The main objectives of the conference are to improve the understanding of (i) how natural disasters affect household welfare, and (ii) how policy-makers can overcome the behavioral, political, technical, and operative hurdles involved in disaster risk preventive interventions.

Innovation is a mechanism to transform the challenges faced by many countries and regions into opportunities. The BALAS Conference will discuss innovation as a source of integration, development, aggregate value, creation of new markets to generate income and wealth.

Topics: ACCOUNTING; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MARKETING; FINANCE & INTERNATIONAL FINANCE; BUSINESS ETHICS; QUANTITATIVE METHODS; BUSINESS STATISTICS / ECONOMETRICS; BUSINESS LAW / LAW & ECONOMICS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS EDUCATION; MICROECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INDUSTRIAL...