Many countries of the world are changing their planning tools and building codes. Modern planning is moving away from ‘‘controlling development’’ and ‘‘environmental and cultural protection’’ towards ‘‘facilitation of economic growth’’ and ‘‘facing climate...

Topics: - Analysing the implementation challenges of policies - Analysing water governance research for impact on policy action and decision making - Effective and sustainable national and transnational water governance - Governing trade-offs within the water, energy, food and the environment...

The IAITl - organised Conference series is the first international conference of its kind, gathering experts from academia, government and industry to discuss key legal issues related to Legal, Security and Privacy Issues in IT, Private and Public Law and the intersection between economics and...

Conference Theme: “Challenges Beyond 50 Years of Agricultural Economics in South Africa” Specific challenges: - Strategic agribusiness development and management - Appropriate technology / information - Agricultural food value chains - Sustainable livelihoods through rural agricultural...

The principal purpose of this mid-term conference will be to explore the various social impacts of the Eurozone debt crisis. Specifically, papers, power-point presentations and works in progress are invited on the following topics: - The Political-economy of the EZ Crisis - The EZ Crisis,...

Topics: Corporate finance, asset pricing, derivatives, corporate governance, market microstructure, financial intermediation, international finance, financial accounting, disclosure, valuation, forecasting, earnings management, strategic cost, international accounting etc.

The workshop is a result of an on-going Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) project on Microfoundations of Access to Finance: Demand-side Perspectives in South Africa at the University of Central Lancashire. The workshop organisers welcome papers, articles and case studies on topics...

The IEHA welcomes sessions on all topics in economic history, history of economics, demographic history, social history, urban history, cultural history, gender studies, methodological aspects of historical research, and related fields, the WEHC 2012 theme is “Exploring the Roots of...

This year the conference will focus considerable attention on the global financial crisis and its impact. The conference will bring together top finance policy makers, professionals, and academics to discuss current financial turbulence, seek methods to overhaul financial and banking systems,...

PROS is an annual event organized in conjunction with the new annual series Perspectives on Process Organization Studies (Series Editors: Ann Langley and Haridimos Tsoukas), published by Oxford University Press, and it takes place in a Mediterranean island, in June each year. The Symposium is...