Dear Colleagues,
Industry and Innovation invites you to submit your papers for its upcoming special issue, "Micro processes in Science-Industry Interaction: Actors, Channels, and Impacts". Please note that the submission deadline is fast approaching, with the final call ending on July 31st, 2023.
We are seeking original research articles that explore the different processes in science-industry interaction at the micro level – for example, questions related to the actors involved, the channels of interaction used, and the impact these interactions generate.
For this endeavor, theoretical and both qualitative and quantitative empirical approaches, addressed from a disciplinary ord interdisciplinary angle, are welcome. In particular, perspectives from Economics of Innovation, Economics of Science and Technology, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Economic Geography can jointly provide a holistic picture of the antecedents and consequences of SI interaction.
We encourage submissions that address the following topics, but not limited to:
- New technological trends and their relationship with internationalization activities
How is the relationship between innovation and internationalization different for firms that rely on digital technologies?
How does digitalization change our understanding of ownership, internalization, and location advantages?
What is the role of international engagement in the adoption of digital technologies by firms? And what are their effects in terms of firm competitiveness?
What is the role of learning by exporting and/or learning by importing in the context of digital or Industry 4.0 technologies?
- Global value chains, digitalization and innovation
How does the digitalization process impact on the organization of innovation activities within GVCs?
How does the governance of value chains affect the type of innovation introduced by digital firms?
What is the relationship between digitalization and the different types of international activities (trade, FDI, licensing) available to firms in global value chains?
What is the role played by digitalization in the current trend of regionalization of value chains (or slowing down of globalization)?
- Organizational innovation, trademarks and internationalization
What is the impact of non-technological innovations, such as organizational innovations, on the international performance of firms?
To what extent can organizational factors at the firm level affect the ability of firms to benefit (learn) from their international operations?
What is the relationship between new (non-technological) proxies of innovation, such as trademarks, and the presence of firms in the global markets?
How can trademarks inform us about the international strategies of digital firms?
Special issue editors: Uwe Cantner, Maximilian Goethner, Martin Kalthaus, Valentina Tartari & Martin Wörter
Submission deadline: 31 July 2023
Contact details and full call: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/micro-processes-science-industry-interaction-actors-channels-impacts/
Best regards,
Enrique Acebo, PhD
Social Media Editor of Industry and Innovation