Fernando Merino is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Murcia and is member of the Chair of SME financing. He was researcher at Fundación Empresa Pública as well as visiting professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He has published articles on firm’s strategies, specifically in the field of outsourcing business services.

Selected Publications on Services, Innovation and Competitiveness

Merino, F. (2017). Offshoring, outsourcing and the Economic Geography of Europe, Papers in Regional Science, nº 96: 299-323

Merino, F. & Enache, C. (2017). Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Romania: a Quantitative Approach, Amifiteatru Economic, nº 44: 275-287.

Merino, F. (2016). Los vínculos internacionales como fortalezas de los sectores de alta y media tecnología, Papeles de Economía Española, nº 150: 162-178

Martínez-Mora, C. & Merino, F. (2016). Competitividad e internacionalización de las manufacturas intensivas en mano de obra en R. Myro (dir. “Una nueva política industrial para España” Ed. Consejo Económico y Social

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