6th IBIMA Conference

Conference Committees

Conference Chair

Khalid S. Soliman, Hofstra University, USA

Local Chair

Markus Mau, Alanus Institute, Germany Nicole Mau, University of Giessen, Germany

Advisory Committee

John F. Affisco, Hofstra University, USA
Hesham H. Ali, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Emad Bataineh, Zayed University, UAE
Az-Eddine Bennani, Reims Management School, France
Emil Boasson, Ithaca College School of Business, USA
Imed Boughzala, GET/ Institut National des Telecommunications, France
Reggie Davidrajuh, Stavanger University College, Norway
Xiuzhen Feng, Beijing University of Technology, China
Craig Godley, Massey University, New Zealand
Markus Helfert, Dublin City University, Ireland
Zahir Irani, Brunel University, UK
Takao Ito, Ube National College of Technology, Japan
Sherif Kamel, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Jan Kolditz, Universität Bremen, Germany
Farian Krohne, Universität Bremen, Germany
Settapong  Malisuwan, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, Thailand
Christiane E. Metzner, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
Roman Povalej, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
Alcina Prata, ESCE, Portugal
Marcus Rothenberger, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, USA
Najib Saylani, Hofstra University, USA
Magdy Serour, University of Technology - Sydney, Australia
Francesca Sgobbi, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
Mark Srite, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee,  USA

Sushil Sharma, Ball State University, USA
Abraham G. van der Vyver, Monash University, South Africa
Dianne Wingham, Australia
Shumaila Y. Yousafzai, Cardiff University, UK

Program Committee

Fayez Ahmad Albadri, Macquarie University, Australia
Periklis Andritsos, University of Trento, Italy
Fahim Akhter, Zayed University, UAE
Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia 
Adel Al-Alawi, University of Bahrain, Bahrain  
Ahmed Azam, DeVry University, USA
Abdullah Abdali, The Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences, Jordan
Nidhal Abdulaziz, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE
Abdollah Aghaie, K N Toosi University of Technology, Iran
Khalil A. Abuosba, Philadelphia University, Jordan
Imad Baalbaki, American University of Beirut, Lebanon  Excellent Constructive review
David A Banks, University of South Australia, Australia Excellent Constructive review
R.H. Barbour, Unitec New Zealand, New Zealand
Muhanad Albayaty, Hashemite University, Jordan
Tarik Beldjilali, Université de Moncton, Canada
Rob Bernad, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE
Markus Bick, ESCP-EAP European School of Management, Germany
Emil Boasson, Ithaca College, USA
Faouzi Bouslama, Zayed University, UAE
Karim Bourouni, ENIT, Tunisia
Evren Bulut, Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
Martin Burgard, Saarland University, Germany Excellent Constructive review
John Byrne, RMIT University, Australia
Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood, London School of Economics, UK
Ciprian Candea, Wittmann & Partner Computer Systems, Rommania 
Lourdes Canós, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Teuta Cata, Northern Kentucky University, USA
Ricardo A. Cattafi A., Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela
Wang Yin Chai, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia   
Vanessa Chang, Curtin University of Technology, Australia  
Wenshin Chen, Prairie View A&M University, USA      
Raymond Chiong, Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia 
Jorge Valdés Conca, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Teresa Torres-Coronas, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain
Jan Mendonça Corrêa, University of Brasilia, Brazil
José Diego De la Cruz, EPFL - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland Excellent Constructive review
Khaled Dahawy, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Tomi Dahlberg, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland Excellent Constructive review
Sagarmay Deb, University of Ballarat, Australia 
Arif Djunaidy, Intitut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Indonesia
Soumaya Ben Dhaou, Dauphine University/UQAM, Canada Excellent Constructive review
Patrick Doran, Zayed University, UAE
Basil Dudin, Lancaster University, UK
Jean-Louis Ermine, INT, France
Uchenna C. Eze, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Sue Foster, Monash University, Australia
José L. Fuertes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Excellent Constructive review
De Meyer Geert, Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Belgium 
Norjihan Abdul Ghani, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Khamis  N  Al-Gharbi, Sultan Qabbos University, Oman
Remigijus Gustas, Karlstad University, Sweden
Noor Raihan Abdul Hamid, Multimedia University, Malaysia  
Suraya Hamid, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Yousef Bani Hammad, Ittihad University, UAE
Adrian Hargreaves, Massey University, New Zealand 
Katja Harej, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Ciara Heavin, University College Cork, Ireland
Dave Henderson, Virginia Tech, USA
Abdelkader Heni, University of Monastir, Tunisia
Anne Honkaranta, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Excellent Constructive review
Ewa Huebner, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Husnayati Hussin, International Islamic University, Malaysia
Emmanuel Matthew Ikart, University of Wollongong, Australia 
ichael C. Jaeger, Berlin University of Technology, Germany Excellent Constructive review
Ramlah Hussein, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Leila Menzli Jamel, RIADI Lab. -National School of Computer Sc.,Tunis
Sarabdeen Jawahitha, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Anand Jeyaraj, University of Missouri-St.Louis, USA Excellent Constructive review
Ann Johansson, University West, Sweden Excellent Constructive review
Damir Kalpic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Pankaj Kamthan, Concordia University, Canada Excellent Constructive review 
Noorliza Karia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia 
Roland Kaschek, Massey University, New Zealand Excellent Constructive review
Ismail Kassou, Mohammed V Souissi University, Morocco
Chris Keen, University of Tasmania, Australia
Dijamel Khadraoui, CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
Doha Abdelkhaleq, ESKADENIA Software Solutions, Jordan 
Saeed Q. Al-Khalidi, King Khalid University, KSA
Asad I. Khan, Monash University, Australia
Mohammad Ayub Khan, Tec de Monterrey, Mexico
Rami Khasawneh, Lewis University, USA
Ahmad Khasawneh, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan
Khalid Khawaja, American University in Dubai, UAE
Rania Maher Kilany, Minia University, Egypt
Gerhard Knolmayer, University of Bern, Switzerland
Christophe Kolski, Valenciennes University, France
Susan Koruth, CGI-AMS, Australia Excellent Constructive review
George Kostopoulos, American University of Kuwait, Kuwait
K. P. Lam, Keele_University, UK Excellent Constructive review
Fotis Liarokapis, City University, UK
Sharman Lichtenstein, Deakin University, Australia  Excellent Constructive review
Chad Lin, Edith Cowan University, Australia Excellent Constructive review
Kathy J. Liszka, The University of Akron, USA
Keri Logan, Massey University, New Zealand
Francisco A. Pujol Lopez, University of Alicante, Spain
Euripidis N. Loukis, University of Aegean, Greece Excellent Constructive review
Stefan Luckner, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
Carrie Siu Man Lui, James Cook University, Australia Excellent Constructive review
Zaigham Mahmood, University of Derby, UK       
Muhammad Amir Malik, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Pakistan
Amanda Mead, Macquarie University, Australia
Alan Miller, University of St Andrews, UK
Mehrdad Mohasses, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE
Emad Eldin Mohamed, UAE University, UAE
Jorge Molea, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
Sonali S. Morar, Brunel University, UK
Adrian Munteanu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Romania Excellent Constructive review
John Murphy, Dublin City University, Ireland
Nabil Mzoughi, University of Sousse, Tunisia
Khamis Omar, PSUT, Jordan
Ronald Uriel Ruiz Ordóñez, Universitat de Girona, Spain
Roslina Othman, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia  
Roberto Paiano, University of Lecce, Italy
Shushma Patel, London South Bank University, UK
Tania Pavlou, City University, UK Excellent Constructive review
Krassie Petrova, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Jacek Plodzien, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Ghassan Al-Qaimari, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE
Rafa E. Al Qutaish, ÉTS – University of Quebec, Canada
Samia Rab, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Gianmarco Radice, University of Glasgow, UK
Nasrin Rahmati, Monash University, Australia
Jaime Ramírez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
T. Ramayah, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Sally Rao, University of  Adelaide, Australia
Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University, UAE
Hugo Rehesaar, Griffith University, Australia
Vincent Rijmen, Graz University of Technology, Austria  
Mohamed Aborizka, Arab Academy for Science & Technology, Egypt
João Rocha, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Tomislav Rozman, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Narcyz Roztocki, State University of New York, USA Excellent Constructive review
Daniel Ruiz, University of Alicante, Spain
Salaheldin Ismail Salaheldin, Qatar University, Qatar   
Florence Sèdes, IRIT-Université Paul Sabatier, France
Hasan Al-Saedy, Skyline College, UAE
Ali Afjehi-Sadat, Vienna University of Technology, Austria  
Nicklas Salomonson, University College of Borås, Sweden Excellent Constructive review
Mohammed Samaka, Qatar University, Qatar
Paulus Insap Santosa, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore  
Albert Henry Seymour Scott, Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong   
Maha Shakir, Zayed University, UAE Excellent Constructive review
Hasan Al-Shalabi, Al-Hussein Bin Talal, Jordan
Alan Sixsmith, University of Technology-Sydney, Australia Excellent Constructive review
Javier Soriano, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain
Aileen Cater-Steel, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Gabriele Stoppa, University of Trento, Italy
Ahmed BinSubaih, University of Sheffield, UK
Reima Suomi, Turku School of Economics, Finland
Amine Nehari Talet, KFUPM, KSA
Sabah N. Abdul-Wahab AL-Tamimi, Al Ghurair University, UAE
Mark E. Thorogood, Nova Southeastern University, USA Excellent Constructive review
Christos Tjortjis, The University of Manchester, UK
Gustavo A. Santana Torrella, Mexican Oil Institute, Mexico
Sébastien Tran, La Rochelle Business School, France Excellent Constructive review
Alexei Tretiakov, Massey University, New Zealand
Italo Trevisan, Università di Trento, Italy
Chiou-Pirng Wang, Albany State University, USA 
Stuart Warden, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Danie van der Westhuizen, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Zijiang Yang, York University, Canada 
Essid Yousra, HEC Montréal University, Canada Excellent Constructive review
Constantin Zamfirescu, “Lucian Blaga” of Sibiu University, Romania
Gregor Zellner, Regensburg University, Germany
Raed Abu Zitar, Philadelphia University, Jordan