Two one day Conferences will be held at the University of Nottingham on 23rd June and 25th June 2008.

The aim of the workshop is to bring together young scholars from different disciplines to improve knowledge exchange, and provide a platform for future shared research projects in the area of innovation generally and explore further the concept of open innovation. The workshop will combine...

The theme of the conference – the challenges to international business – captures the breadth of changes that are taking place in the international business environment. As one example, the increasing recognition that man's activities are a cause of climate change in particular, and natural...

The speakers are: • Marta Aloi (GEP, University of Nottingham) • Giovanni Facchini (University of Illinois) • Timothy Hatton (University of Essex) • Tom Ivlevs (GEP, University of Nottingham) • Willi Kohler (Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen) • Sharun Mukand (Tufts University) •...

The INFER Annual Conference provides an opportunity for everybody interested in economics to exchange ideas. Researchers, especially young researchers, are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers across all areas of economics, including this year’s special topic “Economic and...

CSGR and GARNET therefore invite friends old and new to a searching, international, innovative exploration of how global and regional governance might be made more legitimate. How should we conceive of legitimacy when it comes to regulation beyond the state? What types of indicators and measures...

Topics: - Economy-wide evidence on the ‘Great Stability’ or ‘Great Moderation’ - The monetary transmission mechanism - Monetary policy management and expectations formation - International policy and global inflation dynamics - Globalisation and competitiveness in the labour, product and...

Topics: (1) The historical origins and development of corporate limited liability (CLL) and the role of joint stock companies in the history of capitalism (US, UK, Western Europe, the role of CLL in European colonies, in contemporary developing and transition economies). (2) The analysis of...

Topics: - Globalisation: Opportunity or Threat? - Trade and the Environment - Globalisation and Growth - Transforming China and India: Challenges and Opportunities - Practical exercise on International Trade

This year’s subject is: International Economics. Topics to be covered will include: - International Trade and Location - Multinational Corporations - Foreign Direct Investment and Outsourcing - Trade and Industrial Policy - Financial Globalization - Global Imbalances - New Open-Economy...