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Past ABSRC Milan 2015

ABSRC Milan 2015 Summary

The 13th ABSRC was held in Milan from 10th till 11th December 2015.

˝As the number 13 is magical, also our 13th conference was special. In a special Christmas atmosphere new ideas were grown up. We also opened the champagne and wish us a successful year 2016.

Thank you all for taking the time to come, share your knowledge and help us to be better in the future. I look forward to meet you again in Venice.˝

Prof. Dr. Ajda Fošner, Conference Chair

ABSRC 2015 Milan Best Paper Awards

  • Authors: Dr. Simon J Wilde, Dr. William J Smart, Michael J Bryant

Title: CONSUMER INFLUENCES INTO WEATHER APPS USAGE ON SMARTPHONES: KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Michael J Bryant: ˝A very warm, friendly and welcoming atmosphere permeated the conference sessions. The presentations were illuminating in their diversity. Topics such as fashion consiousnes, big data innovation, diversity approaches were among the key highlights and were personally motivating – as both an artist and researcher.˝

Dr. Simon Wilde: ˝The ABSRC conference series offers researchers, scholars and educators an engaging and supportive forum to share, disseminate and discuss cutting edge theories, industry best practices and world class research outcomes. I cannot commend the ABSRC conference series more highly.˝

  • Author: Dr. Chengedzai Mafini

Title: EXPLORING THE SATISFACTION OF EMPLOYEES IN THE FREIGHT LOGISTICS INDUSTRY

Dr. Chengedzai Mafini: ˝

I feel excited that my paper entitled ˝Exploring the satisfaction of employees in the freight logistics industry˝ was recognized at the best paper at the ABSRC 2015 Milan conference. The conference was well organised and was characterised by a warm and enabling atmosphere. I will certainly attend any future ABSRC conferences.˝

  • Authors: John S. Appel, Nina Forest

Title: A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO STUDY AND ADDRESS THE GLOBAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF AUTISM

What other participants say about ABSRC?

Dr. Deseré Kokt: ˝I enjoyed the small group of people and the constructive group discussions. The paper presentations were good.˝

Yong-gook Bae: ˝I am very happy to attend this conference. The contents are useful and the overall moods in the meeting room is very comfortable.˝

ABSRC 2015 Milan Proceedings

ABSRC 2015 Milan Gallery

Conference program Milan 2015

ABSRC 2015 MILAN SESSIONS SCHEDULE

Presentations are scheduled in sessions with 20 minute slots per paper (15 minutes presentation, 5 minutes questions and answers). Selected presentations are scheduled in sessions with 30 minute slots per paper.

Please bring your presentation on a USB stick.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2015

 

8:00 – 9:00   REGISTRATION

9:00 – 9:30   OPENING SESSION

9:30 – 11:20   Session 1: BUSINESS AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

9:30 – 9:50  Deseré Kokt INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AT UNIVERSITIES OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT
9:50 – 10:10 Celina M. Olszak, Maria Mach-Król BIG DATA – A NEW VALUE FOR ORGANIZATIONS
10:10 – 10:30  Yong-Gook Bae THE TECHNOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE IN SOUTH KOREA: FOCUSING ON THE GOVERNMENTAL BASIC R&D PROJECTS
10:30 – 10:50  Lucija Mulej Mlakar BUSINESS AND CREATIVITY: CREATION OF POSSIBLE WORLDS
10:50 – 11:10  Wojciech Dyduch, Katarzyna Bratnicka VALUE CAPTURE AND APPROPRIATION: THE CONSTRUCT AND ITS OPERATIONALIZATION

 

11:10 – 11:20 GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY

11:20 – 11:50   COFFEE BREAK 

11:50 – 14:20   Session 2: MARKETING AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

11:50 – 12:20 Simon J Wilde, William J Smart, Michael J Bryant CONSUMER INFLUENCES INTO WEATHER APPS USAGE ON SMARTPHONES: KEY HIGHLIGHTS
12:20 – 12:40  Manilall Dhurup, Chengedzai Mafini FINDING SYNERGY IN FASHION APPAREL DECESION-MAKING CONSTRUCTS: A GENERATION Y COHORT ANALYSIS IN AN EMERGING MARKET
12:40 – 13:00  Hayatul Safrah Salleh, Nor Azila Mohd Noor, Nik Hazimah Nik Mat, Yusnita Yusof, Wan Norhayati Mohamed THE INFLUENCE OF SELF-EFFICACY ON FUNCTIONAL FOOD CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOUR AMONG MALAYSIAN CONSUMERS
13:00 – 13:20  Dana Ondrejová TO THE SELECTED MISLEADING COMMERCIAL PRACTICES ACCORDING TO THE BLACK LIST OF THE DIRECTIVE
NO. 2005/29/EC
13:20 – 13:40  Huseyin Arasli, Winifred L. Doh, Nazanin N. Alpler DOES EMPLOYABILITY MODERATE THE EFFECT OF WORK-RELATED STRESSORS ON SERVICE SABOTAGE BEHAVIORS? THE CASE OF HOTELS’ FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES IN CAMEROON
13:40 – 14:10  Chengedzai Mafini EXPLORING THE SATISFACTION OF EMPLOYEES IN THE FREIGHT LOGISTICS INDUSTRY

 

14:10 – 14:20  GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY

 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015

8:30 – 9:00   REGISTRATION

9:00 – 11:00   Session 3: SOCIAL ISSUES

 

9:00 – 9:30  John S. Appel, Nina Forest A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO STUDY AND ADDRESS THE GLOBAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF AUTISM
9:30 – 9:50  Mikhail Nemilentsev INSTITUTIONAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL VIEWS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THEORETICAL STUDY OF THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONCEPT
9:50 – 10:10 Ivana Šabatová COMPLIANCE ACHIEVEMENT AND ASSURANCE OF PROCESSES AND SERVICES IN A DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT
10:10 – 10:30  Harri Virolainen SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MEMBERS OF VIRTUAL TEAMS
10:30 – 10:50 Amira Mabrouk ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE : A TOBIT MODEL APPROACH TO MONETIZE URBAN TRAVEL TIME

 

10:50 – 11:00   CLOSING CEREMONY AND GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY

11:00 – 11:30   COFFEE BREAK

11:30 – 13:00   BOARD MEETING 

 

ABSRC 2015 MILAN – OTHER PAPERS AND AUTHORS (NO PRESENTATION OF THE PAPER)

 

Momtchil Dobrev, Mariola Garibova, Alexander Gariboff BASICS PRINCIPLES OF THE WORLD ECONOMY AND THE  MOMTCHIL  DOBREV’S  “THEORY OF THE DEGREE OF TRUST”   – THE BASIC  PARADIGM  IN THE  HUMAN SOCIETY
Momtchil Dobrev, Mariola Garibova, Alexander Gariboff THE MODEL OF THE POLITICAL MAFIA  IN   EUROPA   – RISK FOR EUROPA IN IT’S  ECONOMY AND BUSINESS  BASED ON MOMTCHIL DOBREV ‘S “THEORY OF THE MAFIA” AND THE MOMTCHIL DOBREV ‘S “ DEGREE OF TRUST”
Momtchil Dobrev, Mariola Garibova, Alexander Gariboff THE CONNECTION  BETWEEN  THE “MOMTCHIL DOBREV’S  THEORDY OF DEGREE OF TRUST”  AND “MOMTCHIL DOBREV;S  LAW OF PROMOTION WITH PRIZE FUND” – THE MOST SUCCESFUL STRATEGY  IN THE  MARKETING BUSINESS AND  MANAGEMENT
Fjona Zeneli FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF WATER SECTOR IN ALBANIA
Taha-Hossein Hejazi, Leilanaz Akbari A MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING BASED APPROACH FOR OPTIMIZATION OF SYSTEMS WITH CATEGORICAL VARIABLES
Aurora Kinka, Halit  Xhafa FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH CASE OF ALBANIA
Entela Prifi THE LEGAL NATURE OF BANKING CONTRACTS
Justyna Łukomska-Szarek, Sylwia Łęgowik-Świącik, Dagmara Bubel, Agnieszka Wójcik-Mazur SELECTED ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN POLAND AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL TRENDS

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ABSRC is an important international gathering of business and business-related sciences scholars and educators. In addition to scientific papers, the focus is on various best practices and solutions, which are important for business-related policies and activities at the individual, organizational, group, network, local, regional, national, international, and global level.

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ABSRC 2015 – organized by GEA College – Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Dunajska cesta 156, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, GEA College Conference Administrator: tel. +386 1 5881 327.

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