The conference will showcase research on these issues from (social) science and technology studies, and feminist and post-colonial studies under the framework of the project Knowledge, Institutions and Gender: an East-West Comparative Study (KNOWING, Framework Programme 6, www.knowing.soc.cas.cz).

Topics: • optimal policy in modern DSGE models, • time-inconsistency and commitment, • robustness of optimal policy, • optimal policy under alternative expectations formations, • specification of objectives (loss function)

We welcome empirical and theoretical papers dealing with all aspects of retail payments, in particular the following issues: • Pricing and use of payment services • Efficient pricing of payment services • Substitution among payment instruments, including cash • Pricing in two-sided...

Key topics: - The potential for Factoring in the significantly growing CEE Market - Achieving excellence in product and services - What does Cross-border Factoring look like? - Setting up a Cross-border Subsidiary – a complex task - Powerful Risk Management strategies and effective credit risk...

Financial services customers are using more and more channels – such as call centres, online banking etc. This trend looks permanent, but must be managed carefully and efficiently, as the cost of using more channels continues to grow. This year’s Efma Congress will therefore look at the...

The submission of research papers in the following fields is especially encouraged: - The Evolution of Retail Finance - Financial Retail Services Integration and Regulation - The Real Effects of Retail Financial Services

Some of the main issues that will be addressed by the conference include: • The right channels – Exploring the benefits of alternative sales channels, and looking at how to minimise the legal barriers involved in building thriving relationships with new business partners. • The right...

This second conference is multi-disciplinary in outlook. It invites papers that focus on national and international issues pertaining to wholesalers and wholesaling, regardless of disciplinary perspective. The aims of this second conference are to: - Reflect on current research activities, -...

The topic of EURORURAL '08 conference includes wide scale of issues: 1. Rural landscapes, ecology, landscape planning 2. Rural settlement, small towns as centres of rural micro-regions 3. Rural sociology and demography, quality of rural life 4. Rural economy, role of agriculture, tourism and...

This year, a special focus is given on social and community entrepreneurship. A faculty consisting of established and well-known researchers will give lectures in plenary sessions and assist the students in paper sessions. In the paper session, the participants will get an opportunity to present...