I’m an economist. My areas of expertise are the economics of innovation; economic development and regional economics.
I am Professor of Economics in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Università di Pavia in Italy. I also hold a position as Assigned Professor at the University of Aalborg, Denmark, where I am associated with the IKE (Innovation, Knowledge and Economic Dynamics) Research Group (Department of Business and Management) in Copenhagen.
I regularly advise international organizations such as UNIDO,UNCTAD, IADB, OECD and the European Commission on questions related to economic development.
In the spotlight
Green Windows of Opportunity
A new Special Section of Industrial and Corporate Change edited by Rasmus Lema, Xiaolan Fu & Roberta Rabellotti.
Green Windows of Opportunity: Latecomer Development in the Age of Transformation towards Sustainability provides new empirical evidence on different renewable energy sectors in China, a country which is moving rapidly towards leadership in several of green technologies.
The introductory article will be available for free download.
Presentations
Smart Specialisation policies for green industrial and territorial transformations in Sub-Saharan Africa
Smart Specialisation policies for green industrial and territorial transformations in Sub-Saharan Africa
On December the 10th I participated at the panel organized by JRC in Seville at the ESASTAP Science Forum South Africa 2020
Here you can download the program.
Innovation in GVC
Innovation in GVC
On the 6th of November 2020 I participated at an online conference organized by the Bank of Lithuania, talking about Innovation in Global Value Chains and I also was part of a panel discussing about The future of investments and innovation.
Here you can download the slides. Here is the video of the conference.
GVC and Innovation Co-evolution Trajectories. The case of the ICT sectors
Media
Le catene globali del valore e l’impatto del Covid-19
Le catene globali del valore e l’impatto del Covid-19
I have been interviewed by Società Italiana degli Economisti on the impact of Covid-19 on Global Value Chains. Here you can see the video.
Publications
Chinese MNEs bridging technologies across home and host regions
Chinese MNEs bridging technologies across home and host regions
A chapter with Amendolagine, Giuliani & Martinelli in Innovative Capabilities and the Globalization of Chinese Firms edited by Maureen McKelvey & Jun Jin for Edward Elgar.
The chapter can be download here.
Uganda STI Policy Review
Uganda – Science and Technology Policy Review
I have contributed to the chapters on the agri-food industry and on the ICTs sector in the UNCTAD recently published Uganda STI Policy Review.
The full report can be downloaded here.
Innovation in global value chains
Innovation in global value chains
With Rasmus Lema and Carlo Pietrobelli I have contributed to the Handbook on Global Value Chains with a chapter presenting a new conceptual framework for investigating how GVCs and ISs jointly contribute to innovation in developing countries. It can be downloaded here.