Conference themes: 1. Competitive advantage of countries and regions: how do small open economies compete? 2. Regional and urban competitiveness: creativity and innovative drivers of urban competitiveness 3. New Thinking: Innovation systems and sustainable business models 4. Growing the...

Papers Topics - Economic Growth, Economic History: - The transition from stagnation to growth - The Great Divergence - Geography versus institutions - International trade and growth - Technical progress versus human capital - Health and demographics - Social structure and the role of families

The objective of the conference is to further our understanding, from an empirical and measurement perspective, of developments in the area of income levels, income growth, productivity, poverty, and inequality in Africa. The conference will feature sessions dealing with problems and issues in...

Submissions are invited from the following areas: - Accounting and its allied disciplines - Economics and Finance - Management and its allied disciplines - Information and Communication and Technology - Public Administration and Management - Leadership - Business Law - Accounting & Business...

The general theme for this year's conference is ‘Beyond the Crisis: Industrial Relations and Sustainable Growth’. In line with this theme, the general objectives of the conference are first of all to analyze and discuss which has been the contribution of industrial relations to recover a...

The objective of the Summer School is to offer an updated and recent view of the ongoing trends in Climate Change research in an annual basis. This school is designed to approach the main scientific topic from a multidisciplinary approach, depending on the main trends of Climate Change issues...

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) is pleased to announce its IV Summer School in Public Economics that will be devoted to immigration and public policy. Within this broad theme there will be two parts: the economic effects of immigration, and the consequences of segregation (along the...

This workshop will focus on the interplay between institutions and international capital flows. Topics to be covered include: · Political, legal and financial determinants of international capital flows · International capital flows, risk taking and financial fragility · International capital...

The organizing committee is particularly interested in papers at the crossroad of child wellbeing and migration. The three sub-themes that the Global network project encompasses are: 1. Social and Economic Consequences of Age at Migration; 2. Institutions of the Welfare State and Child Wellbeing...

Submissions should present research on a topic in the area of economics related to the Mediterranean countries and the Euromediterranean Process. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following: - Microeconomics and Institutions: Environmental Economics; Transportation and...