Conference Theme: ‘Quality of Life and Environment’ In the last decades, quality of life has become a central issue for those who plan and study cities or places where people live in response to growing pressures on urban communities, concern about the impacts of urbanisation and the effects...

The pre-conference workshop, parallel to this year’s conference theme, aims to provide an overview of the achievements of ecological economics and discuss its future. The pre-conference workshop will focus on three themes in particular: - An overview of ecological economics - Political economy...

Latin America, a thriving region of more than 600 million people, has a promising decade ahead. It is a leading global trader of agro-products with major reserves of raw materials and immense rainforests, which are vital for the global climate and hold potential for renewable energies. Major...

Theme: Essential Development Finance Research for Africa’s Development The emphasis of the conference will be on high-quality, theoretical and/or applied research focusing on issues relevant to finance/economics research which have special relevance to Africa.

Potential topics include: - Unique characteristics of Latin American MNCs and Multilatinas - Applicability of core strategy theories (i.e., the resource based view, organizational economics, strategic group theory, agency theory, institutional theory) to this region - Differences between...