Programme: Economy, Busines 

and the  Future

Director: Ricardo Hernández Mogollón

Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting. University of Extremadura.

  This programme was created in 1999. Its objective is to generate and disseminate business culture in Extremadura, while also serving as a forum for research on economic and business subjects, particularly relating to the region.

Three main lines of work are pursued:

Academic Programme: specialised university seminars with the participation of Spanish and Portuguese universities.

Top Management Programme: seminars for business managers, focussed on subjects of interest to them.

Publications: to encourage and facilitate the publication of applied studies on business economics and administration. The aim is to create three collections:

•  Colección Estudios Económicos Extremeños (Extremaduran Economic Studies)

•  Colección Estudios (Studies)

• Documentos La Coria (Documents)
  

  The overall aim is to create an independent forum at the service of business in Extremadura.


SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE FOUNDATION WITHIN    THE PROGRAMME ON ECONOMY, BUSINESS AND THE FUTURE

                                      1999

November 1999: Academic Progr. 1st Hispano-Portuguese Seminar on Business Economics.

                                             2000

February 2000: Top Management Progr. Seminar Be Competent, be Competitive in a Changing Setting.

May 2000: Top Management Progr. 1st International Technical Meeting on Bus
Stations.

                                                2001

January 2001: Top Management Progr. Business Innovation, Here and Now.

March 2001: Top Management Progr. Creation of Businesses. Theory and Practice.

July 2001: Top Management Progr. Transnational Seminar on Information Management.

November 2001: Academic Progr. 3rd Hispano-Portuguese Seminar on Business Economics.

                                               2002

March 2002: Top Management Progr. 2nd Business Innovation, Here and Now.

March 2002: Top Management Progr. The Family Business in Extremadura.

April 2002: Top Management Progr. Publicity as a Marketing Tool.

May 2002: Top Management Progr. Information Management: Business Applications.

October 2002: Seminar on Innovation and Management Capacities.

October 2002: Top Management Progr. Business Creation in the Information Economy.

WORKING METHODS

• In the selection of the subject and of speakers: the Foundation is open to suggestions by businessmen.

• In the development of the session: focussed on very specific present-day questions, interactivity between those attending.

  In general terms, the aim is to be useful to businessmen and to persons doing research on business subjects, within the setting of Extremadura. This is a fascinating challenge at the present time and in this region of Spain, but we cannot rise to it alone. For this reason, we seek collaboration in ideas, in participation, and in sponsorship by individuals, institutions and companies with enthusiasm for this area of study.

We are convinced that this is a worthwhile project.


  PROGRAMME FOR 2003

Top Management Programme Seminars

•  Spring: 3rd Seminar on Business Innovation, Here and Now.

•  Summer: 3rd Seminar on Information Management.

•  Autumn: 3rd Seminar on Business Creation in the Information Economy.

Academic Programme Seminar

• November: 5th Hispano-Portuguese Seminar on Business Economics.

Publications

• The Estudios Económicos Extremeños collection will be further expanded.