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10th International Conference: Economic Integrations, Competition and Cooperation
Accession of the Western Balkan Region to the European Union
April 22, 2015 - April 24, 2015
Venue: Opatija, Croatia
Organizer(s): University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics, Rijeka, Croatia
Language: English
Contact: euconf@efri.hr or kandzija@efri.hr
Info link: http://www.efri.uniri.hr/hr/medunarodne_konferencije/euconf
University and government economists, business experts and researchers are invited to submit abstracts. Potential papers should address any of the following, or related topics:
• Theory of economic integration
• Trade liberalization and regional cooperation
• Challenges of the EU enlargement
• EU enlargement in the business perspective
• Integration policies: case studies
• Changing global competitive environment – theory and practices
• Legal environment of the EU
• Western Balkans; trade, cooperation and EU integration perspective
• Micro and macro dimensions of structural and institutional changes in Balkan countries
• Geopolitical environment on integration and enlargement
• Workshops for doctoral students of Central and South-East European PhD Network (CESEENET).
Interested parties are also invited to volunteer as reviewers, discussants and session chairs. In addition to sharing and discussing ideas, this International Conference is designed to
strengthen the spirit of European economic and business cooperation and promote Western Balkan accession to the EU.
SUBMISSIONS OF ABSTRACTS
Abstracts must be submitted to the Program Committee by February 1, 2015 in order to be included in the Conference Proceedings - Book of Abstracts - upon review.
All submitted abstracts will be considered, but their acceptance is not guaranteed. Confirmation of acceptance, together with the invitation for the full paper preparation and presentation at the Conference will be sent after March 15, 2015.
Abstracts can be sent to the following e-mail addresses: euconf@efri.hr or kandzija@efri.hr.
Submissions of abstracts have to meet the following criteria:
• abstracts and papers are to be in English or French (presentations as well),
• no changes in titles, authors or order of authorship will be possible after submission,
• the title page must include names, affiliations, complete addresses (mail, e-mail, telephone, facsimile numbers) for all authors, and indicate who will serve as presenter; and state at the bottom of the page the area of interest (“topics”),
• the second page should include the name(s) of author(s), title and abstract not less than 300 and not more than 500 words,
• abstracts should be written in letter quality type Times New Roman, font 12, once spaced, margins 2.5 cm on both sides.
DEADLINES
The submission deadline for the abstracts is February 1, 2015. The Program Committee will make selection of the papers to be presented at the Conference by March 15, 2015. Organizers will immediately notify authors of accepted abstracts. Authors are kindly requested to prepare the final texts of their Conference papers and give 3 paper copies and CD in MS Word format, to the organisers when registering for the Conference at their arrival.
Eventual earlier receipts of the final texts of the papers are welcome on the following email
address: euconf@efri.hr or kandzija@efri.hr.