- February 2008: Meeting of co-conveners of the working group or core group, final organization of call for papers and panels for first session of working group (EADI General Conference, Geneva, 24-28 June 2008)
- November 2007: Invitation of working group co-convenors to participate at the 3rd APISA Conference, New Dehli, India (APISA is the partner organization of EADI in the Asian region)
- Oktober 2007: European and Asian Capitalisms Revisited: Collision, Convergence or Mitigation into the 21st Century?, Research Workshop, 12-13 October 2007, Switzerland
- May 2007: Meeting of the working group at Sapienza University, Rome
- April 2007: Approval of the new working group by EADI Board
