The Covid pandemic has, it is often said, on the one hand changed everything, and on the other, nothing. International travel restrictions, slowdowns in student mobility and lab-based research collaborations unleashed an extraordinary level of innovation enabled largely by the shift to online...

In this seminar we will discuss several main research themes in contemporary empirical financial accounting research. We will examine the historical origins, theoretical underpinnings and research methods used in leading research in each area. We will also discuss the potential implications of...

The programme in Healthcare Innovation and Management will include seminars on: - Key Theories, Concepts and Frameworks in Healthcare Innovation and Management. - Management research in healthcare: the industry perspective. - Ideas for future research and new research questions in value-based...

In this sixth edition of the Festival, we will try to enable everyone to form an opinion on the complex questions that define the new borders of free private initiative that are being put in place in various parts of the planet. We will attempt to understand the reasons and highlight the...

Recent events have created new doubts about the dollar’s prospects for remaining the leading international reserve currency. The crisis has not exactly enhanced the attractions of the United States as a producer of high quality financial assets. Yet incumbency is a strong advantage in...

Topics: The noble families and the peasants' world Conquest and control of the market: the merchant family Conquest and control of the production: the craftsmen family craftsmen within guilds Round table - The diversified economic function of the sexes in the different social class-types of...

Topics: The origins of taxation in Europe Comparative evolution of tax system Tax system and public authorities: fiscal policies Positive and negative effects on the european economy

Topics: Muslims in Europe Europeans in the Islamic world, 13th to 18th centuries European policies and rivalries for economic supremacy in the Islamic World and the islamic reactions (Africa and the Middle East). Nature and volume of the commercial relationship between Europe and islamic...