The 1st International Online Conference on Administrative Sciences
Conference Closed and Winner Announcement
On behalf of the conference organizing committee, we would like to express our appreciation to all the participants for their contributions. From all accounts, the meeting was a success.
The Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards of IOCAS 2026 have been evaluated. Please refer to the Winner Announcement.
Accepted abstracts are eligible for publication in a Special Issue of Administrative Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3387, Impact Factor 3.1), with a 20% discount on the publication fee.
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You can directly download your electronic Certificate of Attendance HERE.
the chair
Dear colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to join the 1st International Online Conference on Administrative Sciences. The conference is organized by the MDPI open access journal Administrative Sciences (ISSN 2076-3387, Impact Factor: 3.1) and will be held online from 4-5 February 2026.
The agenda of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
S1. Public Management;S2. Leadership;
S3. Strategic Management;
S4. Entrepreneurship.
IOCAS 2026 will enable you to share and discuss your most recent research findings, with the active engagement of the audience in question-and-answer sessions that will take place online without any registration fee.
The conference committee will review the submitted abstracts. The authors of accepted contributions will have their work displayed in an abstract collection. Following the conference, outstanding contributions will be invited to be submitted as a full-length paper for publication in Administrative Sciences with a 20% discount on the publication fee.
We hope you will join us, present your work at IOCAS 2026, and be part of this exciting online event.
Best regards,
Prof. Dr. Isabel María García Sánchez
University of Salamanca, Spain
Important Dates
- Abstract submission deadlineNov 10, 2025
- Abstract acceptance notificationDec 01, 2025
- Registration end dateJan 30, 2026
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Isabel María García Sánchez
Department of Economics and Economic History, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain;
She has a PhD. in Economics and Business Administration by the University of Salamanca (Spain). She writes for interdisciplinary indexed journals. Her research interests include financial accounting, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability, environmental innovation, greenwashing, and assurance.
Prof. Dr. Armando Papa
Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy, Gnosis: Mediterranean Institute for Management Science, School of Business, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus;
Armando Papa is Full Professor of Business Management and International Marketing at the Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno. He is a Fellow (F-EMAB) of the EuroMed Research Business Institute (EMRBI) and Research Member of GNOSIS – Mediterranean Institute for Management Science at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
He previously held the position of Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Teramo and was a Research Fellow at the ICxT Innovation Center, University of Turin. He holds a PhD in Management from the University of Naples Federico II and a Postgraduate Masters degree in Finance. In 2020, he obtained the Italian National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor.
In recognition of his outstanding scientific contributions, in 2024 he was listed among the Stanford University–Elsevier Top 2 Percent Scientists for scientific impact and among the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers, which identifies scholars ranked in the top 1 percent worldwide for citations. In 2024, he was also named a Top Scholar by ScholarGPS, ranking among the top 0.5% of scholars worldwide. He achieved a global top-10 ranking in Knowledge Management for research impact over the previous five years. In 2025, he was recognized in the Best Scientists H-Index Ranking in Business and Management by Research.com.
Prof. Papa has received several Best Paper and Highly Commended Paper Awards from leading international journals. His research interests include Knowledge Management, Open Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance, and Family Business.
He actively contributes as a peer reviewer for numerous high-impact international journals and is widely acknowledged for his influence in advancing research at the intersection of innovation and management. Prof. Papa is also recognized as an Innovation Manager by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and collaborates with the IPE Business School in Naples.
Assoc. Prof. Mirko Perano
Department of Business Sciences – Management & Innovation Systems, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy;
Mirko Perano (Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Sciences – Management & Innovation Systems at the University of Salerno. He teaches Corporate Intelligence, Knowledge & Risk Management, and Business Ethics. He has held leadership positions in prestigious international universities (including Department Director and Rector roles), as well as in the corporate sector (CEO and Board Member). He is the Head of the International Research Center K.R.E.S.S.M. at the University of Salerno and coordinates several international research groups. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Knowledge, Risk and Sustainable Management (Emerald) and as a member of the editorial boards of journals such as the Journal of Knowledge Management and Long Range Planning.
Prof. Dr. Hans Van Kranenburg
Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands;
Hans van Kranenburg is professor of Strategic Management at Nyenrode Business University. He also is professor of Business Administration in particular Corporate Strategy at Radboud University, Nijmegen School of Management, the Netherlands. He was head of Department Business Administration and the Strategy group. He was a visiting scholar at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Reuters Institute and Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom), the Media Management and Transformation Center at Jönköping International Business School (Sweden), University of Navarra (Spain), and the University of Chicago (USA). He was co-founder and director of research program Responsible Organization at Nijmegen School of Management.
He is an expert on market and nonmarket strategic behavior of organizations, stakeholder management, industry dynamics, alliances and networks, and sustainability and digitalization transitions, and international strategies. He also is an expert in media management and economics. Furthermore, he is advising profit and non-profit organizations on strategic and antitrust issues. He also is active as a speaker and a chair and board member of various organizations.
He has published in books and international journals such as International Journal of Business Studies, Global Strategy Journal, International Business Review, Research Policy, Journal of Law and Economics, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, and European Journal of Operational Research. He also is (co-) author of the book Innovation Policies in the European News Media Industry: A Comparative Study, the book Management and Innovation in the Media Industry and the book Nonmarket Strategic Management. Recently his new book Organizing the Dutch Energy Transition has been published.
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Title |
Authors |
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sciforum-158257 |
The (Mis)alignment Between Strategic Priorities and Public Value Creation: Evidence from Italian Healthcare Organisations |
Diana Ferullo, Gabriella Bosco |
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sciforum-157579 |
Smart citizen participation for public management: transforming collective data into tangible actions through Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
Joan Simó Esteve, Elena de la Poza Plaza, Alberto Celani |
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sciforum-156054 |
Decision making for corporate sustainability: Managerial Sensemaking of Competing Goals in UK B Corps |
Dona Thamaraprabha Anuradhi Wahalathanthree |
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sciforum-141459 |
Disruptive Technologies and Workforce Transformation: The Mediating Role of HR Strategy |
Ioannis Zervas, Emmanouil Stiakakis |
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sciforum-156441 |
Wenlong Ren, Baocheng Zhao, Yuying Mu, Yuhuan Zhang |
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ID |
Title |
Authors |
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sciforum-154914 |
A Burgeoning approach towards a unified holistic framework of Leadership |
Ijeoma Ukeni |
Day 1
Session 1. Public Management
Session 2. Leadership
Day 2
Session 3. Strategic Management
Session 4. Entrepreneurship
Ms. Coco Hou
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Email: iocas2026@mdpi.com