The theme of 2010 conference is ‘Agriculture and the Wealth of Nations’, aiming to explore the importance of agriculture as well as the relationship and interaction between agriculture and the whole economy. Topics: - Agriculture and the Macro-economy - Agriculture and Economic Development -...

We are inviting papers from various academic fields concerned with the processes and practices of regional development. Themes of the sessions include, but are not limited to, - Leadership, collective action and regional development - Regional innovation systems and environments - Constructing...

Topics: - Safety of machinery: safety concepts and principles, design rules and strategy, maintenance of machinery - Risk assessment: Hazard identification, historic experience, mitigation, risk estimation and evaluation, assessment methodology, comparison of methodologies - Practical...

The objective of the conference is to further our understanding from an empirical perspective of developments in China and other transition economies (e.g. Russia, CIS, Eastern Europe, Vietnam) in the areas of the measurement of growth, productivity and other macroeconomic aggregates, as well as...