Transformations in
Business & Economics
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About Author
- Willem Karel M. Brauers
- , graduated as: PhD in Economics (Un. of Leuven), Master of Arts (in Economics) of Columbia Un. (New York), Master in Management and Financial Sciences, in Political and Diplomatic Sciences and Bachelor in Philosophy (Un. of Leuven). He is Professor Ordinarius at the Faculty of Applied Economics and at the Institute for Development Policy and Management of the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Previously, he was 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 Pentagon, 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 world-wide group of ARCADIS. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of MARESCO Ltd. Antwerp, Marketing Consultants and is presently General Manager of CONSULTING, Systems Engineering Consultants. Brauers is member of many international scientific organizations. His specialization covers: Optimizing Techniques with Several Objectives, Forecasting Techniques, Public Sector Economics such as for National Defense and for Regional Sub-optimization and Input-Output Techniques. His scientific publications consist of twelve books and hundreds of articles and reports.