XII. Clusters, linkages and policy issues related to International Business


Revisiting the Foreign Direct Investment/Economic Growth Nexus: Thresholds of Absorptive Capacity (ID 209); Celeste Amorim Varum, University of Averiro, GOVCOPP; Vera Catarina Rocha, University of Aveiro Gonçalo Alves, University of Aveiro, GOCVOPP; Lucia Piscitello, Politecnico di Milano


Start-up Facilitators, Clustering Effects, and the Internationalization of High-Tech New Ventures (ID 248); Alvaro Cesario Alvim Berbe, BNDES; Angela Da Rocha, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; Lavilha Sa, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; Jorge Carneiro, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; Jorge Ferreira da Silva, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro


Cluster Performance in the Aragon Region (ID 294); Nieves García-Casarejos, Universidad de Zaragoza; Pedro Mata-García, Universidad de Zaragoza


Consequences of Political Impact on SME’s Internal Activities, Competitiveness and Business Development (ID 317); Firouze Pourmand, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University