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eCom Members Council Members Associate Members
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Joze Gricar, Ph.D. |
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Gricar@FOV.Uni-Mb.si |
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Vita |
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Jože Gričar
(Gricar@FOV.Uni-Mb.si)
is Professor Emeritus of the University of Maribor. He received Ph.D. degree in business & information systems from the
University of Ljubljana in 1984. Prior to joining the University of
Maribor in 1977, he was holding various managerial positions in Commerce
Ljubljana, Representative of Foreign Firms for eleven years. His current
research includes eCommerce and innovative cross-border eRegion
development. From
the beginning in 1988 till 2008 - 21 years - he was the Chair of the
annual Bled eConference (http://BledConference.org).
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Profesional Preparation |
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Bachelor Degree in
Business, 1964. |
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Masters in Business
Administration, Marketing, 1977. |
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Ph.D. in Business &
Information Systems, 1984.
All degrees received from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty
of Economics,
http://www.ef.uni-lj.si/en. |
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Teaching |
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Faculty of
Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor
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Business Information
Systems
Process Engineering
eCommerce
Information Systems Management
eCommerce Strategy
Informatics for Managers
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ICPE - International Center for Promotion of Enterprises, Ljubljana
(visiting)
http://ICPE.si
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Management of Information Systems
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Postdoctoral studies in the United States (Fall semesters) |
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1985 University of Minnesota, visiting scholar, 2 months |
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1987 University of Minnesota, visiting scholar, 5 months |
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1988a Advanced Information Systems Faculty Development
Institute, American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
at Indiana University, July, 3 weeks |
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1988b University of Arizona, 2 months |
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1989 University of Denver, 3 months |
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1990 University of Denver, 3 months |
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1991 University of Denver, teaching one MIS course, Fulbright
Travel Grantee, 4 months |
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1992 University of Denver, teaching two MIS courses, 4 months |
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1993 University of Denver, teaching two MIS courses, 4 months |
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Participation in the United States Government Programs - Provided by the Embassy of the United States of America to the
Republic of Slovenia |
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2000 International Visitor Program, October 10-13. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs, Office of International Visitors |
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2001 Electronic Commerce and the U.S. Economy. A Regional
International Visitor Project for Europe, January 29 - February
16. Sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Office of International Visitors, Washington,
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2002 Implementing eGovernment Conference, Washington D.C.,
November 19-22. Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, The U.S.
Trade and Development Agency (TDA), The U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID). |
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2003 eLogistics Forum on Electronic Commerce. Sponsored by the
US Embassy in Budapest and the AMCHAM Hungary, March 3-4. |
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2007 Alumni Small Grants Program. eCollaboration in a Major
Disaster Relief Workshop November 7, 2007 (http://eLivingLab.org/Safe/Workshop
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Positions |
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Conference Chair, annual
Bled eConference (since 1988). “Previous Conferences” available from
http://BledConference.org |
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Coordinator, The eSilk &
eAmber Road Innovative Regions Think Tank: Business & Government
Executives & Professors Commitment To Making A Difference (with Douglas
R. Vogel, City University of Hong Kong, since 2004),
(http://BledConference.org/eAmber&eSilkRoad
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Program Chair, The Merkur
Day, Undergraduate and Graduate Students eConference (since 1999),
http://eCenter.FOV.Uni-Mb.si/MerkurDay. |
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National expert and deputy
member, ICT - Information and Communication Technologies Committee,
Slovenia Delegation
7th Programme of European Union (2007- )
6th Programme of European Union (2003-2006)
5th Programme of European Union (1998-2002) |
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Contact person of the
eLivingLab,
http://eLivingLab.org. |
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Member, Portfolio Leadership
Group, European Network of LivingLabs – ENoLL,
http://OpenLivingLabs.eu . |
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Member, Coordinating
Committee of the Innovation for Life Quality, Slovenia LivingLab
Initiative,
http://SloveniaLivingLab.org . |
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Member, ALADIN Steering
Committee, ALADIN – ALpe ADria INitiative Universities’ Network:
Universities of Corvinus Budapest, Hungary; Karl-Franzens Graz, Austria;
Medical University of Graz, Austria; Technical University Košice,
Slovakia; Maribor, Slovenia; BW München, Germany; Novi Sad, Serbia;
Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic; Rijeka, Croatia; Trento,
Italy; Trieste, Italy & the extended eALADIN with the involvement of the
George Washington University, United States (http://ALADIN-Net.eu). |
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Member, eBSN Steering Group,
International organizations and e-business experts. The eBSN – European
e-Business Support Network for SMEs, E-business, ICT industry and
services, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General, European
Commission,
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/e-bsn/index_en.html |
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Associate Member, The
European Research Center for Information Systems – ERCIS, http://ERCIS.org
http://www.ercis.org/ERCIS/en/organisation/associatedresearchinstitutes/index.html
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Member, the CEI Task Force
on ICT,
http://www.ceinet.org/main.php?pageID=325, The Central European
Initiative – CEI,
http://www.CEInet.org . |
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Member, Slovenia Delegation,
Expert. Information Society Technologies Committee. IST Programme of
European Union. The 5th Framework Programme (1999-2002), the 6th
Framework Programme (2003- 2006),
http://www.cordis.lu/ist . |
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President, Section for
Research in Information Systems, Society of Economists of Slovenia
http://ecom.fov.uni-mb.si/sekcijaraziskovanjeis&ais/posvetovanje2007 |
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Guest Editor, eCommerce.
Annual Thematic Issue of the Journal Organizacija, in Slovene language
(March 1996-2004),
http://www1.fov.uni-mb.si/mzalozba/revija.htm
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Guest Editor, eRegion
Development. Annual Thematic Issues of the Journal Organizacija, in
English language (March 2005-2007),
http://Organizacija.FOV.Uni-Mb.si/index.php/organizacija/issue/view/16
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Conference Chair, “Global
Co-Operation in the New Millennium”, 9th European Conference on
Information Systems - ECIS 2001, Bled, Slovenia - June 27-29, 2001,
http://ECIS2001.fov.uni-mb.si . |
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Awards |
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Golden Medal of the
University of Maribor For Research Achievements and
International Cooperation, 1990. |
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Honorary Membership
of The Economists Association of Slovenia, 2001. |
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2003 IBM Faculty Award. In recognition of exceptional Research &
Educational Program, April 2004. |
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Honorary Membership
of the Economist Association of Dolenjska and Bela krajina,
2006. |
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Selected publications |
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McCubbrey,
Donald J.; Gricar, Joze. The EDI project in Slovenia: a case study
and model for developing countries. Information, Technology &
People. Bredford, 8(1995)2; 6-16. ISSN 0956-3845.
Vogel,
Doug & Gricar, Joze (Guest Editors): A Global Perspective on
Electronic Commerce. International Journal of Electronic Commerce /
Spring 1998a, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 3-4.
Vogel,
Doug & Gricar, Joze. Using Electronic Commerce to Focus a Country:
The Case of Slovenia. International Journal of Electronic Commerce,
1998b, No. 3, 17-22.
Gricar,
Joze. Importance of regional cross border ecommerce development. In:
Vukovic, Goran (editor). Management and European Union: collection
of scientific papers from international conference. Kranj: Modern
Organization, 2002, pp 18-25. [COBISS-ID 3309075].
Bracun,
Franc, Gricar, Joze (editors). Organizational prototype of cross
border business-to-business and business-to-government electronic
commerce. Kranj: Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Center of
Electronic Commerce, 2001. 72 pp [COBISS-ID 3292435].
Douglas
R. Vogel (Chair), Georg-Dieter Gotschlich, Joze Gricar, Roger
Harris, Nurdin Shakirov, Efraim Turban. The New Silk Road. Panel
outline. Panelists: Published in: Loebbecke, Claudia, Wigand, Rolf
T., Gricar, Joze, Pucihar, Andreja, Lenart, Gregor. eReality :
Constructing the eEconomy: proceedings. Bled eCommerce Conference.
Kranj: Moderna organizacija, 2002.
Douglas
R. Vogel, Robert Davison, Joze Gricar, Roger Harris, Maddalena
Sorrentino: eTransformation of the Silk Road: Rejuvenating a
Historical Trade Network. Published in: Wigand, Rolf T., Tan, Yao-hua,
Gricar, Joze, Pucihar, Andreja, Lunar, Tjasa (editors).
eTransformation: Bled eCommerce conference proceedings. Kranj:
Moderna organizacija, 2003.
Gricar, Joze; Lenart, Gregor; Pucihar, Andreja. E-Business W@tch
Reports as a Resource in Student Projects – a Slovenian Case Study.
The European e-Business Report 2004 (3rd Synthesis Report). European
Commission, Enterprise Directorate General, September 2004, pp
223-225.
http://www.ebusiness-watch.org/resources/documents/eBusiness-Report-2004_Exec_Summary.pdf
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Joze; Pucihar, Andreja; Lenart, Gregor: Active Learning Model for
Teaching B2B E-Marketplaces. Journal of Information Systems
Education, Volume 16, Number 1 (Spring 2005), pp.103-108,
http://www.jise.appstate.edu/Contents/Contents-16-1.htm .
Jože
Gričar: Innovative Cross-border eRegion Development: Possible
Directions and Impact. eRegion Development, Thematic Issue of the
Journal Organizacija 40(2007)2, pp 87- 96,
http://organizacija.fov.uni-mb.si/index.php/organizacija/article/viewFile/181/169.
Personal
bibliography of Gricar Joze is available at Co-operative Online
Bibliographic System & Services - COBISS,
http://splet02.izum.si/cobiss/BibPersonal.jsp?init=t&lang=eng&sid=A9357CF2D42AC6D27E60CB9A205E844E |
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Editorial Boards |
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International
Journal of Electronic Commerce. M.E. Sharpe,
http://www.gvsu.edu/ssb/ijec
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- Electronic Markets, The International Journal of Electronic Commerce
and Business Media. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Publishing Group,
http://www.electronicmarkets.org
Information
Systems and e-Business Management. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg,
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,10735,5-40109-70-1169321-0,00.html
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Organizacija,
Journal of Management, Informatics, and Human Resource Management.
Moderna organizacija,
http://www1.fov.uni-mb.si/mzalozba/anglesko/journal.htm .
Journal
of Innovation and Regional Development (IJIRD). South-East European
Research Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece,
http://www.inderscience.com
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Professional Organizations Membership |
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Association
of Economists of Slovenia, Section for Research in Information Systems.
Association
for Information Systems – AIS, http://www.aisnet.org, Council Member and
representative for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (2002–2003).Slovenia
Chapter, Association for Information Systems – AIS,
http://eCenter.FOV.Uni-Mb.si/AIS . |
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