prof. dr hab. Eugeniusz Kąciak

prof. ALK dr hab. Eugeniusz Kąciak - Full Professor at Brock University (Canada). He holds a Doctor Habilitatus degree in Management Science from Kozminski University, a PhD in Econometrics and an MSc in Management Science, both from Warsaw School of Economics (WSE). He taught courses in operations management and research methods (Poland: WSE and Kozminski University; Algeria: University of Algiers; Canada: University of Alberta, Laurentian University, and Brock University).

A recipient of many research awards (selection from the last several years):

• 2019 Emerald Literati Award. Highly Commended Award, awarded by Emerald Publishing for the paper: Welsh, D.H.B., Kaciak, E., Memili, E, Minialai, C.
• 2018 Business-Family Interface and the Performance of Women Entrepreneurs: The Moderating Effect of Economic Development, International Journal of Emerging Markets
• 2019 Best Paper Award Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy Conference (GIKA-LATA), Concepcion (Chile), January 16-17: Welsh, D.H.B. and Kaciak, E. “Success for Women Entrepreneurs: The Role of Family Interference”.
• 2018 Best Conceptual Paper Award at the Annual Conference of Small Business Institute held in Corpus Christi, Texas, February 14-17: D.H.B. Welsh and E. Kaciak, "Female Entrepreneurship: A Model of Business-Family Interface and Performance"
• 2017 Best Paper Award Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy Conference, Lisbon, June 28-30: Welsh D.H.B., Kaciak, E., Shamah, R., and Hoy, F. “Determinants of women entrepreneurs’ firm performance in a challenging environment: evidence from Egypt”.
• 2015 The Distinguished Empirical Paper Award: Welsh, D.H.B., Memili, E., Kaciak, E., Zhou, Q. (2015). “The Impact of family and personal dynamics on Chinese women entrepreneurs’ firm performance: An empirical analysis.” 39th Proceedings of the Small Business Institute (SBI), St. Pete Beach, FL, February 11-15.
• 2013 Best Paper Award: Welsh, D. H. B., Memili, E., Kaciak, E., Sadoon, A. A. “Saudi Women Entrepreneurs: a Growing Economic Segment”, the 2013 Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy (GIKA) Annual Conference-Plenary Sessions, Valencia (Spain) July 9-11, 2013. Journal of Business Research (Elsevier) is the sponsor journal for the Academy.

Published in top international journals, including Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Group Decision & Negotiation, International Business Review, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, International Small Business Journal, Journal of Business Research, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Journal of Leadership and Organisational Studies, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Small Business Management, Small Business Economics, etc. He is also the author/co-author of several books and chapters, and dozens of refereed conference proceedings.

Research area:

International entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurship