Brosura GSMAC 2018

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

NOTES

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