Africa is the world region with the strongest population dynamics, resulting in a young and aspiring population that is set to almost double by 2050. More than a fifth of the world’s population will then live in Africa. This offers great opportunities for businesses and countries seeking to...

This conference is the kick-off-event of a new research initiative on “Geopolitics and International Economics” at the Kiel Institute. The conference brings together many of the world’s leading scholars working at the intersection of geopolitics and economics. Among others, the topics to...

WHU that den Anspruch, diese Veranstaltung als die Wissenschaftskonferenz für Familienunternehmer und Familienunternehmen zu etablieren. Natürlich stellt die digitale revolution nicht nur die Familienunternehmen vor große Herausforderungen, sondern die Gesellschaft als Ganzes. Dennoch gibt es...

After the financial crisis in 2008 and the low-interest environment driven by the European debt crisis, corporate and governmental institutions had to redesign their funding strategy. Due to current events occurring in Europe and overseas we put a focus on discussing specific financing...

The Global Economic Symposium (GES) is meant to give a new impetus to global problem-solving. Our world has become increasingly interdependent and its problems—climate change, financial crisis, failed states, vicious cycles of poverty, educational deficits, unsustainable energy demands, water...

The Global Economic Symposium aims to identify global challenges, examine their policy and business implications, and formulate concrete action responses to them. The Symposium is divided into Themes and each theme covers several symposium Sessions. Each Session of the GES deals with a problem...

Der Campus for Controlling ist eine jährliche Tagung unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Utz Schäffer und Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Jürgen Weber, die sich speziell an Controlling-Experten und Führungskräfte aus der Unternehmenspraxis richtet. Zum Themenspektrum gehören: - Nutzen von Theorie für die...

Investment projects typically consist of an initial investment and some uncertain dividend. An example could be to build a factory and sell the produce at an uncertain market price. In the course investment projects are seen as flexible in the sense that investor is able to decide when to invest...

Topic: “Private Equity 2.0 – Redefining the Industry’s Chessboard” About three years ago, the financial crisis led to a global economy meltdown. In the frame of high monetary losses and bankrupts industries have been subject to structural changes and some business models even disappeared...

Topic: "Sustainable Finance – How to benefit from globalmega trends?" The Campus for Finance - New Year's Conference 2012 will discuss the implications of necessary changes in the markets and of new investment opportunities – on investors, financial intermediaries, capital-seekers as well as...