May 6 Program - Academic Solutions and Insights

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9:00-09:10		Welcome to the Research Part of BMDA Annual Conference
9:10-10:30		Early stage researchers competition finalists’ presentations
10:30-11:00		Networking coffee
11:00-12:30		Master students research papers competition winners presentations (continued)
12:30-13:30		Lunch
13:30-15:00		Managing Business Schools in Fast Changing Environment. Insights from the Deans.
15:00-15:30		Networking coffee
15:30-17:00		Regional Learning Process supported by Global learning resources
17:00-17:15		Signing Ceremony of ISM and ALMAU Cooperation Agreement
17:15		Coffee, wine, snacks

9:00-9:10 Welcome to the Research Part of BMDA Annual Conference

Dr. Virginijus Kundrotas
BMDA President
Lithuania

Prof. Dr. Ilona Buciuniene
Dean of PhD Studies at ISM
Lithuania

9:10-10:30 Early Stage Researchers Competition Finalists’ Presentations

Lasha Mironidze (VU University) - Online Brand Communities, Social Motivational Engagements and Their Influence on Repurchase Intention of Fast-moving Goods

Gintarė Norvilaitė (ISM University) - Culture and Service Quality Expectations: Evidence from Millennial Consumers in Lithuania

Tetiana Riasna (VU University) - The Impact of Social and Cultural Consumer Animosity on Consumer Purchase Behavior

11:00-12:30 Early Stage Researchers Competition Finalists’ Presentations (continued)

Vincentas Vitkauskas (ISM University) - Innovation Management: Freedom, Process Maturity and Innovation Output

Ernesta Karosaitė (University of Vaasa, Finland) - Zero Leverage Phenomenon and Firm's Investment around Financial Crisis

Julien Blot (ISM University) - The Effort and Performance in Extreme Context

Margarida Madaleno (Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal) – Does War-related Psychological Trauma Cause Poverty

13:30-15:00 Managing Business Schools in Fast Changing

Environment. Insights from the Deans

		Dr. Assylbek Kozhakhmetov President of ALMAU (Almaty Management University) Kazakhstan Rebranding in Education as a Case of taking a lead in Dynamic Society -New trends and challenges of business education development in countries of Eurasian Economic Union and Kazakhstan -Rebranding process in Almaty Management University

		Dr. Nehme Azoury Dean of Faculty of Business (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik) Lebanon How to successfully manage the Business School in Middle East The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) is a private Catholic higher education institution operating in Lebanon since 1938 and since then successfully providing university teaching, in conformity with the requirements of the labor market and in close association with scientific research. Faculty of Business is the largest unit in the university implementing international standards of contemporary management education and attracting local and international students. During the presentation challenges and success factors of such work will be explored.

		Prof. Thami Ghorfi President of ESCA Ecole de Management Morocco How Can Business Schools Succeed in Fast-Changing Economies ? From its campus located on the heart of Casablanca, Morocco's largest city and economic capital, ESCA Ecole de Management has developed a recognized expertise on the technological, socio-economic and institutional aspects that drive fast-changing economies in Africa. The School is also committed to providing a better understanding of the challenges and processes of change following the Arab Spring revolutions. During the presentation the dynamics, risk and success factors that characterize Africa's fast-growing economies, will be explored and explain the key role ESCA Ecole de Management is playing in the region to analyse, decode and disseminate knowledge on African emergence.

		Dr. Irina Sennikova Rector of Riga International School of Economics and Business (RISEBA) Latvia Transition from a classic business school to a comprehensive university. Some of the Business Schools are being established within large universities over the years try to dissociate themselves from their parent institutions and emphasize their own brand identity. Others, established as a sole business school, choose to become universities thus demonstrating a high academic level, abilities to conduct research and offer advanced management degrees. During the presentation the case study of RISEBA will be presented, which over 23 years of its existence transformed from Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration into RISEBA University where Business Meets Arts.

15:30-17:00 Regional Learning Process supported by Global

learning resources

		Ms. Cristina Olaru Academic Programs Specialist Project Management Institute (PMI) USA Resources for Project Management Education and Academic Research Project management is a growing profession, on track to gain 15.7 million new jobs globally by 2020. Skills in project management are desirable for students and can help them gain an employability edge. This presentation will explore the resources that PMI, as a central source for project management knowledge and information, has developed for academics including: teaching resources, research and education events, global programmatic accreditation, academic and professional communities.

		Ms. Claudia Pfefferlein Business Development Executive Cengage Learning Germany The world of digital learning as a customizable and personalized learning experience The presentation will introduce the digital learning system ‘MindTap for Management and Economics’, and demonstrate how lecturers will be able to adapt the system to their own course requirements through a multitude of ways, including embedded multimedia and activities. The result will be an enriched individual learning path which will be demonstrated from the student’s perspective.

		Mr. Marcin Dembowski Regional Sales Manager Oxford University Press United Kingdom Oxford University Press – supporting teaching and research projects Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. The presentation is going to be focused on online products and platforms, which are very useful in the process of teaching, preparation of the projects, like Master Dissertation, PhD or scientific article. Furthermore some attention will be given to possible cooperation between OUP and scientists from Baltic Region.

		Ms. Olga Veligurska Director CEEMAN Slovenia IMTA - International Management Teachers Academy: Developing a new generation of management educators for the new generation of leaders CEEMAN International Management Teachers Academy (IMTA) provides a unique opportunity for young faculty to develop their curricula, course design, teaching materials and particularly teaching skills and methods. The program is heavily based on the case method, including teaching with cases, case writing, and performance evaluation and feedback to students. It is also designed to improve competences and skills integral to specific managerial disciplines, and provides input essential in other areas of a faculty member's professional life, such as consulting, institution development and administration, and social responsibility.