This academic conference is devoted to issues central to the asset management industry. We welcome submissions from all areas related to asset management.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to evaluation of European and international experience with policy approaches to: 1) labor market policy and reform 2) youth unemployment 3) inequality and poverty 4) informality 5) gender and family issues 6) education. Both single country and...

The VIII Research Workshop on Institutions and Organizations (October 7-8, 2013) is an effort by seven research-oriented schools in Brazil (FGV; FIA; Insper; UFBA; UFRJ; USP; UFSCar) to discuss relevant academic and practical issues of institutions and organizations in an interdisciplinary way....

The conference provides international opportunity for scientific discussion and collaboration on a broad range of relevant fertile areas associated to recent trends in innovation. Over the last years, there is a growing recognition in business environments of the key role played by innovation in...

Empirical or theoretical papers in the following areas are especially welcome: - Measurement of national income and wellbeing - Income distribution - Inequality (of income, wealth, education or opportunities) - Poverty - Socioeconomic mobility - Definition and measurement of the middle class -...

The main theme of ICPR 22 is CHALLENGES FOR SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics: - ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING - OPERATIONS STRATEGY AND PERFORMANCE - PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY - PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT - SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS - SERVICE ENGINEERING -...

Topics: - International Migration and Local Development - Demography - Integration and Trade - Income Distribution and Inequality - Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development - Economic Growth and the Impact of Shocks - Other development-related topics - Comparative research

The Brussels Economic Forum (BEF) 2013 will focus on the EU’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and its further development. The annual gathering of economic decision makers, legislators and opinion leaders will again be the forum in which current economic issues are tackled through high-level...

"In Rio this year, thinkers, doers and leaders from diverse economies around the world will focus on how both policymakers and startup communities can better understand each other and work together to promote an environment more conducive to startups and the growth of young firms. The Congress...

The overarching theme of the symposium is to analyse how the concept of transition ties in with the notion of sustainable development (What are the issues that justify a transition? Which kind of transition and how to put it in place? Is it scientifically, economically, and socially achievable?...