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...

The aim of the present symposium is to get a handle on this confusing picture of economics. We invite papers that appraise, criticize, or evaluate the economics-made-fun genre (books such as Freakonomics) from the perspective of the nature, scope and success (or failure) of economics as a...

Topics: · Concrete ways to achieve the optimal degree of transparency for different intermediaries and markets · Mark to market accounting · Opacity of banks’ assets · The role of credit rating agencies · Corporate governance, risk taking and disclosure · Implications for market liquidity

The conference will provide a platform for local and international scholars and prefessionals to convue, discuss, and share new and different perspectives regarding issues, challenges and inovations in the Islamic and conventional microfinance. The web site is no longer available.

The two-day conference will bring together a panel of practitioners and scholarly experts in the area of Islamic marketing and branding to share their knowledge and experiences with fellow academics and practitioners. Topics: - Islamic marketing - Consumer buying behaviour in Islamic context -...

In recent years, Efma has run highly successful conferences on customer loyalty. The major changes that have taken place in the retail banking sector in the last year or so have increased the importance of retaining the most profitable customers. This year, therefore, the conference will focus...

The following fields will be discussed: a) Causes of Financial crisis: Interest rates, International Imbalances and the Great Moderation ("Minsky Effect") b) Trade and financial flows: Savings - consumption imbalance c) Macroeconomic Performance: Core and Periphery in EU d) Eurozone in Distress:...

This conference is funded by the Netspar theme project Reconciling Short Term Risks and Long Term Goals for Retirement Provisions. Professionals from the insurance industry, policymakers and academic researchers will discuss the new solvency rules for insurance companies and the implications...

Possible issues and topics for workshop papers are: - Law and ecological tipping points - Law and environmental management: prescriptive or enabling? - Law and marine ecosystem adaptive management - The rule of law: legal certainty vs. flexibility and adaptability? - Private property, state...

Developing and transition economies will be increasingly concerned with environmental and natural resources management issues; they will have to solve a three-fold challenge: a better environment, good economic performances and poverty reduction as targeted by the Millennium Development Goals....