We invite submission of papers particularly addressing the following themes: 1) assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of biodiversity conservation instruments, taking into account spatial considerations and/or governance settings; 2) the development of new, incentive-based instruments...

The conference provides an opportunity for academicians, PhD students and professionals in social and environmental accounting to present their research projects, to discuss their preliminary findings and full paper in a supportive and interactive atmosphere.

Specific issues that the workshop will explore include preference elicitation, the importance of individual altruistic preferences, cultural transmission and social motivations for pro-welfare behaviour to arise. This workshop will address the social motivations and welfare, inequality aversion,...

Papers are expected to cover the following areas : - Nanotechnologies, their impact to the economy and society in coming decades. - Informatics, especially impacts of the software structures to the decision systems. - New paradigms in modeling, theory, applications and quantifications.

Maria Concetta Chiuri was Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Mathematics of the University of Bari. Her research interests covered a variety of topics related to important policy issues, such as household decision-making process, housing market imperfections, illegal...

Theme: Sustainability in the Food Sector: Rethinking the Relationship between the Agro-Food System and the Natural, Social, Economic and Institutional Environment. Topics: - Methodologies for Measuring Sustainability in the Food System - Integrated Life-Cycle Assessment and Performance...

The workshop aims at having empirical and methodological contributions on economic and social inequality under a comparative perspective. The workshop is organized into two sessions, dedicated to themes of crucial importance in present economic and policy debates. The first session focuses on...

Summit programme in 2010 will be packed with case studies on strategies and practical steps for unlocking frozen capital and creating new structures to allow business to continue in the coming months and years ahead! In 2010, fresh approaches and innovations will be introduced to help real...

The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for research collaboration and mentoring of emerging tourism researchers in order to share their research experience. We invite scholars from tourism studies and the wider social sciences to join us: - Thesis/dissertations: Open only for graduate...

Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte der Konferenz: • Politische und juristische Aspekte der Globalisierung • Außenhandels- und Währungsfragen einschließlich der Internationalisierung von Finanzdienstleistungen • Auswirkungen auf die Wirtschaftstätigkeit von Unternehmen • Konsequenzen für die...