Papers adopting qualitative, quantitative and macro or micro economic approaches to understanding aspects of knowledge intensive sectors are welcome. As are those providing conceptual developments and critical appraisals of various dimensions of knowledge and innovation within...

Contributions on the following fields are welcome: - Asian Stock Exchanges: New Bubbles? - Sovereign Funds and International Financial Stability - Integrating Financial System - Regulatory Framework in EU and Developments in Financial Services and Markets since the ISD - Institutional Investment...

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

"Competitive papers (or abstracts) are invited in all areas of business, including: Management Information Systems; Global Business; Marketing Theory and Applications; Accounting; Economics; Finance & Investment; General Management; General Business Research; Business & Economics Education;...

The conference will explore different ways in which banks can tackle these challenges and turn them into opportunities. It will also include presentations and interactive debates featuring leaders from other industries (such as electrical retailers and cable television). Some of the main issues...

The aim of the XIII Report on Italian Financial System is to shed light in general on the changing face of banking and financial risks and its consequences on the Italian banking industry, through empirical analysis and institutional outlooks, with a peculiar focus to comparative analysis with...

The objective of the Conference is to bring together academics, practitioners and PhD students working in the area of credit risk modeling. The Conference will provide an opportunity for participants engaged at the forefront of this area to discuss open problems and challenges and may, in turn,...

The professional objectives of organizing this meeting are similar to those of the previous symposia: to provide a forum for an international exchange of ideas on various aspects of inventories. Papers on macro- and microeconomics, econometrics, economic policy, business, management and...

The FIBEA Manaus 2008 theme, Fostering Indigenous Business and Entrepreneurship in the Americas Conference, is timely given the importance and variety of business issues that need to be addressed for the development and fostering of business alliances, trade, and investment amongst Indigenous...

Papers submitted may be in any of the following areas related to: Monetary policy; Fiscal policy and monetary policy, Pensions; Monetary Theory, Prices and Money demand; Banking risk and stability, prudential regulations; Banking competition, mergers and costs, Interest rates; Corporate Finance...