Papazoglou Michalis

Dr. Michalis Papazoglou is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Financial and Management Engineering at the University of the Aegean. His main interests lie in the areas of innovation systems, regional innovation, innovation policy, and sustainable innovation with considerable experience in both quantitative and qualitative research projects. Michalis’ constant and overarching research aim is to develop insights concerning innovation phenomena at the organizational or regional level that, in one way or another, would be beneficial for society and the environment. His research has been published in leading international innovation journals such as Research Policy and Technovation. 

Selected publications:

• Brown, A., Nelles, J., Frost, A., & Papazoglou, M. E. (2025). Understanding the role of subsectoral structure in inter-regional sectoral productivity disparities. The Annals of Regional Science, 74, 48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-025-01378-2
• Nelles, J., Walsh, K., & Papazoglou, M. E. (2025). Getting further education right in innovation policy. In Innovations in innovation policy (pp. 106–115). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035322206.00014
• Papazoglou, M. E. (2024). Abandonment of core knowledge areas and innovation performance. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 72, 101814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101814
• Papazoglou, M. E., & Spanos, Y. E. (2021). Influential knowledge and financial performance: The role of time and rivals’ absorptive capacity. Technovation, 102, 102223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102223
• Papazoglou, M. E., & Spanos, Y. E. (2018). Bridging distant technological domains: A longitudinal study of the determinants of breadth of innovation diffusion. Research Policy, 47(9), 1713–1728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.06.006