Towards a Global Socio-Economic Transformation in Developing Countries - August 30 - September 1, 2019
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Joint International Conference of
CEDIMES Institute USA, Africa Business and
Entrepreneurship Research Society
and IPAGEF
Towards a Global
Socio-Economic Transformation
in Developing Countries
August 30 – September 1, 2019
Message from the Conference Chair
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It’s a great honor for me to welcome all of you to Plattsburgh!
On behalf of the Co-Chairs and the Organizing Committee of
the International Conference of CEDIMES Institute USA, the
Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society and the
Pan-African Institute of Economic and Financial Governance, I
would like to express to you my most sincere gratitude for your
presence at this conference.
The global economy has been witnessing a new international
economic order with the emergence of new key players. For the last few years, the Belt &
Road Initiative of China has changed the economic posture of many Developing Coun-
tries in the world and particularly in Africa. The goal of this conference is to discuss
the challenges of Developing Countries, but also the opportunities and the new ideas
that can promote sustainable socio-economic transformations in these countries. We are
very proud of the great diversity of the participants who are involved in this conference
as they were born in 40 different countries. Some of them come from very prestigious
universities or international institutions, such as the Ivey School of Business of West-
ern University, University of Vienna, University of London, University of Macedonia in
Greece, and the International Monetary Fund.
I would like to extend my deep appreciation to the Sally & Grant Webb Endowment, to
President John Ettling, to Vice President Anne Whitmore Hansen, and to Dean Rowena
Ortiz-Walters for providing the financial support to organize this conference. We are
fortunate to have as partners for this conference some prestigious institutions, such as
Virginia Commonwealth University, the Whitman School of Management of Syracuse
University, the Stephen Jarilowski Chair in International Management at Laval Univer-
sity, the Society and Management Chair in Management at HEC-Montreal, and Thun-
derbird International Business Review of the Thunderbird School of Global Management.
I sincerely hope that during this conference you will enjoy enthusiastic debates, experi-
ence valuable networking, and build on your knowledge base.
Prof. Elie CHRYSOSTOME
Director, CEDIMES Institute USA
State University of New York - Plattsburgh, USA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Conference Organizers wish to acknowledge
the following for their strong support that helped
make this conference possible.
• The Sally and Grant Webb Endowment for providing
funds to organize important conferences.
• President John Ettling for his leadership and support of the
Plattsburgh College Foundation funding for this conference.
• Ms. Anne Whitmore Hansen, Vice President for Institutional
Advancement and Executive Director of the Plattsburgh
College Foundation, for the support of the
Plattsburgh College Foundation.
• Dr. Rowena Ortiz-Walters, Dean of the School of Business
and Economics at SUNY Plattsburgh, for her assistance in
obtaining funding for this conference.
Biographies of Conference Chairs and Special Guests
Conference Chair: Prof. Elie Chrysostome
Dr Chrysostome is Professor of International Business and Strategic Manage-
ment at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh and Founding Director
of CEDIMES Institute USA. He was the chair of the International Business
Division of Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC). He is also
the Chair of the International Conference of CEDIMES Institute USA and has
chaired the International Case Teaching Workshop of R. Ivey Business School
in West Africa. Dr Chrysostome is a Research Associate at the Strategy and
Society Chair of Management of HEC-Montreal (Canada) and at the MLGRG
at Concordia University in Montreal (Canada). He taught at Laval University,
University of Moncton in Canada and was invited speaker or visiting scholar
at Thunderbird School of Global Management (Arizona, USA), Haute Ecole de Gestion de Fribourg (Fri
bourg, Switzerland), HEC Montreal (Canada), Universite Paris-Dauphine, Wroclaw University of Eco-
nomics (Poland) and Alfred Nobel University (Ukraine). He supervised, co-supervised or served as exter-
nal examiner of many dissertations including some PhD dissertations. He is author and co-author of 40
publications. The two most recent books (edited) that he published are Capacity Building in Emerging and
Developing Countries: From a Mindset Transformation to Entrepreneurship and Diaspora Involvement and
Building Businesses in Emerging and Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities, with Prof Rick
Molz of Concordia University (Canada). He holds a PhD in Administration Sciences from Laval Univer-
sity in Canada.
Conference Co-Chair: Prof. Zhan Su
Dr Zhan Su is a Professor and Director of the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair
in International Business at Laval University, Canada. He’s also the director
of CEDIMES Institute Canada and the Editor in Chief of Transnational Cor-
porations Review. He was the chair of several leading academic conferences
including the Academy of International Business Conference, the Canadian
Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBEs), the CEDIMES In-
stitute International Colloquium. Prof. Su has carried out many research proj-
ects regarding a variety of subjects such as management of multinational cor-
porations, internationalization of firms, country risk evaluation, cross-cultural
management, development models of emerging countries and doing business
in emerging markets. Professor Su has published more than 100 papers in respected academic journals,
books and proceedings of leading academic conferences. His publications have appeared among others in
Journal of International Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Developing Areas, Journal of In-
tellectual Capital, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Critical Perspectives in Inter-
national Business, M@n@gement, and International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management. He presented
papers in over one hundred fifty national and international conferences. He received several prestigious
awards for his research and teaching. He holds a Doctorate in business administration from the University
Pierre Mendès (Grenoble II) in France.
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Conference Co-Chair: Prof. Issouf Soumare
Issouf Soumaré is a Full Professor of Finance and Director, International Re-
lations, and Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering, at Laval
University, in Quebec, Canada. Professor Issouf Soumaré is an expert in risk
management and financial engineering with more than 17 years of profession-
al experiences. He works regularly as a consultant, advising public administra-
tions and private corporations on financial and risk management issues. He
also worked for the Risk Management Unit of the African Development Bank
(AfDB). Prof. Soumaré is regularly invited as keynote speaker at seminars and
workshops on capacity building in financial and risk management in Canada
and Africa. He holds a PhD in Business Administration in Finance from the
University of British Columbia in Canada, a MSc in financial engineering from Laval University in Can-
ada, a Master degree in Statistics and Applied Economics (ISE) from ENSEA of Abidjan in Cote d’Ivoire
and a Master in Applied Mathematics from the National University of Côte d’Ivoire. He also holds two
professional certificates in risk management: FRM and PRM. He is fluent in both French and English. He
is a Co-Investigator in the DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme Call 3 for Delivering Inclusive Fi-
nancial Development and Growth. In addition, he is a resource person of the African Economic Research
Consortium (AERC).
Conference Co-Chair: Prof. Charles Moumouni
Prof. Charles Moumouni has a Doctorate of Laws (LL.D.) and two Masters de-
grees (in Law and Communication) from Université Laval (Quebec, Canada),
and two other Masters degrees (in Law and English) from the National Univer-
sity of Benin. He graduated from Quebec Bar School and has been registered
as practicing lawyer since 2001. He also received journalism education at the
Center for Journalists Education and Advancement (CFPJ) in Paris (France),
and at the University of Maryland (US). Full Professor at the Department of
information and communication of Université Laval (Quebec), and lawyer
at DS Lawyers Canada, he has dedicated the last 18 years of his professional
life to teaching and researching in the fields of development communication,
international communication, program monitoring and evaluation, communication and public affairs,
public relations and marketing, journalism, media law, business law, and investments in Africa. Recent
projects and field work in Africa include: the co-founding and co-chairing of the Pan-African Institute for
Financial and Economic Governance (IPAGEF), Director General of the Institute for International Rela-
tions and Strategic Studies (IRIES) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Benin, Cotonou
(2014-2018); the design of a strategic communication plan for the Mali Agency for Investments Promo-
tion (API-Mali, Bamako, 2017.
Provost of SUNY Plattsburgh: Dr. David Hill
David Hill is the Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at
the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Previous to this appointment
he was Project Director for TeachNY, a federally funded project in the SUNY
Chancellor’s office. Hill has served as Dean of Education, Health, and Human
Services at SUNY Plattsburgh. He has held administrative and faculty posi-
tions at Keene State College in New Hampshire, The Ohio State University in
Ohio, and Binghamton University in New York. His doctorate is in the area
research in teaching students with special needs. He has published extensively
in education journals on instructional strategies.
Dean of the School of Business & Economics, SUNY Plattsburgh:
Dr. Rowena Ortiz-Walters
Dr Ortiz-Walters is the Dean of the School of Business and Economics at the
State University of New York at Plattsburgh, becoming only the ninth Hispanic-
American dean of a US business school. Formerly, she was department chair
and professor of management at Quinnipiac University where she co-founded
and served as co-director of the Center for Women and Business. Dr. Ortiz-
Walters is also a scholar and public speaker in higher education. Through her
scholarship and speaking engagements, she contributes to the national con-
versation on the status of women’s careers. Additional research expertise and
interests include entrepreneurship, creativity, issues of diversity and the schol-
arship of teaching and learning. Her research has appeared in Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal
of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Journal of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Education, Business Journal
of Hispanic Research and Journal of College Teaching and Learning. She has spoken at Catalyst®, Permanent
Commission on the Status of Women, Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, and Chambers of Commerce.
Dr. Ortiz-Walters earned her doctorate from the University of Connecticut.
Mayor of Plattsburgh: Prof. Colin Read
Prof. Read is the Former Dean of the School of Business and Economics of
the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. He has been teaching money
and banking for thirty years and also teaches history of economic and finance
thought. For the past ten years, he has served on the board of a bank and then
on the board of a NASDAQ traded public holding company of a number of
banks and insurance companies. He is regarded as an independent director and
a financial expert. Prof. Read received his Ph.D. in economics, with specialties
in finance and urban/real estate economics, from Queens University in Kings-
ton, Ontario, Canada. His undergraduate degree was in physics, and he has also
completed an M.A. in Economics, an M.B.A., a Master’s of Taxation, and a Juris
Doctor in Law. His research is in urban and real estate economics, macroeconomics, banking, and the
history of finance. He has published thirty research papers, about five hundred newspaper columns, and a
dozen books. He served on the county legislature, and now serves as the mayor of the City of Plattsburgh.
His favorite hobby is flying and he also spends time at the vineyard he shares with his wife in Mooers, N.Y.
President, CEDIMES Institue: Prof. Claude Albagli
Prof. Claude Albagli holds a doctorate in Economics from Universite Pantheon
Assas Paris II and specialized afterwards in Development Economics. He spent
more than fifteen years in Africa where he served in different academic posi-
tions including the ones of founder and dean of business schools. Prof Albagli
replaced the late Emeritus Prof Jacques Austruy, the founder and first President
of CEDIMES Institute since 1992. Under his lead CEDIMES Institute has tre-
mendously internationalized its activities, reaching today 35 local offices in 35
countries on the five continents. He is author and co-author of many publica-
tions focusing on various issues related to Developing Countries. He has a par-
ticular interest in China and has initiated for the last twenty five years various
academic projects between Chinese academic institutions and Western schools. He was visiting Professor
in Canada and Ukraine. Prof Albagli is Doctor Honoris Causa I Russia, Romania and Khazastan and mem-
ber of Academy of Sciences of Romania. He is a Knight of National Order of Merit and recipient of Order
of Academic Palms in France.
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Biographies of Keynote Speakers
Prof. P.W. (Paul) Beamish
Paul Beamish has authored over 59 books and 136 journal articles. His books
are in the areas of International Management, Strategic Management, and Joint
Ventures and Alliances. His articles have appeared in Academy of Management
Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal
of International Business Studies (JIBS), and elsewhere. He served as Editor-in-
Chief of JIBS from 1993-97 and is on numerous editorial boards. He is a Re-
search Fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation in Canada. Professor Beamish has
supervised 34 PhD dissertations, many involving International Joint Ventures
and Alliances. His consulting, management training, and joint venture facilita-
tion activities have been in both the public and private sector. These have taken
place in over a dozen countries for such organizations as Boeing, Canadian Foreign Service Institute, Cisco,
Dupont, Harvard Institute for International Development, Hayes-Dana, Labatt/Interbrew, Schneider, and
Valmet. He worked for Procter and Gamble and Wilfrid Laurier University before joining Ivey’s faculty in
1987. He is the founder of The 39 Country Initiative. Beamish has authored over 135 case studies, primarily
in the international management area. These have appeared in Asian Case Research Journal, Case Research
Journal, and in over 120 books. His cases have been among Ivey’s top external sellers in each of the past ten
years. He is recipient of best case-writing awards from the European Foundation for Management Devel-
opment, AIB, and ASAC.
Prof. Victor Murinde
Professor Victor Murinde (PhD, FRSA, FAcSS) holds the AXA Chair in Global
Finance and is the Founding Director of the Research Centre for Global Fi-
nance, at the School of Finance and Management, SOAS University of London.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; he is also a Fellow of the Academy
of Social Sciences. He has contributed over 100 research papers to the finance
and economics literature. According to the UK Research Excellence Frame-
work (REF2014), his research on “Shaping Bank Regulatory Reforms in Afri-
ca” was recognized for exceptional impact. He is the Principal Investigator of a
DFID-ESRC research project on “Inclusive Finance”, 2016-2021, leading a con-
sortium of: SOAS University of London; University of Birmingham; Columbia
University; University of Sussex; University of Nottingham; ODI London; University of Groningen; Laval
University; University of Ghana, Legon; & the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). He is also
Co-Investigator on “China’s financial system towards sustainable growth: The role of innovation, diversi-
ty and financial regulation”, funded by ESRC and the China National Science Funding Council (NSFC).
Professor Murinde is the Chair of Group C (Finance) for the AERC and was the founding Director of the
African Development Institute, at the African Development Bank and Chair, Econometric Society, Africa
Region (2014-2018).
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Prof. Maria Negreponti-Delivanis
Dr Negreponti-Delivanis is Professor of Economics at the University of Mace-
donia,Thessaloniki and was a docent at the Aristotle University. She is the first
woman university president (Rector) in Greece and was re-elected three times.
She has also been a consultant at OECD, Vice-President of the Internation-
al Association of French-speaking Economists, (AIELF), Vice-President of
CEDIMES Institute, President of the Honorary Doctors of the University of
Valahia in Romania, President of the “Dimitris and Maria Delivanis Founda-
tion”. She is Doctor Honoris Causa of Democritus University of Thrace, Uni-
versity of Valahia (Romania), University of Kainar (Almaty-Kazakhstan), Uni-
versity of Barnaoul-Altai (Siberia-Russia) and University of Annaba (Algeria).
She was elected member of the Scientific Academy of Bucharest and has been awarded the First Prize of
the Academy of Athens for her research on the regional development of Greece. Dr Negreponti-Delivanis
is a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute of Florence (Fiesole). She is author of 52
books, monographies and hundreds of scientific articles in Greek, French, English, Spanish, Romanian
and Russian, for which she received various awards. She has delivered invited lectures at many universities
in Washington, New York, Paris, Rome, Bonn, Marseille, Florence, Trieste, Sophia, Bratislava, Warsaw,
Cracow, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Cordova, Rio de Janeiro, S. Korea, Port-au-Prince, Yaounde, Almaty
(Kazakhstan), Rijeca (Croatia), Fribourg (Switzerland), Targoviste (Romania), Prague (Tchechie). Her
doctoral thesis was published with an allowance of CNRS-Paris, and she received a research scholarship
from NATO. She holds a PhD with distinction from University of Sorbonne (Paris) and was also a student
at LSE and a research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Fuad Hasanov, Senior Economist, IMF
Fuad Hasanov is a Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) and an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Georgetown University. Since
joining the IMF in 2007, he has worked as an economist for several emerging
countries and natural resource producers and conducted training of IMF staff
and government officials. Before joining the IMF, Fuad was an Assistant Pro-
fessor of Economics at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan in 2004-
2007. He has written articles on consumption and saving, real estate returns,
growth and inequality, fiscal policy and debt, and natural resources. His recent
research focuses on growth, innovation, and state policies. His recent book.
Breaking the Oil Spell, co-edited with Reda Cherif and Min Zhu, explores eco-
nomic diversification in oil exporters. Fuad received a PhD in economics from the University of Texas at
Austin.
Dr. Reda Cherif, Senior Economist, IMF
Reda Cherif is a Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
He joined the IMF in 2008 and worked in several departments on fiscal is-
sues, macroeconomic analysis of emerging and developing countries, and eco-
nomic training of government officials. His research focuses on development
economics, natural resources, fiscal policy, and growth and innovation. His
recent book co-edited with Fuad Hasanov and Min Zhu, Breaking the Oil Spell,
explores economic diversification in oil exporters. Reda holds a PhD in eco-
nomics from the University of Chicago.
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Conference Schedule
Friday August 30th, 2019
14:00 – 17:30 Registration
Angell College Center; Second Floor Lobby
14:00 – 15:00 Session No 001
Round Table: Current challenges of publishing peer reviewed articles:
Testimonies of senior professors and recipes of success for junior faculty
Room: Alumni Room
Chair
Prof Issouf Soumare
Vice-President Program, Africa Business & Entrepreneurship Research
Society (ABERS)
Co-President, Pan-African Institute of Economic & Financial Governance
Former Director, PhD Program; Faculty of Business Administration.
Director, Laboratory of Financial Engineering
Laval University, Canada
Members:
Prof Victor Murinde
AXA Professor in Global Finance
Director, Center for Research in Global Finance
SOAS University of London, United Kingdom
Prof Rebecca Piekkari
Professor of International Business
Head, International Business Department
Aalto University, Finland
Vice-President Program & Fellow of Academy of International Business (AIB)
Prof Basu Sharma
Professor of Human Resource Management
University of New Brunswick, Canada
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Comparative International Management
Past President, Atlantic Business Schools Conference Society, Canada
Prof Zhan Su
Editor, Transnational Corporations Review
Director, Jarilowski Chair in International Business
Director, CEDIMES Canada
Laval University, Canada
Page 1015:00 – 16:00 Session No 002
Panel No1: Entrepreneurship and investment toward a more dynamic
view of the Caribbean diaspora contributions to homeland development
Room: Alumni Room
Chair:
Dr Indianna Minto-Coy, University of West Indies, Jamaica
Engaging the next generation of diasporans: the experience of the
GraceKennedy Birthright Initiative
Mrs Caroline Mahfood, Executive Dir., Grace Kennedy Foundation, Jamaica
Caribbean-born entrepreneurs in Developed Host Countries: a theoretical
framework for analyzing their internationalization strategies and financial
performance
Dr Horacio Morgan, Ryerson University, Canada
Caribbean diaspora and homeland development
Dr Jay R Mandle, B. Wiley Professor of Economics; Colgate University, USA
Diaspora entrepreneurship and investment for socio-economic development
of the Caribbean region: barriers, success factors and the way forward
Dr Indianna Minto-Coy, University of West Indies, Jamaica
16:00 – 16:35 Session No 003
Importance of think thanks in socio-economic transformation in Africa
Room: Alumni Room
Chair:
Prof. Charles Moumouni
Co-President, Pana-African Institute
of Economic and Financial Governance (IPAGEF)
Laval University, Canada
Distinguished Speaker
Role of Think Tanks in Impacting Policies Formulation and Implementation
in Africa: Experiences and Lessons from the African Capacity Building
Foundation (ACBF)
Dr Roger Bienvenu Atindehou
Director of Operations
Africa Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Page 1116:35 – 17:30 Session No 004
Identity, democracy and socio-economic transformation in Developing
Countries
Room: Alumni Room
Chair:
Prof. Charles Moumouni
Co-President, Pana-African Institute
of Economic and Financial Governance (IPAGEF)
Laval University, Canada
Role of identity in sustainable economic development
Louicius Michel, Burma University, Canada
Democratie et croissance economique: cas de la Tunisie
Rahma Ben Naya, Universite de Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne
17:30 – 19:30 Welcome Cocktail Reception
Warren Ballroom
Dr Nancy Church, Emcee
Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Emerita
Former Chair, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship
President, Sigma Nu Tau, Entrepreneurship Honor Society
State University of New York – Plattsburgh
Page 12Saturday August 31st, 2019
8:00 Registration
Angell College Center; Second Floor Lobby
8:00 – 8:30 Coffee and refreshments
Warren Ballroom
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome to conference participants
Room: Cardinal Lounge
Dr Nancy Church, Emcee
Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Emerita
Former Chair, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship
President, Sigma Nu Tau, Entrepreneurship Honor Society
State University of New York - Plattsburgh
Conference opening remarks
Welcome by Conference Chair
Welcome by Provost of State University of New York - Plattsburgh
Welcome by Mayor of City of Plattsburgh
Welcome by Dean of School of Business & Economics
Welcome by President of CEDIMES Institute
9:00 – 11:10 Session No 005:
Distinguished Speakers addresses
Room: Cardinal Lounge
Chair:
Dr Lise Heroux
Distinguished Professor of Marketing
Interim Chair, Department of Management Information Systems & Analytics
State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA
Address of Conference Chair
Toward a socio-economic metamorphosis of Africa at the era of Belt and
Road Initiative: awakening of cheetah or more of turtle progress
Dr Elie Chrysostome
Professor of International Business & Strategy
Director of CEDIMES Institute USA
State University of New York - Plattsburgh
Page 139:00 – 11:10 Session No 005:
Distinguished Speakers addresses
Room: Cardinal Lounge
Keynote Speaker No 1
Title: The 39 Country Initiative: supporting education for socio-economic
transformation in Africa
Dr. Paul Beamish
Professor of International Business
Director, Institute of International Business
Editorial Director, Ivey Publishing
Ivey School of Business, Western University, Canada
Keynote Speaker No 2
The role of finance in the diffusion of innovation by enterprises
Dr. Victor Murinde
AXA Professor in Global Finance
Director, Center of Global Finance
SOAS University of London, UK
Keynote Speaker No 3
Consequences of the new international economic order on Developing
Countries
Dr. Maria Negreponti-Delivanis
Professor of Economics
Vice-President, CEDIMES Institute
Former President, University of Macedonia, Greece
11:10 – 11:20 Coffee Break
Warren Ballroom
Page 1411:20– 12:30 Session No 006
Migrations, immigrant entrepreneurs, immigrant returnees and implications
in Developing Countries
Room Cardinal Lounge
Chair:
Dr Elie Chrysostome
Professor of International Business & Strategy
Director of CEDIMES Institute USA
State University of New York - Plattsburgh
Human stickiness as a counterforce to brain-drain: purpose-driven behavior
among Tanzanian medical doctors and policy implications
David Ndikumana, University Agder, Norway
Maria Elo, Southern Denmark University, Denmark
Chair, McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference
Distinguished Professor of International Business, Shanghai University and
Belt & Road Institute of International Business
Rebbeca Piekkari, Aalto University, Finland
Head, International Business Department
Vice-President Program & Fellow of Academy of International Business (AIB)
Vers une meilleure comprehension du processus entrepreneurial des
immigrants: systematic review and perspectives of determinants
Radjabu Mayuto, Laval University, Canada
Zhan Su, Laval University, Canada
Strategies juridiques et politiques de l’Union Europeenne face a
l’immigration africaine
Adama Sadio, Universite de Rouen, France
11:20– 12:30 Session No 007
Panel No 2: Internationalization of Developing Countries SMEs on the
Markets of Developed Countries
Room Alumni Room
Chair:
Dr Michael Henry
Dean, School of Business & Economics
President-Elect, Canadian Congress of Small Business Enterprises (CCSBEs)
Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Page 15Pan-African Banks on the Rise: Do Cross-Border Banks Increase Firm
Access to Finance in WAEMU?
Dr Desire Kanga, ENSEA, Ivory Coast & SOAS University of London, UK
Dr Victor Murinde, SOAS, University of London, UK
Dr Issouf Soumare, Laval University, Canada
Developing Nations SMEs and Challenges of Promoting Exports to
Developed Nations’ Markets
Dr Mensgsteab Tesfayohannes-Beraki, Farmingdale SUNY, USA
Africa Business Groups: how does group affiliation improve exports
intensity?
Dr Mahdi Tajeddine, Saint Mary’s University, Canada
11:20– 12:30 Session No 008
Higher education, university entrepreneurial ecosystems and promotion of
entrepreneurship in Africa
Room Meeting Room 001
Chair:
Dr Van Wood
Professor of International Business
Philip Morris Chair of International Business
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Constructing the Theoretical Entrepreneurial University Ecosystem
Framework for African Universities
Mengsteab Tesfayohannes-Beraki, Farmingdale State University of New York
A case study exploring the evolution of African entrepreneurs’ perspectives
on sustainability during entrepreneurship training
Nii Addy, DesAutel Faculty of Management, McGill University, Canada
Les universités forment-elles de futurs entrepreneurs dans les pays en
développement? Une revue systématique de la littérature et nouvelles
avenues de recherche
Charles Fahinde, Laval University, Canada
12:30– 13:30 Luncheon
Warren Ballroom
Page 1613:30 – 14:00 Book launch
Book title: Capacity Building in Developing and Emerging Countries: From
Mindset Transformation to Promoting Entrepreneurship and Diaspora
involvement
Dr Nancy Church, Emcee
Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Emerita, Emcee
Former Chair, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship
President, Sigma Nu Tau, Entrepreneurship Honor Society
State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA
Remembering the 2019’s Conference: group photos session
Warren Ballroom
14:00 – 15:15 Session No 009:
Digital economy and socio-economic transformation in Developing
Countries
Room Alumni Room
Chair:
Dr Louicius Michel
Burma University, Canada
Platform Economy, Digital Divide and Microentrepreneurs in Developing
Countries
Basu Sharma, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Review and analysis of a decade of research on mobile commerce and
lessons for African businesses
Abdou Illia, Eastern Illinois University, USA
Usages innovants de la téléphonie mobile: stratégies d’acteurs autour du
Mobile Money en Afrique
Sokhna Fatou Seck-Sarr, Universite Gaston Berger de Saint Louis, Senegal
Chercheure Post-Doctorante, GIERSA, Université Laval
14:00 – 15:15 Session No 010
Belt and Road Initiative and influence of China on socio-economic
development in Africa
Room: Cardinal Lounge
Chair:
Dr. Maria Negreponti-Delivanis
Professor of Economics, Vice-President, CEDIMES Institute
Former President, University of Macedonia, Greece
Page 17China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Implications for Intra-Regional Trade and
Economic Integration in Africa
Kenneth Kalu, Ryerson University, Canada
Carlyle Farrell, Ryerson University, Canada
Howard Lin, Ryerson University, Canada
Gaining knowledge from China joint-ventures partners: comparing
Francophone and Anglophone experiences
Ado Abdoulkadre, University of Ottawa, Canada
China’s Special Economic Zones in Nigeria: Optical Illusion or Catalyst for
Growth?
Kenneth Kalu, Ryerson University, Canada
Ernest Tooki Aniche, Federal University Otuoke, Nigeria
14:00 – 15:15 Session No 011
Growing importance of female entrepreneurship and socio-economic
transformation in Africa and Indian Ocean Islands
Room: Meeting Room 1
Chair:
Dr Robert Christopherson
Professor of Economics
Chair, Department of Economics and Finance
State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA
Understanding why women in Africa choose to be entrepreneurs: A study of
sub-Saharan Africa
Van Wood, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Sombo M. Chunda, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Gender, performance and credit risks in Sub-Saharan Africa micro-finance
institutions
Hadizatou Ali, University of Quebec at Montreal
Jean Pierre Gueyie, University of Quebec at Montreal
Capacity building in a small insular economy: specificities of female
entrepreneurship in Réunion Island
Isabelle Ramdiale-Soubaya, University of Reunion Island, Reunion Island, France
Platform for enhancing women entrepreneurship in Burundi
Florence Nisabwe, Charisma University, British West Undies
Page 1815:15 – 16:15 Session No 012
Panel No 3: Remittance and Beyond: The Future of African Diaspora
Contributions to African Development
Room: Cardinal Lounge
Chair:
Dr Adams Bodomo
Professor of African Studies
Director, Global African Diaspora Studies (GADS)
University of Vienna, Austria
Africa diasporas: from financial to human capital commitment
Dr Howard Lin, Ryerson University, Canada
Future of African Diaspora Contributions to African Development
Dr Adams Bodomo
Professor of African Studies
Director, Global African Diaspora Studies (GADS)
University of Vienna, Austria
From brain drain to brain circulation: impact of diaspora remittances,
challenges and avenues for future research
Dr Elie Chrysostome, State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA
Intergenerational learning for sustainable development: lessons from the
African Diaspora.
Dr Nii Addy, McGill University, Canada
15:15 – 16:15 Session No 013 A
Regional economic integrations in Developing Countries: international
trade, investments, financial system and regulations
Room: Alumni Room
Chair:
Dr Claude Albagli, President CEDIMES Institute, France
Cross-border banking, credit, cycles, commodity prices and effectiveness of
macroprudential policies
Francois d’Assises Bationo, Laval University, Canada
Victor Murinde, SOAS Universoty of London, UK
Issouf Soumare, Laval University, Canada
Fair trade, political games of local actors and community development: Case
of organic mango producers in Burkina Faso
Alidou Ouedraogo, University of Moncton, Canada
Page 19Investissements Directs Etrangers, exportation et croissance economique:
une meta-analyse de la triple relation dans le context africain
N’Dri Amoin Bernardine, Laval University, Canada
N’Dri Kouadio Guillaume, University of Montreal, Canada
Radjabu Mayuto, Laval University, Canada
Zhan Su, Laval University, Canada
The Role of Transatlantic Trade and Investments Partnerships (TTIP) on
Other than CO2 Air Pollutants
Dhimitri Qirjo, State University of New York – Plattsburgh
Razvan Pascalau, State University of New York – Plattsburgh
15:15 – 16:15 Session No 013 B
Regional economic integrations in Developing Countries: international
trade, investments, financial system and regulations
Room: Meeting Room 1
Chair:
Dr Charles Moumouni
Professor of Communication Law
Co-President of IPAGEF
Laval University, Canada
Economic integration in Africa: what logistical solutions to underpin intra-
African Trade?
Armand Hounto, Transports Quebec, Canada
L’effet de ruissellement (trickle-down effect) de l'uniformisation du droit des
affaires sur le processus d'intégration économique en Afrique.
Ambassador Theodore Loko, University of Abomey Calavi, Benin
Promotion of international trade within and with African Free Trade Area
(ACFTA): current challenges and lessons to learn from European Union
and United States Mexico and Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Elie Chrysostome, State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA
Ferdinand Ouedraogo, University of Ouagadougou II, Burkina Faso
16:15 – 17:15 Session No 014
Panel No 4: Chinese investments in Africa: unprecedented opportunity
for a sustainable development or ant's dance with elephant
Room: Cardinal Lounge
Chair:
Dr Howard Lin
Professor of International Business
Director, Canada China Institute of Business and Development
Ryerson University, Canada
Page 20FDI regimes: How Africa might learn from China
Dr Howard Lin, Ryerson University
Former President Academy of International Business, Chapter Canada
Which Africans were successful in working with Chinese?
Dr Ado Abdoulkadre, University of Ottawa
Africa - Asia - Europe Economic Relations: Dependency or Partnership?
Pr Dr Adams Bodomo
Professor of African Studies
Director, Global African Diaspora Studies (GADS)
University of Vienna, Austria
Challenges of governance in economic relations between Africa and China
Dr Zhan Su
Professor of International Business
Director, Jarilowski Chair in International Business
Director, CEDIMES Canada
Faculty of Business, Laval University, Canada
16:15 – 17:15 Session No 015
Contemporary challenges of SMEs in Africa
Room: Alumni Room
Chair:
Dr. Mohamed Gaber
Professor of Accounting
Chair, Department of Accounting
State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA
Micro-Financing in the Era of Good Governance: Economic Benefits. An
Empirical Study
Yvette Essounga, University of Tuskegee, USA
Maxine Morgan, Long Island University, USA
Caracteristiques de l’entreprise, orientation marche et performance
commerciale des entreprises: cas des TPEs au Senegal
Balla Doucoure, Universite of Dakar, Senegal
Fatiha Fort, Sup/Agro, Montpellier, France
Assane Diagne, University of Bambey, Senegal
Cross-culture exchange, natural phenomena, and the creation of novel
business and economic models: A case for application in Sub-Saharan
Africa and Euro-America
Richard Gottschall, State University of New York - Plattsburgh
Marco Turco, State University of New York - Plattsburgh
Page 21The “Virtuous Cycle” between Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure
and Firm’s Financial Performance: The Case of the GCC Countries
Dr. Samy Garas, State University of New York – Plattsburgh
Dr. Osama El-Temtamy, State University of New York – Plattsburgh
16:15 – 17:15 Session No 016
Social entrepreneurship and socio-economic transformation in Developing
Countries
Room: Meeting Room 1
Chair:
Dr Nancy Church
Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Emerita
Former Chair, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship
President, Sigma Nu Tau, Entrepreneurship Honor Society
State University of New York – Plattsburgh
Inspiring African development: How North American corporations mobilize
members around poverty issues?
Kouame Saoure, University of Ottawa, Canada
Maziar Jafary, University of Ottawa, Canada
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Entrepreneurship in developing
countries: How firms build the society, Case of Malaysia
Hamed Motaghi, Universite du Quebec en Outaouais, Canada
Taieb Hafsi, HEC-Montreal, Canada
Mohammad Sadegh Hashemi, HEC-Montreal, Canada
Les immigrants, des entrepreneurs par opportunite? Role et sens du capital
humain
Amoin Bernardine N’Dri, Laval University, Canada
Radjabu Mayuto, Laval University, Canada
Page 22Sunday September 1st, 2019
9:00 – 10:20 Session No 017
Keynote Speaker No 4
Room: Cardinal Lounge
Chair:
Dr Claude Albagli
President CEDIMES Institute, France
All the way to the top: innovation, growth and the role of the state
Dr. Fuad Hasanov
Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington, USA
Dr Reda Cherif
Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA
Distinguished Speaker
Emerging Africa: The Moment of Truth
Prof. Charles Moumouni
Co-President, Pana-African Institute
of Economic and Financial Governance (IPAGEF)
Laval University, Canada
10:20 – 10:30 Coffee Break / Pause Café
Warren Ballroom
10:30 – 12:00 Session No 018
Firms’ internationalization: current challenges and new trends
Room: Cardinal Lounge
Chair:
Dr. Dhimitri Qirjo
Professor of Economics
State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA
The expat-preneur: profiles, motivations and challenges
Anne Marie Cote, Laval University, Canada
Zhan Su, Laval University, Canada
Page 23Internationalisation sur les marchés européens des petites et moyennes
entreprises québécoises
Margaux Minouflet, Laval University, Canada
Imelda Da Silva, Laval University, Canada
Alexis Abodohoui, Laval University, Canada
Zhan Su, Laval University, Canada
Research on Asian markets’ multinationals: what do we learn?
Anne Marie Cote, Laval University, Canada
Zhan Su, Laval University, Canada
Cultural challenges of joint ventures with Asia: a systematic review and
future research agenda
Anne Marie Cote
Zhan Su
10:30 – 12:00 Session No 019
Panel No 5: Endogenous capacity building for local entrepreneurship in
Developing Countries
Room: Amnesty Room
Chair:
Mrs Carole Roberts
President, BDA Foundation, Canada
Panelists:
Dr Baba Soufiane, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
Mr Paul Brooks, SDG Impact Fund, United Nations, USA
Mr Tony Suber, Suber Capital Partner, USA
10:30 – 12:00 Session No 020
Renewable energies, mineral resources and economic transformation in
Africa
Room: Alumni Room
Chair:
Dr. Razvan Pascalau
Professor of Economics
State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA
The Political Economy of Distributed Energy
Colin Read, State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA
Page 24Trois enjeux théoriques à propos des projets de développement des entreprises
minières en Afrique Sub-Saharienne
Armel Adanhounme, University of Quebec at Trois Rivieres, Canada
Les determinants de l’investissement dans les énergies renouvelables en
Afrique du Nord
Nadine Mogode Mbaibedje
Les politiques de promotion des énergies renouvelables: impacts sociaux de
la transition énergétique dans le secteur électrique : le cas de la France
Rhama Ben Naya, Universite Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, France
12:00 – 12:15 Coffee Break / Pause Café
Warren Ballroom
12:15 – 13:45 Session 021
Regulatory environment and financial support initiatives in female and
family entrepreneurship
Room: Alumni Room
Chair:
Dr Richard Gottschall
Associate Professor of Marketing & Entrepreneurship
State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA
Framework of entrepreneurship development at the bottom of the African
pyramid
Irene Munyana, Lance D’Afrique, Burundi
Influence of Legal and Regulatory Environment on Women Entrepreneurs
Starting Enterprises on Male Dominated Enterprises in Kenya
Teresia Kyalo, Karatina University, Kenya
Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance of
Family-Owned Enterprises in Kenya
Rachel Mugure Mburu, Karatina University, Kenya
Teresia Kyalo, Karatina University, Kenya
Evolution de l’entrepreneuriat des femmes du Senegal et profil des
entrepreneurs
Lansana Seydi, University Santa Ursula, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Page 2512:15 – 13:45 Session No 022
From exports and performance of SMEs to marketing strategy and R&D
efficiency in Developing & Emerging Countries
Room: Meeting Room 001
Chair,
Dr Kameliia Petrova, State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA
Performance of Very Small Enterprises: funhouse mirror or obviousness
Mustapha Mfokeu, University of Yaounde II, Cameroun
Effective Consumer Goods Marketing in the World’s Lowest Per Capita
Emad AbouElgheit, State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA
Efficiency of R&D expenditures in African countries
Pawel Dobrzanski, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
Is Mexico losing the fight of tomatoes exports in the USA with USMCA?
Maria Eugenia Estrada Chavira, Universidad Politecnica de Tecamac, Mexico
Sylja Viridiana Guerrero García, Universidad Politecnica de Tecamac, Mexico
Rocío Maribel Hernández Velázquez, Univ. Politecnica de Tecamac, Mexico
Guillermo Arredondo Villanueva, Univ. Politecnica de Tecamac, Mexico
13:45 – 14:30 Wrap up
Room: Cardinal Lounge
Closing remarks of the conference
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