The travel and tourism industry accounts for $4.4 trillion of economic activity worldwide. Given the current changing political and economic climate how sustainable is this situation? Can the industry continue to grow in the face of climate change and global terrorism? Is there still untapped...

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How can universities respond to these major challenges, become more entrepreneurial, stimulate innovation, produce and transfer knowledge to society, and contribute to local and regional socio-economic growth while at the same time be competitive at the global level. Can some respond more easily...

The free market offers almost limitless choices in everything from what we eat, to the books we read, to the vehicles we drive. It's constantly at work, providing ever broadening opportunities for us to increase our happiness and realize our dreams. Yet, when it comes to American elementary and...

The aim of the congress is to thoroughly analyse the conditions for growth through SME’s in Tourism. The research will concentrate in particular on the room for innovation and co-operation and their impact on growth and development of tourism. The main topics: - SME and regional development -...

The 2004 IMHE General Conference will focus on some of the challenges faced by higher education in today’s' "knowledge society". Higher education institutions must respond to new funding and governance mechanisms, questions of access and equity, an increasing client base, new and developing...

The conference, jointly organized by CESifo and the Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) of Harvard University, will focus on the possible equity-efficiency tradeoff in education, with a special focus on the role of school systems for human capital formation in the global economy.