| In the section | Articles |
| Title of the article | Manufacturing Industry in Armenia: Analysis of the Growth Factors |
| Pages | 93-115 |
| Author 1 | Mariam Ambartsumovna Voskanyan Doctor of Sciances (Economics), Professor, Head of the Department of Economics and Finance Russian-Armenian University 123 O. Emin St., Yerevan, 0051, Republic of Armenia This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0002-5417-6648 |
| Author 2 | Ani Hamletovna Galstyan Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Finance Russian-Armenian University 123 O. Emin St., Yerevan, 0051, Republic of Armenia This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0002-7800-7232 |
| Author 3 | Viktoriya Leonidovna Hayrapetyan Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Finance Russian-Armenian University 123 O. Emin St., Yerevan, 0051, Republic of Armenia This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0009-0001-7371-5643 |
| Code | 338.4+339.1 |
| JEL | L60, O14, O40 |
| DOI | https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2026.1.093-115 |
| Keywords | manufacturing industry, growth determinants, Herfindahl – Hirschman Index, Armenia |
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| For citation | Voskanyan M.A., Galstyan A.H., Hayrapetyan V.L. Manufacturing Industry in Armenia: Analysis of the Growth Factors. Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2026, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 93–115. https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2026.1.093-115 (In Russian) |
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| Financing | The study was prepared as part of a scientific research project by the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education, the All-Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation |
| Submitted | 07.03.2026 |
| Approved after reviewing | 17.03.2026 |
| Accepted for publication | 18.03.2026 |
| Available online | 10.04.2026 |