Current Position
Full Professor (1996- )
Academy of International Business and Economics, Department of International Business and Economics
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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