Accounting and Financial Development:

Corporate governance; cost leading strategies; optimizing government performance from an accounting perspective; tax-reforming; capital markets; deregulation of financial markets; corporate financial performance; role of accounting in management control; investment management; drivers for reforming financial environment.

Economic Development:

Sectoral transitions and sustainability; economics of development; new instruments of finance for development-with focus on productive sectors; economic turmoil's and stability in financial institutions; fiscal and budgetary reforms.

Global Marketing Strategies:

Product and service development; product and service customization; international perspective of marketing orientation; challenges of open-market competitions; the potential reflections of international networking; emerging markets; exports; global marketing strategies in crisis.

Management Development:

Institutional reform; business alliances; legal frameworks; small business enterprises; corporate and international conceptualization of business operations; corporate and competitive strategies; industrial management; production and operations; supply chain management; industry/service value chains; environmental impacts; technology management; information systems; integrated strategies for government activities; strategic perspective of public service reform; e-governance; political, bureaucratic and business relations in developmental reforms; global management strategies.

Scientific and Mathematical Models:

Models of statistical and mathematical applications; econophysics-risk management; simulation models for guiding managerial decision making.

Open Discussions-Proposals and Ongoing Research:

Proposed areas for future research; discussions of current research trends and applications; presenting ideas and conducting scientific debates/presentations/and posters.