Developing and transition economies will be increasingly concerned with environmental and natural resources management issues; they will have to solve a three-fold challenge: a better environment, good economic performances and poverty reduction as targeted by the Millennium Development Goals....

Ester Boserup was one of the pioneers of an integrated theoretical approach to questions of development and sustainability. 2010 marks the centennial of her birth. The Ester Boserup Conference 2010 "Long-term trajectories in population, gender relations, land use, and the environment" wishes to...

Key Issues to be discussed at this year’s event will include: • How do lenders view the syndicated loan market in CEE? • What do borrowers expect from their bankers? • What are the preferred structures for leveraged finance? • Will there be a continued dominance of bank loans in the...

The aim of conference is to discuss different perspectives on scaling and governance issues. The starting point is that scaling and governance deserve more attention as a combination, not just in separate studies. We look at this integration as a major challenge for both the social, economic and...

The conference will be structured around five themes: - Social institutions and ecosystem changes - Managing tradeoffs between multiple ecosystem services - Resilience and vulnerability of social and ecosystems to climate change - Biodiversity, ecosystem change and human wellbeing - Drivers of...

Sustainable Innovation 2010 welcomes conceptual and research-based papers covering sustainable innovation, technology, product and service design and development. Papers particularly focused on the relationship between sustainable innovation, products, technology, entrepreneurship and job...

CONFERENCE THEMES: - Sustainable Universities and Higher Education - Knowledge Collaboration for Sustainable Innovation, Design, Business & CSR - Sustainable Consumption and Production - Climate, Energy, Water - Sustainable Cities and Regions - Sustainable Consumption and Production in...

All topics on corporate finance and corporate governance are acceptable.

Topics (non-exclusive): - Under which conditions can private ordering replace public courts? What are the main benefits and the main costs associated with this substitution? - Should private institutions step in if the public court system fails? Who should set them up and who should pay for...

Topics: - The role of different institutions and markets in the propagation of the financial crisis; - The implications of financial innovations on macroeconomic indicators; - Financial institutions incentives, their impact on behavioral drifts and risks; - The effect of corporate governance...