The FIBEA Manaus 2008 theme, Fostering Indigenous Business and Entrepreneurship in the Americas Conference, is timely given the importance and variety of business issues that need to be addressed for the development and fostering of business alliances, trade, and investment amongst Indigenous...

The conference will focus on the relationship between technological innovation, institutions and development, by exploring general subjects linked to innovation and competition at the firm, the industry and more aggregated stages, including the sector, the region and the national system...

The themes of the Eleventh Annual Conference are: - Globalization and economies in transition; - Development, poverty and vulnerability; - Energy and environment; and - Wealth, aging and income distribution