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Metka Stare

Research Professor at the Center of International Relations (CIR), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. She holds part-time job as the adviser at the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (think tank of the government of Slovenia). In the period 2008-2012 she was the President of the European Association for REsearch on SERvices (RESER). She has experience in policy analysis and advice and was a member of:  European Policies and Instruments to Support Innovation in Services (EPISIS, 2009-2012);

High Level Economic Policy Expert Group of DG RTD Innovation for Growth (2011- 2014). She has published extensively on development of services in transition economies, R&D and innovation policy design, services innovation policy, internationalisation of services and global value chains in services.

Selected Publications

  • Stare, M. & Damijan, J. (2015) Do innovation spillovers impact employment and skill upgrading? The Service industries journal, 35(13), 728- 745.
  • Gallouj, F., Weber, M. K., Stare, M. & Rubalcaba-Bermejo, L. (2015) The futures of the service economy in Europe: a foresight analysis. Technological forecasting and social change, 94, 80-96.
  • di Meglio, G., Satre, M., Maroto-Sanchez, A. & Rubalcaba-Bermejo, L. (2015) Public services performance : an extended framework and empirical assessment across the enlarged EU. Environment and planning. C, Government and policy, 33(2), 321-341.
  • Stare, M. (2013) Seizing the opportunities of service innovation: Policy brief no. 7. In: Wobbe, W. (ed.) Inclusive innovation and service innovation. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
  • Mohnen, P. & Stare, M. (2013) The notion of inclusive innovation. In: Wobbe, W. (ed.) Inclusive innovation and service innovation. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
  • Bucar, M., Stare, M. & Jaklic, A. (2013) Weak institutional framework as incentive for service innovation networks: focus on knowledge-intensive business services. In Gallouj, F., Rubalcaba-Bermejo, L. & Windrum, P. (eds.) Public-private innovation networks in services, pp.326-348. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Stare, M., Silva e Meirelles, D. & Santos, A. M. (2012) Tapping the innovation potential of knowledge intensive services in emerging economies. International Journal of Service Technology Management, vol. 18, no. 3/4, pp. 204-223.
  • Di Meglio, G., Stare, M. & Jaklic, A. (2012) Explanation for public and private service growth in the enlarged EU. Service Industries Journal, 32(4), 503-514.
  • Stare, M. (2011) From understanding to exploiting service innovation – the perspective of transition economies. In Promoting innovation in the services sector: review of experiences and policies, pp. 30-47 (United Nations publications, no. 11.II.E.3). New York, Geneva: United Nations.
  • Bucar, M. & Stare, M. (2010) From policy imitation to policy learning: governance of innovation policy in the new EU member states, (Garnet policy brief, no. 12).
  • Burgar, A. & Stare M. (2010) Public and private services transformation in the CEECs. The Service Industries Journal, 30(4), 479-496.
  • Stare, M & Rubalcaba, L. (2009) Research on services: from exploring the “residual” to service science. In Stauss, B. (ed.) Services science: fundamentals, challenges and future developments, pp. 71-78. Springer.
  • Stare, M. (2007) Service Development in Transition Economies – Achievements and Missing Links. In Bryson, J. & Daniels, P. (eds.) The Handbook of Service Industries. Edward Elgar.
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