Valentinas Navickas

Doctor of social sciences (economics), professor at Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania), the School of Economics and Business. Author of more than 350 scientific publications (including monographies published in Czech Republic in 2013 and Slovak Republic in 2016, 2018) and scientific articles, published in Lithuania and abroad. Author of five experimental development projects. Prepared 6 doctors of social (economics) science; now he is research adviser of 3 persons maintaining a doctor’s thesis of social (economics) science. Other experience includes diverse activities in both public and private space. Examples include, Lithuanian-Polish Cross Border Cooperation Program executor, head of Strategic planning of Molėtai city district. Also, acted as an independent expert on economics on multiple projects in various industries, such as forestry, real estate and others. Few of the projects include “Analysis of Lithuanian Forest Entities Taxation System and Suggestions for Improvement”; “Development of methodology for setting differentiated profit rate of forest enterprises”; “Methodology for calculating the economic depreciation of real estate” as well as “Analysis of the feasibility of establishing a system to measure changes in the real estate market” and “Determining the significance of factors and risks affecting real estate and business value through expert survey”. Has prepared all or part of 4 textbooks for higher education institutions (universities and other) with few of the following topics “The peculiarities of European Union markets”; “Management Control in Multinational Firms”; “Development Economics” and “Peculiarities of European Markets” Has received multiple awards, including Acknowledgment of Lithuania’s Minister of Economy for leading the best Master's thesis in the 2013 Lithuanian Master's thesis competition in the field of social sciences. Few other positions includes Expert of the Lithuanian Research Council; Member of KTU Doctoral Committee in Economics; Expert and member of the Academic Council, Eastern European Development Agency (Slovakia); Chief Editor of International Journal of Management: Theory and Applications (US, ISSN 2281-8588); Chief Editor of Journal of Management = ISSN 1648-7974 and also member of Editorial Boards in multiple other journals, including ones in Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey. Furthermore, participant and member of multiple scientific committees in international scientific conferences in Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey, Poland, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan and elsewhere. Other positions also include head of expansion in American football club Kaunas “Dukes” in Lithuania. Able to communicate in 5 languages: Lithuanian, Russian, French, English and Slovak. Fields of scientific interest: international economics, logistics, clusterization, competitiveness, economical growth, corporate social responsibility.