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‘Innovation and Productivity of Firms, Labour, and Academia in Times of Violence’ was the most relevant session. Kyiv (Ukraine) had assessed academia output publications with R&D as a measure of productivity for national innovation, showing the impacts of conflict. Then the USA attempted to quantify impacts of variables for the Mexican Drug War effects upon manufacturing firm productivity. Presentations were given on the complex global geopolitical issues of Ukraine reconstruction. This online economics IZA workshop with EACES, presented research productivity models and rationale for causal impacts, with attending international researcher collaborations: including IZA, IOS, Ifo, BiB, EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and ISET(Georgia). The Chairman concluded this event was one of the best in its field for 2023.

Labor Markets and Innovation during Times of War and Reconstruction (iza.org)

The initial need is for BU (post-2022 global events) to develop the BUBS existing relationship engagements and build new connections for managing transition economics and shaping the presentation of future BU key empirical analyses on firm productivity in transition economies. So, to achieve its future international research outputs end 2024/2025 – ultimately aligning with BU 2025 strategies for international publications and KE.
Fiona ‘Stewart’ Vidler MBA MSc MLIBF BUBS – her independent report on this event –
on behalf of her two BU AFE advisors, both published in IZA Policy Papers 2019: Professor Jens Hölscher (member, past president of EACES) and Dr Peter Howard-Jones (EACES best thesis award winner 2021 BU with institutional economist links to LSE, London School of Economics).

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