PROCEEDINGS OF THE 19th INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global Management Reimagined: Solutions for a Geopolitically Complex Future

 

 

 

 

 

 

  30th – 31st October 2025, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Administration, Project Management and Organizational Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE USEFULNESS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ENERGY PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cristian-Silviu BĂNACU, Irena APOLZAN (ARĂDĂVOAICEI),
Anca-Steliana MIREA, Alexandra MANITA, Iulian BULĂREANU

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AI INTEGRATION IN SUPPLY CHAINS - FROM PERCEPTIONS TO STRATEGIC IMPACT
IN A GEOPOLITICALLY UNCERTAIN WORLD

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ovidiu-Iulian BUNEA, Răzvan-Andrei CORBOȘ, Cătălina-Mihaela FICUȚ

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLIER SELF-ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS IN AUTOMOTIVE QUALITY MANAGEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Claudiu-Alexandru COVACI, Camelia Cristina DRAGOMIR-PANZARU, Lucian Ioan TARNU,
Constantin OPREAN, Aurel Mihail TITU 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EVALUATING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY: FINANCING AND RISK ALLOCATION STRATEGIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marius Bogdan PETRE, Andreea BACIU, Elena Casandra CEAUȘESCU, Georgeta BOLOJAN

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE IMPACT OF EU LEGISLATIVE REGULATIONS ON ACCELERATING THE DIGITALIZATION
OF BANKING SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mugurel Petre PODARU, Răzvan Cătălin DOBREA, Dragoș-Daniel DENDRINO, Loredana Gabriela DINULESCU

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITALIZATION CASE STUDY: DIGITAL ECONOMY FRAMEWORK IN CHINA  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cristina STATE, Iolanda-Petronela GROSU, Xiaoliang ZHANG

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PERFORMANCE – SMALL TALK
Dragoș-Daniel DENDRINO, Mădălina-Ioana MONCEA

 

70

 

             

 

 

 

EXPLORING SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN ORGANIZATIONAL AMBIDEXTERITY: INSIGHTS
FROM A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

Alexandra JALBĂ (POPESCU-ZORICA), Iulian Marian NEDELCU

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GEOPOLITICAL RISK ASSESSMENT IN AVIATION: MANAGERIAL STRATEGIES FOR AIRPORT RESILIENCE

Ahmed NAWZAD

 

92

 

 

 

 

Session II

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education, Innovation and Knowledge Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSTITUTIONAL FORESIGHT AND STRATEGIC VULNERABILITY: THE CASE OF SEX EDUCATION POLICY

UNDER ANTI-GENDER PRESSURE IN ROMANIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexandru Mihai DINU

 

102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFILE OF THE INDUSTRIAL PHD STUDENT IN BRAZIL: MOTIVATIONS, COMPETENCIES AND BENEFITS

IN THE DAI PROGRAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celso MACHADO JUNIOR, Felipe VENANCIO SILVA, Raquel DA SILVA PEREIRA,
Simona Adriana BANACU DOS SANTOS, Edson Keyso DE MIRANDA KUBO

 

116

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE ACADEMIC INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATE (DAI) AS A VECTOR OF THE TRIPLE HELIX: AN ANALYSIS

OF THE BENEFITS FOR UNIVERSITY, INDUSTRY, AND GOVERNMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celso MACHADO JUNIOR, Felipe VENANCIO SILVA, Raquel DA SILVA PEREIRA,
Simona Adriana BANACU DOS SANTOS, Edson Keyso DE MIRANDA KUBO

 

130

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM KNOWLEDGE TO COMPETENCE: PREPARING FUTURE LEADERS FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

IN MULTICULTURAL AND DIGITAL CORPORATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adina-Roxana MUNTEANU

 

139

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF ADDICTIONS IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cristian-Silviu BĂNACU, Iulian-Marin OSICEANU

 

149

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION IN PRACTICE – BALANCING CONFIDENCE AND COMPLEXITY
IN EXPERENTIAL LEARNING

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cătălina RADU, Mirona RADU   

 

154

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANAGING RISKS ARISING FROM CONFLICTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION: A ROMANIAN PERSPECTIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maria-Magdalena SIMION, Isabela MAXIM, Cezar-Petre SIMION, Mădălina MAZĂRE, Samar KAIS

 

169

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND THE TRIAD OF INTELLIGENCES

ON PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AGED 9-11

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corina VEDEANU, Ion STEGĂROIU

 

182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLORATION OF ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES IN NEUROSURGERY IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dan Theodor ANDRONIC, Maria POPA, Constantin OPREAN, Aurel Mihail TITU

 

197

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANAGERIAL VIEWS REGARDING THE PROCESS OF LESSONS LEARNED IN THE SYSTEM OF ORDER

AND PUBLIC SAFETY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elena Casandra CEAUSESCU, Bogdan Marius PETRE, Marian NASTASE

 

209

 

 

 

 

Session III

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strategic Management, Change Management and Entrepreneurship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAFE-HAVEN ASSETS AND STRATEGIC RISK MANAGEMENT UNDER GEOPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY: EVIDENCE FROM WAVELET AND ANN ANALYSIS

 

222

 

 

 

 

Naima BENTOUIR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEY FACTORS IN THE INTERNATIONALIZATION PROCESS OF BORN GLOBAL ROMANIAN SOFTWARE COMPANIES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anca BUTNARIU, Claudia CIOBANU, Florin LUCA, Dumitru FILIPEANU

 

235

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAPPING THE EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH ON STRATEGIC RISK MANAGEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eugen-Mihai DRAGOMIR, Carmen Nadia CIOCOIU

 

251

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHANGE MANAGEMENT APPROACHES FOR SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camelia Cristina DRAGOMIR-PÂNZARU, Doina-Eliza LIA 

 

267

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMERGING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS: ADAPTABILITY AND COHERENCE
IN VUCA ENVIRONMENTS 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cristi-Daniel LĂȚEA, Eliana-Laura BULIGA, Adina-Raluca OLTEANU

 

280

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN EXPLORATION OF DIGITAL RESILIENCE FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES

DURING GEOPOLITICAL SHOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hirotoshi SATO, Kurtz LAW, Cristian VLAD

 

303

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SMART STATE AID: INTEGRATING AI INTO STRATEGIC PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT

Alina Ioana ALEXANDRU (NICOLAESCU), Constanța POPESCU

 

313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE INTERNATIONALISATION PROCESS: STRATEGIC SOLUTION

FOR COMPANIES IN A GEOPOLITICALLY UNCERTAIN WORLD

Mihai CIOC, Tudor URSĂCESCU

 

321

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS TO SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES: A PERSPECTIVE
AT THE LEVEL OF ROMANIAN SMEs

Cosmin Octavian DOBRIN, Adriana DIMA, Mădălina MAZARE, Cezar-Petre SIMION, Daria MARIN

 

340

 

 

 

 

Session IV

   

 

 

 

HR Management and Ergonomics, Organizational Culture and Leadership

   

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

WORKPLACE SPIRITUALITY AND EMPLOYEE LOYALTY: EXPLORING MANAGERIAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSPECTIVES IN ROMANIA

   

 

 

 

Andreea-Costina FIRĂSTRĂERU, Delia Mioara POPESCU

  350

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

IMPROVING MOTIVATION AT MICHELIN ROMANIA SA

   

 

 

 

Ovidiu Andrei Cristian BUZOIANU, Oana Camelia IACOB (PÂRGARU), Cristina DIMA, Mădălina MONCEA

  364

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

STRESSORS, PERCEIVED STRESS, AND BURNOUT: A CORRELATION STUDY

   

 

 

 

 

Miruna-Georgiana STAN, Cătălina RADU

  373

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE'S ROLE IN PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT: AN INVESTIGATION FOCUSED ON THE BANKING INDUSTRY

   

 

 

 

 

Simona Cătălina ȘTEFAN, Ion POPA, Robert Eduard KRUGER

  389

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

   

 

 

 

 

Oana Cătălina DUMITRESCU, Andreea-Ligia DRUGĂU-CONSTANTIN,
Laura MARCU, Ovidiu Andrei Cristian BUZOIANU

  405

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS

   

 

 

 

 

Cristina NECULA, Adina-Raluca OLTEANU

  413

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

REFORM THE WAY CHANGE MANAGEMENT IS IMPLEMENTED IN ORGANIZATIONS, PERSPECTIVES DERIVED FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY THEORIES

   

 

 

 

 

Ciprian-Sorin CHIRVASE, Andreea ZAMFIR, Stefanut-Iulian BUHUS, Elena Oana CROITORU, Andreea GHEORGHITA 

  434

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

GENDER AND GREEN TRANSITION GAPS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMEs)

   

 

 

 

 

Toni GIBEA, Andreea Ștefania POPESCU  

  455

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE KNOWLEDGE SPIRAL: THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS

IN THE EXTERNALIZATION PROCESS

Mihaiela Eugenia DAVID

  467

 

 

 

 

Session V

   

 

 

 

 

Behavioural Sciences, Communication Studies and Business Ethics

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCIES IN THE METAVERSE: RISKS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE FUTURE
OF DIGITAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE

   

 

 

 

 

Tudor-Gabriel BUDISTEANU

  481

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

INTEGRATING SOCIAL INNOVATION AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABLE GOALS

   

 

 

 

 

Nicoleta Valentina FLOREA, Gabriel CROITORU, Mihai Bogdan CROITORU, Georgeta FERNANDEZ

  489

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE ON DIGITAL HEALTH’S SOCIAL IMPACT

   

 

 

 

 

Niema ABDELMAGID

  508

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AS A STRATEGIC RESPONSE TO GEOPOLITICAL VOLATILITY: GLOBAL MANAGEMENT PATHWAYS

   

 

 

 

 

Andreea Maria ȘOPEA-IORDACHE, Mircea Constantin DUICĂ, Jianu Daniel MUREȘAN, Alina Nicoleta PASCU (MARICA)

  526

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS IN GREEN CONSUMER PURCHASING BEHAVIOR RESEARCH

   

 

 

 

 

Marcin ŻEMIGAŁA, Agnieszka WIŚNIEWSKA, Katarzyna LICZMAŃSKA-KOPCEWICZ,
Zoritza
KIRESIEWA, Hannamaija TUOVILA

  538

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

BEYOND FRAGMENTATION A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR AI-DRIVEN MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

TO BRIDGE GEOPOLITICAL DIVIDES AND FOSTER GLOBAL RESILIENCE

   

 

 

 

 

Dumitru-Cătălin VASILE

  549

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

FORGING DIGITAL TRUST ACROSS BORDERS ASSESSING THE ROLE OF EXPLAINABLE AI (XAI)

IN OVERCOMING GEOPOLITICAL BARRIERS TO INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

   

 

 

 

 

Dumitru-Cătălin VASILE

  559

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN ROMANIA: PROGRESS TOWARD EU AND OECD STANDARDS (2015–2024)

   

 

 

 

 

Manuel Victoraș STĂNILĂ, Edita Carmen BOKOR, Alina Georgiana PROFIROIU, Constantin Marius PROFIROIU

  567

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

THE DIVERSITY OF EUROPEAN FUNDING MECHANISMS: INSIGHTS INTO THEIR TYPOLOGIES  

   

 

 

 

 

Corina MARINESCU, Claudiu CICEA, Silviu-Gabriel BACIU 

  583