The faculty regularly publishes articles in journals and newspapers. Some of the articles are referenced hereafter.
1 Dr. Katharina Rehfeld
Dr. Katharina Rehfeld has published an article entitled "Effective Management of Volunteers" in the Journal of International Business and Diplomacy where she explores effective management within non-profit organizations, focusing on the role of motivation and organizational culture.
This article discusses the learning of Siemens Healthineers a global and leading manufacturer of medical technology along their way to a customer centric organization by focusing on their employees as their most valuable customers.
Using concrete examples from practical experience, the article discusses the possibilities for the application of People Analytics and illustrates how processes and activities within internal and external personnel marketing can be analyzed, evaluated, and optimized in a data-driven and targeted manner.
The article discusses the possibilities for optimizing workforce management through the use of People Analytics and its significance for corporate controlling.
The representative study "AI in Recruiting: Emotions, Views, Expectations analyses the opinions and feelings of job applicants regarding artificial intelligence in Human Resources.
Articles about this study are also available at:
Rehfeld. K. (2022): What is new about New Work? IUG Business Review. 1/2022.
This article explores the concept of New Work, its origin, and its transformation. He looks at the principles of work and our understanding of work, from the age of manual production, through Taylorism, through the founder of the term New Work, Frithjof Bergmann, to today's world of globalization and digitization.
2 Dr. Juneyoung Lee
Dr. Juneyoung Lee has published a summary of her recent book entitled "Culture and International Trade Law: from Conflict to Coordination" in the Journal of International Business and Diplomacy. It addresses the interaction between trade liberalization, cultural protection, and cultural diversity at domestic, regional, and international levels. Based on anthropological elements, her article conceptualizes culture being utilized in the trade domain.
3 Dr. Nawal Tarazi
Dr. Nawal Tarazi has summarized her DBA thesis in an article entitled "What Factors Influence the Level of Engagement of Individuals in a Banking Relationship in Jordan?" in the Journal of International Business and Diplomacy. In this contribution she studies in an innovative way the factors that influence the level of engagement of individuals in a banking relationship in Jordan.
4 Michael Baltaian
Michael Baltaian has published an article entitled "A New Data Protection Law in Switzerland. Still the Weakest Privacy Law in Western Europe?" in the Journal of International Business and Diplomacy. The article examines the practical implications of the new law passed on September 1, 2023 for companies doing business in Switzerland.
5 Dr. Nikos Tsourakis
Dr. Nikos Tsourakis has published a summary of his recent book entitled "Setting Educational Objectives for the Book: Machine Learning Techniques for Text" in the Journal of International Business and Diplomacy. In this paper Dr. Tsourakis refers to how the dominant trend in technology is moving towards crafting machines capable of learning from data to perform intelligent tasks.
6 Dr. Claude Cellich
Dr. Claude Cellich has recently published a review of a recent book by HarperCollins entitled Split the Pie: A Radical New Way to Negotiate by Barry Nalebuff (2022) in the Journal of International Business and Diplomacy..
Dr. Daria Dyakonova
Dr. Daria Dyakonova has published a book chapter entitled “ ‘Approached as a Force for Labour’ ”: Communist Women’s Fight for Women Workers’ Rights in the Comintern, the Profintern, and Eastern Europe in the 1920s” in Zimmermann, Susan et al., eds. Through the Prism of Gender and Work. Women’s Labour Struggles in Central and Eastern Europe and Beyond, 19th and 20th Centuries, Brill: Leiden-Boston, 2023.
This chapter covers radical women workers' activities in the Red International of Labour Unions focusing on the crucial role that Communist women played in setting up structures for women. It also discusses the lack of cooperation in this endeavours of the male-dominated trade union structures and leadership in the 1920s.
January 2024
Dr. June Lee
Culture and International Trade Law
From Conflict to Coordination
Short Abstract: How can policies on trade and culture be coordinated in such a way that both are enabled to flourish? This book makes the argument for moving from viewing trade and culture as "in conflict" to assessing the two fields in coordination—at the domestic, regional and international levels. Juneyoung Lee makes the case for a preference for negotiations and monitoring, as opposed to legalized dispute settlement. Informal law-making processes and preferential trade agreements are also addressed.
March 2023
Dr. Daria Dyakonova
This article seeks to contribute to studies on Communist women in a transnational perspective. It makes use of the CWM’s institutional documents from the early 1920s to shed light on the movement’s inauguration and delineate its ideas on women’s emancipation. The article researches such aspects of Communist women’s activities as gender division of labor, reproduction, and childcare; relationship with non-Communist feminists; and gender relations within the Communist movement.
February 2023
Dr. Daria Dyakonova
has published a co-authored book on the Communist Women’s Movement. This movement, virtually unknown today, was the world’s first truly international revolutionary organisation of women. Formed in 1920, the Communist Women's Movement (CWM) mapped out a programme for women’s emancipation and participated in struggles for women’s rights. The book contains proceedings and resolutions of CWM conferences, along with reports on its work around the world. Most of its contents are published in English for the first time, with almost half appearing for the first time in any language. The book opens with a long introduction written by Daria Dyakonova that guides the reader through the text.
November 2022
Dr. Nikos Tsourakis
has published a new book on Machine Learning Techniques for Text. The book teaches the necessary skill set to process text data, balancing need-to-know theory and hands-on practice. The content is grounded around different case studies.
October 2022
Dr. Ibrahim Saïd Gateley
Has published an article on migration and digital technology. This forward-looking Research Handbook showcases cutting-edge research on the relationship between international migration and digital technology. It sheds new light on the interlinkages between digitalisation and migration patterns and processes globally, capturing the latest research technologies and data sources. Featuring international migration in all facets from the migration of tech sector specialists through to refugee displacement, leading contributors offer strategic insights into the future of migration and mobility.
February 2022
Dr. Andrea De Mauro
Has published a new book on Data Analytics. The book explains the use of machine learning and data storytelling in a professional environment.
Andrea De Mauro has more than 15 years of international experience as an IT manager and Senior Data Scientist. He is currently Director of Business Analytics at Procter & Gamble, looking after the continuous elevation of the role of data analytics in the business and the development of digital fluency across the global organization. He is a professor of Marketing Analytics and Applied Machine Learning at the Universities of Bari and Florence, Italy, and at the International Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. As a scholar, he investigates the essential components of Big Data as a phenomenon and the impact of AI and Data Analytics on companies and people. He is the author of popular science books on data analytics and research papers in international journals.
August 2021
Mr. Christian Pauletto
was interviewed in the newspaper Le Temps concerning the strategy of the new Director General of the World Trade Organization
June 2021
Dr. Claude Cellich
has published a book on Creative Solutions to Global Business Negotiations
The author provides a useful guide for business executives operating in today’s digitalized global economy.
January 2021
Dr. Claude Cellich
has co-authored a book with Dr. Michel Borgeon on Global Trade Strategies which analyses the interaction with trade institutions and businesses.
May 2020
Dr. Gyula Csurgai
has published a book on Geopolitical Analysis which explores a multidimensional approach to analyzse power rivalries in international relations.
March 2020
Dr. Mario Apostolov
Mr. Christian Pauletto
participated as a panelist at the Global Trade and Blockchain Symposium on the topic "Ensuring inclusive tech in developing world".
December 2019
Mr. Christian Pauletto
Dr. Claude Cellich
has edited the new edition of the IIG Business Review.
March 2018
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Mr. John Santantoniou
Dr. Aline Baillat
wrote a chapter on International investment agreements and water resources in a book edited by Julien Chaisse with Cambridge University Press.
December 2016
Dr. William Larson
is the co-author of the book "Mathematics Higher Level Option 8: Sets, Relations and Groups".
2013
Dr. William Larson
is the author of the book "Mathematics HL Option 8: Statistics and Probability".
2006
Mr. Chiedu Osakwe
is the co-author of the book "African Perspectives on Trade and the WTO".
September 2016
Dr. Thomas Frankl
who teaches management has recently written an article on the case for family-owned businesses where he has analyzed which strategic decisions have contributed materially to the long-term survival of family-owned companies operating in a competitive environment.
October 2016
Dr. Claude Cellich
of the International Institute in Geneva and Subhash Jain professor emeritus of the University of Connecticut, USA have published the second edition of their book on Global Business negotiations.
September 2016
Dr. Patrice-Ann Nuq
is nominated on the editorial board of the Journal of Consumer Marketing.
Dr. Claude Cellich
book review editor for the Journal of Euromarketing, has reviewed a book on “The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World”.
October - December 2015
Dr. Carlo Cattani
published an article "Building trade finance infrastructure" in the in the Commonwealth Trade and Investment Report.
2013
Dr. Claude Cellich
presented a paper at the World Business Congress organized by the International Management Development Association and had a chapter published in “Negotiation: Readings, Exercises and Cases”.
6th edition
Dr. Glenn O'Neil
has published an article entitled "Evaluation of international and non-governmental organizations’ communication activities: A 15 year systematic review" in the Public Relations Review.
2013
Dr. Mario Apostolov
wrote about the political crisis in Ukraine in the newspaper Le Temps.
6 June 2014
Dr. Patrice Nuq
together with Benoit Aubert (Grenoble Ecole de Management) has published an article in the field of consumer behavior entitled "Towards a better understanding of the intention to use eHealth services by medical professionals: the case of developing countries" in the International Journal of Healtcare Management.
November 2013
Dr. Patrice-Anne Nuq and Robert Boland
have published a book entitled "Exploring services marketing: a creative learning approach".
December 2014
Dr. Richard Fletcher
is the author a book which analyses the contemporary issues in international marketing specific to the Asian-Pacific region.