The conference will have three main themes: 1. The Private Sector and Agriculture and Rural Development 2. Trade Links to the Private Sector and Poverty Reduction 3. Business, Finance and Poverty Reduction

Topics of interest include the following: 1) Best and worst cases of corporate governance in different countries (situational dimension of corporate governance). 2) Strategic direction at the board level (strategic dimension) 3) Nomination, feedback, remuneration and development of supervisory...

This conference will help to identify rural investment priorities, foster innovation in rural regions, increase services to sparsely populated areas and encourage urban-rural linkages. Through the co-operation between private, government and academic resources, this conference provides the...

Some of the topics: - The choice between alternative sources of financing for innovative firms and their impact on strategic decision in entrepreneurial firms; - The determinants of knowledge-based entrepreneurship; - Venture capital, its contribution to the knowledge-based economy; - Economics...

Conference themes are listed below, however, quality papers in all areas of regional science are welcome. - Island economies - Testing the new economic geography - Health geographies - Environment and regional development - Demography and migration - Regional finance - Land use constraints -...

Papers are invited on issues relating to any area of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. Possible topic areas may include boards of directors, board committees, evaluation of directors, executive remuneration, socially responsible investment, internet and corporate...

We invite you to submit a paper on any aspect of accounting, auditing, finance, corporate governance, and management in China or comparing China with other contexts.

In Africa, the major cities have grown with unprecedented speed over the past few decades creating genuine metropolises. Cities like Nairobi, Johannesburg and Lagos reflect the makeup of the country at large, and indeed are often taken to stand as a symbol for the nation united. In a rhetorical...

The goal of the conference is to promote and stimulate the exchange of ideas in the field of economic modeling techniques applied to regional and urban issues.