A Proposal for a Standard With Innovation Management System

Biographies of Presenting Authors
Saiful Abu Hasan Sazalli finished his degree from University Technology Malaysia major in Quantity Surveying in year
2003. Later, he had worked for QS Consultant in Malaysia. In 2006, he did his Masters of Project Management at University
of Putra Malaysia. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Northumbria University, studying The Functional System
of IBS in Malaysia.
Dr. Mohammed AlSudairi is currently working as an Associate Professor in College of Business Administration for MIS
Department and the Vice-Rector of Business Development at King Saud University at Riyadh, KSA. His interested areas
include IT, E-Business, E-Commerce, Information Systems Strategy and ERP. He has publications in reputed journals
and conferences.
Christos Apostolakis holds an MA in Business Administration from Bournemouth University, an MA in Public Admin &
Public Policy from the University of York, and a Ph.D. from De Montfort, UK He is currently working as a lecturer in
Strategy at Bournemouth University Business School while at the same time he is the school’s PG Management Programme
Coordinator. Current research interests revolve around strategy & social entrepreneurship.
Afsaneh Bagheri is a post doctorate fellow at the Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia. She has
recently obtained her PhD in educational Administration with concentration on entrepreneurship education and published
papers on developing students’ entrepreneurial leadership competencies, entrepreneurial leadership learning
model development, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial learning and teachers’
entrepreneurial self-efficacy.
Claudia Gabriela Baicu is anAssociate Professor, Phd at Spiru Haret Univesity, Bucharest, Romania (Faculty of Marketing
and International Affairs). The scientific field of interest is international financial activity, more precisely: international
banking, financial innovation and its role in the context of the global financial crisis, tendencies on international
markets, the change factors in financial sector, regulatory framework of international banking, regulatory arbitrage.
Claudia Erni Baumann is a Research Associate and PhD student at the ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.
She works at the Chair of Technology and Innovation Management. She holds MScin Sports and Physical Education
and a M.A. inBusiness Administration with specialisation in Information, Media and Technology Management.Her
research interests include chance encounters, knowledge creation, innovation, learning and sports economics.
Cella-Flavia Buciumanhas a bachelor in Automation and Computer Science and a Master degree in Business Administration
and Marketing. She joined the university as an assistant professor in 2008. In 2010 she enrolled for a PhD in
Engineering and Management at Politehnica University of Timisoara. Her academic interests include agile methodologies
and measuring performance systems.
Luísa Carvalho is a Professor of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Department of Economics and
Management, Business School – Setúbal Polytechnic Institute – Portugal since 1999. Luisa is a Researcher in CEFAGE –
University of Evora- Portugal. Luisa has a Phd in management, McS in economics. Also a author of several publications
in national and international journals and book chapters.
Piotr Chwastyk is a researcher and lecturer at The Opole University of Technology. His field of research are innovation
processes especially cost estimation in processes planning of innovation. He received PhD title in 2006. He is a member
of the Polish Society of Production Management, and since 2006 a member of the board.
Ileana Ciutacu is a PhD student at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies' Institute for Doctoral Studies, Economics
Department. Since 2007 she's been a member of The Center for Complex Studies in Bucharest, Romania, and
in present is conducting a doctoral stage at Università degli Studi di Messina.
Valdner Daízio Ramos Clementino is a Brazilian economist and university professor of the Collegiate of Management
at Federal University of Vale do São Francisco, currently performing,at the Department ofManagement, Universityof
Évora, Portugal, doctoral thesisfocused onInnovation, with specific focus onthe vitiviniculture sector in the São Francisco
Valley, Brazil.
Ana Cordeiro holds a master in Industrial Engineering. Ana is a Ph.D. student, Invited lecturer at the Production and
Systems Department, School of Engineering, University of Minho, since 2010. Lecturing activities on Economics Engi-
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