Theme of the conference: Social Relations in turbulent times Economic and social crisis in these turbulent times challenges both our sociological skills and our imagination. Since its beginnings as a scientific discipline, sociology has sought answers to the social questions that arise in...

As in the past years the congress will be a platform where academia, business, policy makers and practitioners from different fields come together to share their experience and expertise to cope with the challenges of demographic change.

Program 01.08. – 05.08. Panel Data Econometrics (Prof. Manuel Arellano) 08.08. – 12.08. Financial Crises and Financial Stability (Prof. Jeremy Stein) 15.08. – 19.08. Monetary Economics and Imperfect Information (Prof. Ricardo Reis) 22.08. – 26.08. Recent Advances in International Trade...

The Congress general theme is ‘Financial System and the International Economy Post-Crisis’. The Congress will have two special sessions: ‘Strategies for economic growth after the crisis – global and Brazilian economy’ and ‘Spread of Keynesianism in Brazil: in honour of Prof Fernando...

Submissions are solicited both for the meeting’s thematic sessions on New Developments in Political Economy and for the meeting’s general sessions (on any topic relevant to the SSES) where submissions across a wide range of topics in Economics, Finance and Econometrics are welcome. [gemäß...

The topic of the 41st St. Gallen Symposium aims to address power in the context of business, politics, science and society. Subareas: - the power of politics and arms - the power of money and ownership - the power of voice - the power of leadership and authority - the power of values and ideas

The aim of the conference is to explore the role of clusters as drivers of firms, regions and nations competitiveness. Clusters are comprised as geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, services provides, firms in related industries, and association...

Potential topics include: - Unique characteristics of Latin American MNCs and Multilatinas - Applicability of core strategy theories (i.e., the resource based view, organizational economics, strategic group theory, agency theory, institutional theory) to this region - Differences between...

The Annual Meeting 2011 will be particularly important as we rethink how to best achieve our mission. Improving the state of the world is increasingly important in a world still recovering from the recent financial crisis. The Meeting’s programme will concentrate on the important question of...