12.09.2019-
13.09.2019

16th European Network on the Economics of the Firm (ENEF) Meeting: Global and Regional Value Chains, Industrial Dynamics and Enterprise Strategies

Main event: 16th European Network on the Economics of the Firm (ENEF) Meeting: Global and Regional Value Chains, Industrial Dynamics and Enterprise Strategies
Persons: WIFO
Language: Englisch
Following successful previous ENEF meetings organised in Sheffield, Rotterdam, Nice–Sophia Antipolis, Cambridge, Paris, Amsterdam, Strasbourg, Bologna, Madrid, Manchester, Toulouse, Turin, Pisa and Brighton, the 16th ENEF meeting was held in Vienna at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO). The theme of the 2019 meeting reflected core themes of ENEF and the long-standing tradition of research on competitiveness, industrial dynamics and international trade at WIFO. The interplay between new digital technologies and value chains shapes much of the observed globalisation of production structures. Recently, the emergence of new players (especially China) and new technologies (robotisation and digitalisation) have raised questions about the implications of technological change. These concern firm strategies, employment, productivity, market concentration, and industrial dynamics in general. A wide variety of approaches and concepts are necessary to understand the complex relationship between industrial dynamics and the strategies of firms embedded in value chains. These may include the role of trade, industry characteristics, firm capabilities, institutional frameworks and policy interventions.