The Workshop will provide an international forum to discuss theoretical and empirical contributions with the purpose of increasing the common knowledge on how skills and competences affect individual and organisational performance.

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 focuses on the possible contribution of towns to rural development by acting as a place of knowledge creation and diffusion in order to avoid processes of decline and promote a geographically balanced and sustainable development in rural areas. An important question related to...

Theme: Managing in the Pacific Century The pattern and pace of economic transformation in the Pacific Rim is unprecedented and presents new challenges and new opportunities for organisations throughout the world. The role of managers, management and leadership will be fundamental to this...

The conference will showcase research on these issues from (social) science and technology studies, and feminist and post-colonial studies under the framework of the project Knowledge, Institutions and Gender: an East-West Comparative Study (KNOWING, Framework Programme 6, www.knowing.soc.cas.cz).

The Doctoral Seminar has a successful tradition at RENT. Doctoral students are invited to present their thesis proposals at the Doctoral Seminar. The Doctoral Seminar supports students in their work in progress and also facilitates the exchange of research experiences and new ideas within the...

Main theme: Consumption and Material Culture from the Middle Ages to the Present

In line with traditions, RENT XXII will be organised in order to stimulate dialogue and reflections about the importance of Entrepreneurship as an engine for Regional Development. The main theme for the 22nd Annual RENT Conference is: Entrepreneurship as an Engine for Regional...

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Key topics: - The potential for Factoring in the significantly growing CEE Market - Achieving excellence in product and services - What does Cross-border Factoring look like? - Setting up a Cross-border Subsidiary – a complex task - Powerful Risk Management strategies and effective credit risk...