The conference will be held on 27-29 August 2008 in Turku at the Turku School of Economics, Rehtorinpellonkatu 3, FI-20500 Turku, Finland. The venue is situated in the Turku campus less than 2 km from the city center and the conference hotels. 

Turku School of Economics (TSE) is one of the largest institutes in Finland for education in economic science. TSE was established in 1950 on the initiative of the business community. The school became state-owned in 1977.

TSE offers graduate, postgraduate and continuing education as well as expert consulting services. Studies include a comprehensive choice of economic sciences, other business and finance-related subjects and foreign languages. Currently there are approximately 2000 undergraduate students, 220 post-graduate students and 1500 adult students. Total number of staff is 330.

TSE’s key areas of expertise comprise Accounting and Finance, Management and Organisation, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, International Business, Logistics, Economics, Information Systems Science, Economic Geography, Economic Sociology, Business Law, Futures Research and Quantitative Methods of Economics.

At TSE there are five departments: Department of Accounting and Finance, Department of Management, Department of Marketing, Department of Economics and Department of Languages.

A high standard of research is maintained not only by the departments within the school, but also by its auxiliary units, i.e. the Business Research and Development Centre, the Finland Futures Research Centre and the Pori Unit. The Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS) is a joint centre of research and education for the three universities in Turku.

TSE has a wide-ranging academic co-operation network and contacts with over 79 foreign universities in 30 countries all over the world. For more information about the venue, see www.tse.fi