Latin America, a thriving region of more than 600 million people, has a promising decade ahead. It is a leading global trader of agro-products with major reserves of raw materials and immense rainforests, which are vital for the global climate and hold potential for renewable energies. Major...

Potential topics include: - Unique characteristics of Latin American MNCs and Multilatinas - Applicability of core strategy theories (i.e., the resource based view, organizational economics, strategic group theory, agency theory, institutional theory) to this region - Differences between...

The theory of path dependence is attracting increasing attention. A considerable number of scholars have been using the theory for the study of historical imprints, escalating dynamics and organizational inertia in different fields and on different levels. The conference aims at providing a...

This conference will explore the inter-relationships between migration, immigrant integration, and development. The intent is to bring to the foreground issues that are often lost when we discuss these general topics in isolation from one another. In this way we hope to uncover new aspects of...

Topics: · The development of new empirical approaches · Do mistakes from authorities or uncertain environments influence deterrence? · Does over-deterrence exist? · The deterrence impact of plea bargaining on cartels · The deterrence impact of bargaining over remedies on mergers · Policing...

Theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions from all areas of the economics of regulation are welcome. A non-exhaustive list of topics is: - Infrastructure Regulation in alternative Network-based Markets - Innovation in Downstream Industries - Regulation driven R&D and its Success...

The conference will be part of the 5th BMBF-Forum for Sustainability held in Berlin in September 2008 and will provide time and space for an exchange of ideas between actors from politics, science, and industry and services. The main issues of erscp2008 are: I Sustainable Housing and...

The submission of both theoretical and empirical papers in the following fields is especially encouraged: - Competition for order, clearing and settlement flows - Consolidation vs. fragmentation effects at the various levels along the value chain - Importance of liquidity effects - Existence and...

The theme of the 2008 Annual Meeting, “The United Nations and the Global Development Architecture” has been chosen to encourage ACUNS members to consider how the UN, its associated bodies and agencies, other international organizations, regional groupings, national governments,...

Papers/proposals are expected to give an edge cutting direction on the way forward in the African-European relationship. Key decision makers from all over the world, public and private sector as well as multinational corporations are invited to speak at this event set to explode some investment...