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    Business and Territorial Competitiveness, Innovation and Sustainability

    Research areas

    Priority fields of action and attached fields

    The PhD programme centres on two main research areas: Economics and territorial competitiveness and organisations management and business competitiveness. Each of these focus areas contains several sub-areas.

    Economics and territorial competitiveness

    Related to two research teams:

    Research sub-areas

    • Economic growth.
    • Economics and international commerce.
    • Territorial and cluster strategies: policy-making and assessment.
    • Innovation systems.
    • Entrepreneurship and business demographics policies.
    • Sustainable economics and sustainability policy.
    • SMEs, family firms and social businesses: impact on economic development.

     

    Organisations management & business competitiveness

    Related to two research teams:

    Research sub-areas

    • Strategic management (competitive corporate strategy, with particular emphasis on internationalisation strategies and digital strategy).
    • Knowledge and innovation management.
    • Entrepreneurs and new businesses creation.
    • Corporate social responsibility and stakeholders.
    • SMEs, family firms and social businesses: strategy and management areas.
    • Human capital.
    • Marketing.
    • Finance.

     

    Research areas

    Priority fields of action and attached fields

    The PhD programme centres on two main research areas: Economics and territorial competitiveness and organisations management and business competitiveness. Each of these focus areas contains several sub-areas.

    Economics and territorial competitiveness

    Related to two research teams:

    Research sub-areas

    • Economic growth.
    • Economics and international commerce.
    • Territorial and cluster strategies: policy-making and assessment.
    • Innovation systems.
    • Entrepreneurship and business demographics policies.
    • Sustainable economics and sustainability policy.
    • SMEs, family firms and social businesses: impact on economic development.

     

    Organisations management & business competitiveness

    Related to two research teams:

    Research sub-areas

    • Strategic management (competitive corporate strategy, with particular emphasis on internationalisation strategies and digital strategy).
    • Knowledge and innovation management.
    • Entrepreneurs and new businesses creation.
    • Corporate social responsibility and stakeholders.
    • SMEs, family firms and social businesses: strategy and management areas.
    • Human capital.
    • Marketing.
    • Finance.