Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence

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Conference Founders
Constantin Bratianu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Nicolae Al. Pop, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Editor-in-Chief
Mihail Busu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Assistant Editors
Maria Caratas, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Maria Dulau, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Editors
Inna Paiva, Iscte Business School and Business Research Unit (BRU-Iscte), Portugal
Bistra Vassileva, University of Economics - Varna, Bulgaria
Francesco Bellini, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Management, Italy
Marco Savastano, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Management, Italy
Enrico Prinz, EM Strasbourg Business School, University of Strasbourg, France
Sadok Ben Yahia, University of Southern Denmark, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, Denmark
Dumitru Roman, SINTEF AS, Norway
Mariarosaria Lombardi, University of Foggia, Department of Economics, Italy
Andreea Apetrei Kalveram, Catholic University of Valencia, Spain
Luis Miguel Fonseca, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Boris Dziura, University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of International Relations, Slovakia
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
Mirkó Gáti, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
Eglė Radvilė, Vilnius University Business School, Lithuania
Gregory Simons, Turība University, Latvia; researcher affiliated with Uppsala University, Sweden
Holger Berg, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany
Radu Prodan, University of Innsbruck, Department of Computer Science, Austria
Mihai Dinu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Faculty of Agrifood and Environmental Economics, Romania
Vlad-Andrei Porumb, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Dileta Jatautaitė, Vilnius University Business School, Lithuania
Mary McDonnell Naughton, Technological University of the Shannon, Ireland
Marko Jeločnik, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade, Serbia
Isabel Novo-Corti, University of A Coruña, Faculty of Economics and Business, Spain
Todor Yalamov, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Bulgaria
Irene Rosberg, Copenhagen Business School, Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics, Denmark

International Scientific Committee
Adrian Dumitru Tanţău, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Alecxandrina Deaconu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Alexandru Marin, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Andrzej Marjański, University of Social Sciences, Poland
Anikó Csepregi, University of Pannonia, Hungary
Carmen Păunescu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Constantin Bratianu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Cristian Badarinza, National University of Singapore & Institute of Real Estate Studies, USA
Cristian Păun, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Daniel Glaser-Segura, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, USA
Dumitru Miron, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Emil Papazov, University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria
Fabrizio D’Ascenzo, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Florina Pînzaru, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania
Flory Anette Dieck Assad, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Francesco Bellini, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Gabriela Țigu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Gamze Karayaz, Isik University, Turkey
Gene Epstein, City University of New York, USA
George Darie, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Giuseppe Gramigna, U.S. Small Business Administration, USA
Ivan Mihajlovic, Management Department of Technical Faculty in Bor, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Jay Mitra, University of Essex, UK
Justyna Matysiewicz, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Kim Oliver Tokarski, University of Applied Studies, Switzerland
Lavinia Rasca, The Institute for Business Administration in Bucharest, Romania
Łukasz Sułkowski, University of Social Sciences, Poland
Luminița Nicolescu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Lyudmila Mihaylova, University of Rousse “Angel Kanchev”, Bulgaria
Magdalena Iordache-Platis, University of Bucharest, Romania
Mariana Nicolae, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Marius Profiroiu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Marius Stan, Argonne National Laboratory & Chicago and Northwestern University, USA
Michael Stoica, University of Washburn, USA
Nezameddin Faghih, UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship, Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research (JGER), Iran
Radu Dudău, Energy Policy Group, Romania
Robert Ferguson, Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Santanu Roy, Institute of Management and Technology, UAE
Sarah Sheard, Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Sergio Arzeni, OECD, Centre for Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Local Development, France
Slawomir Smyczek, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Stefan Bratosin, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, France
Stephane Ganassali, University of Savoie Mont Blanc, France
Valeriu Binig, E&Y, Romania
Walter E. Block, Loyola University, France
Wioletta Wereda, Warsaw Technical Military University & Siedlce University, Poland

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