Innovation, Productivity, and Economic Growth: New Insights—2nd Edition
A special issue of Economies (ISSN 2227-7099).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 1453
Special Issue Editor
Interests: innovation economics; environmental economics; labor economics; econometrics; public policy; economics of innovation; patents; knowledge diffusion process; employment; green economy; applied microeconometrics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The economic literature shows the relevance of the knowledge diffusion process for firms’ productivity. Indeed, firms innovate by generating technological knowledge to develop new products and production processes or improve those already in existence.
The aim of this Special Issue is to consider new works relevant to the innovation process through the analysis of research and development (R&D) expenditures or patent data. In particular, we further explore the innovation process of the firms and the relative impact of employment.
Theoretical and empirical contributions related to the economics of innovation and relative public policies are welcome in this Special Issue.
Submissions should consist of theoretical or applied research in a large range of tracks and topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Knowledge-based economy and social capital;
- Innovation economics;
- Digital transformation processes in the private and public sectors;
- Employment effects of digital innovation;
- Liquidity constraints and productivity.
Prof. Dr. Luigi Aldieri
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- innovation
- productivity
- economic growth
- public policies
- social capital
- digital transformation
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