Presentations

Presentations (Selection from 2001)

Paul has delivered keynote presentations, presentations, invited talks and executive workshops in the UK, Mainland Europe, USA, Nigeria, the Caribbean, Puerto Rica, Australia, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, Vietnam, Thailand, and Japan.

2024. Optimising the Practical Impact of Your Management Research, British Academy of Management, Nottingham, September.

2023. Trends and Patterns of Past Hospitality and Tourism Research and Future Landscape: A Data Science Approach, ICHRIE Summer Conference & Marketplace, Pheonix, Arizona, July.

2023. Interview with Dr Peter Compo - Author of The Emergent Approach to Strategy: Adaptive Design & Execution, Sustainable Strategic Planning Conference, Caribbean, June.

2023. Using Serendipitous Inspiration to Enable Space for Happy Accidents: How to Propel your Organisation to a More Sustainable Planning Future, Sustainable Strategic Planning Conference, Caribbean, June.

2023. Chair - Overcoming the Caribbean Firm Economic Growth Sclerosis, Univ of Kent, Focus Group Event, Barbados, June.

2023. Chair - Decolonising the Theory of the Firm, Sandpit Event, Univ of Kent, Barbados, June.

2023. Getting Ready for the Research Impact Revolution, Workshop, Univ of Kent, May.

2023. Designing High Impact Strategies to Enhance Contemporary Anti-Corruption Policies and Research Outcomes, The World Anticorruption Research Network, Univ of Kent, May.

2023. Chair - The Democratisation of Research Impact Strategy Conference 2023, Univ of Kent/Research Impact Strategy Group, March.

2022. Leading for Accountability, Authenticity, and Agility, Disruptive Leadership, Redefining Leadership: From the Caribbean to the World, November.

2022. Visioning and Strategic Planning for Higher Education Institutions, Bahamas, August.

2022. Chair - Institutional Approaches to Impact, Next Generation Impact, Univ of Kent, February.

2021. Research Impact and Value Creation, Next Generation Impact: Perspectives on Impact, Univ of Kent, April.

2021. Research Impact: Gamification, Metrification and Moving Forward, Westminster Higher Education Forum Policy Conference, Next Steps for the Research Excellence Framework, March.

2020. Leading and Managing your Business Through Times of Crisis, Al- Fanar, Saudi Arabia June.

2020. High-Impact Research Workshop – Headline Report, Workshop Emerald Publishing, March (with Newman, V).

2020. Measuring Learning & Development High Impact, Ecobank, The Pan African Bank, March.

2019. Tourism Megatrends and Their Implications for Strategic Planning Practice, International Conference on Innovation and Management, July, Hiroshima, Japan. This paper won a best paper award.

2019. Agile Strategic Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, May.

2019. The Strategic Management of Online Reviews in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Businesses: A Conceptual Framework, C.H.M.E., May, University of  Greenwich (with Krystin, Z).

2019. Impact of Impact Workshop, C.H.M.E., Annual Conference, 21- 24 May, University of Greenwich.

2018. Making an Impact with Academic Research, Association for Tourism in Higher Education, Annual Conference, 2-5 December, Leeds Beckett University.

2018. Technology Enabled Innovation in Businesses, Networking event held at the British High Commissioner's Residence, 29 November, Lagos, Nigeria.

2018. Digital Disruption and Opportunities in Travel, Global Business, Hospitality and Tourism Research (GLOSEARCH.org) 2-5 October, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

2018. Thought Leadership HTR Forum, Evolving Service Thinking: Disruption and Opportunity in Hospitality and Tourism, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 9-11 May.

2018. Understanding the Impact of Online Reviews and Reputation Management on Hotel Performance, The Council for Hospitality Management Education (C.H.M.E.) Annual research conference, Bournemouth, 22-25 May.

2017. The Independent Hotel Sector’s Impending Minsky Moment: Can User-Generated Content Come to the Rescue? TMS Algarve: Tourism & Management Studies, International Conference, Olhao, Portugal, 16-19 November.

2017. Synergetic Effect of Emotions on the Travel Motivation of Senior Tourists, TMS Algarve: Tourism & Management Studies, International Conference, Olhao, Portugal, November,  (with Maria Helena Pestana, M H and Moutinho, L). This paper won the award for the best paper out of more than 400 manuscripts submitted to this international conference.

2017. Making your Impact Case Study More Impactful, October, Presentation to Kent Business School Staff.

2016. Methodolatry, Research and Tourism: A Time for Reflection? APacCHRIE2016, Bangkok, Thailand May, (with Moutinho, L).

2015. Luncheon Research Seminar, Strategic Thinking in Hospitality and Tourism: Still Searching for Some Evidence. Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Brunch/Bruneck, Italy. 28 April.

2013. Think Tank, Innovation @ marketing, How can (Marketing) Academia Impact the Society of the Future? Instituto Superior de Maia, Porto, Portugal, 4-6 December.

2013. Strategic Planning Research. A Literature Review and Implications for the Caribbean Tourism Industry. Shrinking the Global Divide: Synergy, Service and Sustainability Conference, Bahamas September (with Moutinho, L).

2013. Association of Business Schools, International and External Relations, Birmingham, 23 May.

2013. Hotels Performance, and the Balanced Scorecard: Past trends and future directions, Travel and Tourism Research Association Conference, Bilbao, Spain, April, (with Corti, V and Sainaghi, R).

2012. How Can (Marketing) Academia Impact the Society of the Future? Invited Speaker, European Marketing and Innovation Centres, Portugal, December.

2012. Association of Business Schools, International Affairs and External Relations, ABS offices, London, 21 November.

2012. Performance Measurement and Management in Tourism, Travel and Tourism Research Association, Bilbao, Spain, April.

2012. Association of Business Schools, International Affairs and External Relations Conference, British Library Conference Centre, London, March.

2011. Divided We Stand: Cultural differences within Europe and their impact on international collaborative arrangements, International Business, UK Chapter Annual Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, April (with Hexter, J and Stoian, C).

2011. Business Intelligence and Financial Engineering Conference, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, PR China, October 2011 Centennial Celebrations 1911-2011 Hunan University Business School, Hunan, Changsha, PR China, October.

2011. Facilitator/Chair, Business School International Affairs/External Relations Seminar, Association of Business School, London, November.

2011. Small Businesses and the Big Society, Medway Swale Small Business Leaders Forum, Chatham, Kent, September.

2011. International Symposium on Complex Systems Theory & Application Business School of Hunan University & Toronto University, Hunan, Changsha, PR China, September.

2011. Association of Business Schools, Senior Managers Conference 2011, Managing Your People Through Hard Times, Cass Business School, London, July.

2011. Business School Performance Management. Association of Business School, Development Programme, Senior Managers, Cass Business School, London July.

2011. A Director’s Perspective of the Financial Framework in Challenging Times. Association of Business School, Development Programme Finance, London June.

2011. Annual Association of Business School Research Conference, Managing Business and Management Research, Cardiff University, Wales, 6 April.

2010. Performance Measurement and Management TL First, Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel, London, December.

2010. Strategy Process and Managing Strategic Change. Association of Business School, Development Programme Senior Managers, London, September.

2010. The Role of Business Schools in Reinvigorating the Economy, TL First, Lagos, Nigeria, July.

2010. The Ethical Dimension of MBA Education, 13th Business Week Conference, Athens, Greece, May.

2009. Key Challenges for Leaders in Challenging Times, Leadership in a New World, CEO Summit, Athens, Greece, December.

2009. The Role of Business Schools in Reinvigorating the Economy, The Conference of the Romanian Students, Teachers, and Researchers in the UK, Romanian Embassy, London, October.

2009. Organizational Flexibility: The Seven Hypothesized Factors of Success in e-business Environments 8th Hellenic European Research on Computer Mathematics and its Applications Conference, Athens, Greece, September.

2009. The Health Care System in Romania: Regional disparities and market developments, Colloquium on Rural Affairs, Romanian Cultural Centre, London, September (with Petrovici, D).

2009. An Employee View of Equal Opportunities in Employment: A Qualitative Investigation of its Reality in Iran, Equal Opportunities International Conference, Istanbul, July (with Soltani, E., Lai, P-C., and Y-Y Liao).

2009. A Director’s Perspective of the Financial Framework at Kent. Association of Business School, Development Programme Finance, London June.

2009. Identifying Critical Dimensions of Perceived Hospital Service Performance, 36th European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC), Nantes, May (with Petrovici, D).

2009. The Rhetoric and Reality of ‘Control’ in Organisational Environments with a TQM Orientation: A Qualitative Study, 14th International Conference on ISO 9000 & TQM (14ICIT), Alexandria, Egypt, May (with Soltani, E, Lai, P-C, Singh, A).

2009. Cultural Consequences for International Collaborative Arrangements: A cross-cultural model for successful European collaborative arrangements, International Business, UK Chapter Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, April (with Hexter, J and Stoian, C).

2008. A Service Performance Model: Insights from the Health Care Sector, EIRASS Conference on Retailing and Consumer Service Science, Zagreb, July (with Petrovic, D).

2008. What are the Key Challenges for Leaders in Challenging Times? Leadership in Transformation, Lagos Roundtable Leadership in Transformation, Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria, June.

2007. Service Performance: An overview of extant literature and future research directions, Measuring Service Performance, Service Science: Trans-disciplinary approaches and advances for the 22nd Century, Academy of Marketing SIG Workshop 21st Century Service Workshop, November, Westminster, November, England (with Petrovici, D).

2007. E-Business Strategies and Adaptive Algorithmic Schemes, 8th Hellenic European Research on Computer Mathematics and its Applications Conference, Athens, Greece, September (with Lipitakis, A). 

2007. 8th Hellenic European Research on Computer Mathematics and its Applications Conference, Athens, Greece, E-business Strategy and Performance: A Curate’s Egg? Athens, Greece, September.

2007. In Search of Simple Factor Structures: A patient perspective on hospital healthcare on hospital healthcare service performance, European Marketing Academy Conference, Kingston Business School, July, Kingston, England (with Petrovici, D).

2007. The Prospects and Challenges of Black Entrepreneurs African Child Association Conference, Medway, Kent, May.

2007. International Workshop on Health Care Service Quality, Euroclinic, Bucharest, Romania, Patients as customers: implications for marketing effectiveness, March. 2007.

2006. Kent Police, Maidstone, Kent, Strategic Performance Measurement, December.

2006. British Association of Hospitality Accountants, Hospitality Finance & IT professionals Conference, Benchmarking for the Hospitality Industry- How meaningful is it? Panel Forum Chair, London, November.

2006. The International Symposium on Defence General-purpose Material Acquisition, Pursuing an Economic Globalisation Strategy: Implications for Military Electronic Procurement, Wuhan, China October.

2006. An Eclectic Investigation of Tourism Multinationals’ Activities: Evidence from the Hotels and Hospitality Sector in Greece, 24th EuroChrie Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece, October (with Anastassopoulos, G, and Filippaios, F).

2006. Kent Leadership Programme, The Future of Strategic Leadership, Eastwell Manor, Kent, September.

2006. Canterbury Enterprise Hub, Importance of Formulating & Implementing a Strategic Marketing Plan, Schmooze event, University of Kent, Canterbury, September.

2006. Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS), How Procurement Can Drive Through Change, The Premier Conference, How Technology Can Drive Innovation or Not? June.

2006. International Workshop on Health Care Service Quality, Euroclinic, Bucharest, Romania, The Evaluation of Health Care Quality: A Patient Perspective on Hospital Health Care Provision, March.

2006. Managing Hotel Strategic Performance in 3-Dimensions. Working paper. In: CAUTHE 2006 conference, 6th-9th February, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia ( with Parry, B).

2006. Assessing the Local Economic Impact of Tourism: A Kent Experience, Council for Australian Tourism and Hospitality Education 2006 Conference, Melbourne, Australia, February (with Filippaios, F).

2005. Chinese Academy of Sciences? Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, Strategic Performance Measurement System: A Hotel Case Study Analysis, October.

2005. The (Dis)benefits of E-procurement Systems: A Case Study Analysis, British Academy of Management, September, Oxford, (with Piotrowicz, W).

2005. Market Focussed Hotel Aesthetics: a Strategy Map Approach, The Third Asia-Pacific CHRIE Conference, Kuala Lumpur May.

2005. Made in Kent, Medway, What Does Cutting Edge Really Mean? March.

2004. Lessons Learned from Commercial Transformation to Network Centric Operations, 9th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark (with Macklin, C and Louvieris, P).

2004. A Multidimensional View of Competitiveness: Performance and Effectiveness, Strategic Management Society, 24th Annual International Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October (with Moutinho, L).

2004. Managing Strategic Performance in 3-Dimensions”, Extended Abstract presentation. In: British Academy of Management. "Management Futures” conference, 30th August - 1st September, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland (with Parry, B).

2004. Kent Tourism Research, Canterbury, Measuring Economic Impact of Tourism on Kent, July.

2004. Open University Business School, Accounting and Finance Research Unit, The Accounting/Marketing Strategy and Shareholder Value Fit: Theory and Evidence in an E-business Environment, May.

2003. The European Hotel Design Awards & Conference, London, Hotel Aesthetics and Marketing, October.

2003. Hotel Catering Institutional Management Association ‘World Class standards for a world-class industry’, Cyprus, Key Determinants for SME success: maintaining and improving competitiveness, November.

2003. Identifying Core Capabilities in Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Industries: A Contingent Approach British Academy of Management, September, Leeds (with Lockwood, A and Bowen, A).

2003. Performance Measurement in the SME UK Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Industry: A Balanced Scorecard Perspective, C.H.M.E., April, Sheffield, (with Louvieris, P).

2003.Kent Business School, Research Seminar, Strategic Performance Measurement: Is there Life beyond the Balanced Scorecard? February.

2002. The Balanced Scorecard and Strategic Control: A Case Study Analysis, The Third International Conference on Theory and Practice in Performance Measurement and Management, July, Boston, USA, ISBN 0 9533761 2 5, p443-447.

2002. Strategic Control: A Hotel Case Study Analysis, Tourism Development in the Asia Pacific Region: Worldwide Views & Multi-dimensional Perspectives, The 8th Asia Pacific Tourism Association, July, Dalian, China, ISBN 962 367 357 4, p590-593. 2002. The Relationship between E-business Planning and Performance: an Accounting Perspective, British Accounting Association Conference, Jersey, April.

2001. Barbados Institute of Management and Productivity, The Impact of E-Marketing on Barbados, – Senior Executive Briefing, Barbados, May.

2001. World Tourism Council - International Hotel Investment Forum, Berlin, Capital Expenditure in Hotel Chains, March.