The topic of the workshop will be productivity and regulation with transportation as one of the applications to be covered in this single session, four day workshop (with additional trips organised to Masada, the Dead Sea and the old city of Jerusalem) ending with a New Year’s Eve party.

For the workshop and special issue we invite submissions on a broad variety of related topics. A non-exclusive list of themes includes: - Board diversity and corporate performance - Board diversity and board dynamics - Board diversity and board input - Board diversity and effective governance -...

The Strategic Management Society (SMS) is pleased to announce that a Doctoral Workshop will be held on December 19, 2013 following the SMS Special Conference in India. The SMS India 2013 Doctoral Workshop provides a great opportunity for doctoral students in strategic management to develop their...

The workshop aims to provide a forum for discussing innovative research undertaken by central bank economists on the financial determinants of (nominal) foreign exchange rates. Economists working in central banks as well as academics and private sector economists and quantitative analysts are...

Topics: 1. Introduction: Key Theoretical Concepts and Empirics of Political Economy 2. Collective Choice and Voting 3. The Role of the State and Different Political Regimes 4. Institutional Change and Democratization versus Persistence and Dysfunctional Democracies 5. Beliefs, Culture and...

The increased use of the Internet, social media and other virtual sites for discussing and accomplishing work and organization raises both new possibilities and new challenges for conducting organizational research. We have the opportunity to view work in a different way, to access the...

A special issue of Journal of Public Economic Theory, to be edited by Professor Shlomo Weber, Leading Scientist of the Laboratory for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions, is planned.

Topics: - Social Entrepreneurship for Ethically and Innovative National Character Building. - Entrepreneurship Curriculum Development in Higher Learning Institutions. - Islamic Finance for Entrepreneurial Economic Development - Leveraging Organization/Cooperate Entrepreneurship for...

The workshop will give researchers and central bankers the opportunity to discuss theoretical work, empirical findings and policy implications related to cross-border banking. Topics: - the role of internationally active banks in the global economy - the effects of crossborder banking on the...

This two-week seminar aims to improve participants’ understanding of current modelling strategies and forecasting techniques. The event is a combination of lectures on the theory and methods of policy analysis and design, practical problems in modelling and forecasting and computer-based...