The Applied Economics and Technology Laboratory (Econ-Tech Lab) serves the educational and research needs in the fields of Economics & Management of Technology-Innovation-Entrepreneurship, as well as Regional Development. Within the framework of the above fields of study, particular emphasis is placed on the design and implementation of public policy.
The scope of the Laboratory is defined in the interfaces between the strategic management of technology-innovation, sustainable economic development and the applications of quantitative methods in economics and administration.
The Laboratory is mainly active in three areas:
- Strategic Management of Technology-Innovation (with emphasis on the digital economy)
- Socio-Economics of Technology and Development (with emphasis on the digital economy and the less developed regions of the EU)
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Applications of Quantitative Methods in Economics and Management, with emphasis on the two above areas (Strategic Management of Technology-Innovation & Socio-Economics of Technology and Development)
The main research interests of The areas of the Laboratory are as follows:
Area 1: Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation (with emphasis on the digital economy)
- Entrepreneurship and innovation in the 'creative industries' - Public policies to strengthen the creative industries
- Reform and innovation in the Public Sector - Digital transformation, organizational learning and development of dynamic capabilities in public bodies (e.g. regions and municipalities)
- Designing support policies and educational practices for entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development
Area 2: Socio-Economics of Technology and Development (with emphasis on the digital economy and the less developed regions of the EU)
- Intangible investments and the digital economy
- Technology, human capital and institutions in the less developed regions of the EU - Peculiarities of island regions
- Comparative political economy and public policies in the economies-societies of Southern Europe
Area 3: Applications of Quantitative Methods in the Economy and Management of Technology-Innovation
- Measuring the diffusion of innovation and absorptive capacity
- Metrics for Public Sector Innovation
- Quantitative analysis of sectoral-technological specializations (Input-Output Tables) and the economic performance of developed countries
- Quantitative analysis of the obstacles to connecting university research with the local economy and society of less developed countries developed regions of the EU
- Econometric estimates of the role of entrepreneurship in the reversal of brain drain in the less developed regions of the EU
