The measurement of IT-based services productivity is at the heart of the ProdIT research project, which is patronized by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The aim of this workshop is to share know-how and experiences on the measurement of service productivity....

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...

Conference themes: Recent demands in the work environment, changes in lifestyle, challenges in socio-economic and political agenda, issues in cultural integration, corporate restructuring and social reengineering, to name a few, are exerting socio-cultural pressures on the roles of communication...

Topics: - Geographies of financial markets and institutions - Uneven development in Europe - Institutions in urban and regional development - Markets and marketization - New perspectives on Evolutionary Economic Geography - Innovation and knowledge

The 2012 conference will address topics such as: sustainability and natural resource management, forecasting methods for tourism and regional economies, the economics of renewable energy, and tourism economics.

The 2nd European Dialogue will bring together a selected group of policy makers and scientists to explore and discuss - What challenges arise on this development path and how might these be overcome? - What are conflicting priorities in key policy areas that are essential for greening the...

The event will cover both theoretical and empirical analyses of the functioning of the international monetary system. The following topics are likely to be covered: • the interplay between domestic policy frameworks and the international monetary system; • the role of ‘rules of the game’...

Topics: - The impact of the financial crisis on arts organizations. - Managing the heritage chain from archaeological discovery to museum access. - National variations and commonalities in managing arts and cultural organizations. - Western-centrism and “the rest of the world”: open issues...

The MaCCI Law and Economics Conference on Net Neutrality aims to provide a platform for discussion between researchers and practitioners in state authorities, legal counsel, and economic consultancies on net neutrality. We welcome submissions with a legal or economic perspective on net...

The main objective is to expose young scholars to the world's leading labor economists through a week of presentations and to give them the opportunity to create networks and commence collaborating on research projects with IZA Research Fellows in the DC area.