Driven by the advancements in renewable energy, enhanced technology, and a burgeoning preference for eco-friendly and locally sourced power, the trajectory toward decentralized energy models seems poised to shape the future of energy systems, particularly in the realm of electricity. This shift...

Tracks: 1. ACCOUNTING (ACO) 2. ECONOMICS (ECO) 3. FINANCE (FIN) 4. MANAGEMENT (MAN) 5. MARKETING (MKT) 6. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MIS) 7. PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (POM) 8. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (INB) 9. MICROCREDIT AND GRAMEEN BANK (GBK) 10 ISLAMIC ECONOMICS AND ISLAMIC FINANCE

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Advancements in Information and Communication Technologies have paved the way to new business models, markets, networks, services, and players in the financial services industry. FinanceCom 2008 invites papers that help to understand, drive and exploit the associated systems, technologies and...

For the workshop, we invite PhD-students in sociology and political science to submit abstracts related to the topic of “Ageing Societies and the Welfare State”. The contributions may be qualitative, quantitative, or conceptual. Country-comparative studies are especially welcome.

This 2-day conference will combine high-profile keynote speakers with academic sessions focusing on different aspects of integration and a round table discussion on the future of European integration. Topics: Financial, monetary, and fiscal integration; Optimum Currency Areas; European banking...

The objective is to provide an arena for researchers to discuss new and ongoing research, identify research gaps and suggest new research agendas on systems of higher education, research and knowledge; with a view to forging closer links between the research communities and UNESCO in these fields.

Both theoretical and applied contributions to environmental and natural resources economics and to economic growth literature are welcome, especially if their focus is on one of the following subfields: - Energy, - Preferences, - Normative aspects of sustainable development, - Health and...

The conference will showcase research on these issues from (social) science and technology studies, and feminist and post-colonial studies under the framework of the project Knowledge, Institutions and Gender: an East-West Comparative Study (KNOWING, Framework Programme 6, www.knowing.soc.cas.cz).

The conference will favour theoretical contributions, but also welcomes original applied studies showing explicit links with the analysis of sustainable development. All geographical areas are eligible: North and south, urban and rural, coastal and maritime, are all considered.