The conference has the following thrust areas: Testing trade theories; Trade indices; Facilitation Mechanisms for International Trade; Regional Economic Integration; Tariff and Non-tariff barriers; Firm level issues in international business (e.g. internationalization of business); Trade Related...

Symposium Subareas: - Borderless innovation - Collaborative R&D for innovation - Idea generation and creativity - Innovation policy - Measuring and managing innovation - Methods and tools for innovation - Networks and clusters of innovation - Open innovation

Sylvester Eijffinger (Tilburg University) Topics: 1. Monetary Policy in the EU 2. Fiscal Policy in the EU

Theme: New Frontiers In International Entrepreneurship: Bridging the gaps between North & South and East & West The MIE 2008 Conference theme seeks to stimulate lively discussion of a number of issues and challenges facing the international entrepreneurship discipline. In particular, we invite...

The conference will focus on the causes and consequences of global imbalances. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, international risk-sharing and portfolio choices, current account and international investment position dynamics, international asset pricing and valuation...

The seminar introduces the participants to the methods, techniques and theories commonly used in their research area. It also offers possibilities for young researchers to get in contact with their peers, to explore new avenues of thinking, to learn collectively and to exchange ideas in a very...

This 2-day conference will combine high-profile keynote speakers with academic sessions focusing on different aspects of integration and a round table discussion on the future of European integration. Topics: Financial, monetary, and fiscal integration; Optimum Currency Areas; European banking...

The Conference will focus on intercultural dialogue as the consequence of increasing multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious societies. Due to their complexities, the knowledge as to how to manage these processes is still limited. Conference participants are expected to contribute to...

The first four workshops dealt mainly with recent developments in corporate governance in research and practice.

Topics: -Measurement, modelling and forecasting of correlation and volatility -Theory and Applications in: Banking; Stock and Bond Markets; Commodity Markets; Derivatives; Corporate Finance; Macroeconomic Modelling; International Finance; Insurance.