Innovation in tourism - Creating customer value Creative forces of the market Reinforcing the mechanisms of innovation Implementation of new technologies Competitive advantage of industries and destinations Facilitating structural changes Rejuvenating destinations Engine of growth Economic...

With a newly elected US President, Iraq continuing its process of transition and the possibility of a new era for Palestinian politics, 2005 will be a crucial year for the Middle East. The World Economic Forum in Jordan will be a timely occassion to assess the significance of the latest...

Conference Theme: 'Globalization at the Crossroads' Participants are invited to address one of the most controversial subjects of the era -- globalization -- from their own diverse perspectives. Istanbul, long famous as a crossroads of trade between Europe and Asia and of different cultures, is...

Programme 2005 "Evaluating the Foreign Ownership Wage Premium Using a Matching and Difference-in-Differences Approach". "Estimating the Effects of Food Safety Standards on Trade in a Multimarket Setting". "Economic Integration, International Capital Movements, and Labour Standards". "Inward FDI...