How can universities respond to these major challenges, become more entrepreneurial, stimulate innovation, produce and transfer knowledge to society, and contribute to local and regional socio-economic growth while at the same time be competitive at the global level. Can some respond more easily...

This conference will address five areas that have characterized J.K. Galbraith's nonconformist economic thought: Galbraith's antiestablishment approach to political economy, the economic fluctuations of capitalism, firms and industrial organization, corporate governance, the regulating...

The aim of the congress is to thoroughly analyse the conditions for growth through SME’s in Tourism. The research will concentrate in particular on the room for innovation and co-operation and their impact on growth and development of tourism. The main topics: - SME and regional development -...

The theme of the 2004 Congress, Delivering Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges for the Energy Industry, captures well the sorts of issues that industry participants, policy makers and others involved with energy markets throughout the world are grappling with. Energy sustainability in...

What do we know about a knowledge based society, innovation processes, economic and social cohesion and their effects on long-run growth? What policy implications and recommendations can be drawn from the past experience? This workshop will bring together researchers and policy makers with the...