PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITABILITY AND GROWTH: THE EMPIRICS OF FIRM DYNAMICS

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics is hosting a special issue aimed at gathering recent empirical results on the dynamics of firm evolution. A sample of potential topics the special issue is intended to cover includes:

• firm performance and international trade patterns;
• the dynamics of firm-industry evolution;
• capital adjustment patterns and the firm-level investment dynamics;
• the interactions between industrial dynamics and technological factors;
• the effects of trade and financial integration;
• financial markets and firm dynamics;
• the links between micro and aggregate (sectoral and national)
• performances; firm size distribution and its evolution;
• firms linkages and interdependencies.

GUEST EDITORS:

• Giulio Bottazzi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)
• Angelo Secchi (Università di Pisa).

IMPORTANT DATES:

• April 30, 2010: deadline for submissions
• August 31, 2010: results of first referee round
• October 31, 2010: deadline for revisions
• November 30, 2010: final decision
• Early 2011: publication of the special issue

SUBMISSION:

Papers to be considered for this special issue should be submitted online via http://ees.elsevier.com/sced/ (selecting ‘Special Issue - Firm dynamics").

NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS:

This call is open and competitive, and the submitted papers will be reviewed in the normal way. Submitted papers must be based on original material not under consideration by any other journal or outlet.