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Registration at the Welcome Desk
(Monday, 22-June-2009, 13h00-14h00) |
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Plenary Session - Keynote Speakers
(Monday, 22-June-2009, 14h00-16h00)
Chair:
Professor Pedro Soto Acosta - University of Murcia - Spain
Hotel Bécquer Language:
English |
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Professor Mark Lee - Trinity Western University - Canada
Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Reality: A Challenge for the Business Academic Community |
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Professor Ronald Spahr - University of Memphis - USA
Corporate Tax Rates-Labor Cost Tradeoffs in a Competitive-Interdependent Global Economy |
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16h00 - 16h30: Welcome Cocktail |
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Plenary Session - Invited Talk
(Monday, 22-June-2009, 16h30-17h30)
Chair:
Professor Pedro Soto Acosta - University of Murcia - Spain
Hotel Bécquer Language:
English |
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Professor Michael J. Brown - NAU - Germany
Digitally Seamless |
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Session M 1.1 - Quality Management and Improvement
(Monday, 22-June-2009, 17h45-19h00)
Chair: Professor Gyula Fülöp - University of Miskolc - Hungary
Hotel Bécquer - Room Bécquer
Language: English |
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Armando Luís Vieira
Relationship Quality and Philosophy of Science: A Tribal Debate |
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Luís António Fonseca Mendes
Stakeholders and the Propensity to Quality Improvement in SME: A Comparative Analysis |
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María N. Pérez-Aróstegui; Rui Sousa; Javier Lloréns-Montes
The Relationship between Quality Management Practices and Absorptive Capacity: An Empirical Study |
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Konstantinos C. Zapounidis; Glykeria Kalfakakou; Betty A. Partsalidou
Quality Management in Enteprises of the Services Provision Sector |
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Session M 1.2 - Financial Markets, Financial Intermediation and Corporate Performance
(Monday, 22-June-2009, 17h45-19h00)
Chair: Professor Ronald Spahr - University of Memphis - USA
Hotel Bécquer - Room Murillo
Language: English |
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Louis T. W. Cheng; T. Y. Leung
The Role of Foreign Investors on the Performance of H-Share Firms |
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George C. Chatzinas; Maria K. Markopoulou; Demetrios L. Papadopoulos
Initial Public Offerings Underpricing: Evidence from the Athens Stock Exchange |
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Robert Holman; Miroslav Kollar
Addressing the Pro-Cyclicality of Financial Intermediation and Bank Capital Regulation |
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Cornelia Pop; Calin Vamos; Maria Craciun; Cristina Curutiu
Is Bucharest Stock Exchange Influenced by the Five Traded Financial Investment Companies? |
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Session M 1.3 - ICT Applications and Technology Management
(Monday, 22-June-2009, 17h45-19h00)
Chair: Professor Pedro Cravo - Polytechnic Institute of Beja - Portugal
Hotel Bécquer - Room Velázquez
Language: English |
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Hsin-Yu Shih; Tung-Lung Steven Chang
Structural Blocks of International Technology Diffusion: A Network Analysis Perspective |
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Mahdi Seify
Mobile Network Security Risk Management |
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Mihaela Herciu; Claudia Ogrean; Silvia Mărginean; Lucian Belaşcu
The Impact of the ICT Applications – as Knowledge Based Society Factors – on the Competitiveness |
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Alka Sharma; Versha Mehta
Adoption of Online Media: An Analytical Study of Behavioural Perspective in Indian Context |
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Session T 1.1 - Accounting Practices, Corporate Value and Social Responsability
(Tuesday, 23-June-2009, 9h00-10h30)
Chair: Professor Fernando Teixeira - Polytechnic Institute of Beja - Portugal
Hotel Bécquer - Room Bécquer
Language: English |
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Vojko Potocan; Matjaz Mulej; Zdenko Nedelko
Some Open Questions about Efficiency Theories |
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Teija Laitinen; Nina Sormunen
Auditor’s Going Concern Decision and Alternative Financial Ratios |
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Rute Abreu; Fátima David
Accountability and Social Responsibility: The Portuguese Labour Market |
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Carlotta del Sordo; Rebecca L. Orelli; Emanuele Padovani
Accounting Practices in Italian Higher Education System |
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Rute Abreu; Francisco Carreira
Social Responsibility and Corporate Value: Evidence from Portuguese Annual Reports |
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Session T 1.2 - Leadership Practices and Human Resources Management
(Tuesday, 23-June-2009, 9h00-10h30)
Chair: Professor Stéphanie Gagnon - ENAP Montréal - Canada
Hotel Bécquer - Room Murillo
Language: English |
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John Loonam
Exploring Strategic Leadership: The Case of Enterprise Systems Implementation |
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António J. Santos Nunes; Ana Maria Ussman
Contractual Modes and Labour Relationships in Portuguese Firms |
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Macarena López-Fernández; Fernando Martín-Alcázar; Pedro M. Romero-Fernández
Human Resources and Social Capital Management |
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Konstantinos C. Zapounidis; Glykeria Kalfakakou; Eleni Ch. Letsa
Methodological Analysis of Human Resources Recruitment and Selection |
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Z. Nedelko; V. Potocan
Manager’s Personal Values and its Impact on Leadership Style |
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Session T 1.3 - Strategy Management: Models, Tools and Frameworks
(Tuesday, 23-June-2009, 9h00-10h30)
Chair: Professor Mark Lee - Trinity Western University - Canada
Hotel Bécquer - Room Velázquez
Language: English |
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Helmut Kasper; Jurgen Muhlbacher
Managing Growth: An Empirical Test of Three Separate Strategies |
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Filomena Gomes; Mário Franco; Heiko Haase
Entrepreneurship and Its Influence on Strategic Alliances Decisions: Proposal for a Structural Model |
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Mikko Hakola
Balanced Scorecard as a Tool for Small Business Reorganization |
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Tapio Laakso
Fatal Zero-Slack |
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Gy. Fülöp; I. Gáll Pelcz
New Strategic Challenges: An Experimental Study of Hungarian Corporations |
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10h30 - 11h00: Coffee Break |
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Session T 2.1 - Global Economy, Economic Convergence and International Business Context
(Tuesday, 23-June-2009, 11h00-12h30)
Chair: Professor Pedro Cravo - Polytechnic Institute of Beja - Portugal
Hotel Bécquer - Room Bécquer
Language: English |
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Mahdi Seify; Mahboobe Elkhani; Aras Sheikhi; Mehrdad Esfahani
Privatization Management in Iran’s Electrical Industry Structure in Regard to Other Countries’ Experiences |
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Sorin Burnete; Radu Burnete
On Capitalism Crises: Lessons for Emerging Economies |
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Mai S. Linneberg; Toke Bjerregaard; Jakob Lauring
Practice Diffusion in Multinationals: A Process-Based Approach to Institutional Tensions |
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Ahmad Salehi
Global Apartments Theory: The Minimum but Common Global Philosophy of Life |
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António Eduardo Martins; Felipa Lopes dos Reis
The New Boundaries of Management: The Era of Knowledge |
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Felipa Lopes dos Reis; António Eduardo Martins
The Research and Development Cycle in Niponic Companies Operating in Portugal |
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Session T 2.2 - Tourism Challenges and Practices
(Tuesday, 23-June-2009, 11h00-12h30)
Chair: Professor Fernando Teixeira - Polytechnic Institute of Beja - Portugal
Hotel Bécquer - Room Murillo
Language: English |
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Marica Škrtić; Dinko Primorac
Small and Family Hotels - The Challenge of Croatian Entrepreneurship |
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D. Denizer; M. Gonen
Sustainable Tourism in Turkish Cuisine |
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Konstantinos C. Zapounidis; Betty A. Partsalidou
Support of Rural Tourism through Cooperation Projects |
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Session T 2.3 - Corporate Governance and Organisational Behaviour
(Tuesday, 23-June-2009, 11h00-12h30)
Chair: Professor John Loonam - Dublin City University - Ireland
Hotel Bécquer - Room Velázquez
Language: English |
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Tiina M. Hautala
Personality of Entrepreneurs who are at Reorganization Proceedings |
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Raquel Puentes Poyatos; José Miguel Antequera Solís; Oscar Arévalo Chacón
Codes of Good Governance: Experience in Spain |
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V. A. Dimitrova
Model for Corporate Failure Forecast |
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A. Karppinen; T. M. Hautala
Skills of Entrepreneurs who are at Reorganization Process |
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Z. Acosta; J. Febles
The Resistance to Change as Regards the Innovation. Analysis From an Organizational Perspective of the Canary Company |
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LUNCH, EXCURSION AND SOCIAL DINNER
(regarding the excursion, please remember that in Seville the afternoons
can get pretty hot in June, so the group should have plenty of water plus hats) |
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Session W 1.1 - Governance and Public Administration
(Wednesday, 24-June-2009, 09h00-10h30)
Chair: Professor Sorin Burnete - University of Sibiu - Romania
Hotel ABBA Triana - Room V Centenario + San Telmo
Language: English |
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Abel Costa Fernandes
Explaining Government Spending: A Cointegration Approach |
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Alberto Francesconi
The Exploitation of Top-Down and Botton-Up Approaches for Changes in Public Administration: The Case of Italian Healthcare Sector |
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Chantale Mailhot; Stéphanie Gagnon
Managing a Plurality of Interests and Collective Values |
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Osman Gok; Emir Özeren
Building Global Brands with Government Initiative: TURQUALITY - A Turkish Case |
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Session W 1.2 - Determinants and Influences in Human Resources Management
(Wednesday, 23-June-2009, 09h00-10h30)
Chair: Professor Pedro Soto Acosta - University of Murcia - Spain
Hotel ABBA Triana - Room Isabel II
Language: English |
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Felipa Lopes dos Reis and António Eduardo Martins
Japanese Human Resources Management: Determinants and Influences of Performance in the Organizational System Characteristics |
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Navid Mollaee and Reza Rahimi
Promotion of Upward Safe Behavior: An Essential Step in Successful Implementation of HSE Culture |
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Raquel Mendes
Gender Wage Inequality in Portugal: Quantile Regression Evidence |
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Sinikka Pesonen, Sinikka Vanhala and Maria Nokkonen
Gender-based Quotas for Corporate Boards? A Discourse Analysis of a Debate on an Internet Discussion Site |
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Session W 1.3 - Strategic Planning and Economic Growth
(Wednesday, 23-June-2009, 09h00-10h30)
Chair: Professor Zamira Acosta - La Laguna University - Spain
Hotel ABBA Triana - Room Cachorro
Language: Portuguese/Spanish |
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Pedro Aceituno Aceituno
Políticas de Atracción del Conocimiento Científico para Cambiar el Modelo de Crecimiento Económico Español |
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João Azeitão; José Roberto
O Planeamento Estratégico e a Gestão Estratégica nas PME |
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Robson Seleme; Alessandra de Paula; Nelson Pereira Castanheira; Olga Regina Cardoso
Propuesta Metodológica para Proyecto de Servicios, que Considera el Tratamiento de las Características de la Calidad de Servicios a Través del Análisis Multivariado de Datos |
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10h30 - 11h00: Coffee Break |
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Plenary Session - Keynote Speaker
(Wednesday, 24-June-2009, 11h00-12h30)
Chair: Professor Pedro Soto Acosta - University of Murcia - Spain
Hotel ABBA Triana
Language: English |
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Professor Gerry Urwin - Coventry University - United Kingdom
What Can We Know? |
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12h30
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Session W 2.1 - Strategic Approaches and Value Creation
(Wednesday, 24-June-2009, 14h30-16h00)
Chair: Professor Mark Lee - Trinity Western University - Canada
Hotel ABBA Triana - Room V Centenario + San Telmo
Language: English |
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José Ángel López-Sánchez; María Leticia Santos-Vijande; Juan Antonio Trespalacios-Gutiérrez
Consequences of Value Creation in Manufacturer-Distributor Relationships |
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José Ferreira; Tiago Caldeira; Bráulio Alturas
Fast Scorecard: How to Take Control of Strategy |
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Pedro Soto-Acosta; Nicolas Gonzalvez-Gallego
How Does IT Create Value? A Resource-Based Evaluation of IT Training |
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D. Parlak
An Empirical Study on the Effect of Business Integration on Suppliers’ Competitive Capabilities |
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Marco Remondino; Marco Pironti
Competence Management Leading to Enterprise Networks and Clusters |
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Session W 2.2 - Corporate Finance, Financial Reporting, Costs Management and Funds Strategies
(Wednesday, 24-June-2009, 14h30-16h00)
Chair: Professor Ronald Spahr - University of Memphis - USA
Hotel ABBA Triana - Room Isabel II
Language: English |
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Osman Kursat Onat
Contemporary Transfer Pricing Approaches In Turkey: Turkish Financial Reporting Standards and New Corporate Income Tax Law Comparison |
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Mafalda M. Ribeiro; C. Machado-Santos
Hedge Funds Strategies: Are They Consistent? |
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Erkki K. Laitinen
Do Reorganizing and Bankrupt Firms Differ from Viable Firms? |
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Kim Ittonen; Emma-Riikka Myllymäki
The Effect of Audit Committee on Audit Fees |
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Maurizio Polato; Josanco Floreani
The Distribution of Illiquid Financial Products. Perspectives for the Italian Financial Industry Institutions to the Light of the Level 3 Consob Measures |
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S. Baysan; M. B. Durmuşoğlu
Lean Cost Management System Design for Cellular Manufacturing Systems: A Real Life-Case Study |
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Session W 2.3 - Advances in Marketing Research
(Wednesday, 24-June-2009, 14h30-16h00)
Chair: Professor Gyula Fülöp - University of Miskolc - Hungary
Hotel ABBA Triana - Room Cachorro
Language: English |
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Felipa Lopes dos Reis; António Eduardo Martins
Niponic Management and Marketing Systems: Perspectives of Development in lberian Peninsula |
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Erzsébet Malota; Katalin Nádasi
Emerging Concept: The Effect of Product Destination Image (PDI) on Brand Evaluation in an International Context |
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Oana Stanciu; Lucian Belaşcu
The Implementation of the Ecomarketing Principles in Diverse Economical Activities |
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João Abreu; João Oliveira
Case Method Evaluation for Teaching Marketing Undergraduate Students |
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Hemant Kassean
Using Marketing to Enhance our Health Promotion Campaigns for Diabetes |
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16h00 - 16h30: Coffee Break |
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Session W 3.1 - Ethics, Conduct Codes and Social Responsability
(Wednesday, 24-June-2009, 16h30-18h00)
Chair: Professor Pedro Soto Acosta - University of Murcia - Spain
Hotel ABBA Triana - Room V Centenario + San Telmo
Language: English |
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Dionisia Tzavara
Product Differentiation through CSR – An Ambiguous Strategic Choice |
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Barbara Culiberg
What Makes a Good Consumer? Discovering Consumer Ethical Decision Making |
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Pedro Fernandes Anunciação; João Rocha Santos; Francisco Rodrigues Rocha
The Importance of Ethics: Analysing Ethic and Conduct Codes and the Role of Regulation and Supervision Entities in Portugal |
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Session W 3.2 - Production and Operations Strategies, Competitive Advantage and Environmental Management
(Wednesday, 24-June-2009, 16h30-18h00)
Chair: Professor Gerry Urwin - Coventry University - UK
Hotel ABBA Triana - Room Isabel II
Language: English |
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Beatriz Junquera; Jesús del Brío
Towards Sustainable Competitive Advantage by the Innovation for the Product Value Recovery: An Empirical Study in Spanish Industrial Companies |
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Pablo Zoghbi-Manrique-de-Lara; Gonzalo Díaz-Meneses
The Impact of Cybercivism on Client Satisfaction: A Study of Virtual OCB in Front-Line Employees |
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Ernst Troßmann and Alexander Baumeister
Risk Management for Individual - Producing SME - A New Approach |
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Fazli Idris; Mohd Ezani Mat Hassan; Nik Mutasim Nik Ab Rahman
Structural and Infrastructural Elements and Their Effects on Service Operations Flexibility: A Theoretical Model and Some Measurement Issues |
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Nik Mutasim Ab. Rahman; Fazli Idris; Mohd Ezani Mat Hassan; Baharu Kemat
Infrastructural Decisions and Firm Performance: An Assessment within Malaysian Service Operations |
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Session W 3.3 - Global Management
(Wednesday, 24-June-2009, 16h30-18h00)
Chair: Professor Pedro Cravo - Polytechnic Institute of Beja - Portugal
Hotel ABBA Triana - Room Cachorro
Language: Portuguese/Spanish |
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Ricardo Feliciano; José Roberto
Responsabilidade Social Empresarial nas Decisões de Offshore Outsourcing e Deslocalização |
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António Pedro Martins Soares Pinto; Mário Gomes Augusto; Paulo M. Gama
Relações Bancárias, Governo da Empresa e Desempenho: Uma Revisão da Literatura |
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Neuza Ferreira; Tiago Falcoeiras; Pedro Silva
Fundamentações de Product Placement: Uma Análise de Conteúdos Híbridos |
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José Ángel Ibáñez-Zapata; Francisco Muñoz-Leiva; Francisco J. Montoro-Ríos; Juan Sánchez-Fernández
Valores Determinantes de un Comportamiento Medioambientalmente Responsable |
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Closing Ceremony
(Wednesday, 24-June-2009, 18h00-18h30)
Hotel ABBA Triana
Language: English |
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Professor Pedro Soto Acosta - University of Murcia - Spain
Closing Speech |
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Professor Pedro Cravo - Polytechnic Institute of Beja - Portugal
Conference's Statistics |