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VOLUME 10 ISSUE 01

Hans Rüdiger Kaufmann, PhD, Diplom-Betriebswirt

Associate Professor Visiting Fellow of Leeds Metropolitan University
Intercollege Cyprus
A- 6841 Mäder
Tel: 0043- 552364069

As a German academic (Diplom-Betriebswirt) and after a management position in banking, Rudi joined the department of retailing and marketing of the Manchester Metropolitan University as a research assistant and sponsored PhD student. He completed his PhD in 1997 and was as lecturer (part-time) at MMU.

From July 1997 to December 1998, he worked in Budapest/Hungary first as a course director marketing for the Chartered Institute of Marketing and then as an assistant professor in Marketing at the International Management Centre Budapest/Weather head University and as a consultant for the business school.

Rudi joined the University of Applied Sciences Liechtenstein in 2000 as a Hochschullehrer/Professor working first as academic director Private Banking in the Institute of Finance and then as academic director international management pgd/mba in the Institute of Entrepreneurship. He is now associate professor at Intercollege Cyprus.

Rudi has been a member of CIRCLE from its very outset. He published on EU supported and other research conferences and in international journals and edited three books. He is head of the editorial board of the World Journal of Management & Economics and member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Management Cases, the Euro Mediterranean Journal of Business and the World Journal of Business Administration

 

 
Professor Claudio Vignali - Rest of the World
Arnold Ziff Chair in Retailing
Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Professor Vignali joined Leeds Met on 1 September 2003 from the School of Consumer, Tourism and Hospitality Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he had been the Consumer Section and Research Head for the past three years. Prior to this he was the postgraduate diploma course leader in the department of Retailing and Marketing. He has written more than 50 articles and books in the field of Retailing and Marketing and is the editor of two academic journals, The British Food Journal and the International Journal of Management Cases. In the past Professor Vignali has worked for Crown Berger Paints, part of Akzo Nobell, and Benetton, where he has held positions from brand manager to export director and developed distribution and retail operations in Europe and the Middle East.

Email: c.vignali@leedsmet.ac.uk
Professor Barry Davies - Western Europe
Professor of Marketing,
University of Gloucestershire, UK.

Barry Davies is Assistant Dean, Research in the university’s business school. He was educated at what are now the universities of Bolton, Central Lancashire, Lancaster and Cranfield. After his first period as a student in Bolton, he worked in retailing with the Co-operative movement and then Littlewoods. He was then general manager of a regional vending and catering company, before returning to study as a mature postgraduate. He received his MA from Lancaster in marketing management, and this has been his field since. He taught previously at Glamorgan and Manchester Metropolitan Universities. His current interests are in retail service environments and decision support in marketing.

Email: bdavies@glos.ac.uk
Professor Tihomir Vranesevic - Central Europe
Associate Dean,
The Graduate School of Economics, The University of Zagreb

Achieved BSc, MSc and PhD degrees at the Graduate School of Economics and Business Zagreb. Currently, he is deputy Dean and associate professor in the Marketing department, at the same school. He lectures undergraduate courses: "Marketing" and "Marketing Research" as well as "Customer Relationship Management" and "Brand Management" at the Graduate School.

Prof. Vranesevic is author of the book "Upravljanje zadovoljstvom klijenata" (Customer Satisfaction), and co-author of the following books: "Marketing", “Upravljanje strateškim marketingom" (Marketing Strategy), “Marketing planning”, “Customer Satisfaction”, Istraživanje tržišta" (Marketing Research). He is also author of numerous scientific and professional articles from the areas of marketing, marketing research, customer satisfaction, brand management, etc.

Email:tvranesevic@efzg.hr

Gianpaolo Vignali - Associate Editor

Gianpaolo joined LMU in April 2004 as a lecturer in Strategy and Marketing. His research interests include; Food Marketing, Hospitality and Strategic Growth in SME’s. His roles and responsibilities for the journal include: the Management and Design, New Subscriptions and the first point of contact for external enquiries.

Email; g.vignali@mmu.ac.uk
 
 
Dr. David J. Bennett
Head of Department, Operations & Information Management Division, Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK.
d.j.bennetti@aston.ac.uk

Prof. Dr. Leo Dana
University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
leodanai@canterbury.ac.nz

Professor Alberto Mattiacci

Professor of Retailing and Marketing,The university of Sienna, Italy.
mattiaccialb@unisi.it

Professor Mark Dupuis
Professor of Marketing, Ecole Superiore de Commerce de Paris, France.

Dr. Henk J. Gianotten
Director, Centre for Retailing Research, Economish Institut voor het Midden en Kleinbedrijf, Netherlands

Professor. Hans-Rüdiger Kaufmann
University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Professor Dr. Jürgen Polke
Associate Dean, University of Applied Science, Vorarlberg, Austria.
jurgen.polke@fhv.at

Professor Carlo A. Pratesi
Professor of Retailing Marketing, University of Urbino, Italy.
capbox@tin.it

Professor Jurica Pavicic
Professor of Marketing, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
jpavicic@efzg.hr

Professor Antonella Reitano
Professor di Economica & Gestione, Universita di Calabria, Italia.
a.reitano@unical.it

Professor Brenda Sternquist
Professor, International Retail Management, Michigan State University, USA.
sternqui@msu.edu

Dr.Tomasz Wisniewski
The university of Szczecin Poland.
t.wisniewski@univ.szczecin.pl

Professor Demitri Vrontis
Dean of The Business School, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
vrontis.d@intercollege.ac.cy


Professor Andrew Newman
University of Salford
ajnewman@salford.ac.uk


Des Monk
University of Central Lancashire
dmonk@uclan.ac.uk

Professor Lutz Sommer
University of Albt, Germany


Professor Alberto Pastore
University of 3 Rome, Italy


Professor Gian Luca Gregori
University Politecnia delle Marche, Italy


Professor E.H. Bernd
European Retail Academy, Germany


Professor Vitorio Ambrosio
University Estoril, Portugal

Professor Maria Tomasevic
University of Zagreb

Dr. George Lodorfos
Leeds Business School


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