Doctor of Business Administration Alliant International University, San Diego, CA – Marshall Goldsmith School of Management
Digital Marketing – Certificate Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Executive Program – SC Johnson College of Business
Digital Strategies for Business – Certificate Columbia University, New York City, NY, Executive Program – Columbia Business School
Books
(2017) Ralf Wilhelms and Shengxia Li. Strategic Management: For Managers and Entrepreneurs. Strategic Market Research, United States ISBN 978-0-692-90277-6
(2016) Ralf Wilhelms and Shengxia Li. Strategic Management: Integrated and Practical Approach. Wuhan University Press, China ISBN 978-7-307-17058-2
Journal Articles
(2021) The Virtuous Learning Cycle as the Source for Business Models, International Journal of Business Research, and Information Technology, IJBRIT, Volume 7, Number 1
(2020) Cultural Layers and Market Similarities (Exploratory Study), International Journal of Business and Public Administration, Volume 17, Number 2,
(2015) International Markets for Diverse Regional Manufacturing Custer, International Journal of Business, Marketing, and Decision Sciences, Volume 8, Number 1, p22-32
(2014) Social Benefits as Part of the Economic Evaluation of High-Speed Rail, International Journal of Business and Economics Perspectives, Volume 9, Number 1, ISSN 1931-907
(2012) Cultural layers: A Practical Approach for International Marketing, International Journal of Business Research, Academy of International Business and Economics 12(5).
(2012) The Power of Compliments: Generating Positive Behavior Changes in Freshmen Students, ACBSP Annual Edition: Managing Business Education in the New Fiscal Reality, Volume 3. Overland Park, Kansas: Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.
(2010) Additive and Subtractive Differentiation Strategy, International Academy of Business Disciplines, 17(2).
(2009) How we communicate about cultures: A Review of Systems for Classifying Cultures, and proposed Model for Standardization, Competitiveness Review, Emerald Publishing 19(2).
(2009) Motivational factors in consumer decisions to participate in soccer lotteries: An international marketing study, ProQuest, Ann Arbor, ISBN 9780549886
Conference Presentations
(2020) International Academy of Business and Public Administration Discipline Conference – Dallas Texas – April 23 – 25, 2020.
(2016). The Virtuous Cycle: Using Strategy Resources and Tactics to create successful Business Models. SMS Special Conference, Hong Kong.
(2013). Geographic Clusters for Rural Economic Growth Initiatives. Innovative Michigan Summit, Michigan State University.
Kalchev, G. (2025), “Fatal Car Crashes and Marijuana Legalization,” accepted in the Journal of Management Policy and Practice (ISSN 1913-8067), volume 26(1), North American Business Press.
Kalchev, G. (2016) “Environmental Kuznets Curve in Bulgaria,” International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies (e-journal), vol. 2 issue 1, p. 20. ISSN: 2397-6934
Todorova, T. and G. Kalchev, (2015) “The Protective Impact of Import Quota,” Foreign Trade
Ibrahim, S., Li Xu, G. Kalchev and C.L. Deal (2013) “Legal Consequences of Earnings
Components Management,” Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, ed. Cheng F. Lee, World Scientific, Singapore, vol. 11 ch. 9. ISSN 1046-5847, https://doi.org/10.6293/AQAFA.2013.11.09
Loubou, P., Alexander, E., Kalchev, G. (2011): “Profiles and Preferences of Online Millennial
Shoppers in Bulgaria and Croatia”, Journal of Euromarketing, ISSN 1528-6967, IMDA Press, Hummelstown, PA, Vol. 20, Iss. 1/2, pp. 85-101
Co-editor and author of the editorial, Challenges and Prospects in Modern Management, Edited by Dimitrios Koufopoulos, Maria Argyropoulou & George Kalchev, 2009, selection of papers from the ATINER conference (Athens Institute for Education and Research).
Kalchev, G. (2006) “Dynamic Panel Models with Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance Data,” ch. 14 in Panel Data Econometrics: Theoretical Contributions and Empirical Applications, ed. Badi Baltagi, Elsevier Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0573- 8555(06)74014-7; ISBN: 978-0-444-52172-9
Recent Conferences
Paper “Fatal Crashes and Marijuana Legalization,” poster presentation at the American Economic Association Annual Meetings in San Francisco, January 2025.
Paper “Fatal Crashes and Marijuana Legalization in Michigan,” presented at the Eastern Economic Association meetings in Boston, March 2024. Served also as a discussant.
Ph.D. in Business Administration – Management – Southern Illinois University
Master in Human Resource Management – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Fulbright Scholar)
Research Conference Presentations:
Ashraf, S. Camp; Carter, M. Z. (2023). A conceptual model of workplace gaslighting. Paper Presented at Southern Management Association Annual Meeting 2023, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Ashraf, S. Camp; Carter, M. Z. (2022). Perceived supervisor narcissism, abusive supervision, subordinate shame and turnover intention: The moderating role of tenure. Paper presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, WA.
Ashraf, S. (2021). How supervisor narcissism leads to subordinate shame and turnover: The mediating role of abusive supervision. Paper presented at Southern Management Association Annual Meeting 2021, New Orleans, LA.
Doctor of Philosophy, Engineering Management (Concentration: Quality Management & Leadership), December 2013 – Old Dominion University.
Publications
Antony, J., Sony, M., McDermott, O., Swarnakar, V., Galli, B., Doulatabadi, M. and Kaul, R. (2022), “An empirical study into the reasons for failure of sustaining operational excellence initiatives in organizations”, The TQM Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print, August 2022. https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-05-2022-0176. Fifth Author.
Galli, B., & Wood, L. (2021). “How to apply system analysis and system thinking to lean six sigma initiatives.” International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, & Technology.
Ocampo, L.A., Vasnani, N., Chua, F.L., & Pacio, L.B., & Galli, B. (2021). A bi-level optimization for a make-to-order manufacturing supply chain planning: A case in a steel industry. Journal of Management Analytics DOI: 10.1080/23270012.2020.1871431.
Galli, B., Ocampo, L.A., Bongo, M., & Kaff, E. (2021). “A critical literature analysis of the relationships of marketing and strategic planning under project environments.” International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, & Technology, 12(2), 1-24.5.
Tiu, A.M., Ocampo, Tanaid, R.A., Durano, J., Del Fierro, E., Yamagishi, K., Medalla, M.E., Abellana, D.P., Galli, B., Himang, C., & Ocampo, L. (2021). “Analytical evaluation of food service safety knowledge and practices of street food vending in the Philippines.”
International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, & Technology.
Apex Strategies, Ltd. September 2015 – Present
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