Mon Jun 5 03:51:17 EDT 2006
History of Finance and Financial Institutions in the Asia-Pacific Rim.
University of Sydney, Australia, 8 December 2006
The internationally-refereed journal, Accounting, Business & Financial
History is pleased to announce its sponsorship of a workshop to be held
at the University of Sydney.
The subject of the University of Sydney workshop will be: `History of
Finance and Financial Institutions in the Asia-Pacific Rim'. The
Asia-Pacific Rim is the home to the most diverse and fastest growing
financial systems in the world. The papers must be historically
informed.
Issues include
Banks and insurance in developing economies
Globalisation
The role of government regulation
Private vs. State banking systems
The management of financial institutions
The development of financial markets including derivatives and bonds
The role of foreign banks
Approaches to borrowing and lending including hire purchase
Community banking and social movements in financial services
Non-bank financial sector
Changing patterns of ownership
Accounting and calculative practices within financial institutions
All papers presented at the symposium will be considered for publication
in a special edition of Accounting, Business and Financial History to
appear in due course. The local organisers would welcome expressions of
interest from anyone thinking of offering a paper for the workshop. The
deadline for submission of full papers, which must be written in
English, is 31 August 2006. It is anticipated that the final selection
of papers for the workshop will be made by the middle of October 2006,
with authors being contacted as soon as possible after this time with
respect to acceptance or otherwise of their paper.
The workshop is organised by the Business and Labour History Group,
School of Business, University of Sydney. All enquiries regarding the
workshop should be addressed to the local organisers who can be
contacted at the following email address: g.patmore at econ.usyd.edu.au