Call for Papers

Call for papers

Papers or extended abstracts should be submitted in PDF format. Please include an abstract (max. 250 words) at the beginning of your submission. Submit your paper: globalfirms.knowledgediffusion@gmail.com 

This workshop aims to advance our understanding of how multinational enterprises organize innovation across borders and what this implies for the real economy. We welcome submissions related (but not limited to) to following questions:

• What is the optimal organization of R&D within and across countries?

• How does participation in global value chains affect innovation?

• What are the consequences for domestic firms and national innovation systems?

• Has the pandemic and recent geopolitical conflict reshaped global firms’ location choices?

• What role do global firms play in the development of AI?

• Which trade and industrial policies should guide the future?

By bringing together senior and junior scholars, practitioners, and policymakers, this workshop seeks to foster dialogue at the frontier of research on multinational enterprises, innovation, and policy.