Transformations in
Business & Economics
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About Author
- Willem Karel M. Brauers
- , Doctor honoris causa Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, was graduated as: Ph.D. in economics (Un. of Leuven), Master of Arts (in economics) of Columbia Un. (New York), Master in Economics, Master in Management and Financial Sciences, Master in Political and Diplomatic Sciences and Bachelor in Philosophy (all of the Un. of Leuven). He is professor ordinarius at the Faculty of Applied Economics of the University of Antwerp, Honorary Professor at the University of Leuven, the Belgian War College, the School of Military Administrators and the Antwerp Business School. He was a research fellow in several American institutions like Rand Corporation, the Institute for the Future, the Futures Group and extraordinary advisor to the Center for Economic Studies of the University of Leuven. He was consultant in the public sector, such as the Belgian Department of National Defense, the Department of Industry in Thailand, the project for the construction of a new port in Algeria (the port of Arzew) and in the private sector such as the international seaport of Antwerp and in electrical works. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of SORCA Ltd.Brussels, Management Consultants for Developing Countries, linked to the worldwide group of ARCADIS and Chairman of the Board of Directors of MARESCO Ltd. Antwerp, Marketing Consultants. At the moment he is General Manager of CONSULTING, Systems Engineering Consultants. Brauers is member of many international scientific organizations. His specialization covers: Optimizing Techniques with Different Objectives, Forecasting Techniques, Input-Output Techniques and Public Sector Economics such as for National Defense and for Regional Sub-optimization. His scientific publications consist of seventeen books and several hundreds of articles and reports in English, Dutch and French.