Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Innovation and competitiveness in Europe

WORKSHOP 13 novembre 2015 [Sala Convegni G.Piana]

Program

9.00 Welcome coffee and registration

9.30 Introduction
Towards a new framework to measure competitiveness [video]
Enrico GIOVANNINI, Università Tor Vergata

10.00 First session
Innovation and competitiveness I
The virtuous circle of innovation in Italian firms
presented by: Mario PIANTA, Università di Urbino
discussant: Francesco DAVERI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
M&A and firms’ innovation performance
presented by: Elena CEFIS, Università di Bergamo
discussant: Luigi CAMPIGLIO, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
The productivity gap between Europe and the United States: Is R&D playing the key role?
presented by: Marco VIVARELLI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
discussant: Riccardo LEONCINI, Università di Bologna

11.30 Coffee break

11.45 Second session
Innovation and competitiveness II Firm’s Financial Conditions and the R&D-Export trade-off
presented by: Carlo ALTOMONTE, Università Bocconi
discussant: Carlo BELLAVITE, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Technology and costs in international competitiveness: toward a microfounded evolutionary interpretation
presented by: Daniele MOSCHELLA, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
discussant: Maurizio BAUSSOLA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Internationalization choices and Italian firm performance during the crisis
presented by: Claudio VICARELLI, ISTAT - Dipartimento per i conti nazionali e le statistiche economiche
discussant: Francesco TIMPANO, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

13.15 Buffet lunch

14.30 Third session
Innovation: Measurement tools and Evidence I
Opening remarks:
Empirical studies of business innovation: lessons for the revision of the Oslo Manual
presented by: Giulio PERANI, Eurostat
The role of innovation and management practices in determining firm productivity
presented by: Pierre MOHNEN, Maastricht University
discussant: Alessandro STERLACCHINI, Università Politecnica delle Marche
Intangible assets and productivity
presented by: Bettina PETERS, ZEW, Centre for European Economic Research
discussant: Maria Cristina PIVA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

16.00 Fourth session
Innovation: Measurement tools and Evidence II
Technological Innovation, Organizational Change and Product Related Services
presented by: Stephane LHUILLERY, ICN Business School, Metz Technopole
discussant: Vito MORAMARCO, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Persistent Product Innovation and Market-oriented Behaviour: the Impact on Firms’ Performance
presented by: Eleonora BARTOLONI, ISTAT - Sede per la Lombardia
discussant: Marco CUCCULELLI, Università Politecnica delle Marche

17.00 General conclusions
Giovanni DOSI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa


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