The conference will be divided into four sessions: 1. Sources of productivity 2. The role of information technology in driving productivity 3. Regulation and its relationship with productivity 4. ‘Best practices’ as a business strategy for improving productivity

Eine kosteneffiziente Nutzung der Energieressourcen stellt in Anbetracht der ständig steigenden Weltmarktpreise für Energieträger einen immer mehr zunehmenden Wettbewerbsvorteil dar. In vielen Fällen werden Einsparpotenziale bei den bestehenden Geräten und Anlagen nicht oder nur...

Asset management has become more prominent in recent years as manifested by at least four trends. First, the amounts involved have increased strongly as private sector assets have continued to grow and governments and central banks have more assets under management (sovereign wealth funds and...

Session 1: Commodities as an asset class Session 2: Financial investors and commodity market dynamics Session 3: Energy markets in Europe – state of play, future prospects and implications for financial markets Session 4: Oil revenues: Role and management of sovereign wealth funds, and...