Events, News, Seminars and conferences 2012-2019
The economic crisis has revived the debate between shareholder and stakeholder capitalism. Should firms focus more on their shareholders, who own them, or on their stakeholders? What is the state of play in Europe? What have been the recent evolution? Paola Schwizer,...
Events, News, Seminars and conferences 2012-2019
A decoupling between economic growth and energy consumption is absolutely necessary if the world is to survive, said Gael Giraud, AFD Chief Economist at an EIB Institute seminar. Fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal) still represent 80% of the world’s energy consumption, he...
Events, News, Seminars and conferences 2012-2019
The EU needs to invest in new scientific and technological opportunities if it wants to come out of the economic recession, two Italian economists, Daniele Archibugi (Italian National Research Council (CNR) and University of London, Birkbeck College) and Andrea...
Events, Seminars and conferences, Seminars and conferences 2012-2019
Research, development and innovation (RDI) is a key driver of Europe’s long-term competitiveness, and RDI infrastructure requires considerable investment and long-term planning. But evaluating the socio-economic value of often large and complex RDI facilities is a...
News, Seminars and conferences, Seminars and conferences 2012-2019
Infrastructure finance has a very long history, starting with the first known large-scale construction site in Göbekli Tepe in Upper Mesopotamia in 9000-7000 BC, or the walled towns and sanitation of the Roman Empire (44 BC- 476 AD) to the first private water supply,...
News, Seminars and conferences, Seminars and conferences 2012-2019
The Capital Markets Union (CMU) is a plan of the European Commission to mobilise capital in Europe by making capital markets deeper and more integrated so that Europe relies less on banks for financing the economy. It is a key element of the Investment Plan announced...
