16th CEEMAN Annual Conference 2008

CEEMAN’s 16th Annual Conference was held on 25-27 September 2008 in Tirana, Albania. The general theme of the conference was “Management Education for the Realities of Emerging Markets”. The host institution for the conference was Albanian Center for Management Services, Tirana and its president Gazmend Haxhia, in cooperation with Albania Experience, AVIS Rent-a-Car, POLIS University.

More than 100 participants from 27 countries gathered in Tirana to discuss what kind of management education is needed to support the emerging markets in their efforts to achieve and sustain competitive advantage in the globalizing world economy. In other words, to what extent management education is and could be universal, and to what extent, and in which way, it could and should be adapted to the specific features of emerging markets.

CEEMAN Deans and Directors Meeting "Management Education Institution Building - Transition to Phase 2"

Introduction by the Chairman Virginijus Kundrotas	From Pioneering to “Prime” Organization: Implications for Our Business Schools Ichak Adizes
New Demands on Management Development Institutions Krzysztof Pawlowski	Institutional Transition, Leadership, and Succession: Perspectives from Founders Pavlo Sheremeta
Institutional Transition, Leadership, and Succession: Perspectives from Founders Danica Purg	Brief presentations and discussions
Institutional Transition, Leadership, and Succession: Perspectives from Founders Virginijus Kundrotas	Brief presentations and discussions
Wrap-up and commentary Ichak Adizes	Chairman's conclusions Virginijus Kundrotas

16th CEEMAN Annual Conference "Management Education for the Realities of Emerging Markets”

Welcome to the 16th CEEMAN Annual Conference Danica Purg	Welcome to the 16th CEEMAN Annual Conference Edi Rama
Welcome to the 16th CEEMAN Annual Conference Gazmend Haxhia	Welcome to the 16th CEEMAN Annual Conference Derek Abell
Albanian Past, Present and Future: Opportunities and Challenges Jozefina Topalli	Introductory words Danica Purg
Chairperson's Introduction Chin Tiong Tan	Political-Economic Realities in South East Europe Erhard Busek
Panel Discussion: Business Realities in SEE Iztok Seljak, Svetozar Janevski, Pandeli Garo, Andrej Vizjak	Management Education in Emerging Markets; What Is the Same, What Is Different? Derek Abell
Management Education a personal view by Charles Handy Charles Handy	Summary from Parallel Workshops: Competitiveness and innovation Krzysztof Obloj
Summary from Parallel Workshops: Entrepreneurship development Gazmend Haxhia	Summary from Parallel Workshops: Corporate social responsibility Al Rosenbloom, Nakiye Boyacigiller
Summary from Parallel Workshops: Partnerships and alliances Irina Sennikova, Zsuzsa Deli-Gray	Lessons for Business School Research in Emerging Markets Jonathan Gosling
Chairman's conclusions Chin Tiong Tan