The world-wide adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and investors' pressure for transparency and accountability all have altered the way information flows from companies to financial markets. Manouba University and the "Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Gestion...

Topics: 1. Accounting education 2. International accounting and financial reporting standards 3. Accounting and corporate governance 4. The role of accounting information in business improvement 5. The role of professional organizations in promoting accounting 6. The application of information...

The TOM Research Training Network highlights the crucial contribution that foreign migrants make to the social and economic linkages between countries. The goal of the conference is to contribute to an objective debate on the critical issues, problems, and opportunities in migration trends. We...

The workshop will focus on but not be limited to empirical research in the following fields: - Labour market institutions and policies - Gender inequality - Inter- and intragenerational mobility - Qualification and skills

Environmental innovation processes have been studied in a number of sectoral and technological contexts. Particularly relevant sectors with respect to their size and environmental impact are infrastructure sectors such as energy, transport and water. The specificities of these sectors are...

Topics: - Transfer of energy efficient technologies - Impact of globalization on energy and environmental efficiency - Barriers for successful environmental technology transfer - Pollution effect of globalizationTransfer of energy efficient technologies

The course will be based on Philipe Aghion’s new book "The Economics of Growth" Lecture 1: The Schumpeterian Growth Model Lecture 2: Convergence and Wage Inequality Lecture 3: Competition, Entry and Trade Lecture 4: Appropriate Growth Policy and Education Lecture 5: Environment and...

The recent wave of globalisation has challenged the traditional paradigm on which our view of the international division of labour was based. A new paradigm is gradually evolving and the purpose of the Summer School is to take stock of these developments and assess their policy implications. The...

Topics: • Design and implementation of new management accounting techniques • Target costing in new product development and supply chain management • Cost management in customer-supplier relationships and networks • Customer-focussed cost and profitability analysis • Cost and...

The Munich Economic Summit is an initiative aimed at bringing together academic scholars and decision-makers in politics, industry and finance to discuss vital European issues. The 2009 Summit will delve into the things we are doing right and wrong in the quest for reliable energy supplies and...