The University of Catania

Established in 1434, the University of Catania – Siciliae Studium Generale – one of the oldest universities in Southern Italy and the first one in Sicily, is a 582-year ­old academic institution that enrolls today more than 45,000 students; courses and seminars are given by over 1,400 professors in the 19 Departments and faculties, which the University is composed of. In 1997, the University launched the Advanced School for Excellence in Science Development, with in-house students and courses at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, masters, PhD), which is very selective and aims to forge and educate Europe’s future leaders. Web: www.unict.it/en
 

The Department of Economics and Business

The Department of Economics and Business of the University of Catania was established in 2011 from the merger of two traditionally renown departments, the Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods and the Department of Business Economics and Management (both established in 2000). It embraces four main research and teaching areas, which stand as its key ‘scientific souls’: (a) the Economics and Quantitative Methods Area, (b) the Management Area, (c) the Historical and Social Area; and (d) the Business Law Area.

The Department institutionally promotes significant cross-cultural scientific interchange among its constituting areas and the internationalization processes of faculty members, post-docs, and PhDs. The Department gathers 63 professors at different stages of their academic career (full, associate and assistant professor), 5 post-doctoral fellows, 6 doctoral students, and 12 staff employees.

The Department offers five degree courses, two leading to BSc degrees, respectively, in "Economics" and in "Business Administration," and three leading to MSc degrees in "Management ", "Corporate Finance", and "Economy, Policy and Management of the Territory." The Department spsonsors a Doctoral Degree Course (PhD) in "Economics, Management and Statistics", that is jointly run with the University of Messina. The Department is traditionally hosted in the premises of Palazzo delle Scienze, a historical building of the University located in the new center of Catania, Corso Italia, 55. Additional teaching facilities are hosted in Palazzo Fortuna, Corso delle Province.

Among the recent international venues in the management field sponsored by the Department and/or chaired by faculty members, we mention:

– the 2016 Strategic Management Society Special International Conference "Strategy Challenges in the 21st Century: Innovation Entrepreneurship and Coopetition", Rome, June 5-7, 2016 (web page: strategicmanagement.net/rome2016);

– the 2016 European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management Sixth Workshop on Expatriation, Catania, September 15-16, 2016 (web page: http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/event_announcement.asp?event_id=1184);

– the 2016 International Family Research Academy Research Development Workshop, Catania, February 2-4, 2016 (web page: www.ifera.org/index.php/rdw/rdw-2016);

– the 2013 Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division First International Entrepreneurship Research Exemplars Conference "Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Diffusion of Start-ups", Catania, May 23-25, 2013 (web page: cataniaentrepreneurship2013.wordpress.com); 

– the 30^th Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference “Strategic Management at the Crossroads”, Rome, September 12-15, 2010 (web page: rome.strategicmanagement.net);

– the 2010 Strategic Management Society Conference Extension “Entrepreneurship at the Crossroads: New Challenges & Emerging Issues”, Catania, September 17, 2010 (web page: rome.strategicmanagement.net/catania-extension.php);

– the 2009 Illinois International Accounting Symposium, Catania, June 4-6, 2009;

– the 2007 Strategic Management Society Special Conference “New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship: Strategy, Governance and Evolution”, Catania, May 23-25, 2007;

– the International Workshop “Private Equity and Entrepreneurship: Mobilizing Capital for Fostering Firm Growth in Italy’s Southern Regions”, Taormina, July 18, 2008 (attendees from entrepreneurial practice, industry, finance, as well as academia).

Web: http://www.economia.unict.it/eng/department

Hotels

A list of recommended hotels (in alphabetic order) is given below. While the conference is free of charge for invited presenters and chairs, the Local Organizing team is not responsible for booking and/or cancellation of hotel reservations.

1. Aga Hotel
2. ​​Angiolucci Residence Hotel
3. Best Western Hotel Mediterraneo
4. Mercure Excelsior Hotel
5. Nettuno Hotel
6. NH Catania Centro Hotel
7. ​Una Hotel Palace

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