The overall theme of the workshop is the transformation of social policies in a comparative perspective. We welcome abstracts related to one of the three topics below. 1) Employment policies 2) Private insurance 3) Care

The aim of this conference is to add to the debate on the political economy aspects of the ongoing global financial crisis, and to stimulate research in this area. Topics that will be discussed include: regulatory capture and lobbying, bailout negotiations, and consumer protection.

Topics: - Economic Foundation of Risk Dependence: term structure of dependence, contagion models, effects of cycles, links between real and financial factors, dynamic of demand, lapse and prepayment, long run factors such as longevity, global warming or demography, effect of life cycle for...

The Nordic IPR Forum is the most renowned event for senior IP professionals who want to get the latest implemented strategies and to learn the current IP trends to be able to bring their IP strategies even further. Bringing experts from the Nordic region, one of the most patent-intensive regions...

The 4th edition of the forum “The Spirit of Innovation” is dedicated to those issues and will focus on the following themes: - The World Economy Today - The multinational firm and its impacts in the global economy - Policies of territorial attractiveness

We encourage the submission of academic papers on all facets of risk management (corporate, credit, operational, derivatives, asset pricing).

Topics: - Value-creation in corporate takeovers - Strategic bidding and target defensive tactics - Restructuring techniques and their valuation effects - Highly leveraged transactions. LBOs and breakups - Financing takeovers - Takeover initiations and managerial incentives - Mergers, industrial...

This international symposium aims to bring together scholars studying standards, their new content and their new roles, across the substantive areas of: the financial sector (including accountancy), the environment (including climate-related standards), labour, industrial and organizational...

Speakers: Franklin Allen, The Wharton School; James Leisenring, International Accounting Standards Board; and Katherine Schipper, Duke University [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information] The website is no longer available.

Gegenwärtig werden die staatlichen Archive zur Geschichte der EU für die zweite Hälfte der 1970er Jahre für die Forschung geöffnet. Die Tagung versammelt zum ersten Mal Forschungen, die auf dieser neuen Quellengrundlage möglich wurden: Es soll geklärt werden, ob und wieweit die oft...