This event is designed mainly for those who use quantitative methods in economics, but it is open for the academic and scientific public at large, and also for technicians and professionals in this field.

The aim of this workshop is to bring historians, social scientists and health professionals together to discuss these emerging trends. What’s new about this recent articulation of wellbeing and happiness, if anything at all, and why now? We hope that these openly formulated questions may...

The insights of behavioural economics have begun to be applied to development economics and in particular to the behaviour of poor households in poor economies. Does poverty promote departures from the standard text book model of rational choice? Do such departures in turn promote poverty and...

Turku Center for Welfare Research (TCWR) organizes workshop and seminar on the new endeavors and common problems in life course research, with a special emphasis on the register data applications. The three day workshop is targeted to PhD students and researchers. It consists of lectures and...

The main themes of the Vaasa Conference on International Business are SME Internationalization and Born Globals, FDI/ International Acquisitions/ Join Ventures strategies and performance of Multinational Firms, and Entry and Marketing strategies in Central and Eastern European countries. Themes...

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 event will include the 8th INSME Board Meeting, the 7th INSME Association General Assembly and a 2-day International Conference. In parallel to the event, an exhibition area and thematic roundtables will be organised by INSME and EPROCA Members.

Conference Themes: - Active citizenship - Care: ideas, practices and policies - Flexibility, security and restructuring the life course - Climate change, communities and sustainable work - Work, family and life integration - Globalization, insecurity and localities - Diversity of families -...

Latin America, a thriving region of more than 600 million people, has a promising decade ahead. It is a leading global trader of agro-products with major reserves of raw materials and immense rainforests, which are vital for the global climate and hold potential for renewable energies. Major...

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...