On the 12 and 13 December 2011, Governments and traders from all over the world, will come together to review the progress made on the Trade Facilitation agenda and to explore the way ahead. They will develop a joint vision and framework to guide the future of Single Windows and their support to...

Key note speaker - Professor Jonathan Eaton, Penn State University

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Marc J. Melitz (Department of Economics Harvard University) Recent empirical evidence has shown that firms/plants producing similar goods react very differently to international forces. Some...

Major Theme: The Way Forward - Austerity or Stimulus The Conference will seek to explore the apparent contradictions of the policy stances that are now emerging amidst the global unemployment crisis. More specific themes: - Reflections on the global financial crisis? Reform agendas etc. - Any...

A primary goal of the conference is to promote an international dialogue between decision makers, business and government leaders from countries in transition and Western developed countries. The conference will present information about the process of economic transformation in Central and...

We invite papers by academics, trade union researchers and social movement activists in the following areas: - basic analyses of what a ‘proper’ free trade system is; - analyses of current free trade policies, the implications of neo-liberalism as well as the concrete results of free trade...

Auf der Tagung „Die Rolle des Konsumenten in der Wirtschaftsethik“ nehmen deshalb am 29. und 30. November Experten das Verhältnis von Konsumenten- und Unternehmensverantwortung genauer in den Blick. Eröffnet wird die Tagung mit einer Buchvorstellung von „Die Verantwortung des...

The programme in Marketing will include seminars on : - Research Methods in Marketing - Consumer Behaviour - Building Models for Marketing Decisions - Managerial Issues in Marketing - Interpretive Research Methods - Advanced Model Building in Marketing

Die Ersatzteilversorgung der Kunden ist für Unternehmen ein profi tables Geschäft und wichtiger Differenzierungsfaktor. Gleichzeitig stellt das Ersatzteilmanagement die Unternehmen vor zahlreiche Herausforderungen: Die Dienstleistungsorientierung der Märkte verlangt eine sorgfältige...

We invite empirical and theoretical submissions, which relate to the Workshop theme of "Crises, Institutions and Labour Market Performance: Comparing Evidence and Policies". Papers offering a comparative perspective are encouraged though selection will be primarily based on quality.