Dr. Cihan Cobanoglu, President of ANAHEI
1) Scale Development by Dr. Babak Taheri
Video Link:
https://anahei.org/webinars/previous-webinars/dr-babak-taheri/Webinar Description:
Researchers in a wide range of business management studies, particularly hospitality and tourism research are frequently involved in the development and revision of multiple-item measuring instruments, including scales and subscales. To a substantial degree, the quality of these instruments determines the extent to which the analyses and statistical efforts produce trustworthy results. To this end, Dr. Babak Taheri will talk about the different steps of scale development process.
2) Robonomics - Principles, Benefits, Challenges, Solutions by Dr. Stanislav Ivanov
Video Link:
https://anahei.org/webinars/previous-webinars/robonomics-principles-benefits-challenges-solutions/Webinar Description:
The next 15-20 years will witness the massive introduction of robots – both as consumer robots (including companion robots) and industrial robots as result of the advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and automation. Economists expect this with mixed feelings. While some extort the benefits artificial intelligence and robotics will bring to societies, others predict a darker scenario. The massive introduction of robots and the transition of the economic system to robonomics (robot-based economy) will cause many people to lose their jobs, new jobs would be created, production facilities will scale down and change their geographic location, and the sources of employees', companies' and countries' competitive advantages will change drastically. This will have profound implications on the nature of work, level and sources of incomes, leisure time, politics, international trade and relations, ownership rights, etc., hence leading to major social, economic and political challenges and tension. Societies will be forced to find unconventional solutions to these challenges – birth right patents, universal basic income, constant and fluid free life-long education of population, robot-based tax system, redefinition of human rights, etc. This webinar will elaborate on the economic principles of robonomics, pinpoint its benefits and challenges, and sketch some of the solutions to its challenges.
Dr. Cihan Cobanoglu, CHTP
McKibbon Endowed Chair & Director of M3 Center
International Programs Coordinator for CHTL
University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
President, Assoc, of North America Higher Education International (anahei [dot] org)
http://usfsm.edu/faculty-members/dr-cihan-cobanoglu/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cihan_Cobanoglu