This book presents a selection of the best papers from the 19th International Conference on Business Excellence, Leading Change in Disruptive Times (ICBE 2025), held in Bucharest, Romania, in March 2025. The Conference was organized under the aegis of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, by the Faculty of Business Administration through its UNESCO Department for Business Administration in partnership with the Faculty of Agrifood and Environmental Economics and Faculty of International Business and Economics, and in collaboration with the Society of Business Excellence.
The book explores smart solutions for a sustainable future, offering timely and relevant insights in the context of todays global challenges. It provides practical ideas and approaches that can help address the real-world issues we currently face.
Leveraging AI To Lead Change and Understand User Satisfaction on Music
Streaming Platforms.- Trends And Expectations For Development In The Romanian
Business Environment. A Focus on Employees Related Issues.- Employability
and Level of University Education.- Aspects of the Quality of Education.-
Challenges of Corporate Social Responsibility Auditing in Business.- The
Perception of Channel Integration Quality: Effects on Relationship Quality
and Online Customer Engagement.- Exploring Customer Reviews In
Michelin-Starred Restaurants: A Machine Learning Approach.- The Economic
Impact Brought On By Recent Malware Developments.- The Role of Artificial
Intelligence Foresight in Preventing Recessions and Overheating.- Dumitru.- I
Would Have Brought Over So Much More! - Determinants of the Consumer
Behavior of Turkish-Germans In Istanbul.- Business Intelligence and
Governmental Efficiency Synergy For The 21st Century.- Smart Contracts and
Blockchain Technology: Innovations, Applications And Challenges in the
Digital Economy.- Social Influence Strategies and the Effects on Human
Resources In Modern Organizations.- Economic Analysis of the Crime Rate In
Romania In The Period 2010-2023.- Managerial Overconfidence And Corporate
Debt Decisions: A Meta-Analysis of The Moderating Role of Demographic
Characteristics.- Fighting The Un-Ethical Online Marketing Post-Covid: An
Analysis of the Domain Name Model.- Assessing ESG And Profitability In S&P
500 Industrial Companies: A Panel Data Approach.- Foreign Language Teaching
and Learning For Specific Purposes Within The Framework of Sustainable
Development Education.- Accelerating Digital Transformation: The Role Of
Genai In Advanced Cloud Migration Strategies.- Circular Economy & Private
Investment: A Solution Towards Decreasing Material Import Dependency Across
EU.- Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning In Banking Through A
Bibliometric Lens.- Agrivoltaics- A Component Of The Modern Albanian
Agriculture.- Harnessing Public-Private Partnerships: A Collaborative
Approach To Funding Technology Transfer in Higher Education. Case Study from
Bulgaria.- Consumer Choice in the Age of Dark Patterns EU Law Perspectives.-
The Importance of Data Quality in Sentiment Analysis: A Comparative Study of
VADER And Roberta.- Decoding Purchase Sequences: Identifying Patterns in the
Customer Journey.- Beyond Heuristics: A Predictive Modeling Framework for
Multi-Touch Attribution in Online Marketing.- Factors Influencing
Digitalization Adoption in Romanian SMES.- Circular Economy Strategies: Life
Cycle Assessment Of Hydroponics Vs Aquaponics Production.- Do The Dimensions
Of Organizational Culture Have the Power to Improve the Accounting
Information System Quality?.- Cacao And Coffee Value Chains: An Overview On
Similar Strategies To Improve Resilience and Sustainability Through
Technology.- The Use Of Reverse Supply Chains in the Textile Industry.- The
Artificial Intelligence Talent Puzzle: How Company Size Shapes Hiring
Patterns In AI.- Climate Risk Management Governance Disclosure In Euro Area
Central Banks.- Managing Foreign Reserves: Valuation the Role of the Board.-
Shaping The Future: Circular Economy Transition Models in the European
Union.- Romanias Transition To A Circular Economy: An Empirical Analysis.-
Comparative Bibliometric Insights: Sustainability Vs. Corporate
Sustainability In A Global and Romanian Context.- Impact of Risk on Gender
Diversity And Board Size Case Study Northern Europe.- Education For
Sustainable Development: The Role Of Universities In Shaping The Leaders of
the Future.- Adaptive Leadership Models In Public Administration: Strategies
For Managing Change in the Digital Age.- Does Financial Development Exert a
Time-Varying Impact on Human Development?.- The Role Of Accounting Profession
in Sustainability Reporting and the Need for Changes In Accounting
Education.- The Comprehensive Model for Enhancing Organisational Adaptability
And Innovation In Dynamic Markets.- A Rule-Based Machine Learning Approach
For Multi-Class Customer Churn Prediction In O2C Process.- Breaking Barriers:
A Comparative Analysis of Gender Quotas and The Evolution of Equality In
Decision-Making Bodies.- Artificial Intelligence in the Forestry and
Agriculture Sectors Based on the Use of Drones.- EU Membership, Institutional
Governance, Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: Empirical
Evidence from the Balkan Economies.- Bulgaria And the Sustainable Bond
Market: A Comparative Regional Analysis.- Changes In Consumer Behavior
Through the Use of AI on Tourism Platforms In Disruptive Times.- Taxation as
a Policy Instrument for Environmental Transformation: Evaluations of
Bulgarian Practice.- Exploring The Linkages Between Circular Bio-Economy and
Supply Chain Management.
Mihail Busu is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration in Foreign Languages, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. His research focuses on statistics and econometrics, economic modelling, circular economy, competition policy, decisional processes, financial risks and risk management. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals including Mathematics, Symmetry, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Amfiteatru Economic, Energies and Processes. In addition, he serves as a reviewer for the international journals Management & Marketing, Challenges for the Knowledge Society, Amfiteatru Economic, Mathematics, Economies, Energies, and Journal of Risk and Financial Management. He received the Georgescu Roegen Award for outstanding scientific research in 2019 and has been a member of the Romanian Actuarial Society since 2015.
