Many experts have predicted the end of US dominance of world markets following the current business cycle. Needless to say, this will have strategic significance for the businesses at large as well as for those responsible for country management. The basic objective of the conference would then...

Four principal areas of focus have been identified for conference panels and papers: · Conceptualising the interrelationship between regionalisation and globalisation · Regionalisation and global governance (1): economic, political, social, environmental and legal issues · Regionalisation and...