4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE of ASECU - Association of Economic Universities of South and East Europe and Black Sea Region
organized by Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania 22-24 May, 2008 in Bucharest

Deadline for receipt of abstracts: January 20th, 2008
Deadline for receipt of papers: April 20th, 2008

General information
We welcome submissions addressing the ASECU 2008 International Conference
theme: Development: Cooperation and Competitiveness
The conference is aimed to encourage development, cooperation and mutual assistance among the countries, industries and companies of South and East Europe and Black Sea Region.
The conference will include contributed paper sessions, invited and plenary presentations, round tables and panels. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings after their presentation at the Conference.
The Editorial Board of South Eastern Europe Journal of Economics (SEEJE), the official journal of ASECU, after having the agreement of the authors, plans to publish selected conference papers following a standard refereeing process.
The official language of the Conference will be English.

Conference Topics

Institutional Challenges in Promoting Competition Regional economic growth and development
Post-Accession to the European Union: costs and benefits
New technologies for competition and development
EU and the Processes of Globalization Applied quantitative methods for development
The Role of Competition Policy for Development Emigration/Immigration and Labor Market in Europe
The Development of South and East Europe as well as the Black Region Countries
Corruption, Investment and Development in of South and East Europe as well as the Black Region Countries
Competition, innovation and growth Competitively of SME in the South-East Europe
Competitiveness of businesses and environment in a globalizing economy
Quality as a factor of competitiveness
Competitiveness based on quality and innovation
versus competitiveness based on dumping factors.
Cooperation and competitiveness: complements or substitutes?

CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Prof. Dr. Ion Gh.Rosca, Rector of the Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
Prof. Dr. Yannis Tsekouras,President of ASECU, University of Macedonia, Greece
Prof. Dr. Viorel Lefter,Vice-Rector of the Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
Prof. Dr. Ion Stancu,Vice-Rector of the Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
Prof. Dr. Atanas Damyanov,Vice President of ASECU, aD. Tsenova Academy of Economics
Prof. Dr. Bozhidar Cerovic,General Secretary of ASECU, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Prof. Dr. Constantin Mitrut,Dean of the Faculty of Cybernetics, Statistics and Economic Informatics, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Miruna Mazurencu Marinescu, Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
Member of the Board of ASECU, Prof. Dr. Dinu Marin, Editor in Chief of Economica Publishing House
Representative of the Ministry of Education and Science of Romania
Representative of the Ministry of European Affairs of Romania
Representative of the Romanian Union of the Economists
Representatives of three Romanian companies
Contact:
www.ase.ro/asecu conference2008@ase.ro