The LIEE-NTUA participated in the 36th International Conference of the European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) which was held on 4-6 September 2024 in Bilbao, Spain, and had as its theme “Economics in a changing world. New perspectives to economic analysis and economic policy”.

See the detailed program of the Conference here

On the part of the EAEPE-NTUA, the Conference was attended by the NTUA Assistant Professor Emilia Protogerou, the Postdoctoral Researchers Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos and Petros Dimas, the Doctoral Candidate Dimitrios Stamopoulos, and the EAEPE-NTUA research associate and Assistant Professor of the University of Thessaly, Ioanna Kastelli, who is also the President of the EAEPE and gave an introductory speech at the Conference.

In more detail, A. Protogerou and I. Kastelli, coordinators of the research areas E2 “Entrepreneurship and Business Theory” and E1 “Industrial Development and Policy” respectively, organized a series of sessions within the framework of their respective areas. In more detail, A. Protogerou organized 2 sessions, in which a total of 7 papers were presented, and I. Kastelli organized with Lukasz Mamica 3 sessions, in which a total of 12 papers were presented. In addition, I. Kastelli organized with Lukasz Mamica 2 special sessions on the topic of Green Industrial Transformation, in which a total of 8 papers were presented.

It is noted that the 37th EAEPE Conference will be organized by the EVEO-NTUA in Athens (at the premises of the NCSR “Demokritos”) during the period 24-26 September 2025. In this context, at the closing of this year’s Conference, Emilia Protogerou made an informative presentation to the Conference participants.

The following are the sessions in which the members of the EVEO-NTUA participated either by presenting research work or in the role of coordinator:

Research Area E2: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THEORY OF THE FIRM (1)

Chair: Glykeria Karagouni

• Rodrigo Bolliger, Bruno Brandão Fischer, Adriana Ferreira De Faria: Impact Assessment of Technology Parks in Brazil
• Aimilia Protogerou, Protogerou Aimilia, Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos, Petros Dimas, Yannis Caloghirou: Determinants of Investment in Intangible Assets: Evidence from Europe
• Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos, Aimilia Protogerou, Yannis Caloghirou: Digital Capabilities and Firm Innovation Performance: An Empirical Study in Seven European Countries

Research Area E2: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THEORY OF THE FIRM (2)

Chair: Aimilia Protogerou

• Glykeria Karagouni, Marios Trigkas: Rethinking Value Chains and Raw Materials for a More Competitive Handicrafts Industry
• Marios Emmanouil, Glykeria Karagouni, Marios Trigkas: Open Eco-Innovation in the Greek Dairy Sector: The Case of a Biofunctional Yogurt Dessert
• Marios Trigkas, Glykeria Karagouni: Wood Value Chain and Carbon Neutrality; a Challenge for the Wood Craft Sector
• Angeliki Tsameti, Glykeria Karagouni, Marios Trigkas: Market Analysis of the Greek Chestnut: A Proposed Business Model for the Chestnut Flour

Research Area E1: INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT

Chair: Samuele Bibi

• Beata Farkas, Christian Schweiger: Challenges of the Central European Manufacturing Core
• Ludwig Hehl: The Political Economy of Industrial Policies in Mexico and Turkey
• Rodrigo Lucena: The Conventions of Industrial Entrepreneurs During the Brazilian Government of President Dilma
• Eunyong-Cho: Challenge and Conversion: Kim Dae-Jung Administration in South Korea and Neo-Liberalism
• Ioanna Kastelli, Alysson Mazoni, Petros Dimas: Knowledge Generation and Sourcing in the Food and Beverage Sector

Research Area SEA: STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Chair: Ariel Wirkierman

• Facund Fora-Alcalde: International Productivity Leakages as a Cause of Underdevelopment
• Dimitrios Stamopoulos, Petros Dimas, Aimilia Protogerou: Participation and Positioning of Greek Sectors in Global Value Chains and Evolution of Their Trade Patterns
• Filippo Bontadini, Valentina Meliciani, Maria Savona, Ariel Luis Wirkierman: Nearshoring, Global Value Chains’ Structure and Volatility
• Marta Fana, Davide Villani, Ariel Wirkierman: Complementarity of Occupations and Sectoral Relatedness: An Input-Output Perspective

Research Area GIT: GREEN INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION: CHALLENGES IN TRANSFORMATIVE POLICIES

Chair: Ioanna Kastelli

Discussants: Timan Altenburg, Joao Ferraz, Anais Voy-Gillis, Anita Pelle

• Tilman Altenburg: The Political Economy of Green Industrial Policy
• Joao Ferraz, Wilson Peres, Julia Torracca, Tatiana Fleming: Green Industrial Policies: Where from, Where to?
• Anais Voy-Gillis, Samuel Klebaner: Is the French Industrial Decarbonisation Policy an Industrial or Business Policy?
• Anita Pelle: The Nature and Scope of Interaction Between Policy-Making and International Business: The Case of the European Green Deal