EHI'18 - ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

5th Edition - 2018

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Scientific Committee

• Prof. dr. Heike Bahre, University of Applied Sciences Berlin/ University of Economics, Technology and Culture, Germany
• Assoc. Prof. dr. Carmen Băbăiţă, Universitatea de Vest, Timişoara, România
• Assoc. Prof. dr. Gina Ionela Butnaru, Universitatea AI Cuza, Iași, România
• Prof. dr. Medet Yolal, Anadolu University, Turkey
• Assoc. Prof. dr. Carmen Chasovschi, Universitatea Ștefan cel Mare, Suceava, România
• Prof. dr. Smaranda Adina Cosma, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, România
• Prof. dr. Daniela Firoiu, Universitatea Româno-Americană, București, România
• Prof. dr. Delia Popescu, Academia de Studii Economice, București, România
• Prof. dr. Bogdan Glăvan, Universitatea Româno-Americană, București, România
• Prof. dr. Laura Bacali, Universitatea Tehnică, Cluj-Napoca, România
• Prof. dr. Onur Gulbahar, Okan University, Turkey
• Prof. dr. Gabriela Țigu, Academia de Studii Economice, București, România
• Prof. dr. Valentin Hapenciuc, Universitatea Ștefan cel Mare, Suceava, România
• Prof. dr. Carmen Năstase, Universitatea Ștefan cel Mare, Suceava, România
• Assoc. Prof. dr. Adina Letiția Negrușa, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, România
• Assoc. Prof. dr. Alexandru Nedelea, Universitatea Ștefan cel Mare, Suceava, România
• Prof. dr. Gabriela Prelipcean, Universitatea Ștefan cel Mare, Suceava, România
• Prof. dr. Felicia Stăncioiu, Academia de Studii Economice, București, România
• Prof. dr. Gabriela Stănciulescu, Academia de Studii Economice, București, România
• Assoc. Prof. dr. Marius Bota, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, România
• Prof. dr. Felix Arion, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, România
• Prof.dr. Marian Zaharia, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, România
• Assoc. Prof. dr. Vicky Katsoni, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece
• Prof. dr. Teodor Rusu, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, România
• Prof. dr. Kemal Birdir, Mersin University, Faculty of Tourism, Turkey
• Assoc. Prof. dr. Mihaela Birsan, University Stefan cel Mare of Suceava, Romania
• Assoc. Prof. dr. Valentin Toader, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, România
• Assoc. Prof. dr. Mariana Lupan, University Stefan cel Mare of Suceava, Romania
• Prof. dr. Diana Mihaela Pociovalisteanu, “Constantin Brâncuşi”, University of Târgu-Jiu, Romania, România
• Prof. dr. Delia-Cristina Bălaș, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, România
• Assoc. Prof. dr. Oana Adriana Gică, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, România
• Prof. dr. Antón Alvarez-Sousa, University of Coruna, Spain

Conference main topics

Macro-Level

• Generational effect on the hospitality industry
• EU and tourism: programs, projects, funding opportunities
• Sustainable development of tourism
• Tourism and economic development at regional and local levels
• Entrepreneurial dimensions in tourism and economic growth
• Entrepreneurial challenges in tourism
• Entrepreneurship policy and tourism
• Ecopreneurship and tourism
• Women entrepreneurship in tourism
• Social entrepreneurship, social innovation and tourism
• Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in tourism
• Economic impact upon tourism and hospitality industry
• Good practices in tourism governance, policy-making and management
• Education and training in tourism and hospitality
• Tour operator and travel agency relations in tourism
• Tourism networks
• Tourism sharing economy
• Destination marketing and management

Micro-Level

• Hospitality marketing and branding strategies
• Marketing research and hospitality
• New venture creation in tourism
• Human resources strategies for tourism and hospitality industry
• Financial management and financial feasibilities in the hospitality industry
• Hotel industry development and management
• Quality service strategies for the hospitality industry
• Restaurant and foodservice industry management
• Information technology development for the hospitality industry
• Accounting techniques in the hospitality industry

Types of Tourism

• Leisure and entertainment industry
• Green hospitality
• Cultural and heritage tourism development
• Events management and planning
• Tourism policy and strategies for governments and cities/regions
• Rural tourism
• Tourism online
• Mobile tourism

A special panel for undergraduate, master and PhD student papers will be organized.

Submission

Paper Submission

Participants should send the complete papers in English until the 12th of September 2018.
All papers are limited to 3000 words including abstract, max. 5 key words and JEL classification (http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/jel_class_system.html), tables, figures, references and cover page (title, name and affiliation, email).

DO NOT INCLUDE ANY AUTHOR INFORMATION on any page of the paper, as papers will be double-blind reviewed. Papers that do not conform to these specifications will be rejected.

Style Guide for Authors:

• Characters: Times New Roman
• Line spacing: single
• Paper title: 14 pt.
• Name of author/ authors: 12 pt.
• Abstract: 10 pt.
• Text: 12 pt.
• Footnotes: 10 pt.
• Margins:
  • Top: 2.5 cm
  • Bottom: 2.5 cm
  • Left: 3 cm
  • Right: 3 cm
  • Gutter = 0
• Header = 0; Footer = 0

The acceptance of a paper implies that at least one of the authors must attend the conference and present the paper. 

The paper’s content must be structured as follow:

• Introduction
• Literature review
• Material and method(s)
• Results and discussions
• Conclusions

Citation Requirements
Publications should be cited in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the author's name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both authors, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more authors.

At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied:

• For books: Surname, Initials (year of publication), Title of the Book, Publisher, Place of publication.

  •  e.g. Baldegger R. (20 07), Management. Strategie, Struktur, Kultur, Growth Publisher, Fribourg.

• For book chapters: Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Chapter Title", Editor's Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.

  •  e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The Early Pathways: Theory to Practice - a Continuum", in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20.

• For journals: Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of the Article", Journal Name, volume, number, pages.

  • e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty Trends for the Twenty-first Century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80.

• For published conference proceedings: Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of paper", in Surname, Initials (Ed.), Title of Published Proceeding which may include the place and the date(s) when the conference was held, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers.

  •  e.g. Jakkilinki, R., Georgievski, M. and Sharda, N. (2007), "Connecting Destinations with an Ontology-based E-tourism Planner", in Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2007, Proceedings of the International Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007, Springer-Verlag, Vienna, pp. 12-32.

•  For unpublished conference proceedings: Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of paper", paper presented at the Name of the Conference, date of the conference, place of the conference, available at: URL if freely available on the Internet (accessed date).

  • e.g. Aumueller, D. (2005), "Semantic Authoring and Retrieval within a Wiki", paper presented at the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), May 29 th-June 1st, Heraklion, Crete, available at:

  •  http://db.uni-leipzig.de/file/aumueller05wiksar.pdf(accessed on the 20th of February 2007).

•  For working papers: Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of the Article", working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date.

  • e.g. Moizer, P. (2003), "How Published Academic Research Can Inform Policy Decisions: the Case of Mandatory Rotation of Audit Appointments", working paper, University of Leeds, Business School, Leeds, March 28th.

•  For encyclopedia entries (with no author or editor): Title of Encyclopedia (year of publication) "Title of Entry", volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.

  •  e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926) "Psychology of Culture Contact", Vol.1, 13th ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica, London and New York, NY, pp. 763 , 765-71. (For authored entries please refer to book chapter guidelines above.)

•  For newspaper articles (authored): Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of Article", Newspaper, date, pages.

  •  e.g. Smith, A. (2008), "Money for Old Rope", Daily News, January 21st, pp. 3-4.

•  For newspaper articles (non-authored): Newspaper (year of publication), "Title of Article", date, page/ pages.

  •  e.g. Daily News (2008), "Small Change", February, 2nd,p. 7.

•  For electronic sources: if available online the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as a date when the resource was accessed.

  •  e.g. Castle, B. ( 2005), "Introduction to Web Services for Remote Portlets", available at:

    • http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-wsrp/ (accessed on November 12th, 2007). Standalone URLs, i.e. without an author or date, should be included either within parentheses within the main text, or preferably set as a note (Roman numeral within square brackets within the text followed by the full URL address at the end of the paper).

The complete papers should be uploaded online  in   .doc or .docx  format using the automatic submission website:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ehi18

Registration fee

• Regular participant 150 EUR
• Undergraduate, master, PhD students 100 EUR

Please pay the registration fee (only in EURO) in the following account:

Transilvania Business School Association
RO35BTRL - 0670-4205-2743-92XX
Open at: Banca Transilvania, Cluj-Napoca
Swift: BTRLRO22

Use Internet-banking or payment order
Please write - in the message section - name and conference fee for EHI’18

The registration fee includes the participating to all the sessions, conference materials (conference proceedings, conference printouts and other materials), coffee breaks, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

  For accommodation options please visit:

• www.booking.com/Cazare-Cluj

• http://www.hoteluri.cluj.tourneo.ro/

• http://www.cazareclujnapoca.ro/

Contact us

Faculty of Business
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
7 Horea Street

Tel: +40 (0264) 599170
Fax: +40 (0264) 599110
E-mail: tbs@tbs.ubbcluj.ro
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smaranda.cosma@tbs.ubbcluj.ro
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