The Summer School has a two-in-one aim: developing international scientific knowledge in the field of labour studies and enhancing English language skills in social sciences. Programme: Tuesday 13th Inaugural address by Professor Michael Burawoy: “Labor Studies in the 21st century” Wednesday...

Proposals for presentations on the economics of the firm in general and especially on this year’s theme – Economics of the Firm and the Economics of Strategy – are invited. The general philosophy of the workshop is precisely to present modern ideas which borrow from economic principles and...

We welcome contributions from theorists and empiricists alike who are interested in broadening our understanding of the economics of welfare which continues to flourish. Following work by Sen, Stiglitz and others that has helped to bring about the Sarkozy Report, the EU’s Beyond GDP memorandum...

The objective of the seminar is to discuss theoretical and empirical contributions to the estimation of production frontiers and measurement of efficiency.

Topics: - Entry, exit and firms’ survival - Innovation and new entrants - The spatial dimension of firm demography - Entrepreneurship and firm demography - Industry dynamics and firm demography - Job destruction, jobs creation and firm dynamics - Internationalization (trade, ownership and FDI)...