The 4th International Workshop on Quantitative Finance is one of the collaborative activities of these four institutes, and this workshop in the area of Quantitative Finance is designed to guide the participants along the difficult terrain of Financial Mathematics to support their exploration...

This special conference will provide a platform to bring strategy, management and business scholars and practitioners together to discuss and develop strategies for how local and foreign firms can compete and cooperate within China and within the international market.

Diverging demographic developments in Europe and in developing countries create a potential for huge mutual gains from migration. At the same time, the immigration of low-skilled workers and emigration of high-skilled workers pose a challenge to the European social model. How can receiving...

Mit der Frage, welche Lehren aus der aktuellen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise zu ziehen sind, beschäftigt sich eine internationale Konferenz des Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA). Experten aus den USA und Europa werden vom 13. bis 15. Dezember 2012 an der Universität Heidelberg...

The MESD’12 raises the key question of the role multinational enterprises play, in the dynamic sustainable business environment. Because of the size and scope of their transborder activities, multinationals are global environmental actors and stewards. Their corporate strategies can accelerate...

The organising committee of this conference invites submissions of high-quality theoretical or empirical research papers on small business financing and its importance for the real economy. Topics: - Availability of credit for small businesses and firms' competitiveness; - Financial deregulation...

The central questions of the conference therefore are: 1. In what ways do social heterogeneities and social inequalities contribute to social vulnerability to environmental and climate change and the likelihood that some people or groups are more prone to migrate than others? 2. What are the...

The conference will present a broad selection of papers primarily focussed on the development of business-to-business relationshops and networks in Asia. On this occasion, the theme is Developing Networks in International Marketing and Purchasing.

The conference title is therefore: From Critique to Transfor­mation? Critical Governance Studies in and beyond the Crisis. Topics: - Governance futures in and beyond capitalism - In and against the state' once more? Towards critical governance practices - The governance of science and...

Presented Papers: - Capital and profitability in banking: Evidence from US banks - Bank Competition, Fire-sale and Financial Stability - Risk Based Pricing in the Credit Card Industry: Evidence from US Survey Data - Foreigners vs. Natives: Bank Lending Technologies and Loan Pricing -...