Annual Winter Global Business Conference 2019 | Innovation Institute | 28 January 2019 | Tignes Espace, 18 D87A, 73320 Tignes, France

This conference is intended for academics and practitioners to meet and exchange ideas on managing scarce resources for value creation in turbulent globalized environment. We welcome a diverse set of contributions: from those which are in an idea stage to those that are fully developed manuscripts. We also welcome different formats for publication in the proceedings: from abstracts, which indicate the direction, to full papers. Proceedings (with ISSN) will be published by Innovation Institute.

Based on our previous conferences, I am sure that this conference will be a great success providing a wide array of contributions with diverse interests. 2019 Winter Global Business Conference is situated in one of the world’s top skiing resorts which will provide fresh air for the intellectual endeavors and ample free-time activities.

2019 Speakers:

Rekha Rao-Nicholson
Chris Carr and Stuart Smith: Cross-Cultural Leadership Adjustment by Ex-Patriot Country Heads in a Consolidating Global Environment

Sandra Klute-Wenig and Robert Refflinghaus
Quality Management for Start-Ups - Setting Up Business the Right Way

Konrad Spang
Public Construction Works in Partnership – Illusion or Reality? A Current Look at Germany

Oana Brindusa Albu
The Performative Role of Values for Growth Strategy: The Case of a Lobbying Firm

Nuria Calvo
Marta Rey-Garcia and Vanessa Mato-Santiso: Cooperative Strategy for Work Integration from a System Dynamics Perspective

Elmarie Slabbert
Growing Shrinking Tourist Markets in South Africa Length of Stay and Intention to Return

Melville Saayman and Andrea Saayman
Managing Festivals – Different Approaches, Different Outcomes?

C. Bujdei
S-A. Moraru, D. E. Ungureanu, I. Moraru, V. Petre, D. Mircea Kristaly and A. Alexandru Moșoi: Touristic Monitoring System, for
Increasing Their Safety Level and Ensuring Help in Case of Necessity

Engelina du Plessis and Melville Saayman
Explore Perceptions Towards the Aspects Fundamental to the Competitiveness of South Africa as a Preferred Tourist Destination

Ana Ramires
Filipe Ramos and Alexandra Fidalgo: Tourism as a Growing Force in a Receding Economy: The Oporto City Case

Christine Del Notaro
“It’s Not Math What You're Doing!” Problem Solving in Early Childhood

Orrie Dan
Adi Laredo and Sivan Raz: Short Term Memory of Emotional Facial Expressions Among Young Adults with ADHD

Khaled Nassar
A Course on Simulation Applications in Construction Utilizing a Case-Based, Flipped Classroom Approach with Blended Learning

Tatjana Brkic
Teaching Social Innovation in Entrepreneurship through Applied Business Research

Loulou Malaeb
Teaching Philosophy in Dubai

Svenja Rebsch and Hartmut H. Holzmüller
Beware of Love at First Sight – Towards a Systematic Selection of Sales Agents in Export Markets

Candice Louw and Cecile Nieuwenhuizen
Online, Community-driven ECommerce Platforms and the Rise of Lifestyle Commerce – a Conceptual Study

Veronika Tarnovskaya
Brand Trust Through Informal Communication: Let’s Taco ‘Bout It

Raquel Rebouças and Ana Soares
Responsible Consumption: Voluntary Simplifiers and Related Consumer Segments

Lucie Revoux
Caroline Cuny, Cyril Couffe and Mathieu Pinelli: Simulating Warmth and a Large Personal Space on a Digital Banking Platform to
Enhance Trust and Willingness to Pay

Jean Roy and Pascale DiStasio
An Application of the PERVAL Model in the Banking Industry: The Impact of Mobile Banking Service on Millennials

Zvika Afik, Yaron Lahav and Liran Maymoni
Intention-Based Disposition Effect in Experimental Asset Markets with Long Horizon

Bilal Kchouri and Thorsten Lehnert
Islamic Banking and Economic Growth: New Evidence

Thomas Standaert, Sophie Manigart, Yan Alperovych and Anita Quas
The Role of Government Investors in Venture Capital Fundraising

Tomáš Krabec and Romana Čižinská
The Return on Equity Puzzle: An Empirical Analysis of the Return on Equity in the Czech Automotive Industry

Marcel Novák and Karol Trnovský
The Central Bank Independence in the “New” World

Amaryllis Audenaert
Kostas Anastasiades, Dien Dewit, Koen Pieters and Johan Blom: Lifecycle Costing Analysis for Renovation of the Building Envelope of Apartment Buildings

Jukka Pulkkinen and Mikko Mäntyneva
Innovating an Ecosystem to Create Value and Growth Opportunities Based on Real Estate Related Data

Christian Maravelias and Emilie Reinhold
Age Discrimination on Neoliberal Labor Markets

Kai Erenli
Let´s Play a Game – How Loot Boxes shaped the Video Game Industry

Petrus van der Merwe, Melville Saayman and E. Botha
Different Markets, Different Interpretation Needs: The Case of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park F