International Conference on Business Excellence (ICBE)

The 14th International Conference on Business Excellence (ICBE), organized by Faculty of Business Administration, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania and the Society of Business Excellence with the cooperation of the Romanian Academy, took place online on 11-12 June 2020. The present edition had in the Program 200 papers with contributors from 17 countries.  The members of the IAKM’s Board were invited to promote the knowledge management (KM) and its challenges for the complex business environment we live in. Professor Ettore Bolisani from Padua University, Italy was invited as a Guest Speaker in the plenary session where he presented the challenges of KM for the actual crisis generated by the COVID-19. As a Program Chair of the conference, professor Constantin Bratianu from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies organized a Workshop dedicated to KM. There were three majors topics discussed during that Workshop:

1. Learning and unlearning in organizations, presented by professor Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Spain and professor Anthony Wensley, Toronto University, Canada.
2. Knowledge risks and their impact on business performance, presented by professor Malgorzata Zieba, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland.
3. Cybersecurity as a new philosophy in designing KM systems, presented by professor Alexeis Garcia Perez, University of Coventry, UK.

These excellent presentations created a stimulating atmosphere for debates, for all the 47 participants at this great event, which needed almost two hours and a half to cover the main ideas.

Finally, in the parallel session the conference organized a session of Knowledge Economy, where there were presented 15 papers, 5 of them being delivered by Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro & Ettore Bolisani, Malgorzata Zieba, Constantin Bratianu, Ruxandra Bejinaru and Alexandra Zbuchea, who are members of IAKM. In conclusion, IAKM members had an important contribution to this international event dedicated to business excellence.

Prof.Dr. Constantin Bratianu
Program Chair, International Conference on Business Excellence
President of IAKM