Past events
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MIOIR Seminar Series with Prof. Riccardo Crescenzi
15:30 - 16:30 10 March 2025
Green(ing) Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Regional Development As the world transitions to net-zero emissions, goods and services are increasingly incorporating green attributes. Achieving this shift requires new and diverse technologies and processes to deliver sustainable products from...
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Annual Fred Jevons Lecture - What lies beneath the 'Chip War'? Knowledge flows, technology and geopolitics
17:00 - 18:30 5 March 2025
This year’s Fred Jevons lecture will be delivered by John Krige - a Kranzberg Professor Emeritus from the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. What lies beneath the 'Chip War'? Understanding the global circulation of knowledge, its geopolitics and future...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Artificial Intelligence, between industrial dynamics and industrial policy
15:30 - 16:30 24 February 2025
Artificial Intelligence, between industrial dynamics and industrial policy In this talk, I will combine three of my ongoing projects to offer a bird's eye view of important trajectories in AI economics research: whether AI is poised to follow industry-life cycle patterns; whether software-hardware tandems...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Local Business Networks and New Firm Formation
15:30 - 16:30 3 February 2025
Local Business Networks and New Firm Formation Hanna Hottenrott, Professor of Innovation Economics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), will discuss how local business networks influence new firm formation, entrepreneurial entry, and firm performance in regional economies. New business formation...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Supporting sustainability transitions through policy mixes
15:30 - 16:30 9 December 2024
Supporting sustainability transitions through policy mixes Dr. Florian Kern, Head of the Research Group on Ecological Economics and Environmental Policy at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) in Berlin, will discuss how policy mixes can support sustainability transitions. Transitions...
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MIOIR & SCI Joint Seminar with Dr Lili Jia - Exploring sustainability pathways with action research
15:30 - 16:30 25 November 2024
Exploring sustainability pathways with action research The world’s understanding of sustainability is rapidly evolving. So is our appreciation of the need for sustainable solutions in every aspect of our lives. Understanding our direction of travel does not, however, always tell us how to reach our...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Too much support? Entrepreneurial ecosystems and firm growth in the Greater Toronto Area.
4 November 2024 - 14 March 2025
Too much support? Entrepreneurial ecosystems and firm growth in the Greater Toronto Area. Shiri M. Breznitz, Professor and Director of Research at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, will explore the dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems and their impact on firm growth in the Greater...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Coevolution in Economic Systems
14:30 - 15:30 21 October 2024
Coevolution in Economic Systems Prof. Dr. Francisco Fatas-Villafranca, economist at the University of Zaragoza (Spain), will be discussing current developments in the coevolution of economic systems. Coevolution in economic systems plays a key role in the dynamics of contemporary societies. Coevolution...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Kickstarting Industrial Diversification?
14:30 - 15:30 7 October 2024
Kickstarting Industrial Diversification? Dr. Nicola Cortinovis, Assistant Professor of Economic Geography at Utrecht University, will be discussing the potential of crowdfunding (CF) platforms to foster industrial diversification. Since the 2000s, crowdfunding (CF) platforms provide opportunities for...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - The Effect of Mentor Gender on the Evaluation of Mentees’ Independent Work
14:00 - 15:00 23 September 2024
The Effect of Mentor Gender on the Evaluation of Mentees’ Independent Work Prof. Karin Hoisl, Full Professor of Organization and Innovation at the University of Mannheim, will discuss how mentor gender impacts the evaluation of mentees' independent work. Co-authors: Marc Lerchenmüller (University...
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