The special theme for the conference will be “Innovate through Design”. Themes and areas: A. Organizing for product development B. Knowledge and IT resources in PD C. Product development strategy and performance D. Leadership and creativity in PD E. Creativity and Design Management and...

Topics: - Agricultural, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Business Administration, Marketing and Accounting - Economic Analysis - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - Economic Geography and Regional Economics - Economic Systems - Economics of E-Commerce -...

The conference will solicit papers in all areas of macroeconomic theory and policy and international finance. Topics: Exchange rates and Currency Markets; Monetary Theory and Policy; Financial Markets; Economic Growth; Financial Econometrics; Macroeconomics; Financial Effects of Euro Adoption;...

The title of the 2011 conference – Innovation, Prosperity, Quality of Life – in many ways reflects the expectations that we currently place on scientific and technological progress. Innovation seems to be on everyone’s lips, but how can it be harnessed to offer greater prosperity and...

This workshop offers young interested researchers within the field of the economics of innovation the possibility to intensively discuss their dissertation plans or drafts within a peer group of experienced and renowned scholars, as well as other PhD students and post-doc researchers in a great...

Topics: - The development of cross-border banking in global capital flows - The relative merits of banking in channeling international capital flows - The performance of domestic and cross-border banks in terms of efficiency and risk - Cross-border bank entry, competition and implications for...

European institutions and European integration have recently undergone a serious test in the wake of the financial, economic and fiscal crises. While the euro has supported the integration process and has protected the members of the monetary union from internal exchange rate shocks, the crisis...

Theme: The New World of Global Finance, Markets, Investments, and Risk Management The conference seeks high-quality papers from scholars and practitioners that: • Are relevant to financial practice. • Address issues relevant to global finance, markets, investments, and/or risk management....

Theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions from all areas of the economics of innovation and patenting are welcome. Topics: - Science, Technology and Knowledge Creation - Diffusion of Science and Technology - Intellectual Property Rights - Financing of Innovation - R&D and...

Conference Programme: - Fiscal policy in a currency union - Sustainable fiscal policy within a currency union - The dynamics of sovereign debt crises in a monetary union - Public debt and changing inflation targets - Unresolved fiscal stress and uncertainty in inflation targets - Optimal...