This conference will bring together academic researchers, especially those working across Southern Africa, to deepen our understanding of how organisations can more effectively engage in the BoP (Base of the Pyramid). The conference will provide an opportunity for researchers to present...

Experts speakers will debate topics including: - The real potential of PPP in Brazil - Gearing up for the impending airport auctions - Looking towards the renewable energy auctions: Changing the landscape for Brazilian energy - Emerging expectations and opportunities for wind power in Brazil -...

Thus papers are welcome on any topic related to this broad issue and suggested themes for papers include: - Social and Environmental Accounting - Corporate Accountability - Social and Environmental Auditing - Social and Environmental marketing - Globalisation and Corporate Activity - Protests...

The “Empirical Strategies” course covers topics in econometrics and empirical modelling that are likely to be most useful to applied researchers. The main theoretical ideas are illustrated with empirical examples, mostly coming from the recent literature on policy evaluation to which...

Developments in capital markets, namely, current account imbalances and financial integration, and labour markets rigidities have been among the most noticed difficulties some countries have been facing after adopting the Euro. To discuss these issues, and the lessons that emerge from the...

Discuss key issues: - Navigating the regulatory framework surrounding complimentary law No. 126 - Mitigating credit risk on international reinsurance operations and protecting solvency of the insurer market in Brazil - Optimizing business models in a newly transparent reinsurance market -...

Two regions, different cultures and yet, many things in common including a strong commitment to CSR. The main goal of the Conference on CSR in Europe - Latin America and the Caribbean: The Best of Two Worlds is to strengthen the exchange of experiences in CSR in the countries of Latin America...

Themes: * Transparency and Corporate Governance * Human Resources, human rights and child labor * Labor conditions * Vulnerable populations, gender and indigenous populations * Environment * Community * International trade, economic integration, fair trade * Multistakeholder alliances * Supply...

Conference Topics Asset Allocation / Country Mutual Funds; Market Integration and Interest Rates; Corporate Governance Issues; Currency Issues; Education / Curriculum; e-Finance / e-Banking / e-Investing; Entrepreneurship / Venture Capital; Financial Engineering & Derivatives; Interest-Free...