9th Edition of The Griffiths School of Management and IT Annual International Academic Conference
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS ETHICS: THE FUTURE AND BENEFITS OF ROMANIAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
10th and 11th of May, 2018
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Previous editions of The Griffiths School of Management Annual Conference Proceedings on Business, Entrepreneurship and Ethics published with the world-renowned Springer International.
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MAY 10 th 8:30 - 9:00
REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
9:00 - 9:20
WELCOME Dr. Sebastian Văduva, Director of the Griffiths School of Management and IT Dr. Paul Negruț, Rector Emanuel University of Oradea Dacian Palladi, Oradea City Manager
9:20 - 9:35
THE IMPORTANCE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION FOR THE ROMANIAN ENTREPRENEUR Dr. Viorel Lefter, Counselor for International Relations at The Bucharest AES University
9:40 - 9:55
THE GLOBAL AND HISTORICAL CORRELATION BETWEEN INTEGRITY AND WEALTH Marian (Mike) Popa, President Transparency International – Romania
10:00 - 10:15
QUALITY TALENT RECRUITMENT: THE CHALLENGE OF 21ST CENTURY ENTREPRENEURSHIP Dr. Randolph Wilt, Dean College of Business – Concordia University of Texas
10:20 - 10:35
THE IMPORTANCE OF NETWORKING AND ASSOCIATIONS IN DEVELOPING YOUR BUSINESS Johann Kornelsen, 3 D Leaders
10:40 - 10:55
EUROPEAN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ROMANIAN ENTREPRENEURS Florian Gheorghe, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur & Business Advisor
11:00 - 11:15
BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE UPON BUSINESS ETHICS Dr. Paul Negruț, Rector Emanuel University of Oradea
COFFEE BREAK
11:40 - 12:00
THE STATUS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS Dr. Robert Hisrich, PhD Director Kent State University
12:05 - 12:20
DOES THE SMALL LIBERAL ARTS UNIVERSITY HAVE A FUTURE? MAYBE Dr. Allen Brown, Assistant Provost Concordia University of Texas
12:25 - 12:40
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY: IMPORTANT TOOLS IN ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS Dr. David Smith, Director Austin Baptist Association
12:45 - 13:00
ISIS, EMIGRATION, BREXIT AND TRUMP: ENTREPRENEURIAL SOLUTIONS TO POLITICAL CHALLENGES Dr. Sebastian Văduva, Director Griffiths School of Management & IT
ENTREPRENEURIAL MASTERCLASS 14:00 - 14:30
BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THE WEST BY GOING EAST: THE STORY OF LUGERA – RUSSIA Florian Gheorghe, Lugera Corp.
14:30 - 15:00
SUCCESS THROUGH PROFESSIONALISM: THE STORY OF CBS EASTERN EUROPE Cristian Pătrașcu, Entrepreneur, CBS Eastern Europe
15:00 - 15:30
THE BENEFITS OF THE SERVICE INDUSTRY: THE STORY OF ROMTECA Cristian Bălăceanu, Entrepreneur, Romteca
15:30 - 16:00
THE PROFILE OF A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR AND HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE YOURS Johann Kornelsen, 3 D Leaders
16:00 - 16:30
THE IMPORTANCE OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Robert Miklo, Director Investment Services, Colliers International
ACADEMIC TRACK 1: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS ETHICS
PROGRAM
TRACK CHAIR: DR. VIOREL LEFTER AND DR. IOAN FOTEA
14:00 - 14:20
UNDERSTANDING THEIR FRUSTRATIONS: AN EXPLORATION INTO NURSING TEAMS CONFLICTS AND ETHICS Randolph Wilt
14:20 - 14:40
IS THE EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL PROCESS DIFFERENT IN THE LARGE ROMANIAN COMPANIES? AN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH Viorel Lefter, Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu and Alexandra Beiu
14:40 - 15:00
STUDENTS AS CUSTOMERS? A REVIEW OF HIGHER EDUCATION REFORMS IN EUROPE Sorin Dan and Diana Ivana
15:00 - 15:20
SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE MAIN DRIVERS OF ROMANIANS’ MIGRATION IN EUROPEAN CONTEXT. AN EMIRICAL APPROACH BASED ON GRAVITY MODELS Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu, Andreea Maria Paul and Luiza Măicăneanu
15:20 - 15:40
BETWEEN CHRISTIAN MORALITY AND MANAGERIAL ETHICS. THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD (LUKE 16:1-15) Raul Sorin Fântână
15:40 - 16:00
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS Crina Simona Poruțiu, Ciprian Marcel Pop and Andra Ramona Poruțiu
16:00 - 16:20
IMPACT OF ETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS Rohit Kanda and Harish Handa
16:20 - 16:40
IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN BUSINESS H.N. Smith and D.W. Smith
16:40 - 17:00
PROMOTING CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL SERVICES: SCRIPTUM CASE STUDY Cristian Dume
ACADEMIC TRACK 2 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS TRACK CHAIR: DR. IOAN GH. POP AND DR. EMANUEL ȚUNDREA
14:00 - 14:20
INNOVATION NETWORKING, KNOWLEDGE TRANSDISCIPLINARY SPACES Ioan Gh.Pop, Ioan Fotea and Silvia Fotea
14:20 - 14:40
MILLENNIALS VERSUS GEN Z: ONLINE SHOPPING BEHAVIOR ON AN EMERGING MARKET Dan-Cristian Dabija and Lavinia Lung
14:40 - 15:00
BIG DATA ETHICS IN ROMANIA: A STUDY OF CONSUMER, BUSINESS AND SOCIETAL PERCEPTIONS Gerhard Steinke, Ryan C. LaBrie and Emanuel Țundrea
15:00 - 15:20
USE OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES IN HR DATA MINING Călin Eugen Nicolae Gal-Chiș
15:20 - 15:40
THE CASE FOR AN ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS IN BUSINESS Marcus Buzle, Sebastian Văduva and Ioan Fotea
15:40 - 16:00
FOOLISHNESS AS A MANIFESTATION. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS. CASE STUDY ON THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY. Mihai Talpoș, Dumitru Grigore and Sebastian Văduva
16:00 - 16:20
THE CHALLENGE OF PUBLISHING IN TOP LEVEL JOURNALS Adrian Ziderman
16:20 - 16:40
THE IMPORTANCE AND APPLICATION OF INNOVATION Lilla Ferencz
16:40 - 17:00
THE MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF EU FUNDS TO PROFESSIONALIZE NEW SERVICES Avram Floricuța
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, MAY 11 th 8:30 - 9:00
REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
9:00 - 9:15
WELCOME WORD Dr. Sebastian Văduva, Director of the Griffiths School of Management and IT
9:15 - 9:35
WELCOME – THE ORADEA STORY Mihai Jurca, Tourism Board Executive Director – City of Oradea
9:35 - 9:50
THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL IT CUSTOMER: FUTURE TRENDS Marian (Mike) Popa, Director/ Head Deutsche Bank Global Technology Center Romania
9:50 - 10:10
FROM OUTSOURCING TO CONSULTANCY: HOW CAN IT FIRMS TRANSFORM THEMSELVES Daniel Lar, Managing Director, Yonder
10:10 - 10:30
THE ROMANIAN IT CONSULTANT: WHAT CAN MAKE US BETTER THEN OUR COMPETITORS? Vasilica Zuld, HR Director, Softvision
10:30 - 10:50
DOES TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL OR EVEN RELIGIOUS FACTORS, LEAD TO NEW TYPES OF EDUCATION? Dr. Mihai Talpoș, Co-Founder, Școala Informală de IT
10:50 - 11:10
THE IMPORTANCE OF NETWORKING: PUBLIC-PRIVATE-ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS Alexandru Mihai Timiș, Public Affairs Director, ANIS – Romania
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 11:45
THE FUTURE IS NOW: TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS Dr. Varujan Pambuccian, Member of Romanian Parliament
11:45 - 12:00
AUXILIARY SERVICES: IMPORTANT INGREDIENT IN THE SUCCESS OF YOUR IT BUSINESS Mihai Pătrulescu, Senior Associate Investment Services, Colliers International
12:00 - 12:20
COLLABORATING WITH YOUR COMPETITORS – THE STORY OF ARIES TRANSILVANIA Bianca Muntean, Executive Director, iTech Transilvania Cluster Manager
12:20 - 12:40
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ROMANIAN IT COMPANIES Alin Mercheș, President of Oradea Tech Hub, Co-founder & CEO Mobiversal
12:40 - 13:00
THE FUTURE OF THE IT SECTOR FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A VENTURE CAPITALIST Dan Mihăescu, Founding Partner, GapMinder Investment
STARTUPS IN IT 16:00 - 16:20
CAN OUTSOURCING AND STARTUPS IN IT COEXIST? Alexandru Mihai Timiș, Public Affairs Director, ANIS – Romania
16:20 - 16:40
CASE STUDY IN IT STARTUP “APPOINTFIX” Alin Mercheș, President of Oradea Tech Hub, Co-founder & CEO Mobiversal
PROGRAM 16:40 - 17:00
CASE STUDY IN IT STARTUP “MYRIACODE” Dacian Lontiș, Entrepreneur and Manager GLOBAL STANDARD SRL
17:00 - 17:20
CASE STUDY IN IT STARTUP “WEBMAGNAT” Delian Coroamă, Founder, WebMagnat
17:20 - 17:40
CASE STUDY IN IT STARTUP “TYPINGDNA” Adrian Gheară, Raul Popa, Cristian Tămaș
17:40 - 18:00
THE IMPORTANCE OF A BUSINESS PARADIGM FOR YOUR IT STARTUP Florian Gheorghe, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur & Business Advisor
COFFEE BREAK
18:20 - 19:00
HOW TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF AN INVESTMENT BANKER FOR YOUR IT STARTUP Dan Mihăescu, Founding Partner, GapMinder Investment
19:00 - 19:20
CASE STUDY IN IT START-UP “RUBIK HUB” Vlad Gliga, Founder Rubik Hub
19:20 - 19:40
HOW TO NETWORK AND COLLABORATE WITH POTENTIAL COMPETITORS Johann Kornelsen, 3 D Leaders
19:40 - 20:00 CASE STUDY IN IT START-UP “QODEMO” Ștefănel Cârlescu, Co-Founder QoDemo
DR. VIOREL LEFTER
JOHANN KORNELSEN
Counselor for International Relations at The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Managing partner 3 D Leaders
DR. SEBASTIAN VĂDUVA
CRISTIAN BĂLĂCEANU
Director of the Griffiths School of Management and IT Emanuel University of Oradea
Entrepreneur Romteca
DR. ALLEN BROWN
DR. ROBERT D. HISRICH
Assistant Provost at Concordia University In Texas
Bridgestone Chair of International Marketing & Associate Dean of Graduate and International Programs
SPEAKERS DR. RANDOLPH WILT
CRISTIAN PĂTRAȘCU
Entrepreneur and Leadership Lecturer Concordia University In Texas University of Texas - Austin, Texas
Entrepreneur CBS Eastern Europe
LEE SAVILLE
DR. ADRIAN ZIDERMAN
Social Entrepreneur United Kingdom
Research Fellow at Bar-Ilan University
FLORIAN GHEORGHE
DR. PAUL NEGRUȚ
Angel Investor, Entrepreneur & Business Advisor
Pastor of Emanuel Baptist Church Rector Emanuel University of Oradea
DR. DAVID SMITH
DANIEL LAR
Executive Director, Austin Baptist Association Austin, Texas
Managing Director at Yonder
MARIAN (MIKE) POPA
ROBERT MIKLO
Director/ Head Deutsche Bank Global Technology Center Romania
Director Investment Services Colliers International
DR. VARUJAN PAMBUCCIAN
MIHAI PÄ‚TRULESCU
Member of Romanian Parliament
Senior Associate Investment Services Colliers International
SPEAKERS MIHAI JURCA
VASILICA ZULD
Tourism Board Executive Director City of Oradea
HR Director Softvision
DAN MIHĂESCU
ALEXANDRU MIHAI TIMIȘ
Founding Partner at GapMinder Venture Partners
Public Affairs Director of Asociația Națională a Industriei de Software (ANIS)
DR. MIHAI TALPOȘ
DACIAN PALLADI
Managing Partner at Școala Informală de IT
Oradea City Manager
ALIN MERCHEȘ
RAUL POPA
President of Oradea Tech Hub Co-founder & CEO Mobiversal
CEO & Data Scientist at TypingDNA (Techstars ‘18)
BIANCA MUNTEAN
CRISTIAN TĂMAȘ
Executive Director iTech Transilvania Cluster Manager
Co-fondator & CMO TypingDNA (Techstars ‘18)
ADRIAN GHEARĂ
DACIAN LONTIȘ
Tech Startups Advisor & Investor
Entrepreneur and Manager GLOBAL STANDARD SRL
SPEAKERS ȘTEFĂNEL CÂRLESCU Co-Founder QoDemo
DELIAN COROAMĂ Founder WebMagnat
VLAD GLIGA Founder Rubik Hub
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