The goal of the symposium is to facilitate discussion of recent research on consumers' capabilities, knowledge, preferences, and experiences in the market for financial products and services, as well as the effects of public policy interventions and new regulations on consumers, households,...

The field of competence studies has grown exponentially. It has gained wide interest in all sectors of education, in various types of organizations, in research and in consultancy. Competence-based education, training and development, competence management and core-competence strategy have been...

Conference topics: - Frameworks for conceptualising IC, KM and OL - Managing IC, KM and OL - The knowledge economy - Intangible assets and tacit knowledge - Analysing big data Mini tracks: - Intellectual Capital Management and Finance - Knowledge Management Maturity: Challenges and...

Conference Theme: "Re-inventing the welfare state? Pathways to sustainability, equality and inclusion in European welfare states"

The workshop will take place in Amsterdam and will have an international audience from universities, central banks and international policy organizations. It will bring together experts directly involved in research on the financial cycle, with a view to discussing insights, challenges and...

The theme of the keynote speeches and panels will be “Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Public Policy". Contributed papers on any topic within the field of Public Economics and related disciplines will be considered, as is traditional at IIPF congresses. Both practitioners and academics are...

Topics: - Institutions and Global Economic Governance - Global Connectivity, Knowledge Clusters, & Entrepreneurship - Innovation in Education, Human Capital & Advancement of Skills - Emerging Markets, Global Connectivity & Competitive Strategy - Management Practices, OB & HRM in a Global...

Topics: - Visions of societies where the economy and culture are not principally built on mass consumption - Insights into the obstacles to a transition beyond consumerist societies - Strategies for successful transitions - Theories of social change - Thematic domains of consumption - Pollution...

Topics: Innovation systems; Invention; Intellectual property; Technology transfer; Knowledge exchange; Competence- and capacity-building; Research and development; Innovation systems; invention; Intellectual property; Technology transfer; Knowledge exchange; Competence- and capacity-building;...

The Conference will focus on the effects and policy implications of balance sheets misalignments for the EU economies. The financial crisis brought into light that balance sheets are not neutral: their size and composition matter for the response of the economy to shocks, for the impact of...