The discussions at the conference will be divided into four sessions: 1) Does a European model exist for SMEs? 2) SMEs and credit risk analysis. 3) Banks and financing of SMEs. 4) SMEs and regulatory issues.

The purpose of the conference is to showcase leading-edge research into the role of emotion in organizational settings. Papers and symposia are invited on any topic of relevance to the study of emotions at work, including the determinants of emotion; the nature and description of emotion;...

Topics: - How to characterize family enterprising - Transmission, acquisition and family enterprising - Family enterprising: special support? - Economic approaches to family enterprising - Family enterprising beyond the small scale - International convergence and divergence around family...

As usual, all subject matters will be welcomed, but we would like to suggest a particular theme for the 2008 edition : "The FAILURE" This theme could include several kinds of papers : - the history of a failure - the consequence and the lessons of a failure - the management of a failure - the...