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 17th IFAC World Congress technical program will be highlighted with recent developments in control fields. The particular fields in the below have been chosen to emphasize some of the most interesting industries in Korea. In addition to these industrial programs, Control Education has been...

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...