The discussions at the conference will be divided into four sessions: 1) Does a European model exist for SMEs? 2) SMEs and credit risk analysis. 3) Banks and financing of SMEs. 4) SMEs and regulatory issues.

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...

Topics: - How to characterize family enterprising - Transmission, acquisition and family enterprising - Family enterprising: special support? - Economic approaches to family enterprising - Family enterprising beyond the small scale - International convergence and divergence around family...

Topic: Hybrid Organizations: Strategy and Management within Diversity and Sustainability [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information] The web site is no longer available.

As usual, all subject matters will be welcomed, but we would like to suggest a particular theme for the 2008 edition : "The FAILURE" This theme could include several kinds of papers : - the history of a failure - the consequence and the lessons of a failure - the management of a failure - the...