2nd INTERNATIONAL CITY BREAK CONFERENCES

17-20 October 2008, Athens, Greece

PROGRAM

Organized by:

The Athens Institute for Education & Research (ATINER)

 

Conference Venue:

Athens Chamber of Small and Medium Sized Industries

18 Akadimias Avenue, 1st Floor

(Close to Syntagma or Panepistimou Metro Station)

 

Organized by: ATINEP A.E. (atinerae@atiner.gr)

Administration: Fani Balaska, Eirini Lentzou, Thomas Papanikos, Sylia Sakka

 

 

Members of the Program Committee:

1.      Gregory T. Papanikos, Director, ATINER.

2.      Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Associate Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece and Head, Sociology Research Unit, ATINER.

3.      Dr. Vasileios Filios, Associate Professor, University of Ioannina, Greece and Head of the Accounting & Finance Research Unit of ATINER.

4.      Dr. David A. Frenkel, Professor, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel and Head of the Law Research Unit of ATINER.

5.      Dr. Peter Koveos, Professor, Syracuse University, USA and Academic Member of the Accounting & Finance Research Unit of ATINER.

6.      Dr. John Roufagalas (Economics), Professor, Radford University, USA and Academic Member of the Economic Research Unit of ATINER.

7.      Dr. Sharon Bolton, Professor, University of Strathclyde, U.K. and Academic Member of the Sociology Research Unit of ATINER.

8.      Dr. Chris Sakellariou, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Head of the Economic Research Unit of ATINER.

9.      Dr. Peter Yannopoulos, Associate Professor, Brock University, Canada and Academic Member of the Marketing Research Unit of ATINER.

10.  Ms. Martina Topic, Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb, Croatia and Academic Member of the Mass Media and Communications Research Unit of ATINER.

11.  Dr. Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos, Senior Lecturer, Brunel University, U.K. and Head of the Management Research Unit of ATINER.

12.  Dr. Cleopatra Veloutsou, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Department of Business and Management, University of Glasgow, Scotland. and Head of the Marketing Research Unit of ATINER.

13.  Dr. Ioannis D. Salavrakos, Lecturer, University of Ioannina, Agrinio, Greece & Visiting Lecturer, London Metropolitan University, U.K.

14.  Dr. Margarita Kefalaki, Instructor TEI Piraeus-TEI Amfisas and Researcher, ATINER.

 

Friday, October 17th, 2008

17:30 - 17:50 Registration

17:50 – 18:00 Welcome Remarks

·        Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, Director, ATINER

18:00 – 19:30 Session I: Education Issues

Chair: Gregory T. Papanikos, Director, ATINER.

1.      Zvirbule-Berzina, A., Associate Professor, Latvia University of Agriculture, Latvia & Bulderberga, Z., Assistant Professor, Latvia University of Agriculture, Latvia. Analyses of Factors which Affects Establishment of MBA Programs.

2.      Biester, C., Researcher, University of Hannover, Germany. Change Management in Higher Education.

3.      Okkolin, M.A., Researcher, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. Educational Agency -Conceptualising the Assessment and Evaluation of Gender Equality and Education.

 

19:30 – 21:00 Session II: Financial and Economic Issues I

Chair:  Kathleen Dunne, Associate Professor of Accounting, Rider University, USA.

  1. Boldin, R., Professor, Indiana University, USA & Chaudhry, M., Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania & Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Use of Coskewness and Cokurtosis in Determining ADR Risk.
  2. Gudanescu, N., Lecturer, Ecologic University Bucharest, Romania. The Role of Transnational Corporations for Global Economic Development.
  3. Sabbatini, D., Researcher, Bank of Italy, Italy & Marcucci, M., Barrister, Bank of Italy, Italy. Over-indebtedness of Individuals and Fresh Start. The Economic Role of a Personal Bankruptcy Law and Policy Suggestions for the Italian Legislator.
  4. Zeng, Y., Ph.D. Student, Newcastle University Business School, U.K. The Impact on Security Prices and Valuation of the Full Circulation Reform in the Chinese Stock Market.
  5. Rakhmayil, S., Assistant Professor, Ryerson University, Canada & Yuce, A., Professor, Ryerson University, Canada. Financial and Operating Performance of European Firms and Introduction of the Euro.

 

21:30 – 23:00 Greek Night with Dinner and Live Music and Dancing

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

08:00 – 10:00 Session III: Sociology and Political Issues

Chair: Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Associate Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece and Head, Sociology Research Unit, ATINER.

  1. Wray, S., Lecturer, University of Huddersfield, U.K. Insider/Outsider? Researching Ethnic and Cultural Diversity.
  2. Jackson, S., Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. Girls and “Tween” Popular Culture in Everyday Life.
  3. Kore, J., Associate Professor, University of Tartu, Estonia. EU Social Inclusion Policy and the Progress of the Homeless Politics of Baltic States. Analysis of National Action Plans of Social Inclusion 2004-2006, 2006-2008.
  4. Azarnert, L., Lecturer, Bar Ilan University, Israel. Inter-Ethnic Redistribution and Human Capital Investments.
  5. Vukovic, A., Assistant Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Women’s Influence in Serbian Political Elite.
  6. Topic, M., Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Political Campaigns, the Media, Attitude Creation and Opinion Change: Why do Voters behave the way they do?

 

 

10:00 – 12:00 Session IV:  Financial and Economic Issues II

Chair: Dr. Leonid V. Azarnert, Lecturer, Bar Ilan University, Israel.

  1. Shim, D., Professor, Sacred Heart University, USA. A Study of UK Firms’ Corporate Governance and Firm Performance.
  2. Jeter, D., Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University, USA & Chen, H., Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, USA. Executive Pay and Firm Performance after Enron and Other Accounting Scandals.
  3. Nielsen, S., Associate Professor, University of Aarhus, Denmark & Nielsen, E.H., Associate Professor, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Linking Economic Value Added, Direct Costing, and the Lean Thinking to the Balanced Scorecard in a System Dynamics Modeling Approach.
  4. Yong, S.L., Researcher, Lancaster University, U.K. Firm Performance in a Tiger Economy: The Malaysian Experience.

 

 

12:00 – 13:00 Session V: Issues on Philosophy, History and Education

Chair: Dr. Sharon Bolton, Professor, University of Strathclyde, U.K.  

  1. Bosch Rabell, M., Professor, University International of Catalunya, Spain. Aristotelian Intentionality and the Meaning of Its Biological Character.
  2. Hasselberg, J., Associate Professor, St. John’s University, USA. The Tao of Lagom: A Middle Way for the Middle Kingdom.
  3. Bezensek, J., Professor, University of Maribor, Slovenia. Some Sociological Views of Students Violence against Teacher.
  4. Tavcar Krajnc, M., Assistant Professor, University of Maribor, Slovenia. Men and Women at Tertiary Education in Slovenia.

 

 

13:00 - 14:0 LUNCH

 

14:00 - 16:00 Session V: Management and Marketing Issues I

Chair:  Martina Topic, Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

  1. Self, D., Professor, Auburn University Montgomery, USA & Self, R., Professor, Alabama State University, USA. Multicultural Management: Korea and the United States.
  2. Stawicka, M., Assistant Professor, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland & Duczkowska-Piasecka, M., Professor, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. Strategic Changes in Internationalising Enterprises in Poland.
  3. Simms, C., Lecturer, Portsmouth Business School, U.K. Developing New Packaging for FMCG Firms. (Saturday, October 18th, 2008)
  4. Yildiz, H.H., Researcher, Hacettepe University, Turkey & Leblebici, D.N., Faculty Member, Hacettepe University, Turkey. Bureaupathologies in Turkish Bureaucracy.
  5. Christea, A., Lecturer, Ecological University, Romania. Creating new Jobs in Environmental Protection Domain in Romania.

 

 

16:00 – 18:00 Session VI: Management and Marketing Issues II

Chair:  Dr. Margarita Kefalaki, Instructor TEI Piraeus-TEI Amfisas and Researcher, ATINER.

1.      Rexeisen, R., Professor, University of St. Thomas, USA. Adapting Service Learning to Study Abroad: Lessons Learned.

  1. Medhekar, A., Lecturer, CQ University, Australia & Smith, L.R., Lecturer, CQ University, Australia. Economic Development, Partnerships and Regional Planning in Queensland.
  2. Ndhlovu, T., Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, U.K. Perspectives on Entrepreneurship
  3. Haarhoff, R., Acting Programme Head, Central University of Technology, South Africa. The Price Competitiveness of Tourism Destinations: A South African Case Study.

 

 

 

20:30 - 22:00 Dinner

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Archaeological Tour: Departure at 7:45 a.m. Return at 1:30 p.m.

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Cruise to Aegean islands (includes lunch) – Departure at 7:00 a.m. Return at 8:30 p.m.

Visit the islands of Aigina, Hydra, Poros