My career

Current Position

Full Professor (1996- )

Academy of International Business and Economics, Department of International Business and Economics

http://catedrarei.ase.ro/cadre-didactice/titulari-cursuri/35-horobet-alexandra.html

Address

Office: Department of International Business and Economics, Faculty of International Business and Economics, Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, 6 Piata Romana, Bucharest-1, Romania

Phone +40-21-319.19.90 (office) ext. 501

Fax +40-21-319.19.99 (office)

E-mail: alexandra.horobet@rei.ase.ro

Education

Ph.D. (2003) – Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest

Advanced Studies – M.A. (1997) – Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest

B.A. (1996) – Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, Faculty of International Business and Economics

High school (1991) – Nicolae Kretzulescu College, Bucharest, Romania

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Financial Risk Management in International Investments

(Advisor: Prof. Mihai Korka)

Professional Experience:

Other Academic

• Visiting Professor – University Lucian Blaga of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences (2009)
• Visiting Professor – University Al. I. Cuza Iasi, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (2001 – 2009)

Other

• Director of the Master Program in Management of International Projects, Faculty of International Business and Economics, ASE Bucharest (2004 -)
• Editorial Board Panoeconomicus (2009 – )
• Editorial Board Review of Economic and Business Studies (2009 – )
• Editorial Board Studies in Business and Economics (2009 – )
• Editorial Board Applied Financial Research (2008 – )
• Independent referee for Romanian Journal of Society and Politics (2003 – )
• Member in the editing staff of Romanian Economic Journal (1999 – 2000)
• Member in Professors’ Council at the Faculty of International Business and Economics, ASE Bucharest (2004 – 2008)
• Member in Academy of Economic Sciences Scientific Council (2004 – 2004)
• Research fellow – University of Ottawa (2000, 2002, 2004)
• Business consultant for Romastru S.A. (2008 – 2009)
• Business consultant for Intellimarkets Ltd. (2008 -2009)
• Expert of National Grant Office – Romanian Ministry of Education and Research (2002 – 2006)
• Assistant coordinator of a PHARE Tempus Institution Building Project within Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, aimed at training Romanian customs officers at European standards (2000 – 2002)
• Assistant manager of the PHARE TEMPER (Tempus Economics for Romania) Program of the European Union (1997 – 1998)
• Rapporteur for Civic Education Project on the situation of Eastern Scholars and Visiting Lecturers Programs in Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet countries (1999 – 2000)
• Moderator at national and international conferences (1999 – )
• Member in the French translation team of Romania’s response to European Union accession questionnaire (July 1996)

Affiliations to professional bodies:

• European Finance Association (2009 – )
• Society for Study of Emerging Markets (2009 – )
• European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (2008 – )
• Societatea Romana de Economie – SOREC (2009 – )
• Romanian Association for Regional Studies (2004 – )
• Regional Science Association International  (2004 – )
• Civic Education Project Romania – Teaching Development Program Fellow (1998-2001), Academic Coordinator  (2000 – 2004) and member of Civic Education Project Romania Board (2002 – 2004)

Awards/Honours:

• Virgil Madgearu Excellence Award, ASE Bucureşti (2005)
• Copy.Ro Foundation Award for „Finanţe transnaţionale” – The best Economic book of 2003 (2004)
• Honour Diploma, ASE Bucharest (2003)
• Young Researcher Excellence Award, ASE Bucharest (2002, 2000)

Fields of research and teaching:

• Currency risk management
• International investments
• Capital markets integration
• Corporate finance
• Project risk analysis

Thesis committees:

• Ianca, C., “Tax management in multinational companies”, Ph.D., Academy of Economic and Business Studies 2009
• Belascu, L., “The relation between inflation and unemployment: coordinates, structures, functionality, effects on the macroeconomic area”, University Lucian Blaga of Sibiu, 2009

Foreign languages: English (fluent), French (fluent), Spanish (conversational)

Practical abilities: PC and Internet skills, good research skills, good communication skills, driving licence

Hobbies: Psychology, foreign languages, music, lecturing, travels, astrology