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...

Die Welthungerhilfe, das GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies und der Senat der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg laden gemeinsam zum Symposium „Afrika – Befreiung aus der Armutsfalle? Ein Dialog zwischen Politik, Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft“ ein. Diskutiert werden...

Ziel der Tagung ist die fruchtvolle Diskussion der Auswirkungen immer dynamischerer Unternehmensumfelder auf die Organisation und Steuerung der Wertschöpfungsprozesse innerhalb von Unternehmen und Unternehmensnetzwerken.

Conference Theme: “Entrepreneurial Contexts, Decisions, and Strategies” Topics: • Competitive strategies of new ventures • Context, cognition and decision-making • Motivation • Personal and organizational success factors • Venture capital, finance and banking • Managing growth...