The conference addresses all interested persons in the related field, academics and professionals as well, from all over the world. The goal of the conference is to offer a high quality scientific environment for all participants, in order to meet, exchange and debate ideas, opinions and expertise. Subsidiarily, the conference also encourages the submissions of interdisciplinary research, i.e. economics and business fields correlated with other areas, such as: sociology, politics, psychology etc.The main topics are (but not limitative):accounting and auditing;business information system;finance, money, banking and capital market;growth and development;heterodox economics;macroeoconomics;management;marketing;microeconomics and industrial economics;public choice;social and welfare economics. The confirmed keynote speakers are:John Hudson, who will present the lecture entitled “Aiding Innovation to Stimulate Growth”. Dr. Hudson is Professor of Economics at University of Bath (United Kindom) and member of “Panel of Economic Advisors and the South West Regional Development Agency” (SWRDA);Dennis Mueller, Professor Emeritus of University of Vienna (Austria), who will present the lecture entitled ”Corporate Governance and the State”. Professor Mueller is former Director of “International Institute of Management/Industrial Policy” (Berlin, Germany) and honorary president of the “Public Choice Society”, “Industrial Organization Society” and “Southern Economic Association”.