Markets, institutions and organizations are important factors in sustaining economic exchange, providing political stability and fostering material production and innovation. At the same time, they are the means by which social identities are anchored and collective meanings are constituted and reproduced. In doing so they play a critical role in the construction of social realities.

In today's unstable and risky world, Latin American and European markets, institutions and organizations have increasingly come under pressure, although in different forms and to varying degrees. Because of that, their instrumental and symbolic roles are called into question; their sensemaking function is jeopardized; and they have a hard time in fulfilling their purposes.

The purpose of this 3^rd LAEMOS Colloquium is to enhance empirical and theoretical studies on the dynamics of development and crisis with specific reference to Latin American and European societies. Under the general theme of the meeting the purpose is to connect and mix a broad variety of studies, narratives and discourses on the present times of crisis and on future perspectives of development and innovation.

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Upcoming deadline:

Submission of full papers (max 10,000 words): March 15, 2010

Organizing Committee:

Giorgio Alberti
Director, University of Bologna, Italy
Representacion en Buenos Aires
galberti@unibo.edu.ar

Gerardo Patriotta
Nottingham University Business School, UK
gerardo.patriotta@nottingham.ac.uk

Giovan Francesco Lanzara
University of Bologna, Italy and London School of Economics, UK
giovan.lanzara@unibo.it

Eero Vaara
Chair of EGOS and Hanken School of Economics, Finland
eero.vaara@egosnet.eu