6th BUDAPEST International Congress on Law, Economic, Business & Management: BLEBM-27

Call for papers/Topics

All Abstracts, Reviews, short articles, Full articles, Posters are welcomed related with any of the following research fields:

Foundational & Independent Topics

These topics represent the core, standalone principles unique to each specific discipline.

1. Legal Systems and Jurisprudence

The study of the fundamental rules, structures, and philosophies that govern societies.

• Constitutional and Administrative Law: The structure of government, separation of powers, and the relationship between the state and individuals.

• Criminal Law and Procedure: Elements of crime, defenses, public enforcement, and the rules of trial.

• Tort and Civil Liability: Negligence, intentional harms, strict liability, and remedies for civil wrongs.

• Property and Estate Law: Ownership rights, real estate transactions, intellectual property frameworks, and inheritance.

• Jurisprudence and Legal Theory: Natural law, legal positivism, critical legal studies, and the philosophy of justice.

2. Economic Theory and Analysis

The scientific study of how societies allocate scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants.

• Microeconomic Foundations: Consumer choice theory, production and cost structures, market structures (monopoly, perfect competition), and game theory.

• Macroeconomic Principles: National income accounting, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment, and economic growth models.

• Econometrics and Quantitative Methods: Statistical modeling, regression analysis, hypothesis testing, and causal inference in economic data.

• International Economics: Comparative advantage, trade barriers, exchange rate dynamics, and balance of payments.

3. Business Core Functional Areas

The foundational operations required to establish, fund, and market a commercial enterprise.

• Financial Accounting: Double-entry bookkeeping, preparation of financial statements (balance sheet, income statement), and auditing standards.

• Corporate Finance: Capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure optimization, and dividend policy.

• Marketing Management: Market segmentation, targeting, positioning, the marketing mix (product, price, place, promotion), and consumer behavior.

• Operations and Supply Chain Management: Logistics, inventory control, quality assurance, capacity planning, and procurement.

4. Management and Organizational Dynamics

The study of coordinating human effort and leading organizations toward specific objectives.

• Organizational Behavior: Individual motivation, group dynamics, leadership styles, corporate culture, and conflict resolution.

• Strategic Management: Competitive analysis (SWOT, Porter's Five Forces), core competencies, corporate strategy, and diversification.

• Human Resource Management: Recruitment, performance appraisal systems, compensation structures, and talent development.

• International Business Management: Cross-cultural management, global market entry strategies, and multinational corporate structures.

Interrelated & Integrated Topics

These fields represent the spaces where law, economics, business, and management merge to solve complex market and social problems.

1. Corporate Governance, Law, and Finance

The structural intersection where business management meets legal frameworks and economic incentives.

• Business Organizations and Agency Theory: The legal formation of corporations, partnerships, and LLCs, alongside the economic relationship between principals (shareholders) and agents (managers).

• Fiduciary Duties and Board Dynamics: The legal obligations of care and loyalty imposed on directors, and the management mechanisms used to align stakeholder interests.

• Mergers, Acquisitions, and Antitrust Law: The business strategy of corporate consolidation, evaluated through the lens of economic competition policy and regulatory compliance.

• Securities Regulation and Capital Markets: Legal frameworks governing public offerings, insider trading laws, and the economic efficiency of financial markets.

2. Law and Economics (Legal Economics)

An interdisciplinary field that applies economic methods to analyze the creation, structure, and impact of legal rules.

• Economic Analysis of Alternative Legal Rules: Using microeconomics to predict the efficiency and behavioral impact of property, tort, and contract laws.

• The Economics of Crime and Punishment: Applying cost-benefit models to deterrence, sentencing guidelines, and law enforcement allocation.

• Transaction Cost Economics and Contract Design: Structuring business agreements to mitigate information asymmetry, moral hazard, and opportunistic behavior.

• Regulatory Arbitrage: The business strategy of navigating or exploiting differences between legal jurisdictions to achieve economic advantages.

3. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Sustainability

The modern convergence of corporate management, environmental regulation, and macroeconomic sustainability.

• Sustainability Compliance and Disclosure: Legal requirements for carbon tracking, supply chain transparency, and corporate sustainability reporting.

• Environmental Economics and Market Instruments: The study of externalities, carbon pricing, cap-and-trade systems, and green subsidies.

• Sustainable Operations and Circular Economy: Management practices focused on reducing waste, eco-friendly logistics, and long-term resource preservation.

• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Ethics: Ethical business frameworks that balance profit-seeking behavior with broader societal impact and stakeholder welfare.

4. Innovation, Technology, and Digital Markets

The bleeding edge where digital transformation alters business models, requiring new economic theories and legal protections.

• Intellectual Property Management: The commercialization, valuation, and protection of patents, trademarks, and copyrights as core business assets.

• Artificial Intelligence and Legal Risk: The operational management and legal liabilities associated with algorithmic decision-making, smart contracts, and data ownership.

• Data Protection, Privacy, and Cyber Governance: Managing compliance with complex global regulatory frameworks (like GDPR) while building data-driven business models.

• Platform Economics and Antitrust: The economic study of network effects, two-sided markets, and regulatory scrutiny of massive digital technology monopolies.