In the past, engineers have typically focused on product design and innovation through newer technologies, while marketers have focused on market and competitor intelligence and customer preferences. The time has come for an effective integration of these two focal areas for the successful...

The basic idea of this stream of workshop is twofold. On the one there is an assumption that looking at management and accounting in a integrated way, or at least making this two areas of research interact, is useful in order to better understand socio economic systems, at different levels. On...

The second workshop will address situational, strategic, management and controlling dimensions of corporate governance.

Our economic forecasting experts, along with local industry and business leaders, will address the following questions: U.S Economy Local froth or national bubble? How will real estate impact the US economy over the next two years? Will the Fed continue to tighten? When will this finally be felt...

It has been the SMS’s intent to hold the 2005 annual international meeting in Europe, as part of the normal cycling of meetings from North America to Europe. After an extensive search for venues over the past two years, your Board, very reluctantly, has concluded that it was not possible to...

“Knowledge Management”, “eGovernment”, “Business Intelligence”, “Balance Scorecards”, “CRM”, “CSR”, "ANT", "neo- institutionalism". What are these: passing fads or future institutions? Paradigm shifts or variations on universal themes? Where do they come from: Management...

In einem dynamischen Marktumfeld, geprägt durch Globalisierung und schnell voranschreitenden technischen Entwicklungen, ist eine veränderungs- und anpassungsfähige Logistik gefragt. Als Instrument der Unternehmensführung gestaltet innovatives Logistik-Management den Wandel in Unternehmen und...

A growing 43% of the Southern California population identify themselves as Hispanic, and many demographers believe this number to be even higher. The Hispanic contribution to the Southern California economy is rising significantly, with a 50% increase in aggregate income between 1990 and 2003....

Economist Conferences are convening their fourth annual BPO conference to look at how companies are changing their strategies to take advantage of BPO, why they are doing it and how they are measuring the benefits. At this off-the-record event, senior executives in charge of their company’s...

In response to the challenges of a rapidly changing and globalizing environment, business has been developing a number of innovations in areas such as products, processes, and even business models. Innovations in the corporate world are also taking place in the areas of organization (both...