Today, 23 October 2026, the Vice-President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov, received the distinguished scholar Prof. Stanislav D. Dobrev in his office.
Born and having completed his secondary education in Bulgaria, Prof. Dobrev currently holds the prestigious “Robert L. and Sally S. Manegold” Chair in Strategic Management at the Lubar College of Business, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), USA. He holds a PhD from Stanford University and is a world-renowned scholar in the field of business strategy and entrepreneurship with exceptional international standing and over 4,600 citations in the global academic network, and a Hirsch index (h-index) of 25.
Prior to his current position at UWM, Prof. Dobrev gained extensive teaching and research experience at some of the world’s most prestigious business schools. He was a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business – one of the leading business schools in the US – as well as at the prestigious international institute INSEAD in France. He has also taught at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah and at the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.
During the working meeting, opportunities for academic collaboration, the exchange of best practice in research management and potential joint initiatives between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and leading US universities were discussed. Particular attention was paid to the role of the Bulgarian scientific diaspora abroad and the opportunities for its active involvement in efforts to enhance the international visibility and prestige of Bulgarian science.
At the end of the meeting, the Vice-President Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov extended an official invitation to Prof. Dobrev to visit the Academy again and to deliver an academic lecture at BAS in the future, to Bulgarian scientists, PhD students and specialists in his field of research.
