Objectives of the Conference: 1) to present state-of-the-art international research on major issues regarding hedge fund strategies in all asset classes and their impact on financial markets, 2) to provide a forum for debate among researchers, senior market participants and policy makers....

We invite researchers, educators, practitioners and those working in small business support and policy organisations to join us in exploring the leading perspectives in entrepreneurship and discuss how they can be applied in practice. The annual ISBE conference continues to be the premier UK...

Governance models in both the public and private sectors emphasise that the job of a board member is pro-active, not just reactive. This workshop will focus on: how to make the role and responsibilities for individual board members an effective, cohesive whole; what makes for effective board...

GCBE invites manuscripts in the area of : Management Information Systems; Business Law; Public Responsibility and Ethics; Global Business; Marketing Theory and Applications; Accounting; Economics; Finance & Investment; General Management; General Business Research; Business & Economics...

International taxation poses a number of complex governance problems. Significantly, the past decade has witnessed numerous and varied initiatives designed to govern international taxation. Dr. Eccleston's paper explores two dimensions of these developments with a view to determining which...

The annual IFA Congress is considered the most important IFA event of the year. The 2009 scientific programme has been designed to be of keen interest to tax practitioners, in-house tax advisors, academics and government officials. The main subjects are: Subject 1 - Is there a permanent...

The conference will bring together leading academics and members of the investment banking industry to focus on new issues in global capital markets. The financial community is invited to submit research papers in the following, not all-inclusive, areas: - Impact of globalization on contagion,...

The topics are all highly relevant to European business tax policy. The papers: - examine the level and determinants of effective tax rates paid by corporations in the UK, Europe and elsewhere; - consider non-profit taxes paid by business, and in particular ask how far such taxes are passed on to...

Track topics for 2009 will include: - Conventional banking and debt capital markets - Treasury systems for the 21st century - Exploring alternative funding options - Risk Management - Robust and sustainable treasury policy - Working Capital and cash management - The SME perspective of the...

The Symposium will focus on Corporate Governance and Control Issues. Topics suitable for Symposium include, but are not limited to, the following: Corporate Ownership, Corporate Control, Sharholder Voting, Proxy Fights, Corporate Governance and Investor Rights, Managerial Compensation and...