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We contribute to a number of studies and global research on competitiveness.

Research & Insights

We contribute to a number of studies and global research on competitiveness.

The World Economy

Are software automation and teleworker substitutes? Preliminary evidence from Japan

By Richard Baldwin and Toshihiro Okubo

April 2024, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 1531-1556, https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13496

World Trade Review

Globotics and development: When manufacturing is jobless and services are tradeable

By Richard Baldwin and Rikard Forslid

October 2023, vol. 22, special issue 3-4, pp. 302-311, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474745623000241

Journal of Global Mobility

The macro-contextual drivers of the international mobility of managers and executives

By Arturo Bris, Shlomo Ben-Hur, José Caballero and Marco Pistis

May 2023, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 252-273, https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-07-2022-0035 https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-07-2022-0035

Review of Industrial Organization

Competition and specialization in the VC market: A non-monotonic relationship

By Christos Cabolis, Mian Dai and Konstantinos Serfes

May 2023, vol. 62, pp. 241-269, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11151-023-09898-x

Journal of Economic Behavior ＆ Organization

The interactions of R&D investments and horizontal mergers

By Christos Cabolis, Constantine Manasakis, Diego Moreno and Emmanuel Petrakis

July 2021, vol. 187, pp. 507-534, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.03.037

Management Today

Europe should be proud of its world-beating innovation

By Arturo Bris

Monocle

Contrary to what you might have heard, Europe is a 21st-century success story

By Arturo Bris

South China Morning Post

Hong Kong must spread its wings and look beyond mainland Chinese IPOs

By Arturo Bris

The National

Brics leaders meet under pressure from tariffs, oil shocks and climate rifts

By Arturo Bris

The National

Syria tilts West as Gulf capital drives post-Assad recovery

By Arturo Bris

Henley ＆ Partners

The smartness of high-growth wealthy cities

By José Caballero

The National

How the EU can boost its sluggish competitiveness

By Arturo Bris

The Conversation

With Trump in the White House, China and Latin America may try to forge an even deeper relationship

By José Caballero

The National

How the UAE is moving towards an AI-driven, knowledge-based economy

By Arturo Bris

VoxEU

US entity list restrictions slow the innovation of Chinese firms and their US collaborators

By Yu Cao, Francesca De Nicola, Aaditya Mattoo and Jonathan Timmis

I by IMD

‘We need to tighten up our approach to industrial policy’

By Simon J. Evenett, Christos Cabolis, Deborah Elms and Chuin Wei Yap

Hinrich Foundation

Building a resilient trade system in a volatile world

By Christos Cabolis

Case Study

Trader Joe’s: At a crossroads?

When Covid-19 hit the US in 2020, the grocery retail industry underwent a greatly accelerated digital transformation as consumers’ habits changed drastically in a matter of weeks. As Americans sought to avoid their risk of exposure to the coronavi…

By Niccolò Pisani, Goutam Challagalla and Inès Augier

Case Study

The future of the global beer industry: What is brewing beyond the Covid-19 pandemic?

The global beer industry took an unprecedented hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Around the world, governments implemented restrictive coronavirus containment measures such as national lockdowns, curfews and social distancing mandates. Bars, pubs,…

By Niccolò Pisani and Inès Augier