OFEL 2025

University of Dubrovnik

First Call

We are looking forward to welcoming the academic and research community to the beautiful city of Dubrovnik from 11th to 12th April 2025 for the 13th International OFEL Conference "Tech-Driven Governance: How AI is Redefining Corporate Oversight" hosted by the University of Dubrovnik, Department of Economics and Business Economics.

Books of Proceedings will optionally publish both Papers in English and Croatian, according to Author's preferences (two separate Publications).

Submission link for Croatian session papers - 'In memoriam prof. dr. sc. Marijanu Cinguli i prof. dr. sc. Dejanu Kružiću'

In cooperation with: University of Dubrovnik, Faculty of Management University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences Sale - Mohammed V University in Rabat, ENCGT - Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion de Tanger/ Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Medimurje University of Applied Sciences in Cakovec, University of Aveiro and GOVCOPP – University of Aveiro


  11-12 April, 2025

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OFEL 2024 was our twelfth conference to date with high profile plenary sessions and over a hundred papers presented across 4 major tracks. The OFEL 2025 conference offers a unique opportunity for scholars and practitioners interested in the issues related to leadership, governance, management, education, and entrepreneurship to share their thinking and latest research findings.

We would like to invite all scholars, post‐graduate students and doctoral candidates interested in any of these fields of research or practice to join us in shaping the future of our discipline in a friendly and supportive environment.

We would like to invite all scholars, postgraduate students and doctoral candidates interested in any of these fields of research or practice to join us in shaping the future of our discipline in a friendly and supportive environment.

Topics

Topics include but are not limited to:

Governance

  • Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)
  • Behavioral corporate governance and boardroom dynamics
  • Board oversight and changes of corporate boards
  • Corporate governance: an institutional perspective
  • Responsible corporate governance, value creation and new business models
  • Governance in the era of disruptive change
  • Governance and implicit biases in interfirm collaborations (alliances, networks, open innovation)
  • Power, trust and diversity in corporate governance
  • Cooperatives and alternative governance models

Management & Leadership

  • Diversity and rethinking the role of manager
  • Managing organizational change in the era of diversity
  • Diversity management
  • Inclusion and evidence-based management
  • Organizational sensemaking and sensegiving
  • Leadership for new inclusive business models
  • Social networks and diversity in organizations
  • Critical approaches to management and strategic management
  • New leadership and participative management

Entrepreneurship

  • Creativity and innovation in the context of diversity
  • Entrepreneurship and diversity in times of digital transformation
  • Leading the inclusion revolution
  • Entrepreneurship, inclusion and innovative business models
  • Institutional entrepreneurship
  • Social entrepreneurship
  • Big data, diversity and entrepreneurship
  • Socially responsible investing
  • Entrepreneurship in the sharing economy

Education

  • The impact of diversity on education
  • New trends and challenges in education
  • Competency based learning
  • E-learning and innovative education
  • Technology in teaching and learning
  • Teacher training and curriculum design
  • Mobility and education
  • Learning and social inclusion
  • Inclusive management education

Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and peer review.

If you have any question regarding the conference, please feel free to contact us at: ofel@ciru.hr

Fees

ATTENDING FEES:

  • Registration (publishing only) 300 EUR / per paper
  • Registration (publishing & attending) 350 EUR / per paper
  • Registration (presentation without publishing) 250 EUR / per person
  • Registration (attending without a paper) 150 EUR / per person

Payment

  • Bank Institution: Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d. Zagreb
  • Bank/Branch Institution Address: Magazinska cesta 69, Zagreb, Croatia
  • S.W.I.F.T. (BIC): RZBHHR2X
  • Acc. Holder Name: VADEA d.o.o.
  • Acc Holder Address: Mihanoviceva 4, 42000 Varazdin, Croatia
  • IBAN: HR6124840081135190251
  • Purpose: 'Participant's Name - OFEL 2025'

Deadlines

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DEADLINES:

  • Submission of abstracts for review: February 20, 2025
  • Notification of abstract acceptance: February 25, 2025
  • Submission of complete/full papers for the proceedings: March 20, 2025
  • Notification of full paper acceptance: March 25, 2025
  • Early registration: March 10, 2025
  • Final registration: March 30, 2025
  • Conceiving and finalizing the esd-Conference program: April 5, 2025
  • ESD Conference sessions: April 11-12, 2025

Program

Program will be available few days before the conference.

Venue

Studentski dom, Marka Marojice 2b, 20 000 Dubrovnik, Croatia

Committees

Program Committee:

  • Darko Tipurić, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia (President)
  • Maria Aluchna, Ph.D., Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
  • Maria Angeles Montoro Sanchez, Ph.D., Compultense University, Madrid, Spain
  • Peter J. Baldacchino, Ph.D., University of Malta, Msida, Malta
  • Frank Bezzina, Ph.D., University of Malta, Msida, Malta
  • Maria Binz-Scharf, Ph.D., City University of New York, New York, USA
  • Duke Bristow, Ph.D., Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, USA
  • Donato Calace, Ph.D., LUM University, Casamassima, Italy
  • Vincent Cassar, Ph.D., University of Malta, Msida, Malta
  • Marina Dabić, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia; Nottingham Trent University, UK
  • Katarina Djulić, Ph .D., FEFA – Faculty of Economics, Finance and Administration, Serbia
  • Viktor Dorfler, Ph.D., University of Strathclyde Glasgow, UK
  • Mustafa Goktug Kaya, KTO Karatay University, Turkey
  • Jean J. Du Plessis, Ph.D., Deakin University, Australia
  • Jemima A. Frimpong, Ph.D., Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, USA
  • Olivier Furrer, Ph.D., University of Fribourg, Switzeland
  • Marli Gonan Božac, Ph.D., Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia
  • Miguel Gonzalez-Loureiro, Ph.D., University of Vigo, Spain
  • Gerard P. Hodgkinson, Ph.D., Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK
  • Timothy Kiessling, Ph.D., Bilkent University-Faculty of Business Administration, Turkey
  • Francisco Linan, Ph.D., University of Seville, Spain
  • Danijela Miloš Sprčić, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Michael W. Morris, Ph.D., Columbia Business School, USA
  • Mislav Ante Omazić, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Nelson Phillips, Ph.D., Imperial College Business School
  • Davide Ravasi, Ph.D., Cass Business School, City University London, UK
  • Glenn Richey, Ph.D., Alabama University, Alabama, USA
  • Nebojša Stojčić, Ph.D., University of Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Aziz šunje, Ph.D., University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Mile Terziovski, Ph.D., International Graduate School of Business Division of Business, Australia
  • Shann Turnbull, Ph.D., International Institute for Self-governance, Sydney, Australia
  • Jolan Velencei, Ph.D., Obuda University, Hungary
  • Gianpaolo Vignali, Ph.D., The University of Manchester,Manchester, UK
  • Ernest Vlačić, Ph.D., University of Rijeka, Croatia
  • Ivona Vrdoljak Raguž, Ph.D., University of Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Lilian Soares Outtes Wanderley, Ph.D., Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – UFPE, Brazil
  • Marzenna Anna Weresa, Ph.D., Warsaw School of Economics, World Economy Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
  • Alessandro Zattoni, Ph.D., LUISS – Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies, Rome, Italia
  • Victor Beker, Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Sannur Aliyev, Ph.D., Azerbaijan State University of Economics, Azerbaijan
  • Khalid Hammes, Ph.D., Mohammed V University, Morocco
  • Mustapha Machrafi, Ph.D., Mohammed V University, Morocco
  • Nicholas Recker, Ph.D., Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA
  • Douglas Rhein, Mahidol University International College, Thailand
  • Daniil Volkov, Ph.D., Russian State Social University, Russian Federation

    • SEECGAN Committee

  • Igor Todorović, Ph.D., University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (President)
  • Sreten ćuzović, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics, University of Niš, Serbia
  • Maja Daraboš Longin, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Fran Galetić, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • željko Garača, Ph.D., University of Split, Croatia
  • Ana Krajnović, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Davor Filipović, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Ivica Filipović, Ph.D., University of Split, Croatia
  • Domagoj Hruška, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Stevo Janošević, Ph.D., University of Kragujevac, Serbia
  • Damir Jugo, Ph.D., Edward Bernays College of Communication Management, Croatia
  • Klemen Kavčič, Ph.D., University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
  • Ivana Kovač, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Mirjana Kuljak, Ph.D., University of Montenegro, Montenegro
  • Tanja Kuzman, M.Sc., FEFA – Faculty of Economics, Finance and Administration, Serbia
  • Tihomir Luković, Ph.D., University of Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Mia Mrgud, Ph.D., University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Lana Cindrić, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Najla Podrug, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Danila Djokić, Ph.D., University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
  • Bobek šuklev, Ph.D., SS. Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia
  • Emir Kurtić, Ph.D., University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Davorko Obuljen, Ph.D., Veleučilište Edward Bernays, Croatia
  • Humberto Ribeiro, University of Aveiro, Portugal

    • Organizing Committee:

  • Karolina Kokot, Ph.D. (President)
  • Lana Cindrić, Ph.D.
  • Ana Krajnović, Ph.D.
  • Matija Marić, Ph.D.
  • Radoslav Barišić, Ph.D.
  • Ana Aleksić, Ph.D.
  • Domagoj Hruška, Ph.D.
  • Davorko Obuljen, Ph.D.
  • Božidar Jaković, Ph.D.
  • Frano Barbić, Ph.D.
  • Dalibor Brnos, Ph.D.
  • Zvjezdana Tipurić, M.Sc.

    • Reviewers are members of the Program Committee and the following scholars

  • Ana Aleksić, Ph.D.
  • Danica Bakotić, Ph.D.
  • Vlatka Bilas, Ph.D.
  • Maja Daraboš Longin, Ph.D.
  • Robert Fabac, Ph.D.
  • Davor Filipović, Ph.D.
  • Ivica Filipović, Ph.D.
  • Sanja Franc, Ph.D.
  • Alica Grilec, Ph.D.
  • Tomislav Herceg, Ph.D.
  • Domagoj Hruška, Ph.D.
  • Božidar Jaković, Ph.D.
  • Ivana Kovač, Ph.D.
  • Jakša Krišto, Ph.D.
  • Davor Labaš, Ph.D.
  • Miroslav Mandić, Ph.D.
  • Dora Naletina, Ph.D.
  • Jasna Prester, Ph.D.
  • Boris Tušek, Ph.D.
  • Rebeka Danijela Vlahov Golomejić, Ph.D.
  • Ivan Novak, Ph.D.
  • Antonio Vlahov, Ph.D.
  • Ilko Vrankić, Ph.D.
  • Danijela Ferjanić Hodak, Ph.D.
  • Julija Perić, Ph.D.
  • Mile Bošnjak, Ph.D.
  • Radoslav Barišić, Ph.D.
  • Ivan Matić, Ph.D.
  • Miroslav Mandić, Ph.D.
    • Info
    • dcingula@esd-conference.com
    • +385 (0)92 172 7218
    • info@esd-conference.com

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