The World Business Forum is a symposium featuring nine eminent leaders and thinkers speaking on topics of the utmost importance to the business community. Attendees will gain critical insights into the United States´ position in the world, management, global financial markets, strategy, the...

Emerging changes in international and regional health economics have profoundly impacted the provision of health services. The impact of these changes has affected both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of healthcare services. The demand and cost of providing health services have...

The organizers encourage submissions on a range of subjects but are particularly interested in papers dealing with empirical evidence on aspects of corporate governance and firm performance, corporate restructuring, financial structures and M&A activity. Papers on policy implications for...

China’s integration into the world economy has passed a watershed – its growth over the past decade has accounted for two-thirds of Asia’s overall reduction of poverty, and its GDP is projected to exceed Germany’s by 2006. China’s deepening trade relationship with Japan, Korea and the...

Der Tag der Deutschen Außenwirtschaft ist der 13. September 2005. Dann treffen sich im Bremer Congress Centrum die Experten und Fachleute zum 6. Deutschen Außenwirtschaftstag. Das hochkarätig besetzte und renommierte Fachforum unterstützt Sie mit entscheidenden Informationen und Kontakten...

The IBF’s Executive Business Forecasting Forum will provide a venue for decision makers to discuss issues and concerns with our panel of professionals, as they pertain to forecasting and planning. These discussions will lead to answers that will add considerable value to your company. This...

The German and European energy industry will increasingly be influenced by international developments: Markets converge and policy developments affecting competition, the regulatory environment, the security of energy supplies and environmental protection call for an increasingly international...

Every week more than $1bn still flows into China as foreign direct investment. It is still very much a work in progress – investment strategies differ from sector to sector, and from company to company. The optimists look at China as a golden opportunity, moving from just being a low cost...

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership process, also referred to as the ‘Barcelona Process’, encompasses politics, security, cultural dialogue, human rights promotion and, as its centrepiece, a planned free-trade area covering all states of the European Union and the non-member states of the...

Session I: Technology and Immigration - "The Impact of Immigration on New Technology Adoption in U.S. Manufacturing" - "Are New Work Practices and New Technologies Biased against Immigrant Workers?" - "Migration and Technological Change in Rural Households: Complements or Substitutes?" Session...