The main goal of the ICABE 2011 is to provide an opportunity for academics and professionals from a variety of fields to meet and exchange ideas and expertise. An additional goal of the ICABE is to provide a place for academics and professionals with inter-disciplinary interests related to business-economics to interact with members within and outside their own particular disciplines.Special sessions for graduate students (MSc and Ph.D candidates, with 50% discount in the registration fee) have been scheduled during the last day of the Conference with 3 of the best papers to be published in one of the 4 international journals participating in the conference according to the publishing requirements of each journal. The best 3 papers will be selected by the Scientific Committee of the Conference and they do not have to pay the registration fee.