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.

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...

The symposium’s key topics: - Financial and monetary reforms for sustainable development: Global and regional initiatives What are the global and regional initiatives needed to avert new crises and make trade and finance work for full and productive employment, reduce inequalities and promote...

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...

Tagungsthemen: „Der Fiskus hat das Wort!“ Wie können KMU die Steuern und Risiken minimieren? Das SFW will mit dieser Tagung Unternehmer, Selbständigerwerbende und juristische Personen sensibilisieren und praktische Lösungen aufzeigen. Experten des Fiskus vermitteln einen interessanten...

Themenschwerpunkte: - Aktuelle Entwicklungen und Trends - Steuerstandort Schweiz - Trusts, Stiftungen und Portfoliogesellschaften - Offshore- und Onshore-Standorte im Vergleich

Topics: • Corporate and small business debt in foreign currency • Currency structure of household liabilities (e.g. mortgages) and assets • Modeling of currency risk • Regulation and supervision of currency risk (banks versus non bank institutions)

The FIBEA Manaus 2008 theme, Fostering Indigenous Business and Entrepreneurship in the Americas Conference, is timely given the importance and variety of business issues that need to be addressed for the development and fostering of business alliances, trade, and investment amongst Indigenous...