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The implementation of sound quantitative risk models is a vital concern for all financial institutions, and this trend has accelerated in recent years with regulatory processes such as Basel II. The workshops provide a comprehensive treatment of the theoretical concepts and modelling techniques...

CofFEE announces the Creating a Culture of Full Employment Conference which will incorporate the 7th Path to Full Employment Conference and the 12th National Conference on Unemployment. It will be staged in Newcastle over two days - Thursday, December 8 and Friday, December 9, 2005. Pencil in...

The wide range of topics to be covered by the studies may include but is not limited by: a) Globalization and the chronic poor b) ‘Corporate globalization’ and the poor. c) Threshold and externality effects of globalization and dynamics of ‘between-country inequality’ e) Global economic...

Das WSI-Herbstforum 2005 lädt ein zur Diskussion über die Frage, inwiefern Eigenverantwortung und Solidarität als Leitprinzipien eines modernen Sozialstaats dienen können und sollen.

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

The organizers invite submission of empirical and theoretical papers on venture capital, private equity, entrepreneurship, the decision to go public, and intellectual property rights. Suitable topics include (but are not limited to): • The choice between alternative sources of financing for...

This year looks set to be an eventful one for the water industry. Companies will be implementing their investment programmes as agreed during PR04, and the need for effective business plans will be essential in seeing them through the coming years. On the agenda as well is the Water Framework...