The LIEE participates in the international conference DRUID, an international conference-institution for research on innovation and the dynamics of structural, institutional and geographic change (DRUID21 Conference on Innovation and the Dynamics of Structural, Institutional and Geographic Change).This year, the conference will take place in Copenhagen between 18-20 October 2021. After the evaluation process was completed, it was decided that the LIEE will participate with three full scientific papers, which are shown below (free access to the link in the title).

1. Dimas, P., Stamopoulos, D., and Tsakanikas, A.: “Where does the knowledge come from? A framework for tracing embodied knowledge in Global Value Chains”

This paper provides a new methodological framework that integrates knowledge-based capital investments (intangible assets) into the existing productive linkages of the economy and allows to identify the diffusion of the associated embedded knowledge into products and services in global value chains.

2. Dimas, P., Caloghirou, Y., Tsakanikas, A and Vonortas, N..: “Business intangibles in global value chains: In search of export competitive advantage”

This paper provides new empirical evidence on the contribution of intangible assets and participation in global value chains to the competitiveness of manufacturing sectors. The results suggest that intangibles contribute to the export performance and productivity of major industrial countries and highlight the importance of domestic intangibles compared to imported ones.

3.  Protogerou, Α., Kontolaimou., Α. and Caloghirou. Y: “Creative industries and resilience in times of crisis: The role of firm and entrepreneurial team characteristics”

This paper aims to identify firm and business group characteristics that may contribute to resilience in the creative industries (CI) under adverse economic conditions.