Joint Symposium “COVID-19 and the Economy: Impact on Business, Academia, Government & People”
The 3rd Symposium will be in webinar format using “Zoom Webinar.” We plan to have seven sessions with four/five 10-15-minute paper presentations in each session with up to 30 minutes for questions and discussion. We are including separate sessions for student presentations, which will be new this year. We believe this would be a good opportunity for students in PhD programs as well as GOED interns to meet and discuss their research with other faculty and students from SGH and UNR. The project is financed through the NAWA grant from Poland and supported by GOED International Division.
Symposium Organizers:
- Holly Mahe, College of Business, UNR (Webinar Moderator)
- Mehmet S. Tosun, Director of International Programs, UNR
- Pawel Pietrasienski, Director of International Trade, GOED/SGH
- Marcin Wojtysiak-Kotlarski, Collegium of Management and Finance/KZiF, SGH
Thursday, April 22
8:00am – 9:00am PST (5:00pm – 6:00pm CEST)
Opening remarks:
- Gregory Mosier – Dean, UNR College of Business
- Jacek Prokop – Vice Rector, International Affairs, SGH
- Brian Sandoval – UNR President, Welcoming Address
Webinar Organizers
Session 1: “Global Entrepreneurship”
9:00-10:30am PST (6:00pm-7:30pm CEST)
(12 mins presentations, 15 mins questions from the audience and discussion)
Session Chair: Kal Joshi, UNR Information Systems, Entrepreneurial Analytics and Data
- Dave Croasdell, UNR, Information Systems, The Mentorship Continuum
- Agnieszka Domańska, SGH, Cooperation between Science and Business in the Perspective of the Ecosystem of Polish Start-ups and Techno-Science Parks
- Mark Packard, UNR, Management, From Homo Economicus to Homo Agens, Toward a Subjective Rationality for Entrepreneurship
- Marta Ziółkowska, Rafał Kasprzak, Albert Tomaszewski, SGH, Concept of Business Model in Cultural and Creative Sectors - Empirical Study
- Frank Fossen, UNR, Economics, Did the $660 Billion Paycheck Protection Program and $220 Billion Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program Get Disbursed to Minority Communities in the Early Stages of COVID-19?
10:30-11:00am PST (7:30PM-8:00PM CEST) Break
Session 2: “University Management and Joint Research” - concurrently with Session 1
9:00-10:30am PST (6:00pm-7:30pm CEST)
(15 mins presentations, 30 mins questions from the audience and discussion)
Session Chair: Mehmet Tosun, UNR, Economics
- Mehmet Tosun, UNR, Economics, Research Labs in Business and Economics: The Case of NVGLOBE-L at the UNR College of Business
- Marek Rocki, SGH, University ranking as a quality of education offer measure
- Marcin Wojtysiak-Kotlarski, SGH, Benefits for business schools from top international accreditations. Lessons-learned from AACSB and EQUIS projects
- Beata Marciniak, SGH, Wojciech Trzebinski, SGH, James K. Leonhardt, UNR Abstract versus Concrete Product Information: Theoretical and Practical Considerations
Session 3: “COVID-19, Economy, and the Business Environment”
11:00-12:30pm PST (8:00pm-9:30pm CEST)
(12 mins presentations, 15 mins questions from the audience and discussion)
Session Chair: Marcin Wojtysiak-Kotlarski, KZiF SGH
- Sonja Pippin, UNR Accounting, Can New Taxes Reduce Inequality?
- Maria Pietrzak, SGH, Can Startups Win during COVID-19 Era? “New Economy Lab” Project Boosts International Cooperation in Academic Entrepreneurship
- Sylwia Frydrych, SGH, New listings of companies on the NewConnect market in the years 2007-2019
- Katarzyna Kacperczyk, SGH, Internationalization of Business Schools during the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic
- Anna Masłoń-Oracz, Justyna Jarząbska, SGH, Covid-19 pandemic in selected African countries – current outlook and prospects for the future
Session 4: “Undergraduate Student Session” concurrently with Session 3
11:00-12:30pm PST (8:00pm-9:30pm CEST)
(12 mins presentations, 15 mins questions from the audience and discussion)
Session Chair: Todd Sorensen, UNR, Economics
- Schuyler Louie, Adam Sporkin (UNR, Economics Students) Declining Student Migration from Višegrad Group Countries in 2020
- Dominique Brewer (UNR, Economics) The role of the social, economic & political environment on incidence & severity of Covid19: An analysis of global vulnerability during the first 8 months of 2020
- Oscar Loyd (GOED ID Intern, UNR student) Understanding Entrepreneurial Indicators Across the U.S.
- Avrey Callis (GOED ID Intern. UNR student) How International Partners Can Learn from Each Other: Working Together to Build Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
- Paweł Wielądek, Aleksy Tęcław, Wojciech Gamza, SGH The importance of Fintech in the Modern World
Friday, April 23
8:00am-9:00am PST (5:00pm-6:00pm CEST)
Keynotes from Nevada & Poland:
- Michael Brown, Executive Director at the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED)
- Marek Dietl, CEO at the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW)
Session 5: “COVID-19 and Policy Response”
9:00-10:30am PST (6:00pm-7:30pm CEST)
(12 mins presentations, 15 mins questions from the audience and discussion)
Session Chair: Pawel Pietrasienski, SGH/GOED
- Anna Sokolova, UNR, Economics, Marginal Propensity to Consume in Recessions: A Meta-analysis
- Anaka Aiyar, UNR, Economics, TBA
- Ewa Kosycarz, SGH, Anna Krejner-Nowecka, SGH, Organizational Resilience in Healthcare Entities - Experiences from the Pandemic Period
- Marcin Wajda, SGH, Małgorzata Białczak, SGH Smart Specializations in the European Union. The Experiences of the Masovian Voivodeship
- Elena Pawęta, SGH, Born Global Entrepreneurs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Determinants of Rapid Internationalization
10:30-11:00am PST (7:30PM-8:00PM CEST) Break
Session 6: Graduate Student Session 1
11:00-12:30pm PST (8:00pm-9:30pm CEST)
(15 mins presentations, 30 mins questions from the audience and discussion)
Session Chair: Agnieszka Domańska, SGH - TBC
- Aina Katsikas, UNR Economics (PhD student), What hurt more, computerization or COVID-19? The Effects of Digitization and COVID-19 on Occupational Employment
- Dat Huynh, UNR Economics (PhD student), Tax Elasticity of Border Sales: Meta-Data Analysis
- Katarzyna Rokosz, SGH (PhD student), European Bridge Organizations in global technology hubs – geography and typology of internationalization support for technology companies
- Maciej Merkel, SGH (PhD student), Blockchain as Innovation and Technology Driver on the Commercial Real Estate Market
Session 7: Graduate Student Session 2 concurrently with Session 6
11:00-12:30pm PST (8:00pm-9:30pm CEST)
(15 mins presentations, 30 mins questions from the audience and discussion)
Session Chair - TBC
- Armina Karapetian, UNR Management (PhD student), An Investigation into Effects of Social Influence on Risk Aversion in the Context of Financial Decisions
- Mangyue Fan, UNR Management (PhD student), Looking for similarity? Analyzing the Relationship Between CEO brand image and Company Brand Image
- Hanna Rachoń, SGH (PhD student) An Ecosystem of Student Organizations on the example of the SGH Warsaw School of Economics
- Sylwia Chrabałowska, SGH (PhD student) A Role of Business Model Elements in the Development of Local Enterprise.
Executive Session:
12:30pm-1:15pm PST (9:30pm-10:15pm CEST)