Dear colleagues and participants,
We sincerely thank you for attending the Central and Eastern Europe in the Changing Business Environment 23rd International Joint Conference in Praha, the Czech Republic, 18 – 19 May 2023.
We would like to express our gratefulness to each of you who participated. Your presence helped to make this event a great success.
To view all proceedings and abstracts, click on the links below.
The 23nd international conference is jointly organized by the Faculty of International Relations & the Faculty of Business Administration, Prague University of Economics and Business, and the Faculty of Commerce, University of Economics in Bratislava. The main focus of the conference is the region of Central and Eastern Europe and its position in the global economy, since this region is playing an increasingly important role within the economic development of the whole European continent.
Five sessions will be held within the conference: International Trade, International Business & Management, International Finance, International Marketing & Consumer Behavior, and International Tourism.
The conference topics include, but are not limited to:
Abstracts in English are to be submitted electronically on the registration page by 7th January 2023 16th January 2023 and their length is limited to 1000 symbols.
Full papers in English (after the approval of submitted abstract) are to be submitted following the paper template by 12th February 2023 27th February 2023 at the latest. The length of each paper must not exceed 15 pages (including references). Each paper has to involve a chapter constituting an original empirical or analytical development that contributes to the current theoretical state of the art. Case studies are acceptable as well. Each participant can be the first author of only one paper.
The review process of each paper is double-blind, based on two reviews. Results of reviews will be sent to authors by March 27, 2023.
The conference will be hosted by the Prague University of Economics and Business . The entire program of the conference will be transmitted online to enable active participation to all participants, even to those who might be, for some reason, not able to travel.
Conference proceedings will be sent for evaluation to Web of Science (CPCI database) and Scopus. The conference proceedings of 2015, 2016 and 2018 are indexed in the CPCI, and the ones of 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021 are under review process. The most recent papers were submitted for indexation and are available here: 2022. The authors can decide about the publication of the full paper in conference proceedings or an abstract in the book of abstracts. Papers published as abstracts can be sent for publication to scientific journals. The organizers’ reviewed journals are CEBR, Economic Review, and Studia commercialia Bratislavensia.
Call for papers can be downloaded HERE.
Authors register for the conference in the registration system. After registration, authors will be able to manage their contributions and will be guided through the review.
The conference’s main objectives are identifying and analyzing ways and strategies whereby internationally operating businesses can maintain and raise their competitiveness. The conference also concerns sustainability and socially responsible strategies. The conference focuses on the whole Central and Eastern European region. For the last 22 years, it has constituted a valuable platform linking together excellent researchers and business representatives. It creates the opportunity to present recent research and to discuss the future and developments in the changing business environment in the CEE region.
| Interesting kee-note speakers | Hybrid conference | Open Access |
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| Each year, interesting key-note speakers are invited to discuss current development in international business and questions that resonate in the business community. | The conference can be attended in person or online. Researchers are invited to attend the conference in person. In case this is not possible, they are welcome to follow the program and join the discussions online. | All documents are free to be read and downloaded. Conference papers published since 2015 are all available on the conference website. |
| Double blind review | Cooperation with university journals | Flexibility and individual approach |
| The review process of each paper is double-blind, based on two reviews. | Accepted papers will be consulted by the university journals CEBR and Studia commercialia Bratislavensia, and authors of selected papers will be offered the possibility to submit the extended paper for review in those journals. Selected papers upon the author´s decision will not be published as full text in the conference proceedings. | Authors can decide whether to publish a full paper in Conference proceedings or an abstract in the Book of abstracts. Papers published in conference proceedings will receive a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for easy identification. |
16:00 Registration
New Building – Room 244 – The registration opens at 16:00
16:30 – 17:30 Workshop for Researchers and Ph.D. Candidates on Current Research Methodologies for Business Practice and Analysis
New Building – Room 244 & Live stream
Jorge Vera-Martínez, Ph.D. – Importance of Quantitative Methods for Publishing in Management
Biography of Jorge Vera-Martínez, Ph.D.
Konstantinos G. Kottikas, Ph.D. – Best Practices for Publishing in Quality Journals
Biography of Konstantinos G. Kottikas, Ph.D.
18:00 – 20:00 Welcome evening
Rajská Building – Academic club
9:00 – 12:00 Plenary session
Rajska Building – Room 211 & Live stream
Hana Machková – Vice-rector of Prague University of Economics and Business
Ferdinand Daňo – Rector of University of Economics in Bratislava
Josef Taušer – Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Prague University of Economics and Business
Petr Janeba – Head of International Sales Škoda Auto a.s. – Current challenges of European Automotive Industry
Vítězslav Klement – Social Media Skillhead, GroupM – AI-powered Communication: Driving Innovation in the Business World
Barbora Družbacká – International Logistics Coordinator, Infinity Forwarding – How COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine impacted shipping and trading with China and Asia and what can be expected in the future?
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12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break and networking
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13:00 – 16:00 Conference Sessions
| International Marketing followed by International Tourism | International Business | International Finance followed by International Trade |
| 13:00 New Building Room 470 | 13:00 New Building Room 471 | 13:00 New Building Room 244 |
| Małgorzata Budzanowska-Drzewiecka – Anita Proszowska: Greenwashing knowledge as a determinant of consumer engagement in greenwashed word of mouth
Nico Thümler – Robert Zámečník: Flirt and fail: The unexpected impact of flirting on sales performance and job satisfaction Miroslav Šiška: Showrooming and its past and future: A systematic literature review Jana Kovářová: The importance of status displays and experiential consumption in digital self-presentation at the time of lowering economical standard |
Emese Dobos – Andrea Éltetö: Regulation of the fashion supply chains and the sustainability-growth balance
Eliza Przeździecka: Finding high export potential goods in the target market – The future prospect of Polish exports to the United States Sonia Ferenčíková – Dagmar Grachová: Reverse knowledge transfer – Case of Business Service Center in Slovakia Jan-Hendrik Meier – Tetiana Paientko – Daniel Behrens: Takeover Bid Rules and M&A Premiums: Who pays the price for investor protection?
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Jakub Borowski – Krystian Jaworski: The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the exchange rate of the Polish zloty: a fallacy of monetary autonomy?
Keehwan Park: Safe-haven currency behavior in crisis periods: The U.S. dollar, the Japanese yen, and the Swiss franc Lisa A. Chase: Follow the money to EU candidates’ environmental performance: The role of EU central banks’ sustainable finance policies in motivating energy and environmental performance in EU candidate states Tomasz Berent – Maciej Śniechowski: Corporate sector cash holding – optimal levels, macro context or external shocks? |
| 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| Rafael San José Iglesias – Yadira Ixchel Martínez Pantoja: The Consular Services Contribution to Nation Brand Image and Public Diplomacy
Herman Mahendra Abeykoon: Collaborative market-driving strategy in destination tourism: A systematic literature review Vlad Diaconescu – Andreea-Fortuna Șchiopu: Challenges and opportunities of heritage tourism for European youth – The role of memorial houses in promoting European destinations Mária Halenárová – Jozef Gáll: Impact of economic indicators of sustainable development of Slovak spas |
Andżelika Kuźnar: Towards a more sustainable world: the UE efforts to establish more decent work conditions
Tetiana Paientko – Anastasiia Shkurchenko – Valeriy Oparin – Yana Sarnetska: Income inequality in OECD countries: Does international tax competition matter? Alena Filipová – Veronika Mokrejšová – Jiří Zeman: Retail business model through the prism of selected economic indicators Kamila Matysová – Jitka Volfová: Autonomy and homonomy in developing sustainable leadership in the Czech Republic
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Magdolna Sass – Gabriella Tabajdi: Automotive outward FDI from the Visegrad countries and Austria: Do indigenous companies invest abroad?
Paweł Kropiński: Investigating whether economic policy uncertainty affects Central and Eastern European markets. Evidence from Twitter-based uncertainty measures Tamás Szigetvári – Gábor Túry: Can they get out of the middle-income technology trap? State strategies in Hungary and Türkiye in promoting automotive investments Marta Götz: Polish FDI in Germany – junior partner with any signs of rising strong? |
| 15:00 | 15:00 | |
| Gabriela Strzelec: Work and non-work adjustment. Are there differences between assignment expatriates and self-initiated expatriates?
Daniela Zachová – Zuzana Křečková Kroupová: Acculturation in terms of global mobility – Literature review Robert Dygas: The Belt and Road Initiative’s impact on Poland in the period 2015-2022. International business implications Yadira Ixchel Martínez Pantoja – Vincent Montenero: National culture impact on business relations in the Czech Republic Mark Mishcheniuk: International diversification of business: The literature review |
Jerzy Menkes – Andżelika Kuźnar: The “old friends” in the new times
Murat Sadiku – Luljeta Sadiku– Nimete Berisha: Empirical evidence of the macroeconomic determinants of income inequality for Central and Eastern European countries Atle Midttun: Companies squeezed between autocratic and democratic regimes |
Petr KRÁL
Head of Department of International Business
Prague University of Economics and Business
petr.kral@vse.cz
T: (+420) 224 095 211
In the case of any problems, information or questions concerning the conference please feel free to contact the organizational committee:
Andrea ESCOBAR RIOS
Department of International Business
Prague University of Economics and Business
andrea.rios@vse.cz
Eva KŘENKOVÁ (registration)
Department of International Business
Prague University of Economics and Business
eva.krenkova@vse.cz
Herman Mahendra ABEYKOON
Department of Marketing
Prague University of Economics and Business
herman.abeykoon@vse.cz
Paulína KRNÁČOVÁ
Department of Tourism
University of Economics in Bratislava
paulina.krnacova@euba.sk
Visit website with past events, presentations and photographs.
2022′ Conference Proceedings were submitted to Web of Science for indexation in the CPCI database.
The conference fee is 150,- €. The conference fee includes the organization of the conference, review process costs, participation of one author at the conference and participation of all co-authors in the online event. The conference fee for co-authors participating in the conference in person is 50,- €. Payment is accepted solely by bank transfer. Confirmation of payment, an invoice, will be issued within 14 days after the payment is received. In the case you need e-invoice before conference, please, indicate it in the registration form. The printed invoice will be available on the day of the conference.
Conference fee payment is not refundable after receiving review process results.
Payment instructions:
| Account name: | Prague University of Economics and Business |
| Bank: | Česká spořitelna, a.s. |
| IBAN: | CZ2208000000000001829152 |
| SWIFT (BIC): | GIBACZPX |
| Payment title: | 211015 ‐ name of the participant ‐ Conference fee |
Prague University of Economics and Business
Address: Prague University of Economics and Business
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Transportation from the Prague Václav Havel Airport by public transport
Take bus No. 100 to the subway station Zličín, change to line B (the yellow line) to Florenc and take bus No. 135 to Nám. Winstona Churchilla.
Transportation from the Prague Main Rail Station (Hlavní nádraží) by public transport
Take tram (No. 9, 5, 15 or 26) to Viktoria Žižkov. Another option is to walk. There is a pedestrian underpass under the railway platforms leading to W. Churchill Square/Italská Street.
Transportation from the Bus Station Florenc (Autobusové nádraží Florenc) by public transport
Take bus No. 135 to W. Churchill Square (Náměstí Winstona Churchilla).
For more information on Prague’s public transport, please follow this link: http://www.dpp.cz/en/
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Hotel booking
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The University of Economics in Bratislava (EUBA) is a leading public university in Slovakia with the largest education market share in the field of economics, business and management. EUBA is the first university in Slovakia that has achieved accreditation by the AACSB. It has extensive experience in the field of education and research. EUBA has more than 10 000 students at its 7 faculties. EUBA offers 61 study programs, more than 150 individual courses delivered in English, German and French and 15 international double and joint degree programs. Over 80 % of EUBA academic staffs hold a PhD. EUBA staff has been involved in several international projects supported by LLP, FP6, FP7, COST, South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme, Structural Funds of the EU as well as by EU programmes, H2020 and/or Erasmus+ including. EUBA cooperates with its international partners from the EU member states and with universities around the world (Brazil, Chile, Peru, Mexico, China, Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, etc.).
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The Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE) with its 14,000 students and a 67-year-old-history is the biggest public university of economics in the Czech Republic. The university is highly appraised both in the Czech Republic and abroad, is ranked by the Financial Times annually and has already been appraised for several years by the Eduniversal Ranking project as one of the best “business schools” in Central and Eastern Europe. VŠE is certified with the “ECTS label” and “DS Label” by the European Commission thanks to implementation of the ECTS credit system. The university currently cooperates with more than 250 partner universities on four different continents and with key players from the private sector in the Czech Republic. VŠE participates in several international networks, such as CEMS and PIM, and is a member of PRME initiative. Many significant Czech and foreign economists have obtained the university’s honoris causa title; these include, for instance, Nobel Prize winners Prof. Robert A. Mundell, Prof. Milton Friedman, or Prof. Gary S. Becker. Two Presidents of the Czech Republic, several prime ministers and many prominent Czech economists are alumni of the Prague University of Economics and Business.
The Faculty of International Relations (FIR) is one of the largest faculties at the Prague University of Economics and Business. There are two main directions in both teaching and research: International Business and International Politics and Diplomacy. Other programs, focusing on Business and Law, International Politics and Diplomacy or Tourism also play an inevitable role. The key distinctive feature of FIR is high level of internationalization at all stages with strong emphasis on language knowledge of students. FIR is the first faculty in the Czech Republic that has achieved accreditation of a study program by EFMD. Two master programs in International Business have been awarded with the EFMD Accredited label for the period of 5 years.
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