDESCU, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Dumitru ROMAN, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania 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 [...]
AI for Energy Finance (AI4EFin)
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 [...]
IDA Institute of Digital Assets
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 [...]
Accountable Governance and Responsible Innovation in Artificial Intelligence
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 [...]
HERMES Workshop on “Entrepreneurship as an Engine for Sustainable Growth”
Mini Track Chair: Anaïs HAMELIN, University of Strasbourg, France 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 [...]
Circular Economy: A Sustainable Solution for a Sustainable Future
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 [...]
Integrated energy systems, green hydrogen, digital circular economy and climate change mitigation
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 [...]
Challenges, issues and opportunities of ERP systems for business
Mini Track Chair: Dana BOLDEANU, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Florin MIHAI, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania 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 [...]
Challenges and Strategies of Achieving Resilient and Sustainable Agri-food Systems under Global Change
Mini Track Chair: Raluca Georgiana Lădaru, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Mariarosaria Lombardi, University of Foggia, Italy Andreea Apetrei Kalveram, Universidad Católica de Valencia, Spain The COVID-19 pandemic, Russian invasion of Ukraine, growing global population, increasing of food prices, reducing rural poverty, protecting the environment, climate change and the biodiversity crisis are just some of the challenges currently facing the [...]
Current Macroeconomic Challenges for Entrepreneurs and the Business Environment
Mini Track Chair: Mina IVANOVICI, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Boris DZIURA, The University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia Christian NĂSULEA, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania The ongoing macroeconomic challenges are manifold, such as: changes in monetary and fiscal policies, migrationary phenomena, labor market disequilibria, war and acute the geopolitical tensions, (early) signs of recession, persisting inflation, [...]
Global Security: Understanding the Present and Mapping the Future
Mini Track Chair: Narciz Bălăşoiu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Gregory Simons, Uppsala University, Sweden The interdependencies between the economy and security have become indissoluble, while the ability to decipher the security environment is a fundamental prerequisite for anticipating regional or global economic trends. Security is an increasingly complex, sophisticated and dynamic concept that has undergone a real metamorphosis in the [...]
Young Researchers’ Colloquium for First Time Authors
Mini Track Chair: Adriana DAVIDESCU, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies Diana AGAFIȚEI, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Cecilia CIOCÎRLAN, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania This mini-track is dedicated to young students who are at the beginning of their scientific research career. The track welcomes papers from undergarduate and graduate students (BA, MA, PhD candidates) with an interest in business [...]
Applying ML and AI to Finance, Business and Society
Mini Track Chair: Marius MATEI, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Sadok BEN YAHIA, Technology University of Tallinn (TalTech), Estonia Data Science provides insight and understanding of large amount of unstructured and heterogeneous digital sources. Today’s business activities in the modern digital society produces masses of information that needs to be filtered, analysed and structured for prediction and modelling. Text mining, herding analysis and [...]
Sports Business
Mini Track Chair: Vlad Roșca, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania This track is dedicated to scholars, practitioners, professionals and students who want to share their knowledge and experience about the growing global sports industry. Although the global sports industry declined about 15% in 2020 due to the Covid-19 slowdowns, it is still evaluated at nearly $400bn, being expected to reach $500bn by [...]
Multiple Criteria Decision Making in Ruptured Times: the Role of Unfulfilled Prophecies in Shifting Research Paradigms
Mini Track Chair: Cătălin Dobrea, Vice-Rector of Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Adriana Miclea, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Unexpected social and political events worldwide developed in the last three years conflicted with theoretical assumption, practical predictions, and reasonable expectations. Conspiration theories and unorthodox economic measures walked hand in hand leaving passage to extremists, polarization, and disputable pandemics. Praised artificial intelligence, [...]
Applied Artificial Intelligence in Business
Mini Track Chair: Francesco Bellini, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Marco Savastano, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Sorin Anagnoste, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania In the last year, technology, with a strong emphasis on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI, has become an indispensable catalyst for growth and transformation across industries. Organizations and institutions have rapidly embraced these innovations, [...]
Applied Statistics in Economics and Management
Mini Track Chair: Mihail Busu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies Enrico Prinz, University of Strasbourg, France In the past decades, applied statistics was largely used in economics and management. The purpose of this session is to show how statistics can be successfully applied to analyze multivariate complex data in economics and management. Manuscripts applying statistics concepts to the modeling of the [...]
Accounting and Sustainable Management in a Dynamic World
Mini Track Chair Robin Jarvis, Brunel University, UK Adriana Dutescu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania The new paradigms in the development of economy practices are forcing managers to rethink the strategies on sustainability and long-term development. The role of accounting in this context is significant, not only in the area of cost estimation of a new agenda, but also on the scalability of [...]
The Energy Transition: Competitiveness, Fairness and Public Acceptance
Mini Track Chair: Corina MURAFA, Bucharest University for Economic Studies, Romania Europe has committed to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and the race to net zero has spread to other geographies as well. Generous fiscal stimuli are directed towards decarbonizing our energy systems, yet the transition is rising major questions and policy dilemmas. Given technological unknowns and infant industries shaping a new energy market [...]
International Business Finance in A Globalized World
Mini Track Chair: Ionuț DUMITRU, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Cristian PĂUN, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Radu MUȘETESCU, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Carmen DOROBĂȚ, Manchester Metropolitan University, England On the free market, everyone earns according to his productive value in satisfying consumer desires. Under statist distribution, everyone earns in proportion to the amount he [...]
Driving Marketing Performance through Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Realities and other New Technologies
Mini Track Chair: Corina Pelău, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Mirko Gati, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary Dan-Cristian Dabija, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania With the development of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual realities, social media, companies have changed the way they do marketing. These new technologies intervene more and more in the relation between companies and consumers, by [...]
Business Digitalization and Digital Business Transformation
Minitrack Chairs: Florina Pînzaru, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania Dragos Vespan, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest Digitalization in the era of IoT, cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence changes the profile of the consumers, employees and the practice of management and business administration as we know it: new IT software, tools and smart connected devices, through their [...]
Rethinking Leadership in Challenging Times
Mini Track Chair: Vanesa VARGAS, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Tough times are critical moments in a leader’s development path, resulting in either greatness or failure. Great leaders emerge whether difficulty stems from conditions or unpredictable changes in direction that challenges them to the limit. The COVID-19 period and the economic and social crisis, that followed are testing today’s leaders and managers [...]
Strategic Options for Entrepreneurs in an uncertain Future
Mini Track Chair: Mihaela-Cornelia DAN, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania The Corona Crisis that started in 2020 emphasized once more the importance of making strategic decisions to adjust to new business realities. Production flows, delivery models, or consumption patterns are under ongoing change and adaptation to immediate and sometimes dramatic public policy decisions.Being an entrepreneur today seems to be more challenging than in [...]
Business Internationalization and Globalization
The main topics covered by the hereby call for papers are related, but not limited to: Business strategies in foreign markets, International versus global approaches, Internationalization of services, New trends in regional economic integration, The future of European Union The development of international markets, Factors, challenges and obstacles for internationalization, Country level internationalization policies, Strategic thinking in the international [...]
Human Resources – A Game Changer of The Business Strategy
Mini Track Chair: Alecxandrina Deaconu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. Simona Goia, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. Nowadays, the success of individuals and organizations requires openness to change. The organizations have abandoned the traditional way of thinking about work and work environment. Being employed means more than having a job and performing the activities assigned through the job description. [...]
Social Innovation and Impact Engagement
Mini Track Chair: Carmen Păunescu, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Mary McDonnell-Naughton, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, Ireland The recent innovations in products, processes and business models are reshaping the world approach to entrepreneurship, giving a higher relevance to the social and local dimensions of business. The social enterprise model of business is gaining in popularity as it gives the [...]
Intelligence Competitive Systems: Models and Practices
Mini Track Chair: Mireille Radoi – Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Irena Chiru – “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy, Romania Intelligence about competition is far from new. From a historical perspective, successful business has always incorporated research and information on competitors while exploiting their vulnerabilities and picking up useful ideas. In addition, in the last decades, competitive intelligence has been extensively professionalized being [...]
Complexity
Mini Track Chair: Valentina Mihaela Ghinea, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania 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 [...]
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
Mini Track Chair: Violeta Mihaela Dincă, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu, The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration The emergence of knowledge economy and knowledge-based organizations created the necessary conditions for the consolidation of knowledge management, as a new managerial process able to deal with knowledge workers and knowledge processes. Knowledge management does not replace the classical management, [...]