Giorgi Katamadze
Academic position: Assistant Professor
Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Business Administration, Management and Marketing
Administrative position: Deputy Rector
Personal information
E-mail: giorgi.katamadze@bsu.edu.ge
Education
- 14.08.2019 - PhD Business Administration, Economics, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
- 17.10.2007 - Lawyer, Jurisprudence, LEPL Shota Rustaveli State University
Field of scientific interests
Business administration, management, crises of business entities, implementation of the anti-crisis model, microeconomics, economic awareness, circular economy, commercialization of science and research
Work experience
- 12.08.2025 - till today Vice-Rector, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
- 19.10.2019 - till today Financial and administrative expert , MACS Energy & Water representative office of Georgia
- 19.09.2022 - 19.09.2026 Assistant-Professor , Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
- 19.10.2019 - 01.04.2021 Director of the Batumi branch;, The auditing and consulting company "Loialte"
- 21.04.2016 - 20.04.2022 Invited Teacher/Senior Teacher, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
- 11.03.2013 - 19.10.2019 Head of the credit department;, JSC Ziraat Bank Georgia
- 22.03.2007 - 11.03.2013 Business analyst; business advisor;, JSC Procredit Bank Georgia
Published scientific works
- Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Georgia: Institutional Challenges and Prospects for EU Market Integration
European Journal of Sustainable Development, (2025), 14, 2, 2025, 173-192 (Co-author(s): Natela Tsiklashvili; Nestan Varshanidze) - The Role of Digital Management and Artificial Intelligence in Post-pandemic Period in Georgian Business Entities
Springer-Digital Management and Artificial Intelligence, 2024/1, 2025, 49-59 - Economic Awareness in Early Childhood Education: The Basis for Success
European Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 14 No. 1 (2025) , 2025, 215-227 (Co-author(s): Maia Bolkvadze; Lela Tavdgiridze) - The impact of financial policy on the sustainable development of business entities in post-pandemic Georgia
European Journal of Sustainable Development, (2024), 13, 3, 1-11 , 2024, 1-11 - The Impact of State Funding of Higher Education on Employment andLiving Standards in Georgia
European Journal of Sustainable Development, (2024), 13, 3, 2024, 654-667 (Co-author(s): Ekaterine Shainidze, Nino Mamuladze, Tamar Ghoghoberidze) - ECONOMICS AND CHILDREN
Journal Innovative Economics and Management , Vol 11 No 2 (2024), 2024, 61-73 (Co-author(s): Lela Tavdgiridze; Maia Bolkvadze.) - FORMATION OF THE POST-PANDEMIC BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN GEORGIA: CHALLENGES AND PREDICTIONS
Business Management , 2, 2024, 59-75 (Co-author(s): Giorgi Katamadze; Mariana Petrova; Natela Tsiklashvili) - Digital transformation of the agricultural sector and its impact on productivity in Georgia
BIO Web of Conferences, ICABEE 2024, 114, 01002 (2024), 2024, 1-8 (Co-author(s): ) - Economic Awareness and Early Childhood Education
Journal Economics and Business (TSU), 1, 2024, 72-92 (Co-author(s): Maia Bolkvadze; Lela Tavdgiridze.) - CRISIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY OF ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BUSINESS ENTITIES
The USV Annals of Economics and Public Administration, 2, 2023, 87-93 (Co-author(s): Natela Tsiklashvili) - SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN GEORGIA:
CLASSIFICATION AND THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THEIR REGULATION
Journal Innovative Economics and Management, Vol 10 No 2 (2023), 2023, 98-115 - SCHOOL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGIES, CHALLENGES – PRACTICE, ANALYSIS AND PERSPECTIVES BASED ON THE GEORGIAN EXAMPLE;
INTED2023 Proceedings, Publication year: 2023, Pages: 1658-1662, ISBN: 978-84-09-49026-4, ISSN: 2340-1079, doi: 10.21125/inted.2023.0467., 2023/1, 2023, 1658-1662 (იხილეთ სტატია თანდართულ ფაილად) (Co-author(s): Lela Tavdgiridze, Maia Bolkvadze.) - CHILD LABOUR EXPLOITATION: POLITICS, LAW AND SOCIAL ATTITUDES IN GEORGIA;
Access Journal ACCESS TO SCIENCE, BUSINESS, INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY, 2023,4(1), 2023, 24-33 (Co-author(s): Lela Tavdgiridze, Maia Bolkvadze.) - REGULATIONS AND DEREGULATIONS AFFECTING THE BUSINESS PROFITABILITY IN GEORGIA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
International Journal of Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology (IJASEAT), Volume-10,Issue-3, 2022, 2022, 80-83 - BUSINESS ENTITY'S PREVENTIVE-ANTI-CRISIS STRATEGY MODEL AND POSSIBILITIES OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN GEORGIA
Economics. Ecology. Socium , 2022-6, 2022, 38-45 - TOURISM AS ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SECTORS IN TERMS OF PANDEMIC PERIOD IN GEORGIA, AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC OF AJARA
REVISTA DE TURISM - STUDII SI CERCETARI IN TURISM, No 32 (2021), 2022, 1-5
Monograph
- THE CRISIS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS SUBJECTS AND ITS PREVENTION IN THE POST-PANDEMIC PERIOD IN GEORGIA
Publishing house SAMSHOBLO, ISBN 9789941993053, 2024, - THE INFLUENCE
OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING
OF HIGHER EDUCATION
ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY
Favorite Style, 978-9941-8-6175-8, 2023,
Participation in scientific events
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, International Scientific Conference: "Global Challenges and Sustainable Development of Economics and Business" - 2025, 2025, - Perspectives on the relationship between business and educational institutions to protect children's rights
International Conference-The Role of Academia in Promoting Child Rights, , 2025, (Co-author(s): ) - Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the EU and Georgia: Institutional Analysis, Pathways to Development, Opportunities, and Future Perspectives
the 8th International Conference on Applied Research in Business, Management, and Economics, (BMECONF), BMECONF, 2025, Berlin, Germany (Co-author(s): Natela Tsiklashvili; Nestan Varshanidze) - The role of Digital Management and Artificial Intelligence in post-pandemic period in Georgian Business entities
4th annual International Scientific-Practical Conference “Digital Management and Artificial Intelligence”, IU International University in Cologne, 2024, -
, , 2024, (Co-author(s): ) - Digital transformation of the agricultural sector and its impact on productivity in Georgia
International Conference on Agricultural, Biodiversity and Environmental Economics (ICABEE 2024), Faculty of Economics at Trakia University, 2024, (Co-author(s): ) - Businesses And Government – Relations and Institutional Mechanisms (The Case of Georgia)
VI INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCHERS, Azerbaijan State University of Economics, 2024, (Co-author(s): ) - CHALLENGES OF THE CONTEMPORARY SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS MARKETS DIVERSIFICATION
International Scientific Forum „Networking on Sustainable Security in Dynamic Environment“, , 2024, - Crisis as an Opportunity of Accelerated Development for the Business Entities
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - THE 19TH EDITION, 2023”, ŞTEFAN CEL MARE” UNIVERSITY of SUCEAVA, 2023, Romania, Suceava (Co-author(s): Natela Tsiklashvili) - SCHOOL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGIES, CHALLENGES – PRACTICE, ANALYSIS AND PERSPECTIVES BASED ON THE GEORGIAN EXAMPLE
17TH INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE (Co-author(s): Lela Tavdgiridze, Maia Bolkvadze) - Business and the positive effects of the Covid 19 pandemic on business development
"Global Challenges and Sustainable Development of Economics and Business", Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (Faculty of economics and business), 2022, Georgia, Batumi - REGULATIONS AND DEREGULATIONS AFFECTING THE BUSINESS PROFITABILITY IN GEORGIA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC;
765TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION, BUSINESS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (GERMANY) -
UNICEF’s third International Conference on Child Rights focused on teaching of the State language and the education of ethnic minorities, Samtskhe-Javakheti State University, Akhaltsikhe, Georgia, 2022, Georgia, Akhaltsikhe (Co-author(s): Lela Tavdgiridze; Maia Bolkvadze) - Business, pandemic and the transformation of force majeure into a crisis
VI International Conference on Sustainable Transport System and Maritime Logistics (ISTSML 2022)
Research grant projects
Ongoing/Completed
- 03.2024 - 06.2025 - European Union standards and requirements for small and medium-sized business entities and the possibility of their implementation in Georgia
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University , project manager - 03.2023 - 12.2025 - From Fairy tales to Economic Awareness
The Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG), project staff - 02.2023 - 12.2023 - The impact of state financing of higher education on the socioeconomic
development of the country
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, project staff - 12.2022 - 12.2024 - "The crisis of small and medium business subjects and its prevention in the
post-pandemic period in Georgia"
The Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG), project manager
Other scientific activities
- Other activity, 2025
- Participation in the organization of scientific events, 2023
- Supervision of bachelor theses, 2023
- Supervision of master`s theses, 2023
- Reviewing/editing the monograph, 2023
- Involvement in international grant projects, 2023
- Membership of the editorial board of scientific publications, 2023
- Expert services, 2022
Internship, trainings, scholarship/award
Trainings
- 25.09.2025 - 26.09.2025 FlexSim Business Process Simulation Masterclass, InterMarium
- 17.02.2025 - 17.02.2025 Research Ethics, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
- 10.12.2024 - 12.12.2024 Digital Innovation and AI for Educators in Higher Education, ISMA University of Applied Sciences, რიგა, ლატვია
- 04.10.2024 - 05.10.2024 Business simulation games, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
- 18.12.2023 - 18.12.2023 Grant application writing strategy and technique, Innovative Education Center
- 11.12.2023 - 12.12.2023 HR strategy and legal regulations in personnel management process, Innovative Education Center
- 18.11.2023 - 19.11.2023 Harvard Business Case Analysis Methods in University Courses, TBSC Consulting
- 16.11.2023 - 17.11.2023 How to validly write the learning outcomes in the training courses/components in educational programs. How to make learning outcomes measura, Innovative Education Center
- 28.12.2021 - 28.12.2021 Hiring Staff, HP Foundation
- 25.12.2021 - 18.06.2027 Sales Forecasting, HP Foundation
- 20.12.2021 - 21.12.2021 Social Media Marketing, HP Foundation
- 03.11.2021 - 04.11.2021 FIDIC-contract templates, MACS Energy & Water
- 17.01.2021 - 19.01.2021 Finding Funding, HP Foundation
- 27.05.2020 - 25.05.2020 Professional health and safety training, MACS Energy & Water
