The main Conference theme: “Economic Integration into the European Union-Challenges and Opportunities”. Subthemes: - Competition, Innovation and Economic Growth - Accounting Standardization - Monetary Policies and Supervision of Banking - Finance and Risk Portfolio Management

List of Sessions: 1. Transnational Production of Urban Space: Convergent City Forms? 2. Urban Polarization 3. Marginalization and Inequality in Globalizing Cities of Developing Countries 4. Promoting Sustainable Urbanization in Developing Countries 5. Migration Networks in Asia: Their Processes,...

The International Conference proposes to highlight the various dimensions of Financial Risk Management – Innovative Tools and Techniques, within the basic corporate objective of wealth creation and wealth protection. The importance of achieving corporate objectives within an appropriate and...

Papers adopting qualitative, quantitative and macro or micro economic approaches to understanding aspects of knowledge intensive sectors are welcome. As are those providing conceptual developments and critical appraisals of various dimensions of knowledge and innovation within...

Some of the specific issues to be considered are: - What are the forces driving urbanization and how do they differ from one region to another? - What are the economic and environmental costs and benefits of urban agglomerations? - What is the link between urban infrastructure and poverty...

The conference will provide a forum for presenting the latest advances in various empirical and theoretical issues. Possible topics include: - Financial market imperfections and business cycle fluctuations - Corporate finance and macroeconomic stability - Credit and the housing market - Banking...

The SMS Special Conference theme will be Emerging India: Strategic Innovation in a Flat World. Potential topics include (but are not limited to): - Emerging market firms’ strategies in global markets - New models of Multinational Firm Strategies - Corporate governance in Indian firms -...

Topics: • The role of creditors in the reorganization of distressed firms - The liquidation preference of secured creditors - Conflicts between (1) junior and senior creditors, and (2) debt and equity - The effects of creditors on managerial delay decisions and procedure selection - The...

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For the workshop, we invite PhD-students in sociology and political science to submit abstracts related to the topic of “Ageing Societies and the Welfare State”. The contributions may be qualitative, quantitative, or conceptual. Country-comparative studies are especially welcome.