Our economic forecasting experts, along with local industry and business leaders, will address the following questions: U.S Economy Local froth or national bubble? How will real estate impact the US economy over the next two years? Will the Fed continue to tighten? When will this finally be felt...

It has been the SMS’s intent to hold the 2005 annual international meeting in Europe, as part of the normal cycling of meetings from North America to Europe. After an extensive search for venues over the past two years, your Board, very reluctantly, has concluded that it was not possible to...

A growing 43% of the Southern California population identify themselves as Hispanic, and many demographers believe this number to be even higher. The Hispanic contribution to the Southern California economy is rising significantly, with a 50% increase in aggregate income between 1990 and 2003....

Spend Management Experts Will Discuss: • Using Spend Analysis to Improve Service and Reduce Costs • Integrating E-Commerce Tools with Spend Management • How Spend Management Can Improve the Supply Management Organization • Spend Management: Strategy Development, Implementation and...

Program Highlights - Themes for Seven Sessions A to G: A] Private Incentives for Human Rights: Privatization, Poverty and Ethics, Litigation and Human Rights B & C] Role of Government and Corporations in Promoting Entrepreneurship and Human Rights: Human rights and Multinationals, Foreign...

Economists working in this field are invited to submit a paper or an abstract for presentation at the Toronto conference. Papers focusing on the nature of general equilibrium models and the theory of large trading economies are welcome. The roles of multi-sectoral growth, trade...

Franco Modigliani's death in September 2003 deprived the economics profession of one of its most accomplished practitioners-an outstanding theorist who made significant contributions to the design of policies for improving the economic wellbeing. Modigliani, a refugee from Mussolini's fascist...

Mid-sized enterprises represent a crucial part of our business sector, as those who succeed in their quest for growth to the next level will define what the economic landscape will look like in the future. Join us as we take a close look at the issues these firms will be facing in the year...