Scholars and PhD students are invited to submit papers on the following themes: - Global imbalances and current world financial crisis; - System risks of banking and other financial institutions; - Causes, consequences and lessons of the current and past crises; - The rise of economic...

Key topics to be discussed: - An aircraft finance odyssey: Will the funding gap arrive in 2010? - Are LCC models faring better than the legacy carriers? - Liquidity management for airlines in a troubled world - How airlines managing through the downturn? - Is long term commercial bank financing...

Conference Topic: SMB Internationalization (SMB Innovation; Survival & Developing Environment for SMB; FDI of SMB; The Role & Functions of SMB; Financing & Investment of SMB; Government Support Policies for SMB; High-tech SMB and Venture Capital; SMB International Cooperation; SMB Human Resources...

Papers in all areas of risk management and derivatives are welcome.

The Program Committee invites the submission of abstracts related to the theory and practice of forecasting.

Innovation is a mechanism to transform the challenges faced by many countries and regions into opportunities. The BALAS Conference will discuss innovation as a source of integration, development, aggregate value, creation of new markets to generate income and wealth.

Key issues to be discussed include: - China’s role as a global sourcing hub - Facilitating intra-Asia trade and expanding global trade flows - Export finance developments in Indonesia and Vietnam’s infrastructure sectors - The role of ECAs in supporting Asia’s growth - The increasing...