Key Issues to be discussed at this year’s event will include: • How do lenders view the syndicated loan market in CEE? • What do borrowers expect from their bankers? • What are the preferred structures for leveraged finance? • Will there be a continued dominance of bank loans in the...

All topics on corporate finance and corporate governance are acceptable.

Topics (non-exclusive): - Under which conditions can private ordering replace public courts? What are the main benefits and the main costs associated with this substitution? - Should private institutions step in if the public court system fails? Who should set them up and who should pay for...

Conference Theme: Managing and Marketing Organizations in an Era of Global Economic Uncertainty and Environmental Complexity

Research papers covering any topics in financial and managerial accounting are welcome. The following list provides illustrative examples: * Economic consequences of accounting methods, e.g., conservatism and fair value accounting * Earnings management * Economic effects of international...

You are invited to submit research papers in the following tracks: Track A: Finance/Accounting Track B: General Management Track C: Marketing Track D: Organizational Behavior Track E: Production&Operations

Topics may include, but are not limited to: • Business cycles and bank credit standards • Macroeconomic conditions, risk taking by banks and procyclicality • Procyclicality of capital requirements and implications for monetary policy • Procyclicality of financial regulation •...

The ownership structure of corporations has attracted much attention in the wake of the corporate governance scandals. Much attention has been focused on publicly-listed firms in the wake of the legislative responses in the US (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) and in Europe (the EU Commission’s...