16th International Conference
Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries
ΕΒΕΕC 2024
May 17-19, 2024
Vilnius, Lithuania
International Hellenic University, Department of Finance and Accounting
Mykolas Romeris University, Faculty of Public Governance and Business, Lithuania
Conference Venue: Mykolas Romeris University
Ateities st. 20, LT-08303, Vilnius
Contact us at ebeec@ihu.gr
Conference Theme: Resilience, Sustainability, and Social Progress
Call for Papers
The economies of the Balkans and Eastern European countries have undergone almost two decades of significant change, affecting their characteristics and their adaptation to the new economic environment. This course has brought significant difficulties to the fore, highlighted the many problems that the countries of the region face, and led to differences between states regarding their growth patterns and the enhancement of their economies. Thus, this conference aims to: engage in a comprehensive discussion and assessment of the economic policies implemented over the past two decades; address prospective challenges; and investigate sector-specific economy policies that are considered necessary so that these countries can be integrated and can attain as much benefit as possible. Moreover, continuous uncertainty, a lack of sustained stability, the disruptive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical upheavals, and energy crises present formidable challenges for researchers, policymakers, and both the private and public sectors. These disruptions have caused economic instability; hence, addressing them is paramount. Furthermore, this conference calls upon the research community to confront these challenges to foster resilient, sustainable, digitally driven, and globally competitive economic transitions beyond efficiency and productivity, and to reinforce the roles and contributions of human beings.
In line with prevailing global trends – as outlined in the 2050 long-term strategy, the Agenda of Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, and the new European Innovation Agenda – this year’s conference will focus on addressing the following key themes :
- Sustainability and Global Competitiveness;
- Resilience and Economic Security;
- Digital Disruptions.
The conference has a specific interest in the developing economies in the Mediterranean, Balkans, and Eastern Europe and in studies investigating the state of the debate around corporate governance in less-developed capital market states.
Papers accepted for the conference must relate to the broader field of sustainable economic regional development, specifically focusing on advancing Resilience, Sustainability, and Social Progress. In general, papers to be accepted for the conference must relate to the broader domain of economic science and health management, with particular reference to research and experiences that could be interesting for the Balkans and Eastern Europe regions.
EBEEC Special Interest Working Groups
Special Interest Working Groups (SIG) serve as a forum for dialogue and interaction around designated issue areas. Working Group participants discuss the issues of their group theme during the conference dates on site and remotely on specific dates during the year. The idea is to create an extended and focused dialogue between group colleagues. This form of engagement may stimulate new research questions and project ideas among other benefits. Each Special Interest Working Group works under the responsibility of a contact person who is the leader of the group. Each contact person gathers and coordinates the participants of the group. Special Interest Working Groups are open to all EBEEC participants. You are kindly invited to contact the responsible person for the group(s) you are interested to participate.
SIG 1. Prospects for Resilient Economies in the Face of Uncertainty
Bartuševičienė Ilona, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
SIG 2. Marketing
Daskou Sofia, Neapolis University Paphos, Cyprus
SIG 3. Operational Excellence and IT Governance, Risk and Business-IT Alignment
Dilger Thomas, Management Center Innsbruck, Austria
SIG 4. Decarbonization and sustainability pathways: technology, climate change risk management and business bevahiour
Horobet Alexandra, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
SIG 5. Bioeconomy, climate change, sustainability and the agri-food sector
Karelakis Christos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
SIG 6. Corporate governance, CSR and ESG
Koufopoulos Dimitrios – Director of the Global MBA programme at the University of London Visiting Professor in the School of Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK, Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck University and Founder and Director of Research at the Hellenic Observatory of Corporate Governance.
SIG 7. Management and healthcare systems in Balkan and Eastern Countries
Persiani Niccolò, University of Florence, Italy
SIG 8. Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers
Gentjan Skara, Epoka University, Albania
Publication Opportunity
Selected papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in special issues of the:
- Springer: We are pleased to announce a special session on ‘Resilience, Sustainability, and Social Progress: Navigating Economic Recovery with a Human-Centric Focus’. The papers presented in this session will be published in one volume by Springer in the series ‘Contributions to Economics’, or in the Springer Proceedings in the series ‘Business and Economics’ (both automatically indexed in Scopus). If a large number of papers is submitted, a second volume will be published in the Springer Proceedings in the series ‘Business and Economics’.
- Knowledge E (If there is a large number of paper submissions, we publish selected presented papers as proceedings which are automatically indexed in Google Scholar and selected titles are submitted for evaluation by international indexing and discovery services including Scopus and Web of Science as well as others. All our previous publications in KnowledgeE are indexed in Web of Science)
- European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
- Studies in Business and Economics
- Eastern Journal of European Studies
- Scientific Annals of Economics and Business
- Intellectual Economics
- Journal of Risk Finance
- Review of Accounting and Finance
- Economic Research
- Mecosan
- Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting
- International Journal of Economics & Business Administration
- Montenegrin Journal of Economics
- Journal of Business Paradigms
- Scientific Bulletin - Economic Sciences
- International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research
- Oeconomica Jadertina
- e-book of conference proceedings
Important Dates
Abstract Submission: January 31, 2024
Notification of decision: February 28, 2024
Full Paper Submission: May 14, 2024
Conference Dates: May 17–19, 2024
Conference Program
Topics
The conference topic list includes:
- Accounting, Auditing, Taxation
- Artificial Intelligence Opportunities for Development
- Bioeconomy
- Business Information Systems and Entrepreneurship
- Cities, Regions and Digital Transformations
- Comparative Economics
- Corporate Governance and Corporate Performance
- Cultural Heritage and Regional Development
- Demographic Change and Population in Economy
- Digital transformation of local self-government
- E- Government and E- Governance
- Economic and Public Policy
- Economic Growth, Development and Sustainability
- Energy and Green Growth
- Energy Economics
- European Crisis and the Balkans
- Finance and Investments
- Financial and Capital Markets
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Globalisation: Critical Views
- Health Economics, Education Economics
- Hospitality industry
- Human - Environmental Interactions
- ICT’s, Big Data and Regional Science
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Innovation and Regional Development
- International and European Political Economy
- International Business
- International Economics
- International Relations
- Knowledge Economics, Management and Innovation
- Labour Markets and Immigration
- Machine Learning & Regional Development
- Management Accounting and Financial Management
- Management and Marketing
- Mobility, Transport and Accessibility
- Monetary Economics and Banking
- Multinational Enterprises and Foreign Direct Investments
- Poverty, Income Distribution and Social Inequalities
- Public Sector Economics and Public Finance
- Regional Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Regional, Urban and Rural Development
- Regional Integration with special reference to the EU
- Smart Specialization & Smart Cities
- Social and Spatial Inequalities
- Social Innovation
- Spatial Econometrics
- Sustainable Development & Agenda 2030
- Technological development in the 21st Century
- Tourism and Culture
- Tourism Economics
- 3D Printing & Regional Development
- 4th Industry Revolution & Regional Development
Conference Venue
Address: Mykolas Romeris University,
Ateities st. 20, LT-08303, Vilnius
