Welcome to the 15th FEBST International Conference titled: “Economic Policies, Business Perspectives, and Sustainability Transformation.”
This academic event offers researchers and practitioners the opportunity to explore a wide range of topics at the intersection of economic policy, business innovation, and sustainability. We invite You to explore our comprehensive list of conference topics outlined below, highlighting the diverse and relevant areas that will drive research, dialogue, and collaboration.
Join us in shaping the future of economic and sustainable development through insightful contributions and collective expertise!
1) Accounting ethics and behavioural accounting
2) Sustainability accounting and ESG reporting
3) Audit aspects of corporate governance
4) Financial reporting quality
5) Digitalisation in accounting
6) Accounting for non-profit organisations
7) Public sector accounting
8) Public sector performance management and costs systems
9) Traditional and innovative budgeting approaches and tools in public sector
10) Advances in management accounting
11) Strategic management accounting practices
12) Internal audit and control
13) Public sector/governmental auditing
1) Emerging digital technologies and innovations (AI, Machine Learning, Edge Computing, 5G, Digital Twins, etc.)
2) Cybersecurity and data management
3) Industry and workplace digital transformation
4) Customer-centric digital initiatives
5) Sustainability through ICT and ethical Impact
1) Inflation and monetary policy in a globalized economy
2) The necessity to revisit central bank independence
3) The future of money
4) Fiscal policy and public debt sustainability
5) Labour market trends and wage dynamics
6) Gender economics
7) The effect of tax system on income distribution
8) Push factors contributing to the early retirement of older workers
9) Economic impact of migration and demographics
10) The economic burden of multimorbidity in ageing societies
11) The economic burden of high-cost treatments on national healthcare budgets
12) Health systems after the pandemic
13) Does fiscal openness pay off? The political and socio-economic effects of transparency, participation, and accountability
14) Informality, shadow economy, and governance
15) Regional economic development and convergence
16) Global trade shifts and protectionism
17) Economic growth in aging societies
18) Public investments: catalyst for sustainable growth
19) SDGs vs growth
20) Sustainable development in times of crises
21) Firm growth, firm entry and exit, scale-ups, high-growth firms
22) Innovation policy
23) Industrial dynamics
24) History of economic thought
25) Behavioural economics in policy-making in times of technological disruption and multiple crises
26) New developments in the economics of education
27) Applied econometrics
1) Academic entrepreneurship
2) Business creation, early stage development, and business closure
3) Business model
4) Creative industries entrepreneurship
5) Critical entrepreneurship studies
6) Entrepreneurial cognition and behaviour
7) Entrepreneurial finance and growth
8) Entrepreneurial marketing
9) Entrepreneurship and innovation
10) Entrepreneurship and regional development
11) Entrepreneurship education
12) Family businesses
13) Feminist and gendered perspectives on entrepreneurship
14) Networks
15) Postcolonial entrepreneurship
16) Public policy and entrepreneurship
17) Research methods in entrepreneurship
18) Social and sustainable entrepreneurship
19) Technological entrepreneurship
20) Women and minority entrepreneurship
1) Bank business models
2) Risk management, performance and regulatory compliance of financial institutions
3) Improving risk modelling, pricing and portfolio management through AI and/or quantum computing
4) Assessing and managing cyber risk
5) Systemic risk, financial contagion, and financial stability
6) Enhancing the resilience of the financial system and the economy
7) Insurability of extreme event losses in the context of natural catastrophes and climate change
8) Transparency and accountability of AI tools in finance and insurance
9) Estimating demand for financial services
10) Implications of demographic change, inequality, and migration for financial institutions and social security systems
11) Impact of geopolitical risks on insurance markets
12) Financial innovations
13) Financial markets
14) Investment management
15) Corporate finance and investment banking
16) Alternative finance (funding and investments)
17) Household finance
18) The role of government in housing affordability
19) Wealth and property taxation: where do we stand?
20) The state and perspectives of pension reforms
21) Consumer rights, fairness, and transparency in the era of digitalization and AI
22) Behavioural finance
23) Cultural finance
24) Sustainable finance
25) International finance
1) Strategic management
2) Organization design
3) Project and program management
4) Knowledge management
5) Business decision-making
6) Human resource management
7) Operations management
8) Time management
9) Public sector management
10) Corporate culture
11) International business administration
12) Quality and reliability management
13) Risk management
14) Quantitative methods in management
15) Leadership
16) Business culture and ethics
17) Change management
18) Small and medium-sized enterprises
19) Business communication
20) Organizational behaviour
21) Crisis management
22) Teaching sustainable and responsible management
1) Consumer behaviour
2) Advertising and marketing communication
3) Brand and product management
4) Marketing management
5) B2B marketing
6) Social and non-profit marketing
7) Sustainability marketing and ethics
8) Marketing analytics and data
9) Digital marketing and social media
10) Influencer marketing
11) Innovations and new products
12) International marketing
13) Marketing strategy
14) Sales management and personal selling
15) Retail and Omni-channelling
16) E-commerce
17) Service marketing
18) Tourism marketing
19) Market research
20) Emerging technologies in marketing
1) Twin transition: evaluating efficiency of the EU policies and tools
2) Green monetary policy and the role of central banks
3) Economic implications of carbon pricing
4) Sector-specific adaptation strategies and migration efforts
5) The blue economy of European regions
6) Building resilience of regions, cities, and communities
7) Disaster resilience in the era of climate change
8) National alignment: between national SDG policies and corporate ESG strategies
9) Strategies and innovative business models for sustainable actions
10) Impact of sustainability reporting requirement on the value chain
11) Greenwashing / SDG-washing
12) Filling the demand-supply gap in sustainability skills: the role of universities
13) Financing innovations
14) Ageing and long-term care – economic implications and fiscal challenges
15) Migrations and social inclusion
16) Geopolitical risks, energy (in)dependence, and spillover effects
1) Tourism and the European transition pathway: policy implications
2) Governance and policy responses to overtourism
3) Data-driven decision-making in tourism planning
4) Environmentally responsible behaviour
5) Biodiversity conservation and climate action in tourism
6) Decarbonisation of tourism: aligning with the Green Deal
7) Resilience, adaptation, and vulnerability reduction in tourism
8) Digital transformation and innovation in tourism governance
9) Fair distribution of tourism benefits and inclusive growth
10) Multi-stakeholder collaboration for sustainable tourism governance
11) Tourism’s role in achieving SDGs
12) Beyond GDP: new metrics for measuring tourism’s impact
13) Circular economy in tourism: policy and practice
14) Regenerative tourism: a new policy paradigm
15) Tourism workforce development and future skills
16) Public-private partnerships for sustainable tourism development
17) Sustainable finance and investment in tourism
18) Justice, equity, and inclusion in tourism policy
19) Aligning national tourism policies with global agendas
Conference participants may propose special sessions on specific topics. To learn how, follow the link below.