Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
9 Sauletekio ave. (2nd building), LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6126, fax 236 6127
E-mail: http://www.evaf.vu.lt
Dean – Prof. Dr Aida Mačerinskienė
DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY
Department of Accounting and Auditing
Department of Business
Department of Economic Informatics
Department of Economic Policy
Department of Finance
Department of Management
Department of Marketing
Department of Quantitative Methods and Modelling
Department of Theoretical Economics
Center for Expertise in Economics
RESEARCH AREAS
• The analysis, modeling and management of social and economic development in Lithuania
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2023
Rasuolė Andrulienė “The Influence of Tourists‘ Motives and Behavioral Factors on their Intention to Travel to Long-haul Destinations” for the degree of Doctor of Management.
Fissha Asmare Marye “Essays on Behavioral Environmental Economics Applied to Energy and Production Efficiency”
Diana Bachtijeva “The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Use of Earnings Management” for the degree of Doctor of Management.
Gediminas Baublys “Identification and Development of Business Organization’s Proactive Transformation Competence” for the degree of Doctor of Management”.
Inga Blažienė “Retirement Saving Behavior of Lithuanian Households” for the degree of Doctor of Economics.
Agnė Jakubauskaitė „The Assessment of the Tax Behaviour of Self-employed Taxpayers“
Vaiva Petrylė „Export Approach to Country‘s Competitiveness: Evidence from Lithuania“
Inga Stravinskienė “Mediating Effect of Robotic Process Automation on the Impact of Business Process Management Capabilities on Perceived Organisation Performance”
MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2023
1. The 16th Annual Euromed Academy of Business (EMAB) Conference, 2023 Sept 27-29, Vilnius https://emrbi2023.com/
2. World Finance Banking Symposium, 2023 December 13-15, Vilnius. https://www.world-finance-conference.com/conference.php?id=26
3. Vilnius Winter Meeting 2023, Bank of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania. The 12th Annual Lithuanian Conference on Economic Research, hosted by the Bank of Lithuania, was held on 28 December 2023. Conference website: Vilnius Winter Meeting 2023 (econ.lt)
4. 3rd CEFER/KTU/VU workshop. The workshop was held at Kaunas University of Technology on November 10, 2023.
5. The Scientific Conference “Inflation, Wages and Their Impact on Competitiveness in Lithuania" organized by International Monetary Fund, Bank of Lithuania and VU Faculty of Economics and Business Administration was held in Vilnius university on 7th of June, 2023.
MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2023
Best publications:
Garcia‐Louzao, J., & Silva, M. (2023). Coworker networks and the labor market outcomes of displaced workers: Evidence from Portugal. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12348
Jorgenson, A. K., Clark, B., Thombs, R. P., Kentor, J., Givens, J. E., Huang, X., ... & Mahutga, M. C. (2023). Guns versus Climate: How Militarization Amplifies the Effect of Economic Growth on Carbon Emissions. American Sociological Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/00031224231169790
Lastauskas, P., & Nguyen, A. D. M. (2023). Global impacts of US monetary policy uncertainty shocks. Journal of International Economics, 145, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2023.103830
Rather, R. A., Hollebeek, L. D., Loureiro, S. M. C., Khan, I., & Hasan, R. (2023). Exploring Tourists’ Virtual Reality-Based Brand Engagement: A Uses-and-Gratifications Perspective. Journal of Travel Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875231166598
The Faculty has prepared all the necessary infrastructure for the future use of its research hub including two newly established behavioural laboratories:
Bloomberg LAB
Bloomberg LAB, established in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration offers full access to students and researchers, who are analyzing the financial markets-related data. More than four decades on, it remains at the cutting edge of innovation and information delivery — with fast access to news, data, unique insight and trading tools helping leading decision-makers turn knowledge into action.
Behavioral economics LAB
Behavioral economics LAB at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is equipped with 40 data collection terminals which are used to perform experiments related to behavioral economics. Such infrastructure opens up future perspectives for current researchers of the faculty and sets the foundation to reach higher scientific achievements.
Consumer decision-making LAB
The faculty has established one of the most advanced consumer decision-related behavior laboratories in Northern Europe. The lab is equiped with 12 cubicles to perform experiments and the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, necessary for data collection and analysis. The main aim of the Consumer decision-making Lab is to strengthen the research infrastructure and enhance the capabilities for publishing high-quality research. The Consumer decision-making Lab will provide a platform for developing ideas and running real behavior-based experiments within EVAF.
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING
Saulėtekio, 9 (II) - 610, LT-10222 Vilnius
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Rasa Subačienė
STAFF
Emeritus: V.Lakis, J.Mackevičius
Professors/Principal Research Fellows: PhD R. Subačienė, PhD R. Jayasekera
Associate professors: PhD D. Tamulevičienė, PhD K. Senkus, PhD R. Budrionytė
Assistants: PhD I. Kamarauskienė, PhD D. Vaicekauskas, PhD G. Jurkonienė, PhD A. Masiulevičius, PhD Ž.Simonaitytė, PhD D. Bachtijeva
J.assistants: D. Raziūnienė, A.Šalienė, K. Medeckytė - Žydelė
Doctoral students: D. Raziūnienė, A. Šalienė, K. Medeckytė-Žydelė
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Accounting, audit and analysis for sustainability development goals
• Digital accounting and audit: from IT to AI
• Financial markets, accounting constructs, and economic agents on the creation of information asymmetry that effects positive and negative outcomes to the society
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2023
Bachtijeva D. The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Use of Earnings Management
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Researches on evaluation of the development of financial accounting, audit types and system, development of management accounting. Prof. Rasa Subačienė. 2021 – 2023.
Researches include topics on the impact of different sources of global, regional and local uncertainty on the seven largest Scandinavian banks over the period 2005–2018; risk network of global energy markets under extreme uncertainty connectedness among top global energy firms; comparison of the spread of earnings management’s use among Lithuanian socially responsible companies and other companies for the reveal of the prevalence of opportunistic or conceptual approaches to social responsibility in these companies; impact of perceived role of ethics and social responsibility on ethical evaluation of earnings management and motivation to use it; environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures in the context of firm value and financial performance; development of environmental management accounting system.
Main publications:
1. Forsström, V., Lind, K., Sousa, R.M., Uddin, G.S., Jayasekera, R. Making Sense of Uncertainty: an Application to the Scandinavian Banking Sector, International Journal of Finance & Economics, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2834.
2. Uddin, G.S., Luo, T., Yahya, M., Jayasekera, R., Rahman, MD L., Okhrin, Y. Risk Network of Global Energy Markets, Energy Economics, Volume 125, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106882.
3. Bachtijeva, D., Tamulevičienė, D., Tvaronavičienė, M. Do Socially Responsible Companies Use Earnings Management More Rarely and (or) Less Aggressively? Evidence from Lithuania, Journal of international studies. 2023, vol. 16, iss. 4, p. 9-26. DOI: 10.14254/2071-8330.2023/16-4/1.
National Research Projects
Research Council of Lithuania. The research project of Ermina Liubinaitė (supervisor assoc. prof. D. Tamulevičienė). „Solving Indirect Cost Allocation Issues in Paper and Cardboard Production Companies Using the FABC Costing Method“ P-ST-22-108. (Student research during the semestre, 09.15.2022 – 03.31.2023).
Research Council of Lithuania. The research project of Aistė Vareikaitė (supervisor assoc. prof. D. Tamulevičienė). “A Multi-criteria Model for Assessing the Competence Level of Modern Management SAccountants”. P-SV-23-60 (Student research during the summer; 01.07.2023 – 31.08.2023).
Research Council of Lithuania. The research project of Ieva Lipskytė (supervisor assoc. prof. D. Tamulevičienė). „Assessing the Preparation of Accounting Specialists in Lithuanian Higher Education Institutions for the Challenges of Digital Transformation“. P-ST-23-221. (Student research during the semestre, 05.10.2023 – 30.04.2024).
Main publications:
1. Valkauskas, R., Vareikaitė, A., Kazlauskaitė A. 2023. Developing a Financial Information System and Using Its Information Pool for Management Decision-Making. Buhalterinės apskaitos teorija ir praktika (Accounting Theory and Practice). 27, 3. https://doi.org/10.15388/batp.2023.52.
2. Liubinaitė, E., Lipskytė I. 2023. Improving The Allocation of Indirect Costs Using the FABC Method (Based on The Example of a Paper and Cardboard Manufacturing Company). Buhalterinės apskaitos teorija ir praktika (Accounting Theory and Practice). 28, 1. https://doi.org/10.15388/batp.2023.55
3. Kazlauskaitė, A., Vareikaitė, A. 2023. Analysis of Performance of Business and State Support Tools During Covid-19 Pandemic: Case of Lithuania, Proceedings of the 2nd International Scientific and Practical Internet Conference “Recent Trends in Science”, May 4-5, 2023. ISBN 978-617-8293-05-5
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INOVATION) PARTNERS
National Audit Office of Lithuania (Lithuania)
The Lithuanian Chamber of Auditors (Lithuania)
Wroclaw University of Economics and Business (Poland)
Sumy State University (Ukraine)
Rezekne Academy of Technologies (Latvia)
OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
V. Lakis
• deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Transformation in Business & Economics http://www.transformations.knf.vu.lt/about/board
• editorial board member of the journal Finanse (Finance), Poland https://journals.pan.pl/finanse/126008
• editorial board member of the journal Przedsiębiorstwo&Finanse (Business & Finance), Poland http://pif.wsfiz.edu.pl/
R. Subačienė
• chief editor of the scientific journal Buhalterinės apskaitos teorija ir praktika (Accounting Theory and Practice), Lithuania, http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/BATP/about/editorialTeam
• member of editorial board of the journal „Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości“, Polonia, https://ztr.skwp.pl/resources/html/cmsi/578
• member of the editorial board of the social science journal Latgale National Economy Research, Latvia, http://journals.ru.lv/index.php/LNRE/about/editorialTeam;
• member of the editorial board of the journal Visnyk of Sumy State University. Economics Series, Ukraine, https://visnyk.fem.sumdu.edu.ua/en/editorial-board
• member of the editorial board of the scientific journal "EcoSoEn", Moldova, https://ecosoen.ulim.md/editorial-committee-comitetul-de-redactie/
• international editor of the scientific journal “AKRUAL: Jurnal Akuntansi”, Indonesia, https://journal.unesa.ac.id/index.php/aj/about/editorialTeam
• member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Euromed Journal of Business, https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/emjb
D. Tamulevičienė
• vice editor of the scientific journal Buhalterinės apskaitos teorija ir praktika (Accounting Theory and Practice), Lithuania, http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/BATP/about/editorialTeam
• member of editorial board of the scientific journal "Journal of Economics and Management Science", IDEAS SPREAD INC, https://j.ideasspread.org/index.php/jems/about/editorialTeam
• international editor of the scientific journal “AKRUAL: Jurnal Akuntansi”, Indonesia, https://journal.unesa.ac.id/index.php/aj/about/editorialTeam
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES
1. Subačienė Rasa (speaker), Budrionytė Ramunė, Žemgulienė Jolanta, Faituša Ivita. 2023. Economic Shocks and Efficiency: The Cases of Lithuania and Latvia. 16th Annual Conference of the Euromed Academy of Business “Business Transformation in Uncertain Global Environments”, 27th – 29th of September, 2023.
2. Šalienė Asta (speaker), Tamulevičienė Daiva. 2023. Justification of the focus of performance audit conducted by the Supreme Audit Institution on the creation of public value. 16th Annual Conference of the Euromed Academy of Business “Business Transformation in Uncertain Global Environments”, 27th – 29th of September, 2023.
MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
Award of Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania to Daiva Tamulevičienė for her supervision of the final bachelor's thesis, which was awarded second prize in the competition of research papers on public finance - Bachelor thesis topic: “Budgeting and Analysis of Social Service Providing Institutions: The Case of Varėna Care Home”; author Renata Miškinienė
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
R. Subačienė
• deputy chair of the Sectoral Professional Committee on Financial and Insurance Activities, Accounting, Bookkeeping and Auditing, Real Estate Operations;
• member of the Audit Quality Committee at The Lithuanian Chamber of Auditors (LCA);
• member of European Accounting Association;
• member of Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association;
• working group for translation of international accounting standards at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
R. Jayasekera
• Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (ACMA)
• Associate Member of the Chartered Global Management Accountant (AICPA)
R. Budrionytė
• member of Business Accounting Standards Committee under the Ministry of Finance of Lithuania;
• working group for translation of international accounting standards at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania;
• working group for on the approval of implementing legislation for the draft of the Law on Financial Accounting of the Republic of Lithuania at the Authority of Audit, Accounting, Property Valuation and Insolvency Management under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
D. Tamulevičienė
• member of Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association.
I. Kamarauskienė
• member of the Lithuanian Chamber of Auditors;
• head of Training Committee of the Lithuanian Chamber of Auditors;
• member of the Institute of International Auditors;
• member of Lithuanian Association of Internal Auditors;
• head of the Internal Audit Committee of the Vilnius University Endowment.
D. Raziūnienė
• member of Lithuanian Association of Internal Auditors;
• member of the Institute of Internal Auditor, USA.
A. Masiulevičius
• chairman of the qualification examination board for the qualification of Assistant Business Appraiser and Expert Appraiser at the Authority of Audit, Accounting, Property Valuation and Insolvency Management under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania;
• member of the Lithuanian Chamber of Auditors.
D. Vaicekauskas
• member of the Lithuanian Chamber of Auditors.
K. Senkus
• working group for on the approval of implementing legislation for the draft of the Law on Financial Accounting of the Republic of Lithuania at the Authority of Audit, Accounting, Property Valuation and Insolvency Management under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. D. Tamulevičienė. 2023.10.24. Naujieji išlaidų apskaitos ir produkcijos savikainos kalkuliavimo metodai: gyvavimo ciklo išlaidų kalkuliavimas (3). (New methods for cost accounting and production costing: life cycle costing(3)), Apskaitos, audito ir mokesčių aktualijos. 2023, Nr. 20. https://aktualijos.lt/straipsniai/naujieji-islaidu-apskaitos-ir-produkcijos-savikainos-kalkuliavimo-metodai-gyvavimo-ciklo-islaidu-kalkuliavimas-iii
2. D. Tamulevičienė. 2023.09.19. Naujieji išlaidų apskaitos ir produkcijos savikainos kalkuliavimo metodai: nuolatinio tobulinimo išlaidų kalkuliavimas (2). (New methods for cost accounting and production costing: Kaizen costing ((2)), Apskaitos, audito ir mokesčių aktualijos. 2023, Nr. 18. https://aktualijos.lt/straipsniai/naujieji-islaidu-apskaitos-ir-produkcijos-savikainos-kalkuliavimo-metodai-nuolatinio-tobulinimo-islaidu-kalkuliavimas-ii
3. D. Tamulevičienė, D. 2023.09.05. Naujieji išlaidų apskaitos ir produkcijos savikainos kalkuliavimo metodai: tikslinių išlaidų kalkuliavimas (1) (New methods for cost accounting and production costing: target costing (1)), Apskaitos, audito ir mokesčių aktualijos. 2023, Nr. 17. https://aktualijos.lt/straipsniai/naujieji-islaidu-apskaitos-ir-produkcijos-savikainos-kalkuliavimo-metodai-tiksliniu-islaidu-kalkuliavimas-1
4. Ž. Simonaitytė 2023.10.31. Particitation at TV Forum in Lithuanian National Radio and Television, https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000302468/lrt-forumas-majauskas-mokesciai-menas-nupesti-zasi-kad-butu-kuo-daugiau-plunksnu-ir-kuo-maziau-snypstimo
5. Ž. Simonaitytė 2023.03.02. Vidaus kontrolė viešajame juridiniame asmenyje – ar stebime pokyčius? (Internal control in a public legal entity - do we see changes?) https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/verslo-pozicija/692/1927537/zivile-simonaityte-vidaus-kontrole-viesajame-juridiniame-asmenyje-ar-stebime-pokycius
Saulėtekio al. 9, bld. 2 – 517, LT-10222, Vilnius
Tel. + 370 236 6007
E-mail:
Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr Žilvinas Židonis
STAFF
Professors: Dr A. Mačerinskienė,
Associate professors: Dr E. Vaiginienė, Dr A. Fominienė, Dr A. Jaržemskis, Dr A. Ulbinaitė, Dr J. Žemgulienė, Dr M. Morkūnas, Dr Ž. Židonis, Dr A. Lezgovko, Dr V. A. Rakšnys.
Associate professors of practice: P. Nezabitauskas, Dr Chr. Gellweir, A. M. Wells.
Assistant professor: Dr L. Pilukienė, Dr J. Butkevičienė, Dr G. Baublys.
Lecturers: Ž. Jokimčiūtė, L. Kižinienė. T. Zapereckas.
Doctoral students: V. Grigaitienė, V. Bielinė, Y. Wang
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Business process management
• Change management
• Global value chains
• Digital transformations
• Supply chain management
• Business creation and entrepreneurship
• Business risk management
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
Projects supported by the University Budget
Internationalization strategies under the circumstances of radical market vulnerability. 2021 – 2024, Ž. Židonis, M. Johanson.
National Research Projects
The Development of Block-Based Intercompany Billing System to Speed up Post-Pandemic Recovery of Tourism Services Consumption. A. Mačerinskienė. Funded by Lithuanian Research Council, Smart Specialization Program. Grant 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-05-0081.
International Research Projects
Horizon 2020. Arqus Research and Innovation. Pilot Training Programme "Arqus Transfer Skills". L. Pilukienė. Expert in WP4.
Main publications:
1. Morkunas, M., & Volkov, A. (2023). The Progress of the Development of a Climate-smart Agriculture in Europe: Is there Cohesion in the European Union?. Environmental Management, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01782-w
2. Morkūnas, M., & Grišmanauskaite, M. K. (2023). What Really Drives Loyalty in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Market?. IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/22779752231154645
3. Ulbinaite, A., Gudaitis, T., & Baranauskas, M. (2023). Personal Finance Management Skills and Financial Sustainability Literacy Knowledge of Generation Y: An Empirical Analysis in Lithuania. Rev. Eur. Stud., 15, 16. https://doi.org/10.5539/res.v15n3p16
4. Morkūnas, M., Janavicius, J., & Volkov, A. (2023). Motives underlying the intentions of youth to get involved in bribery: evidence from Lithuania. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-11-2023-0286
5. Šilenskytė, A., Butkevičienė, J., & Bartminas, A. (2023). Blockchain-based connectivity within digital platforms and ecosystems in international business. Journal of International Management, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1075425323001060
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Enterprise Lithuania (Lithuania)
Invest Lithuania (Lithuania)
State Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Economy (Lithuania)
Aalborg University, Department of Business and Management (Denmark)
Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies (Sweden)
Dalarna University, School of Technology and Business Studies (Sweden)
National Taipei University of Technology, Department of Business Management, Taipei (Taiwan)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
J. Butkevičienė
• Member. Academy of International Business.
A. Ulbinaitė
• Editorial board member. Frontiers in Management and Business. https://www.syncsci.com/journal/FMB
• Member. Academy of Management. www.aom.org
• Co-chair, reviewer. 28th AABS Conference "Baltic studies at a Crossroads", Biennial Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, Division: Economics and Business, Seattle, Washington. https://aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2022-in-seattle/.
A. Jaržemskis
• Editorial board member. Transport and Telecommunication, https://sciendo.com/journal/TTJ
M. Morkūnas
• Guest editor. Sustainability. Special issue Future_Agriculture_Rural_Regions https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Future_Agriculture_Rural_Regions
• Guest editor. Agriculture. Special issue. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/agriculture/special_issues/2IX89X8W09
• Review Editor. Agricultural Economics. Frontiers in Environmental Economics (Frontiers). https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-economics/editors
• Member of the Editorial Board. Bulletin of V.V. Dokuchaev Kharkiv Agricultural University, Series of Economic Sciences. https://visen.knau.kharkov.ua/
G. Baublys
• Academy of Management. Member
• Member of Content Advisory Board and Qualified Education Providers Governance Committee. Association of Change management Professionals
Ž. Židonis
• Editorial board member. Public Policy and Administration. https://ojs.mruni.eu/ojs/public-policy-and-administration/pages/view/editorial_board.
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
G. Baublys
• Conference paper “Scenting Out Change: The Role of Attention and Sensemaking in Proactive Transformation Initiation”. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management USA Boston, Massachusetts.
E. Vaiginienė
Conference paper “Fostering International Education and Research Collaborations with Underrepresented Nations: Human-centered Innovation strategy”. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management • USA Boston, Massachusetts.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
A. Lezgovko
• Member of Local Employment Initiatives Projects Evaluation Commission for Trakai region.
A. Jaržemskis
• Ministry of Environment. Member of Decarbonization Commission.
CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
A. Jaržemskis
• Ministry of Energy. Consultations on energy efficiency and promotion of energy and on the perspectives of renewable resources
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
E. Vaiginienė
1. Strategy "Lithuania 2050”. Leader of Future insights working package. STRATA and the Chancellery of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
2. Intellectual services for research and analysis. OPSI. Contract: 500124604, OECD. The Government of the Republic of Lithuania
3. Research management and project design trainings. The Government of Republic of Lithuania.
4. Methodology and pilot survey services for assessing the dynamics and condition of the business and innovation ecosystem. Innovation Agency. Project leader.
5. Personalized medicine feasibility study. Project coordinator.
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC INFORMATICS
9 Saulėtekio, 2-309, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6139, fax 236 6127
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Rimvydas Skyrius
STAFF
Professor: Dr R. Skyrius, Dr D. Krikščiūnienė (part-time), Dr T. Limba (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr M. Krutinis, Dr M. Kazimianec (part-time), Dr T. Petkus (part-time), Dr K. Svirskas (part-time).
Lecturers: Dr S. Nemitko (part-time), J. Česnakauskas (part-time), A. Gavrilov (part-time), J. Lankutis (part-time), T. Makčinskas (part-time), R. Rožickas (part-time), G. Rumšas (part-time), I. Sirtautas (part-time), S. Ušurliakienė (part-time).
Assistants: A. Rykovė (part-time).
Doctoral students: J. Valentukevičė.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Research of complex information needs for business activities
• Research on issues of advanced informing for decision support and business intelligence
• Research on business intelligence dynamics, maturity and agility
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Research on the Value Creation by Management Information and Business Intelligence Systems Prof. R. Skyrius. 2020-2024.
The principal direction of the Department’s research efforts is concentrated on the complex side of informing business users by developing knowledge on advanced business informing systems and environments, such as business intelligence (BI) systems. A special interest for the last several years is given to the area of BI dynamics, targeting the issues of BI maturity, agility and resilience (research in progress by PhD student Justina Valentukevičė, and PhD Svetlana Nemitko, PhD Michail Kazimianec, as well as participating master students). The target point of this direction is the key factors of maintaining and developing BI value creation in changing environments. Several papers by the Department staff are submitted to reputable research journals.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Informing Science Institute (USA)
COOPERATION
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania)
Purdue University Calumet, Indiana (USA)
University of South Florida (USA)
Informing Science Institute (USA)
OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Prof. R. Skyrius
• editorial board member of the journals Ekonomika (Economics), Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, Buhalterinės apskaitos teorija ir praktika (all issued by VU); Information Research (University of Boras, Sweden).
• member of the Commission on the Digital economy, ICC World Chambers;
• reviewed submissions in refereed scientific sources:
• Business Intelligence. A chapter submitted to Springer Encyclopedia of Statistics
9 (II building) Saulėtekio, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6147
E-mail:
Head – Dr Arūnas Burinskas
STAFF
Professors: Dr A. Kriaučiūnas
Associate professors: Dr A. Burinskas, Dr V. Cohen, Dr A. Laužadytė-Tutlienė, Dr L. Urbšienė (part-time), Dr J. Droždz (part-time), Dr G. Dzemydaitė (on maternity leave), Dr Tom Hashimoto.
Lecturers: O. M. Vyšniauskaitė (part-time), Dr Brigita Šidlauskaitė-Riazanova.
Junior research fellows: Rima Rubčinskaitė (part-time).
Doctoral students: K. Bielskis, I. Jokubaitienė, M. Bureika, T. Burneika.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Inclusive growth
• Increase in income, poverty reduction, social equity and improvement of quality of life
• Technological progress and human capital development
• Infrastructure development, industrialisation and diversification
• Trade and globalisation
• Institutional and governance factors
• Regional development
• Monetary and fiscal policy
Research publications:
1. Cohen, V., Bereznauskė, E., Burinskas, A., & Raslanas, S. (2023). Efficiency and challenges in public real estate management: insights from Lithuania. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 27(4), 275–289. https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2023.20362
2. Droždz J., Burinskas A., Cohen V. (2023) The impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Revealed Comparative Advantage of Industries in the Baltic States, Economies, 11 (2) p. 47-63. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies11020047
3. Burinskas, A.; Cohen, V.; Droždz, J. Supply chain interconnectedness in times of crises: a gravity model with DiD analysis of COVID-19 effects on Central and Eastern European trade // Economies. Basel: MDPI. 2024, vol. 12, iss. 1, art. no. 12, p. [1-14]. DOI: 10.3390/economies12010012.
4. Dzemydaitė, Giedrė; Šidlauskaitė-Riazanova, Brigita; Bartkevičius, Darjuš. Baltic States in global value chains: quantifying international production sharing at bilateral and sectoral levels // Data science in applications / editors: Gintautas Dzemyda, Jolita Bernatavičienė, Janusz Kacprzyk. Cham : Springer, 2023. ISBN 9783031244520. eISBN 9783031244537. p. 63-85. (Studies in computational intelligence, ISSN 1860-949X, eISSN 1860-9503 ; vol. 1084). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24453-7_4.
5. Dzemydaitė, Giedrė; Naruševičius, Laurynas. Exploring efficiency growth of advanced technology-generating sectors in the European Union: a stochastic frontier analysis // Journal of business economics and management. Vilnius : Vilnius TECH. ISSN 1611-1699. eISSN 2029-4433. 2023, vol. 24, no. 6, p. 976-995. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2023.20688
6. Kasradze M, Streimikiene D, Lauzadyte-Tutliene A. Measuring the impact of corporate social responsibility in the energy sector. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Nov;30(51):109973-110009. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-30131-5. Epub 2023 Oct 6. PMID: 37798520. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30131-5
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
National Research Projects
“Challenges and Implications of COVID-19: Modelling the Future Scenario of International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in Eastern European Countries” (project funded by the Call II of the Call X of the LMT Research Groups Projects, application ref. No. P-MIP-21-82). Project leader: assoc.prof. Viktorija Cohen, Researchers: assoc.prof. Arūnas Burinskas, assoc.prof. Jolanta Droždz.
Student’s research project during the semester "Sustainable business process management and its benefits for business and society" Funding was provided by the Lithuanian Science Council (LMTLT). Nr. P-SV-23-63. Student: A.Beliajeva, Supervisor: V. Cohen
Project “Exploration of the reorientation of the country`s economy towards high value-added areas in the context of a changing geopolitical environment”. Funding was provided by the Lithuanian Science Council (LMTLT), contract no. S-VIS-23-7. Project leader: G. Dzemydaitė. Project team: Rima Rubčinskaitė, Laurynas Naruševičius.
Student’s research project during the semester “Study of financial resilience”. Funding was provided by the Lithuanian Science Council (LMTLT). Student: D. Narkevičiūtė. Supervisor: G. Dzemydaitė.
International Research Projects
„Data Literate: Digital Data Literacy for Education“ Nr. 2020-1-LT01-KA226-SCH-094766. L.Urbšienė, D. Mažeikaitė, O.M.Vyšniauskaitė, Consortium of 5 partners from 4 countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal , and Lithuania). VU is the coordinator of the whole international project group.
„Versatile and Innovative open educational resources for collaborative Virtual and mobile learning Arrangements in HE“ VIVA Nr. 2021-1-LT01-KA220-HED-000032067. L.Urbšienė, D. Mažeikaitė, O.M.Vyšniauskaitė. Consortium of 6 partners from 5 countries (Germany, Italy, Greece, Serbia and Lithuania). VU is the coordinator of the whole international project group.
„DIGITAL LITERATE- DIGITAL AND MEDIA LITERACY FOR EDUCATION“ NR. 2023-1-LT01-KA220-SCH-000156644. L.Urbšienė, D. Mažeikaitė, O.M.Vyšniauskaitė, Consortium of 6 partners from 5 countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal , Romania and Lithuania), gymnasium and higher education institution in each country. VU is the coordinator of the whole international project group.
Assoc. prof., Dr Arūnas Burinskas
• Client: The Ministry of Justice. Completed contractual projects: „Evaluation of Notary Fee Setting Methodology“ and „Preparation of Notary Quantity Determination Methodology“.
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Assoc. prof., Dr Viktorija Cohen
• Member of the Organising Committee of the 16th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Acadmy of Business: Business Transformation in Unceratin Global Environments, Vilnius, 2023.09.27-29 https://emrbi2023.com,
Dr Rima Rubčinskaitė
• Organizuota speciali sesija "Innovation for Changing Geography of Financial Inclusion, Economic Mobility, and Resilience" tarptautinėje mokslinėje konferencijoje “RSA Annual Conference. Transforming Regions: Policies and Planning for People and Places”, 2023 m. birželio 14-17 d.
https://events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Details/1802823
• Moderuotos dvi sesijos tarptautinėje konferencijoje “RSA Annual Conference. Transforming Regions: Policies and Planning for People and Places”, 2023 m. birželio 14-17 d.:
https://events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Details/1802823
https://events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Details/1800654
Assoc. prof., Dr G. Dzemydaitė
• Editorial board member of the journal Social Research (ISSN 2351-6712)
• A member of European Regional Science Association (ERSA)
• A member of the board of Baltic Regional Science Association (the Baltic section of ERSA)
Assoc. prof., Dr L.Urbsienė
• Editorial board member of the journal Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies ISSN 2029-4581 | eISSN 2345-0037
Assoc. prof., Dr Agnė Laužadytė-Tutlienė
• Pranešimas “What Factors Matter to the Financial Inclusion in the Baltic States” tarptautinėje mokslinėje konferencijoje RSA Annual Conference. Transforming Regions: Policies and Planning for People and Places”, 2023 m. birželio 14-17 d. https://events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Details/1802823
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
Dr Rima Rubčinskaitė
• Pranešimas “What is Digital Financial Inclusion and what Factors to Consider by Promoting it in different Geographical Areas” tarptautinėje mokslinėje konferencijoje RSA Annual Conference. Transforming Regions: Policies and Planning for People and Places”, 2023 m. birželio 14-17 d. https://events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Details/1802823
Assoc. prof., Dr Viktorija Cohen
• “The size of the rental dwellings in Poland” XXX Scientific Conference of the Scientific Society of Real Estate, Pierwoszów, Lenkija, Gegužės 29-30, 2023
• “Real estate sustainability assessment system based on modified bream by using AHP and SAW methods” at the Conference Integration of science, education and production – the basis of the implementation of Plan of the nation, Karaganda Technical University, Kazakhstan, Birželio 16-17, 2023
• “Further evidence on the determinants of REITs performance” 29th Annual Conference of the European Real Estate
Society, University College London in London, Didžioji Britanija, Liepa 12-15, 2023
• “Public Property Management: Measuring its Efficiency” 16th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business: Business Transformation in Uncertain Global Environments, Ekonomikos ir verslo administravimo fakultetas, Vilniaus Universitetas, Vilnius, Lietuva, Rugsėjo 27-29, 2023
• “Industry 5.0 in Manufacturing Sector” 16th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business: Business Transformation in Uncertain Global Environments, Ekonomikos ir verslo administravimo fakultetas, Vilniaus Universitetas, Vilnius, Lietuva, Rugsėjo 27-29, 2023
Assoc. prof., Dr Jolanta Drozdž
• J. Droždz, V. Vitunskienė, L. Novickytė. Role of the agriculture policy in the Cooperative Development in Lithuania. 5th FinExCoop Georgia International Conference “Development of Agricultural Cooperation in Georgia in EU Accession Perspective: Think and Act Together”. 15th of November 2023, Tbilisi, Georgia.
MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
Assoc. prof., Dr Viktorija Cohen
• Award “Most cited paper of the conference" paper: Public Property Management: Measuring its Efficiency, Conference: 16th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business: Business Transformation in Uncertain Global Environments, Faculty of Economic and Business Administration, Vilnius University, September 27-29, 2023
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
Assoc. prof., Dr Viktorija Cohen
• Member of the Lithuanian Standardisation Department under the National Standardisation Body
• Delegated by the Lithuanian Standards Department to represent Lithuania in the European Smart Economy standardisation issues, CEN/T 473 Plenary Meeting 2023.11.28-29
• Member of the International Standardisation Body
CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
Assoc. prof., Dr Viktorija Cohen
• Assoc.prof. V. Cohen R&D expert in Avelonus, UAB. Implementing measure No 01.2.1-LVPA-K-856 "Experiment" of Priority 1 of the Operational Programme for the Investment of EU Funds, "Promotion of Research, Experimental Development and Innovation", for the development of scientific-experimental activities through the implementation of an R&D prototype.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
Assoc. prof., Dr Viktorija Cohen:
• Participation in the discussion "Science Solutions 360˚: Climate Change and the Circular Economy" and presentation of "The importance of the Circular Economy" 2023.12.11
Assoc. prof. Dr G. Dzemydaitė:
• Comments for LRT news about new taxes on users of online platforms. 2023.02.27: https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000277175/mokslas-be-pamokslu-keturiu-darbo-dienu-savaite-ar-pasiteisina
• Comments for VU Research News site: https://naujienos.vu.lt/keturiu-dienu-darbo-savaite-tyrimu-rezultatai-teigiami-taciau-igyvendinti-nedrasu/
• Comments for Ziniu radijas: https://www.ziniuradijas.lt/laidos/dienos-klausimas/kokie-4-dienu-darbo-savaites-privalumai?video=1
Assoc. prof. Dr Agnė Laužadytė-Tutlienė:
Articles:
• https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000277175/mokslas-be-pamokslu-keturiu-darbo-dienu-savaite-ar-pasiteisina
• https://naujienos.vu.lt/keturiu-dienu-darbo-savaite-tyrimu-rezultatai-teigiami-taciau-igyvendinti-nedrasu/
• https://www.ziniuradijas.lt/laidos/dienos-klausimas/kokie-4-dienu-darbo-savaites-privalumai?video=1
• Comments on Delfi portal: https://www.delfi.lt/ru/news/live/neravenstvo-dohodov-v-litve-kakovy-tendencii-94796067
Assoc. prof., Dr Arūnas Burinskas:
• Comments on VU news portal: https://www.vu.lt/en/news-events/news/vu-experts-help-understand-the-nobel-prize-in-economic-sciences-awarded-to-prof-c-goldin-for-her-research-on-women-s-labour-market-outcomes
• LL.M., DPhil (Oxon), Tom Hashimoto and Assoc. prof., Dr Arūnas Burinskas:
• Written evidence for Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/677/liaison-subcommittee-on-scrutiny-of-strategic-thinking-in-government/publications/written-evidence?page=2
Sauletėkio al. 9, bld 2, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6142
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Alfreda Šapkauskienė
STAFF
Professors: Dr R. Kanapickienė, Dr J. Stankevičienė
Associate professors: Dr E. Bikas, Dr G. Keliuotytė-Staniulėnienė, Dr An. Laurinavičius (part-time), Dr Al. Laurinavičius (part-time)
Lecturers: Dr L. Jurkšas, Dr M. Valukonis
Junior research fellows: E. Kvedaravičiūtė, A. Kažytė, D. Petreikiene, A. Kaab Omeir
Doctoral students: R. Bruzgė, R. Guobužaitė, A. Kažytė, E. Kvedaravičiūtė, T. S. Kvainickas, Y. Qin, A. K. Omeir
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Financial Technologies (FinTech)
• Sustainable / Green Finance
• Behavioral Economics / Finance
• Macroeconomics / International Finance
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2023
Agnė Jakubauskaitė dissertation “The Assessment of the Tax Behaviour of Self-employed Taxpayers”. Academic supervisor – assoc. prof. Dr Egidijus Bikas.
MAIN ORGANISED CONFERENCES IN 2023
1. International Scientific Conference „World Finance and Banking Symposium“, December 13-15, 2023 Vilnius, Lithuania.
2. International Scientific Conference „Business transformation in uncertain global environments: 16th annual conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business“, September 27-29 2023, Vilnius, Lithuania
MAIN PUBLICATIONS in 2023
1. Masteika, Saulius; Rebždys, Eimantas; Driaunys, Kęstutis; Šapkauskienė, Alfreda; Mačerinskienė, Aida; Krampas, Evaldas. Bitcoin double-spending risk and countermeasures at physical retail locations // International journal of information management. Oxford : Elsevier Ltd. ISSN 0268-4012. eISSN 1873-4707. 2023, first published online, art. no. 102727, p. [1-17]. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102727
2. Bruzgė, Rasa; Černevičienė, Jurgita; Šapkauskienė, Alfreda; Mačerinskienė, Aida; Masteika, Saulius; Driaunys, Kęstutis. Stylized facts, volatility dynamics and risk measures of cryptocurrencies // Journal of business economics and management. Vilnius : Vilnius TECH. ISSN 1611-1699. eISSN 2029-4433. 2023, vol. 24, iss. 3, p. 527-550. DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2023.19118
3. Miečinskienė, A., Stankevičienė, J., Jurevičienė, D., Taujanskaitė, K., Danilevičienė, I., & Gudelytė-Žilinskienė, L. (2023). The role of financial intelligence quotient and financial literacy for paving a path towards financial well-being. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 24(5), 901–922. DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2023.20648
4. Andrulienė, Rasuolė; Mačerinskienė, Aida; Šapkauskienė, Alfreda; Masteika, Saulius; Driaunys, Kęstutis. The impact of technology awareness, motivation and attitude on intention to pay with cryptocurrency for tourism services // Organizations and markets in emerging economies. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 2029-4581. eISSN 2345-0037. 2023, vol. 14, no. 3, p. 721-742. DOI: 10.15388/omee.2023.14.12
5. Kanapickienė, Rasa; Keliuotytė-Staniulėnienė, Greta; Vasiliauskaitė, Deimantė; Špicas, Renatas; Neifaltas, Airidas; Valukonis, Mantas. Macroeconomic factors of consumer loan credit risk in Central and Eastern European countries // Economies. Basel: MDPI. eISSN 2227-7099. 2023, vol. 11, iss. 4, art. no. 102, p. [1-32]. DOI: 10.3390/economies11040102
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
Implementation of a blockchain-based payment system for encouraging the use of tourism services after the COVID-19 pandemic. The project is funded under European Regional Development Fund under the measure 01.2.2- LMT-K-718 “Research Projects Implemented by World-Class Researcher Groups Aimed at Developing Results in Line with R&D Topics Relevant to the Economic Sectors which could then be Commercialized”. Funded as European Union's measure in response to Cov-19 pandemic. No 13.1.1-LMT-K-718-05-0006. Project Leader: Prof. Dr Alfreda Šapkauskienė
Model for Assessing the Economic Behavior and Credit Risk of Participants in Loan Comparison Platforms Like Fintech in the Context of COVID-19. The project is funded under European Regional Development Fund under the measure 01.2.2- LMT-K-718 “Research Projects Implemented by World-Class Researcher Groups Aimed at Developing Results in Line with R&D Topics Relevant to the Economic Sectors which could then be Commercialized”. Funded as European Union's measure in response to Cov-19 pandemic. No. 13.1.1-LMT-K-718-05-0010. Project Leader: Prof. Dr Rasa Kanapickienė.
Central Bank Digital Currency: Effect on Banking System. Student research projects during the summer Funded by Research Council of Lithuania. Project No S-SV-23-64. Project Leader: Prof. Dr Alfreda Šapkauskienė.
Central bank digital currencies acceptance in society. Student research projects during the semester Funded by Research Council of Lithuania. Project No P-ST-22-230. Project Leader: Prof. Dr Alfreda Šapkauskienė.
Dirbtinių neuroninių tinklų taikymas įmonių bankroto modeliavime. Student research projects during the semester Funded by Research Council of Lithuania. Project No S-ST-22-119; 2022-2023. Project Leader: Prof. Dr Rasa Kanapickienė.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Bank of Lithuania (Lithuania)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. Dr Alfreda Šapkauskienė
• Co-chairwoman, head of organising committee of the International Scientific Conference „World Finance and Banking Symposium“, December 13-15, 2023 Vilnius, Lithuania
• Organising committee member of the International Conference „Business transformation in uncertain global environments: 16th annual conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business“, September 27-29 2023, Vilnius, Lithuania
• Scientific committee member of the International Congress of Accounting and Auditing „The Impact of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence - XIX CICA“, October 2-13, 2023, ISCAC - Coimbra Business School, Coimbra, Portugal https://xixcica.occ.pt/en/commissions/
• Scientific committee member of the International Scientific Conference on the occasion of the Hungarian Science Festival „SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS: CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS“, 23 November 2023, Shopron, Hungary http://old.lkk.uni-sopron.hu/en_GB/conference-hsd
• Editorial board member of the journal „Ekonomika“ (Eng. Economics), https://www.journals.vu.lt/ekonomika/about/editorialTeam
• Scientific committee member of the Journal „Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości“, Polonia, https://ztr.skwp.pl/resources/html/cmsi/578
• Member of the European Finance Association
Prof. Dr Jelena Stankevičienė
• Editorial of the journal „Ekonomika“ (Eng. Economics), https://www.journals.vu.lt/ekonomika/about/editorialTeam
• Member of the Humanities and Social Sciences Committee of the Research Council of Lithuania
Prof. Dr Rasa Kanapickienė
• Editorial board member of Sage open, SAGE Publishing https://journals.sagepub.com/page/sgo/editorial-board
• Editorial board member of „Buhalterinės apskaitos teorija ir praktika“ https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/BATP/about/editorialTeam
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Alfreda Šapkauskienė, Rasa Bruzgė, “Bitcoin’s Speculative Nature in Different Market Cycles“, World Finance Conference (2023), August 2nd-4th, 2023 in Kristiansand, Norway.
2. Alfreda Šapkauskienė, „Using blockchain-based payments in the tourism“, 17th ICESALM 2023 International Conference on Enterprise Systems, Accounting, Logistics and Management, JUNE 19-21, 2023, Corfu, Greece.
3. Alfreda Šapkauskienė. „Transformation of Accounting Profession in the context of Artificial Intelligence“, International Congress of Accounting and Auditing „The Impact of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence“ (XIX CICA, October 2-13, 2023, ISCAC - Coimbra Business School, Coimbra, Portugal.
4. Linas Jurkšas. ECB communication sentiments: how they relate to economic environment and financial markets? Presentation at 5th annual conference of the Baltic Economic Association, Riga, Latvia, 20 June 2023.
5. Linas Jurkšas. Do projected fiscal deficits play a role in ECB monetary policymaking? Presentation at 57th Annual Canadian Economics Association Meetings, online format, 30 May 2023.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
Prof. Dr Alfreda Šapkauskienė
• Member of the advisory working group of Horizon Europe for the digital, industry and space cluster
• Member of the Financial Literacy Working Group - Subgroup of Schoolchildren and Youth, Ministry of Finance / Ministry of Education, Science and Sports of the Republic of Lithuania
Prof. Dr Jelena Stankevičienė
• Member of the Financial Literacy Working Group - Subgroup of SME, Ministry of Finance / Ministry of Education, Science and Sports of the Republic of Lithuania
Prof. Dr Rasa Kanapickienė
• Member of the Payments Council of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
Assist. Dr Linas Jurkšas
• Member of Eurosystem’s work Stream of ECB strategy review on Fiscal and Monetary Policy in a Monetary Union; member of Eurosystem’s Task Force on Banking Analysis for Monetary Policy.
9 Saulėtekio, 2-706, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6134, fax. 236 6127
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Danuta Diskiene
STAFF
Professors: Dr D. Diskienė, Dr G. Drūteikienė, Dr J. Ruževičius, Dr D. Serafinas
Associate professors: Dr R. Adomaitienė, Dr A. Stankevičienė, Dr V. Tamaševičius,
Dr R. Paulienė, Dr R. Korsakienė (part-time)
Assistants: Dr J. Savickė (part-time), Dr D. Ruželė,
Junior assistants: D. Budrienė (part-time),
Lecturers: Dr Ž. Grakauskas (part-time), Dr K. Jakutytė-Ancienė (part-time).
Doctoral students: D. Budrienė N., Nabil Abu Ibrahim, I. Stravinskienė,
G. Narbutė, V. Buckė, U. Kasperavičiūtė, D. Voveris, O. Raudonė.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Business management and administration
Leaders’ managerial potential
• Human resource management activities
• Improvement of organizational reputation
• Improvement of methodology for quality assessment of business and education performance
• Lean management, organizational culture
• Quality of life and working life
Quality management and social responsibility
• Sustainable development processes and economic models
• Socially oriented green economy
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2023
Inga Stravinskienė.Verslo procesų valdymo gebėjimų įtaka suvokiamiems organizacijų veiklos rezultatams, medijuojant robotiniam procesų automatizavimui.
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
Research Projects Supported by the University Budget
Challenges of Human Resources Management in the context of sustainable development. Prof. D. Diskienė. 2022-2023.
Continuing the research topic “Challenges of Human Resources Management in the context of sustainable development”, the researchers of the Department presented the findings in numerous publications.
The Study of Total Quality Management Models and Processes in the Context of Sustainable Development. Prof. D. Serafinas. 2023
Continuing the research topic which purpose was to develop total quality management theory and methodology in the context of Social, Green, and Circular Economy. The research subjects are International, National and Regional public and private subjects.
International Research Projects
HORIZON project HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-51 ; Project title: SEISMEC ; project No. 101135884 ; Project agreement signed 2023 December.
Main publications:
1. Drūteikienė, Greta; Savickė, Julija; Skarupskienė, Daiva. The impact of employer brand on the relationship between psychological empowerment and employee engagement // Problems and perspectives in management. Sumy : Business Perspectives. ISSN 1727-7051. eISSN 1810-5467. 2023, vol. 21, iss. 1, p. 193-203. DOI: 10.21511/ppm.21(1).2023.17.
2. Stankevičienė, Asta; Šimelytė, Agnė; Tamaševičius, Virginijus; Petkinytė, Evelina. The impact of sociodemographic factors and work-family conflict on the relationship between organizational support and women’s burnout // Problems and perspectives in management. Sumy : LLC CPC Business Perspectives. ISSN 1727-7051. eISSN 1810-5467. 2023, vol. 21, iss. 3, p. 497-510. DOI: 10.21511/ppm.21(3).2023.40.
3. A. Stankevičienė, N. Grincevičienė, D. Diskienė, G.Drūteikienė (2023). The Influence of personal skills for telework on organisational commitment: The mediating effect of the perceived intensity of telework. Journal of East European Management Studies, 28 (4) 2023, 604 – 627. DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2023-4-604
4. Bagherpour, Hossein; Ruželė, Darius. Impact of organisational culture on leanness: an empirical study with CVF approach // International journal of management practice. Geneva : Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. ISSN 1477-9064. eISSN 1741-8143. 2023, vol. 16, no. 6, p. 765-789. DOI: 10.1504/IJMP.2023.133944.
5. Zalepūgaitė, Dovilė; Serafinas, Dalius; Melys, Klaudijus. The Impact of Changes in Leadership Styles on Quality Culture in Youth NGOs: The Case of Lithuania // Business transformation in uncertain global environments: 16th annual conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, September 27-29 2023, Vilnius, Lithuania // EuroMed Press, 2023. ISBN 9789963711987. ISSN 2547-8516. p. 691-706.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INOVATION) PARTNERS
Klaipėda University (Lithuania)
Wroclaw University of Economics (Poland)
Lund University (Sweden)
“QMS Italia” S.R.L (Italy, Napoli)
RIOHS (Italy) - https://osservatori.iuse.it/riohs/
Lithuanian Association for Quality Management and Innovations (Lithuania)
Dnipro National University (Ukraine)
Torino University (Italy)
International Guild of Quality Professionals
Board of SME Council under the Ministry of Economics and Innovations (Lithuania)
Union of Lithuanian Scientists (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Small and Medium Enterprise Board (Lithuania)
OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Participation in the organization of conferences
Assoc. Prof. Asta Stankevičienė
International scientific conference THE 16TH ANNUAL EUROMED ACADEMY “EMAB 2023“. Member of organising committee. https://emrbi2023.com/organising-committee/
Assoc. Prof. Rasa Paulienė
International scientific conference THE 16TH ANNUAL EUROMED ACADEMY “EMAB 2023“. Co- chair of organising committee - https://emrbi2023.com/organising-committee/
Assist. Dr Julija Savickė
THE 16TH ANNUAL EUROMED ACADEMY “EMAB 2023“, member of the organising committee https://emrbi2023.com/organising-committee/, session Chair
Participation in editorial boards:
Prof. D. Diskienė
• editorial board member of the journal Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies; http://www.om.ef.vu.lt/index.php?item_id=4
• editorial board member of the journal Entrepreneurship and sustainability issue; http://jssidoi.org/jesi/international-editorial-board
• editorial board member of the journal Accounting Theory and Practice; https://www.journals.vu.lt/BATP/issue/view/1564
Prof. G. Drūteikienė
• editorial board member of the Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Economics”. http://bulletin-econom.univ.kiev.ua/
• editorial board member of Contemporary Research on Organization Management and Administration (CROMA journal), (ISSN 2335-7959 Online) http://journal.avada.lt/
Assoc. Prof. A. Stankevičienė
• editorial board member of the journal Accounting Theory and Practice; https://www.journals.vu.lt/BATP/issue/view/1564
• editorial board member of the journal Business: Theory and Practice (Scopus) https://journals.vilniustech.lt/index.php/BTP/editorialboard
Prof. J. Ruževičius
• editorial board member of the international journal Commodities and Markets, Kiev National Economics University; http://tr.knteu.kiev.ua/index.php?lang=uk&Itemid=101;
• editorial board member of the international journal Forum Ware International, Vienna University, IGWT, DGWT, OGWT, http://forumware.wu-wien.ac.at; http://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/428887 ; http://www.igwt.uek.krakow.pl/journals.html
• scientific board member of the journal International Journal of Business: Innovations, Psychology and Economics; http://kuryba.lt/en/; https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/details?id=25525
• editorial board member of the international MDPI journal “STANDARDS”. Switzerland, ISSN: 2305-6703). – https://www.mdpi.com/journal/standards/editors
• editorial board member of the international journal Quality: Access to Success (Scopus, Romania, Bucharest) http://www.srac.ro/calitatea/en/
• editorial board member of the international journal Altyn Sapa (Aлтын Caпa - Gold Quality), Almata, Kazakhstan;
• editorial board member of the international journal Quality Management / Менеджмент качества (Almata, Kazakhstan); http://www.regconasia.kz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78:magazine&catid=42:magazine&Itemid=57; http://www.akr.kz/ex2010/pki/guests2010/m10.htm ; http://menedzhment-kachestva-zhurnal.kz24.online/ ;
• editorial board member of the international journal Public administration aspects (Ukraine). https://aspects.org.ua/index.php/journal
Prof. D. Serafinas
• Chairman of Editorial Board of bi-weekly magazine “Mokslo Lietuva” (Sciantific Lithuania); www.mokslolietuva.lt
• member of the Editorial & Review Board of the international journal Quality Issues and Insights in the 21st Century (http://www.scientiasocialis.lt/qiic/?q=node/2 );
• scientific board member of the peer-reviewed journal International Journal of Business: Innovations, Psychology and Economics (http://kuryba.lt/en/journal.php );
• editorial board member of the international journal Public administration aspects (Ukraine). https://aspects.org.ua/index.php/journal
Assoc. Prof. R. Paulienė
• Editorial board member of the international journal Political Studies Forum (Rumunija) https://pfc.uvt.ro/political-studies-forum/
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Stankevičienė, Asta; Diskienė, Danuta; Tamaševičius, Virginijus; Paulienė, Rasa; Pakėnaitė, Gedvinė. The impact of teleworking stressors on burnout: a moderation of stress coping strategies // Business transformation in uncertain global environments: 16th annual conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, September 27-29 2023, Vilnius, Lithuania / edited by: Demetris Vrontis, Yaakov Weber, Evangelos Tsoukatos : EuroMed Press, 2023. ISBN 9789963711987. ISSN 2547-8516. p. 1164-1166. Prieiga per internetą: <https://emrbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/euromed2023-book-of-proceedings-2023-09-24.pdf>
2. Paulienė, Rasa; Raudonė, Odeta. Presentation “Organizational culture impact on employee motivation and professional burnout: case of Lithuanian medical institutions” at 16th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, held on 27-29 September, 2023 at Vilnius University (Lithuania, Vilnius).
3. Zalepūgaitė, Dovilė; Serafinas, Dalius; Melys, Klaudijus. The Impact of Changes in Leadership Styles on Quality Culture in Youth NGOs: The Case of Lithuania // Business transformation in uncertain global environments: 16th annual conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, September 27-29 2023, held on 27-29 September, 2023 at Vilnius University (Lithuania, Vilnius).
THE LIST OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CASES OF PARTICIPATION OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
Prof. D. Serafinas
• Board Member of Kėdainiai municipalilty (https://www.kedainiai.lt/savivalda/taryba/tarybos-nariai/84 )
• Honorable member of Lithuanian Association for Quality Management and Innovations (https://rekvizitai.vz.lt/imone/lietuvos_kokybes_vadybos_ir_inovaciju_asociacija/ );
• Honorable president of International Guild of Quality Professionals (http://qualityassociation.lt/guild-of-quality-professionals/ );
• head of COST project “The voice of research administrators - building a network of administrative excellence (BESTPRAC)” (Lithuanian Scientific Council) (https://informacija.lmt.lt/COST/ );
• member of the Board of the Lithuanian Small and Medium Business Council under the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania (http://qualityassociation.lt/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SVV-taryba-LRV-nutarimas-2017.pdf ).
• Chairman of Lithuanian Scientists Society; http://lms.lt/lms-taryba/
• Chairman of Technical committee TK 94 „Circular Economy“; https://eshop.lsd.lt/public#!/committee/info/428700
Prof. J. Ruževičius
• president of Lithuanian Society of Commodity Science; https://rekvizitai.vz.lt/imone/lietuvos_prekiu_mokslo_draugija/
• full member of International Guild of Quality Professionals; http://qualityassociation.lt/guild-of-quality-professionals/members-nariai/ ; http://qualityguild.center.ru/members-guild/28
• honorary member of Lithuanian Association for Quality Management and Innovations; http://qualityassociation.lt/sample-page/
• full Member of the international scientific organization BASIQ "ASSOCIATION FOR INNOVATION AND QUALITY IN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS" (Bucharest, Paris). https://basiq.ro/members/ ; http://www.anc.edu.ro/dina/cautare.aspx
• researcher in an international scientific group RIOHS (Italy) - https://osservatori.iuse.it/riohs/ (Research and Innovation Observatory on Health and Social Care)
Assoc. Prof. Asta Stankevičienė
• Member of the Technical Committee of the Lithuanian Standardization Department LST TK 90 " Human Resources and Knowledge Management " delegated by VU institution (national and international HRM standards) from January 2023.
CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
Prof. Dalius Serafinas
• Consultations on Sustainable development and TQM:
1. Šiauliai city municipality – Implementation of CAF model for schools at municipality level.
2. LR President office, Lithuanian Parliament and Government – Consultations on Implementation of Socially Oriented Green Economy in Lithuania
3. Kėdainiai municipality – Consultations on Implementation of Social Business Acceleration system using available abandoned infrastructures and socially sensitive groups;
4. Ministry of Economics and Innovations – Proposals for Social Business Law improvement, and proposals for Social Business Development Program
Assoc. prof. Asta Stankevičienė
• Development of an employees well-being model. Project SADM. Position consultant. Agreement Nr. 23/07/03-01. 2023-07-03
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
Assoc. prof. Asta Stankevičienė
• Interview for LRT radio. Golden age. A businessman about the duties of employees: if you want to be called a general duke, so be it. https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000262941/aukso-amzius-verslininkas-apie-darbuotoju-pareigas-jeigu-norite-vadintis-generaliniu-kunigaiksciu-tebunie 2023 03
• Science dissemination article "Research by Vilnius University scholars "Remote work causes the most stress for employees of the education sector" https://naujienos.vu.lt/vilniaus-universiteto-mokslininku-tyrimas-nuotolinis-darbas-daugiausia-streso-kelia-svietimo-sektoriaus-darbuotojams/ 2023 09 21
• Interview for M1 plus radio. Topic "Remote work stressors and burnout". 2023 10 03
• https://vultmy.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/asta_stankeviciene_evaf_vu_lt/EZaUewf3YbtKlzJ8taqUR4cBevkPaKPVckwsLanWRDuE9Q?e=kBOEGj
• Interview for the LRT program "Good day, Lithuania". Topic "Remote work stressors and burnout". 2023 10 04 https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000298024/tyrimas-rodo-nuotolinis-darbas-daugiausia-streso-kelia-svietimo-darbuotojams-kas-talemia?fbclid=IwAR1pFLBJaODzMFG7NFkIMrJvJjOU1U-AquahV-EeSnTPzEOFzlVaQq7W4rU
Assoc.prof. Rasa Paulienė
• Science dissemination article "Remote work has many advantages, but will it not hurt in the long run?"
• http://mokslolietuva.lt/2023/02/nuotolinis-darbas-turi-daug-pranasumu-bet-ar-ilgainiui-nepakenks/
• Science dissemination article "Should scientific and business progress be limited: why and who should do it?"
• https://www.bernardinai.lt/ar-mokslo-ir-verslo-pazanga-turi-buti-ribojama-kodel-ir-kas-tai-turetu-daryti/
• Science dissemination article “ How managers‘leadership styles change during crises".
• https://naujienos.vu.lt/doc-rasa-pauliene-kaip-keiciasi-vadovu-lyderystes-stiliai-kriziu-metu/
• Interview for IQ jounal, topic "Invisible side of remote work".
• https://iq.lt/verslas/nematoma-nuotolinio-darbo-puse-psichologines-problemos-kliutys-tobuleti-ir-istrigusi-karjera/306218
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Head – Prof. Dr Sigitas Urbonavičius
STAFF
Professors: Dr S. Urbonavičius, Dr V. Dikčius.
Associate professors: Dr K. Adomavičiūtė, Dr M. Degutis, Dr A. Gaižutis, Dr R. Časas; Dr E. Rudienė, Dr I. Jaržemskienė
Assistant professors: Dr I. Radavičienė, Dr S. Kiršė, Dr I. Zimaitis, Dr R. Andrulienė
Lecturers: Dr R. Ivanauskas, A. Jonkus, M. Vilčinskaitė, R. Bekeris
Senior Researcher: Dr L. Hollebeek
Researcher : A. Simanavičiūtė
Doctoral students: E. Blažinauskytė, G. Dagytė-Kavoliūnė, Yiyuan Ying, N. Letukytė, I. Venskuvienė, A. Šilinskaitė
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Consumer privacy and behaviour in digital environment
• Consumer behaviour in online learning
• Buyer price perception in online environment
• Specifics of marketing management and consumer behaviour in transition economies
• Tourist behaviour
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
National Research Projects
S. Urbonavičius: „Willingness to disclose personal information when donating to social initiatives via crowdfunding platforms“
V. Dikčius: „ Modelling the impact of gamification on an online store loyalty“
K. Adomavičiūtė: „Modification of models traditionally used for online shopping behaviour including COVID-19 factors“.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
University of Zagreb (Croatia)
Cracow University of Economics (Poland)
Monfort College of Business, University of Northern Colorado (USA)
School of Business of Nipissing University (Canada)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. S. Urbonavičius
• member of European Marketing Academy (EMAC);
• honorary member of Lithuanian Marketing Association LiMA;
• editor-in-chief of the journal Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, http://www.journals.vu.lt/omee;
• editorial board member of the journal Journal of Marketing Education, Sage Journals, https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jmd;
• editorial board member of the journal Trziste (Market), Zagreb University, http://hrcak.srce.hr/trziste?lang=en;
• editorial board member of the journal Ekonomika (Economics), http://www.journals.vu.lt/ekonomika;
Prof. V. Dikčius
• member of European Marketing Academy (EMAC);
• editorial board member of the journal Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, http://www.journals.vu.lt/omee.
Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Gaižutis
• member of Lithuanian Marketing Association LiMA;
• coordinator of national technology platform of Lithuania for Forest-Based Sector, www.ntplatformos.lt;
• member of the Board, vice-president, ELO- European Landowners Organisation, http://www.europeanlandowners.org/;
• member of working group, CEPF - Conféderation Européenne des Propriétaires Forestiers, www.cepf-eu.org;
• editor of web portal lietuvosmiskai.lt ; www.lietuvosmiskai.lt
• member of Advisory Council on Forestry under Ministry of Environment, established by the Minister of Environment, www.am.lt;
• chairman of the Forest Owners Association of Lithuania, www.forest.lt;
• member of Council of Lithuanian Chamber of Agriculture, www.zur.ltww.zur.lt;
• chairman of organization committee of annual conference “Miškas-žmogui, žmogus-miškui“
Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Degutis
• national editor of Eurobarometer Report (European Commission);
• member of ESOMAR (European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research).
Assoc. Prof. Dr K. Adomaviciute – Sakalauske
• deputy editor-in chief of the journal Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, (journals.vu.lt/omee)
Dr I. Radavičienė
• member of Lithuanian Marketing Association LiMA;
• Neuromarketing Science & Business Association NMSBA, https://www.nmsba.com.
Dr I. Zimaitis
• assistant editor of the journal Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies (journals.vu.lt/omee)
• member of The European Marketing Academy (EMAC);
R. Andrulienė
• member of the European Marketing Academy (EMAC)
• member of the Tourism Council under Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania
MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
Linda Hollebeek: Vilnius University Rector’s Award.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
Assoc. Prof. Dr Algis Gaižutis
• expert of EU Expert group Forest and Forestry stakeholder Platform, Coordinated by the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission; https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/civil-dialogue-groups/forestry-cork_en;
• coordinator of national support group of Lithuania for Forest-Based Sector Technological Platform in EU;
• coordinator of national support group of Lithuania for Forest-Based Sector Technological Platform in EU;
• The Forest-based Sector Technology Platform (FTP) is European Technology Platform (ETP) dedicated to the forest-based sector http://new-www.forestplatform.org/#!/pages/59;
• member of Coordination group of National Agreement on Forests, Coordinator of Social Group of Private forest owners, https://nacionalinismiskususitarimas.lt/; Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology MITA, expert https://mita.lrv.lt/lt/veiklos-sritys/ekspertine-veikla/ekspertines-veiklos-organizavimas;
• member of Advisory Committee on Forest under the Ministry of Environment of Lithuania https://am.lrv.lt/lt/veiklos-sritys-1/miskai/misku-politika/misku-konsultacine-taryba.
CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
Dr Rasuole Andruliene is an expert preparing the Management Plan of the World Heritage: Site Vilnius Historic Centre. The management plan of the Vilnius historical center is being prepared from 2023. The planners of the plan - Vilnius city municipality in cooperation with the Republic of Lithuania the Ministry of Culture. Rasuole prepared sustainable tourism part of the plan. Participation in the public presentation of the project results: https://madeinvilnius.lt/en/news/city/the-SSGG-analysis-project-of-the-management-of-the-Vilnius-historical-center-was-presented/
Dr Rasuole Andruliene expert working on the project “Implementation of a blockchain-based payment system for encouraging the use of tourism services after the COVID-19 pandemic”. Project Implementation Period – 04/11/2021 – 01/09/2023. The project is funded from European Regional Development Fund under the measure 01.2.2- LMT-K-718. Research Projects Implemented by World-Class Researcher Groups Aimed at Developing Results in Line with R&D Topics Relevant to the Economic Sectors which could then be Commercialized”. Participation in the public presentation of the project results.https://madeinvilnius.lt/en/business/Vilnius-market/vu%27s-research-revealed-trends-in-the-use-of-cryptocurrencies-in-the-tourism-market-from-a-business-point-of-view/#google_vignette
DEPARTMENT OF QUANTITATIVE METHODS AND MODELLING
STAFF
Professors: 2
Associate professors: 2
Assistant Professors: 2
Junior Assistant Professors: 2
Lecturers: 1
Doctoral students: 3
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Macroeconomics
• Applied econometric analysis
• Industrial organisation
• Population Economics
• International economics
• Economics of networks
• Economics of social security
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
National Research Projects
T. Baležentis. ES valstybių narių ekonomikos sektorių perėjimo prie mažaanglės energetikos kaštų lyginamasis vertinimas anglies dioksido šešėlinės kainos metodu (Comparative assessment of low carbon energy transition costs for economic sectors of the EU MS: carbon dioxide shadow price approach), S-MIP-23-36, vyriausiasis mokslo darbuotojas (VU Kauno fakultetas)
Contractual Research
Algirdas Bartkus. Savivaldybių išlaidų ekonometriniai modeliai. (Centrinė projektų valdymo agentūra) // Econometric modelling of the expenditures of the municipalities (Central Project Management Agency)
Algirdas Bartkus. Apmokėjimo už autorinės produkcijos vartojimą tyrimas. (Lietuvos viešbučių ir restoranų asociacija) // A study on the arrangement of royalty payments for the use of copyrighted content (Lithuanian Hotel and Restaurant Association)
Algirdas Bartkus. Alkoholio vartojimo įpročių Lietuvoje tyrimas. (Lietuvos verslo konfederacija) // Study of alcohol consumption in Lithuania. (Lithuanian Business Confederation)
Kristina Mažeikaitė. Culture Index of Municipalities. 2022 (Lithuanian Council for Culture) (link: https://www.kulturostyrimai.lt/visos-temos/kulturos-politika/savivaldybiu-kulturos-indeksas-2022/)
Kristina Mažeikaitė. Culture Index of Municipalities. 2021 (Lithuanian Council for Culture) (link: https://www.kulturostyrimai.lt/visos-temos/kulturos-politika/savivaldybiu-kulturos-indeksas-2021/)
Kristina Mažeikaitė (with Kamilė Čelutkaitė). Gender Inequality in the Cultural Sector: The Economic and Emotional State of Female Artists. (Lithuanian Council for Culture, Creative Europe Desk LT) (link: https://www.kulturostyrimai.lt/metai/2022/gender-inequality-in-the-cultural-sector-the-economic-and-emotional-state-of-female-artists/)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. G. Kasnauskiene
• Euromed 2023 Business Transformation in Uncertain Global Environments co-chair https://emrbi2023.com/
Prof. T. Baležentis
• Sustainable Production and Consumption, kolegijos narys
• Management of Environmental Quality, kolegijos narys, Web of Science Emerging Citation Index, Scopus), nuo 2018 m.
• Environmental Impact Assessment Review, special issue “Co-benefits of energy conservation, pollution reduction and carbon reduction”, kviestinis redaktorius, 2022-2023 m
• Resources Policy, kviestinis redaktorius
• Energy Economics, kviestinis redaktorius
• Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, kviestinis redaktorius
• Europos Komisijos ekspertas, Horizon Europe projektų vertinimas, 2023-
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Petrylė V., The Formation of a New Export Network: The Case of Lithuania, EMAB 2023 16th annual conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, Vilnius Lithuania, 27-29 September, 2023
2. Petrylė V., K. Bunevičiūtė, Gainers and Loosers of Euro Adoption: The Case of the Baltic States, 13th International Scientific Conference Business and Management 2023, Vilnius Tech, Vilnius, Lithuania, 11–12 May, 2023.
3. Zitikytė K., Employment after retirement: factors affecting working at old days in Lithuania, EMAB 2023 16th annual conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, Vilnius Lithuania, 27-29 September, 2023
4. Zitikytė K., The impact of female managers on the gender pay gap: evidence from company-level data for Lithuania, EMAB 2023 16th annual conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, Vilnius Lithuania, 27-29 September, 2023
5. A. Bartkus. The estimation of traditional Phillips curve. June 9, 2023. Evolving challenges in European economies, Tallinn University of Technology.
MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
G. Kasnauskiene et al. Best conference paper. Euromed 2023
CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
Algirdas Bartkus. Savivaldybių išlaidų ekonometrinių modelių kūrimo ir konsultavimo darbai. (Užsakovas ir konsultacijų gavėjas: Centrinė projektų valdymo agentūra) // Consultations regarding the econometric modelling of the expenditures of the municipalities (Client: Central Project Management Agency)
Algirdas Bartkus. Apmokėjimo už autorinės produkcijos vartojimą tyrimas. (Užsakovas ir konsultacijų gavėjas: Lietuvos viešbučių ir restoranų asociacija) // Consultations regarding the arrangement of royalty payments for the use of copyrighted content (Client: Lithuanian Hotel and Restaurant Association)
Kristina Mažeikaitė. Participation in the public presentation and discussion of the research “Culture Index of Municipalities 2022” results. https://www.kulturostyrimai.lt/visos-temos/kulturos-politika/savivaldybiu-kulturos-indeksas-2022/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSxxeO5o4E0 2023 12 01
Kristina Mažeikaitė. Participation in the public presentation and discussion of the research “Culture Index of Municipalities 2021” results. https://www.kulturostyrimai.lt/visos-temos/kulturos-politika/savivaldybiu-kulturos-indeksas-2021/. 2023 04 27
Kristina Mažeikaitė. Participation in the public presentation of “Culture Index of Municipalities. Case of Šiauliai” and discussion, organised by Šiauliai municipality. https://www.skrastas.lt/aktualijos/savivaldybiu-kulturos-indekso-sudarytoja-kviete-diskutuoti 2023 12 15
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
Petrylė V. „Vaistinių pasigailėti negalima bausti!“ – ekonominiai argumentai, kur padėti kablelį“, 2022-01-09 https://www.evaf.vu.lt/apie-fakulteta/naujienos/3410-vaistiniu-pasigaileti-negalima-bausti-ekonominiai-argumentai-kur-padeti-kableli
Petrylė V. „Išpardavimai: kada patinka ar kada leidžiama?”, 2023-06-22 https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/verslo-pozicija/692/2015142/vaiva-petryle-ispardavimai-kada-patinka-ar-kada-leidziama
V. Petrylės interviu: Jurgelionienė A., „Išpardavimų peripetijos: reguliuoti, ar palikti laisvės?”, 2023-08-20 https://m.kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/verslas/ekonomika/ispardavimu-peripetijos-reguliuoti-ar-palikti-laisves-1136305
Kristina Mažeikaitė. Kultūros indeksas atskleidė didelius atotrūkius tarp savivaldybių. 2023 11 22. (link: https://www.15min.lt/kultura/naujiena/asmenybe/kulturos-indeksas-atskleide-didelius-atotrukius-tarp-savivaldybiu-285-2148748)
Kristina Mažeikaitė. Tyrimas sugriovė mitą: regionuose kultūrai skiriama daugiau lėšų, kultūros reitingo indekse pirmauja Neringa. 2023 04 14 (link: https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/kultura/12/1962282/tyrimas-sugriove-mita-regionuose-kulturai-skiriama-daugiau-lesu-kulturos-reitingo-indekse-pirmauja-neringa)
Kristina Mažeikaitė. Savivaldybių kultūros indeksas: kodėl Šiauliai – tarp nekultūringiausių? 2023 06 10. (link: https://etaplius.lt/naujiena/savivaldybiu-kulturos-indeksas-kodel-siauliai-dash-tarp-nekulturingiausiu)
Kristina Mažeikaitė. Lyčių lygybės kultūros sektoriuje tyrėja: meno istoriją kuria vyrai, o užrašo – moterys? 2023 04 16. (link: https://www.delfi.lt/kultura/naujienos/lyciu-lygybes-kulturos-sektoriuje-tyreja-meno-istorija-kuria-vyrai-o-uzraso-moterys-93050903)
T.Baležentis. 2023 m. spalio 26 d. "Devising evidence-based strategies for progress towards zero-carbon energy at the country level: The by-production approach?", VU EVAF seminaras
T. Baležentis. 2023. Energetinė krizė Europos Sąjungoje: priežastys ir pasekmės. https://naujienos.vu.lt/energetine-krize-europos-sajungoje-priezastys-ir-pasekmes/
K. Zitikytė. 2023 m. rugsėjo 13 d. Interviu: „Dirbti ar nedirbti sulaukus pensinio amžiaus?“ (link: https://naujienos.vu.lt/dirbti-ar-nedirbti-sulaukus-pensinio-amziaus/)
K. Zitikytė. Interviu: 2023 m. rugsėjo 22 d. Interviu: „Didžiulis dirbančių pensinio amžiaus žmonių skaičius neramina: jiems pasitraukus iš darbo, turėtumėme labai didelę problemą“ (link: https://www.delfi.lt/verslas/verslas/didziulis-dirbanciu-pensinio-amziaus-zmoniu-skaicius-neramina-jiems-pasitraukus-is-darbo-turetumeme-labai-didele-problema-94532535)
K. Zitikytė. 2023 m. rugsėjo 20 d. Dalyvavimas diskusijoje:„ Daugėja dirbančių pensininkų: kokia Lietuvos darbo rinkos ateitis? (link: https://www.delfi.lt/video/tinklalaides/verslo-tema/verslo-tema-daugeja-dirbanciu-pensininku-kokia-lietuvos-darbo-rinkos-ateitis-94568203)
K. Zitikytė. 2023 m. spalio 18 d. Interviu: „Išėję užtarnauto poilsio pensininkai ir toliau dirba: „Galėčiau – tikrai nebedirbčiau, bet tie keli šimtai eurų labai reikalingi“ (link: https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/verslas/4/2097965/iseje-uztarnauto-poilsio-pensininkai-ir-toliau-dirba-galeciau-tikrai-nebedirbciau-bet-tie-keli-simtai-euru-labai-reikalingi )
A. Bartkus. The consumption of copyrighted material and price discrimination. November 10, 2023. 3rd CEFER/KTU/VU Workshop Kaunas University of Technology.
DEPARTMENT OF THEORETICAL ECONOMICS
Saulėtekio al. 9, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6147
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Vincentas Giedraitis
STAFF
Professors: Dr V. Giedraitis, Dr A. Jorgenson. Dr R. Lazukta (Emeritus)
Assoc. professors: Dr E. Ulvidienė, Dr A. Stavytskyy.
Lecturers: Dr N. Černiauskas, Dr I. Blažienė, N. Ramanauskė, T. Karpavičius, R. Motuzas
Doctoral students: V. Gabnytė, I. Meškauskaitė, T. Eliashvili
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Energy security
• Economic factors of population health and ecology
• Economic criminology
• Stabilisation policy in global economic conditions
• Competition and anti-trust policy
• Distribution of income
• Economics of the Welfare State
• Competitive economic growth and social consequences
BEST PUBLICATIONS
1. Andrew K. Jorgenson; Brett Clark; Ryan P. Thombs; Jeffrey Kentor; Jennifer E. Givens; Xiaorui Huang; Hassan El Tinay; Daniel Auerbach; Matthew C. Mahutga “Guns versus Climate: How Militarization Amplifies the Effect of Economic Growth on Carbon Emissions” 2023. American Sociological Review.
2. Asmare, F.; Jaraitė, J.; Giedraitis, V.; Kažukauskas, A. “Energy-related financial literacy and retrofits of Soviet-era apartment buildings: The case of Lithuania.” 2023. Energy Economics.
3. Giedraitis, V.; Stavytskyy, A.; Kharmalova, G.; Ulvidienė, E. “Bring on the Light: Reduction of the Corporate Shadow Economy by Tax Reform.”. 2023. Access to Justice in Eastern Europe.
4. Černiauskas, N.. The short run effects of childbirth on parents’ earnings in the Baltics. 2023. Baltic Journal of Economics
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Vincentas Giedraitis, Eristida Ulvidienė, Irma Meškauskaitė , Vytautas Katkinas, Andriy Stayvtsiky, Ganna Karmalova. 2023. “Out of the shadows: tax reform as a means to “lighten” the corporate shadow economy.” European Society of Criminology. Florence, Italy.
2. Gabnytė, Vitalija. The 21st ESPAnet Annual Conference 2023. „Social protection benefits compatibility and evaluation criteria in Lithuania“)?
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Černiauskas, N. “Protecting work and income in the digital economy: a case study of platform workers.” Lithuanian science program funded project.
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
V. Giedraitis. Deputy Editor-in-Chief, “Ekonomika”
V. Giedraitis. Editorial board member: Sociology of development, Journal of World-systems research, Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiy, Economics, Journal of Advances in Economics and Finance, Information technology and development,
CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
N. Černiauskas. OECD Tax Policy Reviews.
N. Černiauskas. Consultations given to republic of lithuania’s ministry of finance and parliament.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
N. Černiauskas. Numerous interviews given to the national press.
V. Giedraitis. Interview with Lithuanian national radio (Internet portal)
CENTER FOR EXPERTISE IN ECONOMICS
Head – Linas Tarasonis
STAFF
Professors/Principal Research Fellows/Professors of Practice: Justina Baršytė, Jūratė Jaraitė-Kažukauskė, Yannick Joye, Marius Jurgilas
Associate Professors/Senior Research Fellows: Bernadeta Goštautaitė, Andrius Kažukauskas, Justina Klimavičiūtė, Povilas Lastauskas, Robertas Zubrickas
Assistant Professors/Research Fellows: Linas Tarasonis, Guillermo Hausmann-Guil, Junghum Park, Dovilė Barauskaitė, Jose Garcia-Louzao, Aurelija Proškutė, Elzė Marija Uždavinytė
Junior Assistant professors: Eglė Jakučionytė, Živilė Kaminskienė, Žymantas Budrys
Doctoral Students: Laura Galdikienė, Inga Urbonavičiūtė, Agnė Zakarevičiūtė
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Macroeconomics: Applied macroeconomics, Competition policy, Endogenous growth theory, Fiscal policy, Global economy and spillovers, Heterogeneous agents, International macroeconomics, Economic policy
• Microeconomics: Behavioral economics, Economics of long-term care and ageing, Energy economics, Environmental and resource economics, Firm dynamics, Health economics, Labor economics, Macro labor, Public economics, Real estate economics, Economic policy
• Finance: Asset pricing, International Finance, Macrofinance
• Consumer Judgment and Decision Making: International Marketing, Adoption of Innovations, Health-related Behavior, Sustainable Consumption
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
National Research Projects
Energy crisis, energy efficiency and rebound effect (P-MIP-23-121) financed by Research Council of Lithuania. Researcher: Assoc. Prof. Andrius Kažukauskas (project leader). 2023/04-2026/04. Budget: 150 000 EUR.
The use of non-price instruments to encourage energy efficiency in the right time (project No. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-02-0007) financed by Research Council of Lithuania. Assoc. Prof. Andrius Kažukauskas (project leader), Prof. Jūratė Jaraitė-Kažukauskė (PI). Budget: 630 000 EUR.
Urban Environments and Hedonic Consumption (S-MIP-23-135) financed by the Research Council of Lithuania. Researcher: Dr Yannick Joye (project leader). 2023/06-2025/05. Budget: 148 007 euro
International Research Projects
Inequality of Uncertainty. (Reg. No: 2021/43/B/HS4/03241). National Science Centre Poland (NCN). Researchers: Lucas Augusto van der Velde (PI), Jose Garcia-Louzao, Linas Tarasonis, Piotr Zoch.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
Project partners:
• Group for Research in APplied Economics (GRAPE), Poland
Institutions of co-authors:
Ž.Budrys
• European Central Bank, Germany
• Bloomberg, Germany
• Bank of Italy, Italy
• Bank of Canada, Canada
L. Tarasonis:
• University of Ottawa, Canada
• York University, Canada
• University of Regensburg, Germany
• Group for Research in APplied Economics (GRAPE), Poland
A.Kažukauskas
• Gettysburg College (U.S.)
• University of Vaasa (Finland)
• University of Umea (Sweden)
• Sodertorn University (Sweden)
J.Garcia-Louzao
• Bank of Spain, Spain
• Bank of Portugal, Portugal
• CUNEF Universidad, Spain
• University of Leeds, United Kingdom
L. Galdikiene
• University of Milan, Italy
J. Jaraitė-Kažukauskė
• Gettysburg College (U.S.)
• University of Umea (Sweden)
• Gothenburg University (Sweden)
• University of Milan (Italy)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
P. Lastauskas
• Editor of the Baltic Journal of Economics, https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rbec20
• Associate editor of Open Economies Review, https://www.springer.com/journal/11079/editors
J. Baršytė
• Editorial Review Board, Journal of International Marketing, https://journals.sagepub.com/editorial-board/JIG
J.Garcia-Louzao
• Member of CESifo Research Network, https://www.cesifo.org/en
L. Tarasonis
• Member of scientific committee, 5th Baltic Economic Conference (BEC), Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, June 19-20, 2023, https://conf2023.balticecon.org/
• Member of scientific committee, 12th Annual Lithuanian Conference on Economic Research, ISM University of Economics and Management, Vilnius, Lithuania, December 28, 2023, https://meeting2023.econ.lt/
• Member of organizing committee, Gender Gaps Conference 2023, Group for Research in APplied Economics (GRAPE), Warsaw, Poland, September 11th - 12th, 2023, https://grape.org.pl/GGaps2023
Ž.Budrys
• Member of organising and scientific committee, 12th Annual Lithuanian Conference on Economic Research, ISM University of Economics and Management, Vilnius, Lithuania, December 28, 2023, https://meeting2023.econ.lt/
• Member of organising and scientific committee, 3rd CEFER/KTU/VU, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania, November 10, 2023, https://sites.google.com/view/ceferktuvuworkshop
A.Kažukauskas
• Member of scientific committee, 28th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE). Limassol, Cyprus, 27 Jun - 30 Jun 2023. http://www.eaere-conferences.org/index.php?p=366
J. Klimavičiūtė
• Member of scientific committee, 5th Baltic Economic Conference (BEC), Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, June 19-20, 2023, https://conf2023.balticecon.org/
• Member of organising and scientific committee, 3rd CEFER/KTU/VU Workshop, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania, November 10, 2023, https://sites.google.com/view/ceferktuvuworkshop
Y. Joye
• Member of The IAPS Restorative Environments Network (https://iaps-association.org/ren/)
J. Jaraitė-Kažukauskė
• Member of scientific committee, 28th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE). Limassol, Cyprus, 27 Jun - 30 Jun 2023. http://www.eaere-conferences.org/index.php?p=366
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
L. Tarasonis
• 2023 conference of the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE), Philadelphia, US, May 12-13, 2023. Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum Wage: Evidence from Lithuania.
• 2023 conference of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), Charles University, Prague, Czechia, September 21-23, 2023. Life-cycle Worker Flows and Cross-country Differences in Aggregate Employment.
• Seventh Annual Workshop of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) Research Cluster 2, Bank of England, UK, November 16-17, 2023. Life-cycle Worker Flows and Cross-country Differences in Aggregate Employment.
Ž. Budrys
• Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics Conference 2023, European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland‘s Center for Inflation Research, Frankfurt, Germany, August 31-September 1
• 34th EC^2 conference on Identification and Inference in Structural Econometric Models, December 7-8, Manchester, UK
J.Garcia-Louzao
• 2023 conference of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE), Institute of Economics Sciences (IES) in Belgrade, Serbia. June 15-17, Employee-Owned Firms and the Career of Young Workers
• 2023 conference of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), Charles University, Prague, Czechia, September 21-23, 2023. Coworker Networks and the Labor Market Outcomes of Displaced Workers: Evidence from Portugal
L. Galdikienė
• 2023 European Economic Association (EEA) Congress, Barcelona, Spain. Aug 28- Sept 1, 2023. Effects of cooperative and uncooperative narratives on trust during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experimental evidence.
• 2023 Economic Sciene Association (ESA) World Meeting, Lyon, France. June 26-29, 2023. Effects of cooperative and uncooperative narratives on trust during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experimental evidence.
J. Klimavičiūtė
• 5th Baltic Economic Conference (BEC), Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, June 19-20, 2023. (No) Time to be Healthy: Optimal Policy with Time and Monetary Investments in Health.
Y. Joye
• EMAC 2023, Odense/Denmark, May 23-26. When Red Bull Gives Wings To Sleepy Consumers: How Sleepiness Moderates the Impact of Brand Exposure Effects
• ICEP, International Conference on Environmental Psychology Aarhus, 20-23 June 2023. The “nature-as-reward” hypothesis as an alternative account for nature-induced cognitive performance benefits
J. Jaraitė-Kažukauskė
• 28th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE). Limassol, Cyprus, 27 Jun - 30 Jun 2023. http://www.eaere-conferences.org/index.php?p=366
MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
Laura Galdikienė, LMT parama už studijų rezultatus.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
L. Tarasonis
• Member, Working Group of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania on the drafting of the Lithuanian Future Ecosystem Concept (White Paper)
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
L. Tarasonis
• “Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum Wage: Evidence from Lithuania” by Jose Garcia-Louzao and Linas Tarasonis has been reviewed by Nadaesgratis, a leading Spanish economics blog: https://nadaesgratis.es/admin/salarios-y-empleo-despues-de-una-subida-del-salario-minimo-en-lituania
A. Kažukauskas
• Presenting research project (project No. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-02-0007) policy implications at national TV (LNK) news (“Žinios 18:30”) January, 2023: https://lnk.lt/zinios-1830/lnk-zinios-1830/185558
• Presenting research project (project No. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-02-0007) policy implications in “LRT.lt” January, 2023: https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/verslo-pozicija/692/1862264/baltaduonis-jaraite-kazukauskiene-kazukauskas-kelyje-i-energetikos-krizes-suvaldyma
Y. Joye
• Keynote talk on my research at the 9th Congress of Slovenian Psychologists, Portoroz, Slovenia, November 14 – 16.