Weakening financial intermediation function is now one of the hot issues in Korea, and research in both macro and micro aspects on the financial intermediation are welcome. Other general topics related to asset pricing, banking, and corporate finance will be considered. [gemäß den...

The workshop aims at improving our understanding of the short, medium and long-term budgetary effects of structural reforms. A topical issue in the EU public finance debate is the existence of a possible trade-off between the respect of budgetary targets in the short term and the adoption of...

"Consolidation of European Securities Markets" with the Belgian Financial Forum, in co-operation with the Centre for Economic Studies (KU Leuven) and Euronext, followed by the 12th SUERF Annual Lecture entitled: "Stock Market Consolidation and Regulation in Europe" will be delivered by...

The second workshop will address situational, strategic, management and controlling dimensions of corporate governance.

On 14-15 November, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research will host the second “Communicating European Research” conference. Based on the very positive experiences from the 2004 edition, the event will focus on the manifold aspects of science communication and will...

Subject areas of the conference: • Accounting and Audit • Banks and Banking Sector • Corporate Finance • Corporate Governance • European Structural Funds • European Monetary Integration • Financing of Municipalities • Financial Analysis • Financial Derivatives • Financial...

Global agriculture and food markets face increasing economic volatility and dramatically shifting supply and demand for major commodities. Competition is intensifying as developing countries ramp up agricultural output, whilst at the same time increasing affluence in these countries stimulates...

Can Slovenia sharpen its competitive edge? Despite healthy growth, the business community expects the new government to markedly improve Slovenian competitiveness and remove obstacles to doing business. But will the new government rise to the challenge? Slovenia isn’t looking as attractive as...

Relationship Marketing as a philosophy and a set of practices is now widely accepted by both academics and practitioners. However, it can be argued that it has still not become the dominant underpinning platform upon which organisations plan and implement their marketing strategies. The focus of...

1. Macroeconomics: Unemployment - Taxes - Pensions - Environment - EU economics - Alternative Macroeconomics: (Islamic and Buddhist approaches) - Cross-cultural economics 2. Microeconomics: Entrepreneurship - Households - Profitability - Bankruptcy - Work - Innovation "How to make the right...