Prof. Kasra Ferdows, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA. A key for achieving excellence in global operations is the expertise for aligning internationally dispersed operations into a cohesive global network. The course is focused on exploring this vital core concept. It can help you...

This ‘web 2.0’ offers various ways to use these opportunities to improve and enhance the data and information management of your own organisation. Most of these offerings are completely free of charge. Used alone or in combinations, the new tools may revolutionize the way development...

Prof. Stefan Mittnik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. Financial risk management is of vital concern in all enterprises, not only in financial institutions. This workshop gives insights into the issues and challenges of managing financial market risk. We start by defining the...

In the recent past, developments in asset and housing markets have attracted a lot of attention. Economic policy, including monetary policy and financial supervision, has been confronted with several challenges resulting from this turmoil. The conference aims to shed more light on the reasons...

Conference theme - How Does Knowledge Matter?

Thema: Globalisierung aus unternehmensstrategischer Sicht

This year’s topic is “New Challenges to Infrastructure Theory and Policy – Markets and Planning, Development and Sustainability”. The sectoral foci are transport, energy, telecommunication & internet, water, waste, and the health sector.

Prof. John Stopford, London Business School, UK The purpose of the workshop is two-fold. First, it is designed to broaden your perspectives on the forces that are shaping world-wide competition and how successful companies have adapted and must adapt further in the future. Not only must economic...

Thema: Interoperabilität: Innovationsschutz versus Wettbewerb Themenschwerpunkt 1: Standards, Schnittstellen und Wettbewerb Themenschwerpunkt 2: Zwangslizensierung: Königsweg für Innovationsanreize und Wissensdiffusion? Themenschwerpunkt 3: Die EU-Kommissionsentscheidung im Microsoft-Fall

The conference will be part of the 5th BMBF-Forum for Sustainability held in Berlin in September 2008 and will provide time and space for an exchange of ideas between actors from politics, science, and industry and services. The main issues of erscp2008 are: I Sustainable Housing and...