Laimutė Urbšienė, PhD in Economics, is a lecturer at Faculty of Economics in Vilnius University and an associate professor at Vilnius University Business School. The main research interests are macroeconomics, financial markets, corporate finance, investment valuation, globalisation. The author of more than 15 articles and co-author of the books: “The Modelling Financial Decisions, Computerised Calculus” and “The Challenges of Globalization and Economic Policy”.