Proceedings of the 3rd Business & Management Conference, Lisbon

Dear Authors, esteemed Readers,

It is with deep satisfaction that I write this Foreword to the Proceedings of the IISES 3rd Business and Management Conference held in Lisbon, Portugal, in March 22-25, 2016.

The conference particularly encouraged the interaction of research students and developing academics with the more established academic community in an informal setting to present and to discuss new and current work. Their contributions helped to make the conference as outstanding as it has been. 

In addition to the contributed papers, a keynote speech was given by Dr. Tom McCluskey from the Dublin City University, Ireland delivered the speech "Lessons and Directions from Six Decades of Empirical Research on the Dividend Question".

These Proceedings will furnish the scientists of the world with an excellent reference book. I trust also that this will be an impetus to stimulate further study and research in all these areas.

We thank all authors and participants for their contributions.

Robert Holman
Conference Chair