Head of Business Administration and Public Relations MA Programs / Professor

A brief description of the experience

Ph.D. in social sciences with a specialization in Economics from GIPA. Prof. Abuashvili’s academic background also includes business administration (MBA), management information systems (Diploma with honors; Engineer-economist qualification) and jurisprudence (Diploma) acquired at Georgian and US institutions. Joined GIPA in 2013. Since 1996 delivered lectures at Free university of Tbilisi’s business school ESM(GE), Caucasus University’s School of Business (GE), Georgian Technical University (GE), University of Tennessee (US), Université Catholique de Lille (FR), Jagiellonian University (PO); Authored MBA and BBA programs at GIPA, and MBA in Operations Management at Free University of Tbilisi. Active consultant since 1993, provides consulting and training in various business-related domains. Throughout his professional career held various managerial and professional roles in different sectors.

Courses: 

• MBA
  
  Strategic leadership
  Business and its elements: Marketing
  Market analysis
  Operations management
  Finance in action
  Capstone Project / module 1
  Capstone Project /module 2
  Capstone Project / module 3
  Capstone Project / module 4
  PR masters’
  Marketing
  Capstone Project / module 1
  Capstone Project /module 2
  Capstone Project / module 3
  
  
• BBA
  Marketing research
  Buslab 01
  Buslab 05
  Buslab 06
  Development of projects and business plans
  Other programs
  Marketing basics

Research and Publications: 

• Abuashvili N., Exogenous factors affecting selection of bachelor’s degree programs in Georgia, GIPA, 2020, 2021
• Abuashvili N., Growing Entrepreneurial Citizens, Conference on Entrepreneurship and Education organized by GIPA and Maastricht School of Management in Tbilisi, 2017
• Abuashvili N., Eye for an eye – what markets consider important when valuing businesses, Eurasian Journal of Economics and Finance, 5(2), 2017, 84-96
• Abuashvili N., Do markets see the same way? EBES 22nd Conference – Rome, 2017 
• Keunwon Song, Partskhaladze N., Abuashvili N., Akhvlediani D., Economic development policy and clustering opportunities in developing countries: Georgian example, (2017) Chapter in the book: Ongoing issues in Georgian policy and public administration, Westphalia Press, George Mason University

Research interests: 

Economic growth; Value enhancement; Efficiency improvement, Value of education