Topics: - welfare regimes and labour markets - social protection and activation policies in Europe - policies of reconciling work and welfare - the role of the EU activities in these fields - the politics and policies of welfare reform - designs and pitfalls of comparative analyses, as well the...

Conference themes: - the impact of globalization on policy making and implementation; changes induced by the shifting role of the state; contemporary actors of development; - globalization and European integration: consequences upon national development policies; - sustainable development...

Papers addressing issues of livelihoods and well-being in developing countries adopting a multi-disciplinary perspective are invited for the GPRG conference 2007.

Some of the topics: - The choice between alternative sources of financing for innovative firms and their impact on strategic decision in entrepreneurial firms; - The determinants of knowledge-based entrepreneurship; - Venture capital, its contribution to the knowledge-based economy; - Economics...

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