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On November 20, 2014 Dr. Sergei Chobanyan professor of ISET and Georgian Technical University, Senior Scientist at the Niko Muskhelishvili Institute of Computational Mathematics of Georgian Technical University, held a presentation “On the Volume Calendar Planning Problem” at the ISET Conference Hall.

Dr. Sergei Chobanyan together with his colleagues from Niko Muskhelishvili Institute applied their theoretical results on the best rearrangement of summands to the following problem:The annual production plan of an enterprise consists of n items characterized by d-dimensional vectors. The group of researchers contributed to the development of stated problem, both fundamental and applied.

On November 14, 2014 ISET hosted the conference organized by CASE (Center for Social and Economic Research, Warsaw). Conference summarized the results of the research project “Transfer of Know-How for Small and Mid-Size Businesses in Georgia”.

Experts from the Czech Republic, Elina Valerie Lunova (Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO), Czech Republic) and Alena Zemplinerova (CEVRO Institute and Anglo-American University Prague) presented proposed activities for SME support in Georgia, based knowledge and experience accumulated during the transition of Czech economy into a market economy as well as from the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union.

Have you ever had a conflict? A business conflict? How did you try to resolve it? Have you ever tried to use mediation?

On November 4, ISET hosted Dr. Tariel Sikharulidze, visiting professor of ESSEC Business School Paris Singapore, Associate Professor of Ilia State University and Black Sea University, who presented a topic titled Mediation as an Alternative Tool of Conflict Resolution. Sikharulidze explained the role of mediation in solving conflicts such as B2B conflicts, family conflicts, divorce, medical and tax disputes, and provided some real world examples from Georgian as well as Western experience.

During the presentation, Sikharulidze talked about effectiveness and other advantages of mediation compared to other conflict resolution tools.

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