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.
Keywords:TP_Wettbewerbsfaehigkeit
Research group:Industrial, Innovation and International Economics
Language:German
16th European Network on the Economics of the Firm Meeting
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.