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
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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