 Dr. Christian C. Wagner | Dr. Christian C. Wagner is the current chair of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA; he has been with the University as a professor for over 20 years. Dr. Wagner has a BS and MS in Computer Science, and a PhD in Educational Psychology. Dr. Wagner has consulted for a large set of industrial customers including DaimlerChrysler, Ford, Eaton Automotive, GM/EDS, Pulte Homes, UTA Automotive among many others. He has published many papers in conference proceedings and journals. He has written three books. Dr. Wagner has graduated about 12 PhDs at Oakland University and has strong permanent working relationships with them all. Dr. Wagner was Prof. Matthew Kuofie’s doctoral committee chair. |
 | Dr. Cathy Jabara, Senior Economist, U.S. International Trade Commission. Dr. Jabara is currently a Senior Economist with the U.S. International Trade Commission where she specializes in research related to international trade and global business. Her recent research has focused on international trade and exchange rates, and U.S. trade with Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Jabara received her Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University, and her B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia. She has been previously employed with the government as an economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Treasury Department. She has also taught economics at the U.S. Naval Academy, and worked as a Adjunct Professor at Cornell University, where she focused on the impact of macroeconomic policies on low-income people in Africa.
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 | Prof. Dr. M. Basheer Ahmed Khan, MA, LLB, MPM, PhD. Currently --Since August 2010-- the Vice Chancellor, Sido Kanhu Murmu University, Government of Jharkhand,
Dumka, Jharkhand, East India (near Kolkatta)
Prof. M. Basheer Ahmed Khan has been in the field of Higher Education in India and abroad since 1971. He is currently the Vice Chancellor of SKM University, Dumka near Kolkatta, India. He was the President (Vice Chancellor) of the Middle East University, UAE, the Dean and Senior Professor of the School of Management of Pondicherry University under the Government of India. He won the Jewel of India Award. He is associated with several sub committees of the Indian University Grants Commission, Government of India, All India Council of Technical Education of the Government of India and a member of several state government and union government committees and of several Indian and foreign universities. He is an acclaimed Management Expert providing Industrial training, Industrial Consulting and an international consultant of Higher Education. He is well known for establishment and development of higher education campuses in the Middle East and India. |
 | Dr Lawrence Loh was born in Singapore. He is Professor and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Al Ghurair University, Dubai. UAE. He received a PhD in Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Dr Loh has served in National University of Singapore where he had been Vice President, Director of Corporate Communications, Vice Dean of Business, and Director of Productivity and Quality Research Center, etc. He was also founding Managing Director of the Center for Testing and Assessment. Dr Loh was Secretary General of Association of Pacific Rim Universities and Chairman of S3 University Alliance. He had served in various government committees in education, information communications, science and technology, and trade and industry. He was consultant for Fortune Global 500 companies, think-tanks and international organizations. |
 | Muneer Abbad , PhD (Bus), PhD (CIS), MSc, MBA, BA, and BSc(Eng.) Dr. Muneer Abbad is a professor at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia. Holds a PhD Business Administration from convent University, UK; MBA (Master of Business Administration); an MBA from Jordan University, Jordan and a BSc Computer Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan |
 | Prof. Dr. Liljana ELMAZI Head of Marketing – Tourism Department Director of Online Education School of Advanced Marketing University of Tirana Body Member of Postgraduate School of Master . ( MBA, Finance, Accounting, Economics. Director of Master School in Marketing , Marketing And Public Relations, And School in Tourism Body member of PhD School in Economic Sciences, Finance, Accounting, Menagement, Operacional Research, Director of PhD School in Marketing Principal Lecturer at Marketing, Marketing Management, Strategy of Marketing, Strategic Marketing; Marketing Research and Services Marketing and Research Methods Professor Liljana Elmazi is also the principal director of GSMI/Global Strategic Institute, Eastern Europe branch. |
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 | Dr. Ali Serhan Koyuncugil, M.Sc., Ph.D., is working as a statistician for Capital Markets Board of Turkey. His current research interests include design and development of fraud detection, risk management, early warning, surveillance, conducting analysis on capital markets, finance and health. He is member of the IASC and IASS sections of ISI, Turkish Statistical Association, Turkish Informatics Society and was former vice head of Turkish Statisticians Association. He has been taking part in a lot of international and national projects (UN, IBRD, EU, etc.). He is the author of chapter titled “Early Warning System for SMEs as a Financial Risk Detector” He is also a member of Bağimsiz İstatistik Bürosu (BiB) --Independent Statistical Bureau |
 | Dr Kathy Tannous, Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, BA (Hons, Econ.), GradDip AppInv, GradDip FinPlan, M AppFinInv, PhD (Econ fin). Dr. Tannous has been working as an applied and public policy economist for past 19 years. She started her career as a macroeconomist conducting economic evaluation of major infrastructure projects and modelling impact of international trade policies in Canada. Dr. Tannous has undertaken economic impact studies on infrastructure projects in Australia and Canada; she undertook economic evaluation of education and labour market projects in South East Asia and the Pacific Islands. She has worked as an economist at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, as an asset consultant with IPAC Securities, and as a consultant in the Economics Division at Coopers and Lybrand. She has undertaken projects in the Asia Pacific region including Laos, China, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Fiji. She had undertaken a national project on Australian residential aged care facilities to benchmark their occupational health and safety (OHS) programs against similar organisations in Australia and internationally. Currently she is a research fellow at the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales in Australia. |
 | Prosper M. Bernard, PhD, MBA, BSc., BA, Summa Cum Laude, C.M.C. Dr. Prosper M. Bernard is an internationally respected lecturer and consultant withextensive experience in International Business Education especially in Latin America and in China. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University Consortium of the Americas and member of the Board of a few private and public organizations.. He is a Professor of Business at the University of Québec at Montreal. He served as Vice-rector and member of the Board of the same university. He is a Canadian and an American citizen. |
 | Dr. Willian Wardrope holds a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska, an M.A. from Oklahoma State University, and a B.A. from Central State University. He is currently the director and professor of International Business Programs.
Spanning 23 years, his teaching career has included Texas State University, City University of New York, Stephen F. Austin State University, and the University of Central Oklahoma. He has taught over 20 courses in communication, culture, and global business. The recipient of numerous teaching and research awards, Dr. Wardrope has co-authored Communicating Globally: Intercultural Communication and International Business, has published research in the Journal of Business Communication, Business Communication Quarterly, Communication Education, and The Journal of Global Education for Business, has made over 100 presentations at academic conferences, taught international short courses at universities in Chile and Ecuador, and currently has developed a new undergraduate program in international business at the University of Central Oklahoma.
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 | Dr. Nermin Ozgulbas, M.Sc., Ph.D. is associate professor of finance at Baskent University in Turkey. She taught financial management, financial analysis and cost accounting in Baskent University, distance education program of Anadolu University and Turkish Ministry of Health. Her research and publication activities include finance, cost accounting, risk management, early warning systems, and data mining in especially SMEs, capital markets, health care organizations, and social security. She has been participating in a lot of international and national projects and conferences as an organizer, reviewer and advisor. Her latest researches are about early warning systems for financial crisis. She is the author of chapter titled “Early Warning System for SMEs as a Financial Risk Detector” in “Data Mining Applications for Empowering Knowledge Societies”, and the editor of “Surveillance Technologies and Early Warning Systems: Data Mining Applications for Risk Detection”.
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 | Dr. Helal Alaskar --Distinguished GSMI Fellow –Recognized June 10, 2010 Dr. Helal Alaskar is the Dean of Riyadh College of Technology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is associate professor in practical art and vocational technical education with concentration in business education. Dr Helal is the author of many books and the translator of Calfry Calhon's Book "Managing The Learning Process.” Dr. Helal Alaskar got all of his education: BS, Masters and PhD in USA. He is a journalist and consultant with different governmental and nongovernmental establishments. Dr. Alaskar is the president of the Consultant Committee in Saudi Administrative Association at King Saud University |
 | Mr. Joseph Bren Mr. Joseph Bren, USA, is the Assistant Director of International & Cultural Affairs for the City of Indianapolis, USA; Mr. Baker develops, manages, and administers Indianapolis’ international development & outreach, cultural, and Latino Affairs initiatives. Mr. Baker was the policy director for the Indiana State Department of Health’s Office of Minority Health. He holds a BA from Purdue and an MS from Illinois State University. |
 | Lancy Huxiaoniu of Shenzhen, Business English graduate from GuiLin College of Aerospace Technology, China
She translated papers in Chinese to English for the Annual Global Business, Information Technology and Management for Economic Development Conference (BITMED2009). October 22-24, 2009 held at the
Yihai Business Hotel and Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) –
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 | José G. Vargas-Hernández, M.B.A., Ph.D. He is a member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico. Research professor at University Center fo Economic and Managerial Sciences, University of Guadalajara. Mexico, Visiting Scholar IURD- UCBerkeley, USA,. Visiting research professor at School of Public Administration, Carleton University, Canadá. He holds Ph. D. In Public Administration (Columbia States University), Ph.D. in Economics (Keele University, England). Studies in Organisational Behaviour (Lancaster University). Master of Business Administration in Industrial Management (Pacific States University). Marketing Certificate (The British Institute of Marketing). Diploma in Philosophy (Universidad Panamericana). Bachelor in Commercial Relations, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. More than 100 scientific papers and three books Publisher.
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Dr. Michel Plaisent | Michel Plaisent is a full professor in the Business School of University of Québec in Montréal, Canada, and former director of the MIS program. His Ph.D. in Information System is from the University of Québec in Montréal in 1987; as is his M.Sc. in Project Management in 1980, his B.Sc. in Computer Sciences from University of Montréal in 1971, and his B.A. from Sainte-Marie Collège in 1968. He has held positions with governments and enterprises as system programmer, analyst and CIO from 1971 to 1987, before he joined the faculty of University of Québec in Montréal. He still works as consultant for many small business and non-profit organizations. His doctorial thesis (1987) was on the use of e-mail as a management tool. Dr. Plaisent's research focus is on the concept of cognitive ergonomics, learning problems and personal productivity tools for managers. He has published several books and articles |
Dr. Christina Koutra | Dr. Christina Koutra is an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) postdoctoral research fellow awardee at the School of Tourism Policy Studies, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK. Her research addresses the issue of Corporate Social Responsibility and its application in governmental and intergovernmental institutions; capacity building; community participation; and participatory approaches in developing countries. She is currently researching in Ghana, and Kenya. She holds a PhD in Tourism Policy Studies from University of Brighton’, UK, , an MSc (Hon) in Tourism Management and a BSc (Hons) in Russian and European both from University of Surrey’, UK |
 Dr. Aysar Philip Sussan | Dr. Aysar Philip Sussan holds a DBA in International Business from Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA, an MS in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University, N.Y and a BS in Engineering Technology from Gannon University PA, USA. Dr. Sussan is currently the Department Head of the International Business at Bethune - Cookman University. Florida, USA. He teaches/ has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at Stetson University in Florida and at New York Institute of Technology in the area of International Business, Strategic Management, and Quantitative Methods. He provided management training seminars for AT&T, Bell South, American Express, Westinghouse Nuclear Facilities, Dow Chemical, Halifax Trade Council, and many others. He taught management concepts in a variety of nations such as, The Middle - East, France, Poland, Canada, Jamaica, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean Islands. Dr. Sussan held a variety of administrative positions such as, Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of the MBA program. His research activities and publications are in the area of Global Strategic Management and Technology which involved over fifty publications in an academic research journals.
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 | Pedro Soto-Acosta is a Professor of Management at the University of Murcia (Spain). He holds a PhD in Management Information Systems (MISs) and a Master's degree in Technology Management from the University of Murcia. He received his BA in Accounting and Finance in Europe from the Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). He attended Postgraduate Courses at Harvard University (USA) and participated in the Leonardo da Vinci Programme in Bradford (UK). Pedro has published in Prestigious International Journals. His work has won Research Awards. He was also recipient of the Extraordinary Doctoral Award in Business.
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 | MUSHTAQ AHMAD earned his M.A.& Ph.Din Economics; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. UN-ADI Fellow. Was a Consultant to UN, Planning Commission & DFID.
Formulation of fiscal, monetary, foreign trade, privatization, macro-economic policies & sectoral
strategies (agriculture, industries, energy, social sectors) and poverty alleviation policies and their
periodic review + formulation of national development plans and strategies & their review
+ preparation of annual report on economy(Economic Survey)+ Government budget formulation+
Preparation of policies and budgets of corporate bodies + Preparation of National Accounts, Balance of Payments and Central bank’s credit plans+ Monthly monitoring of macro-economic indicators +Forecasts of macro-economic variables +Food security management+ Briefing of the foreign envoys on Pakistan’ s policies+ Interaction with foreign investors and business groups interested in doing business/ making investment in Pakistan+ Participation in the meetings of UNCTAD, Common Fund For Commodities, UN-ESCAP in developing country and regional strategies for development and financing+Negotiations with Int’l agencies like IMF, World Bank, Development Bank etc in seeking financial assistance+ Participated in bilateral negotiations with
donor countries+ Made contribution in Uruguay Round of GATT+ Writing for print media + Studies on GATT and WTO for Government of Pakistan, World Bank, UK Department for Int’l
Development, FAO, etc.
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 | Yin-Che Weng is a PhD student in the Department of Finance at National Chengchi University, Taiwan. His current research interests are fund manager and financial analysts’ behavior. He received his BS degree in Economics in 2003 at Tunghai University, Taiwan; and his MS degree in Finance in 2005 at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. Before pursuing his doctoral degree, he served in the army from 2005 to 2007 as lieutenant. |
Dr. Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad | Dr. Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad is currently a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Mara, Kelantan, Malaysia. Prior to joining UiTM in March 2003, she had 9 years experience with the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia(IRB) and 2 years experience as an Investment analyst at KLSE. She graduated with a Bachelor in Business Administration (Finance) from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA; Masters in Business Administration from Universiti Utara Malaysia; and Doctor of Business Administration from Universiti Sains Malaysia. Professionally, she is an MIT (Malaysian Institute of Taxation), IBBM (Banks Institute of Malaysia) and CFP (Certified Financial Planner) trade member. Throughout her career with UiTM, she has taught courses in Taxation, Corporate Finance, Investment, Option and Futures, Financial Analysis, Personal Finance, Management courses, Banking legal and ethics, International Business and etc. at Diploma, Undergraduate and Masters levels. Her research interests are in the area of Finance, Decision- making and Strategic Management. Nik Maheran also does consultancy and training work. She has conduct training and consultation in the area of financial planning, investment planning and tax planning and Internal Control system and Human resource management for several companies. Furthermore, as an Image Consultant, she has conducted more than 50 seminars and workshops on image building and enhancement and customer service for corporations, government bodies, hospitals and women organizations. |
 Dr. Suresh Subramoniam | Dr. Suresh Subramoniam lectures at the College of Business Administration, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He holds a Ph.D. in Management Studies from University of Kerala, rivandrum, India; an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Louisiana State University – Baton Rouge, LA, USA; and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India. His areas of interest include operations management, management information systems, enterprise resource planning, e-business, finance management, business process re-engineering, and information technology. He has numerous publications. He was a research engineer at Indian Space Research Organization, Government of India from 1990 -1999. |
Dr. Giovanni Schiuma | Professor Dr. Giovanni Schiuma received his Degree in Engineering from University of Basilicata, Italy, and Ph.D. in Business Management from University of Tor Vergata in Rome, Italy. He is Scientific Director of the Center for Value Management at the Università della Basilicata in Italy, and Visiting Fellow at the Center for Business Performance, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK. He is also Research Director of the Institute of Knowledge Asset Management in Italy. Giovanni’s research, teaching, and consulting focus on linking knowledge assets and organization behavior to performance management and organization value creation. Giovanni is Chief-Editor of the internationally recognized Measuring Business Excellence. His primary research interests focus around the following areas: knowledge asset & intellectual capital management, performance management systems, innovation and change management, organizational behavior, organizational learning, industrial district and local development. |
 Dr. Cenk A. Yuksel | Dr. Cenk A. Yuksel is Assistant Professor at Istanbul University, Turkey, where he earned his PhD in Marketing. His major teaching and research interest focus on Marketing, including Pharmaceutical Marketing, Green Marketing, Branding, International Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility, Fair Trade and Socially Responsible Consumption Behavior. |
 Dr. K. P Saraswathy | Dr K P Saraswathy Amma is a professor in Business Management department , European University of Lefke, TRNC, Cyprus. She has 31 years of experience in teaching at graduate and masters level. She worked as Principal in N S S College Ottapalam, Kerala, India. Under her leadership as Principal, the college got accredited by National Board of Accreditation, University Grants Commission, İndia, based on the overall performance. As Professor and Dean of Management Studies at Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Kerala, India, she was respınsible for co-ordinating MBA programme and many conferences. She was awarded a research project by University Grants Commission, India, in the year 2005 for conducting research in Microfinance. She has co-authored a book on “International Hand book of Women and Small Business Entrepreneurship |
 Dr. K S M Panicker | Dr. K S M Panicker has over 35 years of experience in academic administration and research, of which 15 years as Principal in 3 engineering colleges in India. Dr. Panicker received Ph D degree from Indian Institute of Technology(I I T), NewDelhi, India. He has published many papers in international / national journals and conferences. He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers(India) and a member of IEEE (USA). He served as chairman of Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian Society for Technical Education, Palakkad chapter. He teaches engineering and management. |
 Dr. Eric Dorian | Dr. Eric Dorion is currently a professor titular at the University of Caxias do Sul in Brazil. He is the director of the Post-Graduate Program in Administration. Professor Dorion has established a research network with Chinese, Indian and European colleagues. He does research in Market Strategies.
He also lectures in Canadian, French and some Brazilian universities and companies. |
Professor Dr Faridah Hj Hassan |
Professor Dr Faridah Hj Hassan
Professor Dr Faridah Hj Hassan, is a Director, Institute of Business Excellence, Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia. Currently, she is an external examiner for several public and private local universities and colleges, an active Fellow Member of professional Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK), and a Board Council and Regional Member for Malaysian CIM. Her appointments were among others an ex Dean, an independent Board of Director as well as a former Panel Investment Advisor for a public listed trust fund company.
Her 27 years of teaching, supervising, examining, panel advising involves undergraduate, post graduate and professional courses offered by UiTM twinning with Cardiff, Manchester Business School, Curtin and local universitites such as Universiti Malaya, UPM, UIA, UUM, Universiti Petronas, Multimedia, Uniten, Limkokwing to name a few. Her research interests are in the areas of Marketing and Strategic Management for the corporate and small medium companies, financial institutions and trust fund, public and private education, and tourism and government agencies.
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 | Marsela Thanasi - Recognized GSMI Fellow 6/19/ 2011 She holds the position “Head of Budget & Finance Department” at Immovable Property Registration Office of Albania. She holds a Master’s degree in Marketing from the University of Tirana. She is a Ph.D student at the Department of Marketing at Tirana University. Her current research is focused on Immovable Property Markets in developing countries. She also teaches part-time “Direction of Marketing” at University of Tirana, Faculty of Economics. She is also the director of Global Strategic Institute, USA, for Albania -- June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2013 She is a graduate of GSMI/Global Strategic Institute-Madonna University USA, Strategic Leadership professional courses March 28-May 22, 2011. |
Dr. Darwish Almoharby |
Dr. Darwish Almoharby is an Omani national and former Dean of College of Commerce & Economics. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Management and also served as an Assistant Dean for undergraduate studies, Director of Administration in College of Medicine, and Director of Administration at the Language Centre, all at Sultan Qaboos University. Darwish received his BA in Business Administration from New England College, US (UK, 1990), MA in Organization, Planning & Management from the University of Reading (UK, 1996), and Ph.D. in Managerial Decision Making from the University of Reading (UK, 2001).
His research interest focuses primarily on organizational behavior and management decision making which he currently confines to areas of small & medium enterprises, entrepreneurship, and leadership. He is also interested in the role of power and culture in managerial decision making and quality assurance of academic programs. His professional membership extends to a number of local and international organizations which include AIB, AOM, and GTC (Sweden). He is also a fellow and a module leader of the international Academy of Entrepreneurship (INTENTAC) in Sweden. Darwish has been providing academic reviews for AOM, AIB, and Thunderbird, and has been serving as an academic program reviewer and Quality Assurance expert for the UNDP. He is also a member of the editorial board of International Journal of Management Development (IJMD).
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 | Flora Beqiraj is a Director of Banking and Financial Services Department at Albanian Post. She holds a Master’s Degree in Marketing from Tirana University. Her master thesis was on the quality of postal financial services as a key to the future success of Albanian Post to PostBank. She teaches “Marketing Services” and “Direction of Marketing” at Tirana University, Economic Faculty. She participated in the REPARIS Program (The road to Europe - program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening), from World Bank and Strategic Business Management from Swedish International Development Agency (Sweden). Her research interests focuses on creating a successful Postbank in Albanian market. She is a graduate of GSMI/Global Strategic Institute-Madonna University USA, Strategic Leadership professional courses March 28-May 22, 2011. |
 Dr. Chalard Chantarasombat | Chalard Chantarasombat, professor at Mahasarakham University, Thailand |