The economic integration of the Nordic-Baltic region through labor, innovation, investments and trade – LIFT

University of Tartu Conference 16 Dec 2022

Online in Zoom

Manuela Tvaronavičienė presents "The State  of International Technology Transfer in the Northern Europe region: comparative analyzis by modeern multiple criteria methods"

9:45-10:00 Gathering; video on Delta Centre

10:00-10:15

Jaan Masso (University of Tartu)
Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences Raul Eamets (University of Tartu)

Opening remarks

Session 1: labour market developments in the Nordic-Baltic region
Chair:
Agnė Šimelytė

10:15-10:35

Mihails Hazans, Jaan Masso, Tiiu Paas

Personality traits and supervisory responsibilities: Comparative evidence from Latvia and Estonia

10:35-10:55

Nicolas Gavoille, Mihails Hazans

Personality traits, remote work and productivity

10:55-11:15

Liis Roosaar, Jaan Masso, Rasmus Bøgh Holmen

The effects of acquisitions on wages: Does the FDI’s country of origin matter?

11:15-11:30

Discussant: Kadri Männasoo, Taltech

Q&A

11:30-11:40

Coffee/tea break

Session 2: factors of firm performance – trade, FDI, innovation
Chair: Liis Roosaar

11:40-12:00

Gaygysyz Ashyrov, Nicolas Gavoille, Rasmus Bøgh Holmen, Jaan Masso, Kjetil Haukas

FDI and productivity in the Nordic and Baltic countries

12:00-12:20

Amaresh Kumar Tiwari, Nicolas Gavoille, Rasmus Bøgh Holmen, Jaan Masso

Learning by Exporting: A Cross-Country Comparison

12:20-12:40

Giedrė Lapinskienė, Askoldas Podviezko, Manuela Tvaronavičienė

Assessment of International Technology Transfers for Nordic-Baltic region

12:40-13:00

Per Botolf Maurset

Trade and FDI

13:00-13:20

Discussant: Konstantins Benkovskis, Bank of Latvia

Q&A

13:20-14:00

Lunch break– videos on Tartu, Estonia

Session 3: regional integration in Baltic and Nordic countries
Chair:  Tiiu Paas

14:00-14:20

Rasmus Bøgh Holmen, Arunas Burinskas, Nicolas Gavoille, Jaan Masso

Internationalization in the Baltic Regional Accounts

14:20-14:40

Luca Alfieri, Anastasia Sinitsyna

The effects of financial similarity in remittances: the case for the Nordic-Baltic region

14:40-15:00

Agnė Šimelytė, Manuela Tvaronavičienė

Barriers and performance drivers of successful technology transfer: Case of Nordic-Baltic countries

15:00-15:20

Anastasia Sinitsyna, Iuliia Trabskaia, Tõnis Mets, Raul Eamets, Tiit Tammaru

Immigrant Entrepreneurship: The Role of Ethnolinguistic Characteristics and Migration Policy Selection

15:20-15:40

Discussant: Valdonė Darškuvienė; ISM University of Management and Economics

Q&A

15:40-16:00

Jaan Masso (University of Tartu)

Closing remarks

The project “The economic integration of the Nordic-Baltic region through Labour, innovation, investments, trade – LIFT” is funded by the EEA and Norway Grants