Activities -
Conferences organised by SCOB (2006)
October 19-20, 2006 - International Conference on Long-Term Perspectives on Business, Finance and Institutions What Can We Learn from the Past?
Organised by:
The Studiecentrum Onderneming en Beurs - SCOB and the Centrum voor
Bedrijfsgeschiedenis of the University of Antwerp, Belgium
Focus:
The objective of this conference was to bring together recent economic and historical research
that investigates the development of business and finance over the past centuries, how it interacted
with legal, economic and political institutions, and the impact on economic performance. We welcomed
a lot of contributions on accounting, business, corporate governance, finance and
economic performance from a historical perspective. We welcomed also contributions that focused
on the role of institutions, and contributions based on long time series analysis.
Keynote Speakers were:
Youssef Cassis, Université de Genève, Switzerland (to be confirmed)
Elroy Dimson, Business School, UK
Eric Ghysels, University of North Carolina - Chapell Hill, USA
Gregory Waymire, Emory University Atlanta - Georgia, USA
Scientific Committee:
Ludo Cuyvers (University of Antwerp) – Co-Chair, Greta Devos (University
of Antwerp) – Co-Chair, Jan Annaert (Ghent University), Frans Buelens (University of Antwerp), Erik
Buyst (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Kees Camfferman (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Marc De
Ceuster (University of Antwerp), Marc Deloof (University of Antwerp), Abe de Jong (Erasmus
University Rotterdam), Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeurt (Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales -
Paris), Helma Houtman – De Smedt (University of Antwerp), Kim Oosterlinck (Université Libre de
Bruxelles), Julien van den Broeck (University of Antwerp)
Organisation
The conference was organised by Marc Deloof. For any information on this past conference visit our website or contact Marc Deloof - Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium - Tel: +32-3-220 41 69 - Fax: +32-3-220 40 64 - E-mail: Marc.deloof@ua.ac.be