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

Conference Themes: - Impact of Information on 21st Century Organisations - Collaboration and Communities - Information Discovery - Library Developments - Publishing - Enterprise Search - Information Developments and China - Opportunities for new Technologies and the Impact on Users -...

The conference will have three main themes: 1. The Private Sector and Agriculture and Rural Development 2. Trade Links to the Private Sector and Poverty Reduction 3. Business, Finance and Poverty Reduction

Note that papers and panels on other topics from all areas of comparative economics are also welcome. - Comparative economics - Economic Development - The Enlarged EU - EU Candidates - EU and its Neighbourhood - The Lisbon objectives - Privatisation and governance - Finance and Monetary Issues -...

We are particularly interested in papers that explore the implications of corporate responsibility, globalisation and global business for business and marketing strategy. Research papers can be either empirical or conceptual. Topic areas include the following: - Consumer behavior, branding &...

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