The goal of the conference is to bring together academics and policy makers to discuss the links between the recent crisis and financial globalization, broadly focusing on two main themes: 1) the two-way relationship between global imbalances and the crisis; 2) the impact of the crisis on the...

Recent research has shown that trust and civic spirit influence economic performance, but that economic performance also influences social values. In particular, it appears that civic spirit and trust are essential components of the efficiency of the welfare state. On the other hand, the quality...

Topics: - The role of different institutions and markets in the propagation of the financial crisis; - The implications of financial innovations on macroeconomic indicators; - Financial institutions incentives, their impact on behavioral drifts and risks; - The effect of corporate governance...

The call for papers will make clear that the conference embraces microscopic studies of the mechanisms of innovation, routine and selection as well as studies of the macroscopic problems of Schumpeterian growth and development as a process of "creative destruction". The broad range of issues...

The conference will provide a forum for academics, practioners and policy makers to present, hear, and discuss the latest research findings in the areas of urban economics, real estate markets, real estate finance, developments and investment, and housing.

Those above are still open questions on the research agenda for international trade, firm heterogeneity, industry dynamics and growth. The Workshop intends to provide a panel of presentations on recent theoretical and empirical contributions as an overview of the frontier in this growing...

Suggested Themes for Proposal: - Open innovation - Research consortia - Disruptive technologies - Outsourcing innovation - Academic institutions as lead players in innovation - Knowledge management - Creativity and its management - The learning organization - Process vs. product innovation -...

The seminar will be devoted to the consequences for social security of the financial and economic crisis in a changing world and will address the following questions: How has the social security sector responded? To what extent the crisis is placing an additional burden on systems’ finances?...

The papers presented in this conference are expected to fit broadly – but not exclusively – into one of the following categories: - Organizing for product development - Knowledge and IT resources in PD - Product development strategy and performance - Leadership and creativity in PD -...

We invite both theoretical and empirical papers that predominantly, though not exclusively, reflect some of the following issues: - What organizational capabilities are needed to deploy and govern innovative activities effectively, especially in fast-changing environments and across great...