The aim of the iSME conference is to give more visibility and relevance to the internationalisation of SMEs, reviewing current trends, new theories, latest experiences and exchanging best practices. The goal is to provide a forum of communication between researchers, practitioners,...

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....

Achieving sales targets remains a key challenge for European banks. However, there have been some unprecedented developments within the financial services sector over the last year. These have led to a considerable change in customer, market and regulatory attitudes in relation to how banks sell...

The Euro-Latin Network on Integration and Trade (ELSNIT) is now accepting proposals for papers examining the links between trade and international organization of production along the macroeconomic, microeconomic, and institutional-legal dimensions.

The 2010 Future of Cash Conference will address the following issues: - Ensuring the robustness of the cash cycle - Convergence of euro-zone cash cycles - Optimizing cash management - Re-engineering the cash cycle - Cash substitution

The DARES conference aims at presenting the lessons of new economic research on the employment of older workers carried out in several countries, including France. The conference will gather experts from the academic community (France, Europe and the United States) who will describe the main...

The conference aims to enhance general understanding of a number of logistics and supply chain-related management issues: - Procurement and supply chains (purchasing and supply chain performance, purchasing/logistics relationships, purchasing of services, logistics outsourcing) - Supply chain...

This year’s conference will focus on the following topical aspects: - Traditional vs new distribution channels. Most insurance contracts are still distributed through traditional channels. But what is the future for new channels, such as direct insurance, which are increasing in popularity –...

Topics relevant to time use research: Children, youth; Child and elder care; Communication and media; Couple (intra-household allocation, bargaining, division of labor, time together); Data collection & quality; Food and eating; Free time and leisure; Health; Housework/household production; Local...

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...