The objective of the seminar is to discuss theoretical and empirical contributions to the estimation of production frontiers and measurement of efficiency.

Topics: - Entry, exit and firms’ survival - Innovation and new entrants - The spatial dimension of firm demography - Entrepreneurship and firm demography - Industry dynamics and firm demography - Job destruction, jobs creation and firm dynamics - Internationalization (trade, ownership and FDI)...

Contributions from economics and the social sciences are invited. Possible fields of enquiry include: - Social cohesion and growth - Social cohesion and inequality - Governance, institutions and social cohesion - Social cohesion and (global) public goods - Education policies and social...

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....

The Euro-Latin Network on Integration and Trade (ELSNIT) is now accepting proposals for papers examining the links between trade and international organization of production along the macroeconomic, microeconomic, and institutional-legal dimensions.

The conference aims to enhance general understanding of a number of logistics and supply chain-related management issues: - Procurement and supply chains (purchasing and supply chain performance, purchasing/logistics relationships, purchasing of services, logistics outsourcing) - Supply chain...

Topics relevant to time use research: Children, youth; Child and elder care; Communication and media; Couple (intra-household allocation, bargaining, division of labor, time together); Data collection & quality; Food and eating; Free time and leisure; Health; Housework/household production; Local...

Recent research has shown that trust and civic spirit influence economic performance, but that economic performance also influences social values. In particular, it appears that civic spirit and trust are essential components of the efficiency of the welfare state. On the other hand, the quality...

This workshop is devoted to time series forecast techniques using non stationary signals and to uncertain decision making chain applications. This subject covers a wide panel of industries: energy, finance, transportation and ecology. Topics: Topic 1 Methods for uncertain future (Uncertainties,...

The overall theme of the workshop is the transformation of social policies in a comparative perspective. We welcome abstracts related to one of the three topics below. 1) Employment policies 2) Private insurance 3) Care