Competition is a key component of well-functioning markets and fosters productivity, innovation, technological progress and growth. Globalisation and technology have been powerful forces transforming competition in product markets all over the world. These two forces, especially in the context...

Topics: - macroeconomic effects and economic policy considerations under global change; - consequences of economic fluctuations on the financial sector and related opportunities; - real sector implications and labour market responses to the changing economic environment; - economic development...

The conference work is organized in the following six workshops: 1. Macroeconomic policy (monetary and fiscal policy) 2. International economic policy 3. Labor and social policy 4. Regional policy 5. Sectoral economic policy 6. Microeconomic policy or entrepreneurship policy

Conference Theme: 'Globalization at the Crossroads' Participants are invited to address one of the most controversial subjects of the era -- globalization -- from their own diverse perspectives. Istanbul, long famous as a crossroads of trade between Europe and Asia and of different cultures, is...