We hope to move away from the perspective of African ‘victimhood’ by stressing ‘African agency’. Originating in nineteenth-century philosophical discourse, the theme of ‘Structure and Agency’ has been adopted in many academic disciplines. The conference also allows for a...

The conference aims to cover all aspects of applied probability and stochastic models.

Streams for the IIA International Conference 2007 are: - Auditing in the Public Sector - Best Practices in Internal Auditing - Corporate Governance - Fraud - Managing the Audit Function - Risk Management - Sustainability - Technology - The Wider Business View

Topics: • How to measure the value of IT? • Why do IT projects fail? • What are the key risks of IT outsourcing? • Why is IT so expensive? • What is a reasonable investment for business contingency planning and disaster recovery? • How to evaluate compliance with regulation? • What...

The IAME conferences cover the areas of Shipping Economics, Ship Finance, Maritime Policy and Management, Port Policy, and Logistics, which are relevant with tramp and liner shipping. It usually attracts academics from all over the world, mainly from North America, Europe and East Asia, as well...

The purpose of the conference is to provide an international discussion forum for research in economics and management of networks. Theoretical, conceptual and empirical papers from all areas in economics and management of franchising, cooperatives, joint ventures, licensing, strategic...

Topics: Functional Analysis and Economic Theory; Clubs and Local Public Goods; Learning in Games; Timing Games; Expanding the Boundaries of Economic Analysis; Overlapping Generations Economies; Real Options; Finance Theory; Monetary Theory; Testable Implications of Rationality and Equilibrium;...

Topics: - Applications of e-Government - Challenges to e-Government - The e-Voting issue - e-Democracy - Measuring e-Government/Economics of e-Government

Conference Benefits & Highlights: · Learn how to develop and implement a successful Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process · Hear the pros and cons of centralized and decentralized planning · Learn how to align your organisation with your demand planning objectives · Hear how consensus...

Most people do not work only for money. Self-development, status, and self-image are only some of the parameters that determine where people work and how much effort they invest. A key role of a manager is to make sure that his ‘workers’ are motivated to contribute to the value of the...