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 is available here for free download.
Presentations
Women in Economics
Women in Economics
On 28th May 2021 I have spoken at the conference on Heritage Geographies: Politics, Uses and Governance of the Past about Women in Economics.
Here is the presentation
Green Windows of Opportunity: Chinese Catch up in the Age of Transformation Towards Sustainability
Green Windows of Opportunity: Chinese Catch up in the Age of Transformation Towards Sustainability
On the 29th of May 2021 with Rasmus Lema I presented our Special Issue in Industrial & Corporate Change at the Global Lecture Series on Chinese Economy
Here you can download the ppt and here you can see the video
Multinationals and Local Development
Multinationals and Local Development
On the 28th of January 2021 I gave a lecture at the ERSA Winter School
Here you can download the presentation and here listen to the lecture.
Media
Finestre verdi di opportunità: per i Paesi emergenti ma anche per l’Italia
Finestre verdi di opportunità: per i Paesi emergenti ma anche per l’Italia
On July 13th 2021 Green Planner published an article presenting my work on Green Windows of Opportunity.
You can read the article (in Italian) here.
Publications
Green foreign direct investments and the deepening of capabilities for sustainable innovation in multinationals: Insights from renewable energy
Green foreign direct investments and the deepening of capabilities for sustainable innovation in multinationals: Insights from renewable energy
An article with Vito Amendolagine and Rasmus Lema published in the Journal of Cleaner Production. Free download before July 22 here.
Deepening or delinking? Innovative capacity and global value chain participation in the ICT sectors
Deepening or delinking? Innovative capacity and global value chain participation in the ICT sectors
A new UNUMerit WP on Global Value Chains (GVC) and innovation in the ICTs industry with Rasmus Lema, Carlo Pietrobelli and Antonio Vezzani. A summary of the article is available in the LSE Blog on Global Investments and Local Development.
Green windows of opportunity: latecomer development in the age of transformation toward sustainability
Green windows of opportunity: latecomer development in the age of transformation toward sustainability
A new article with Rasmus Lema and Xiaolan Fu introducing a Special Section on green windows of opportunity for latecomer development in renewable energies. A short article is available in the UN IATT Report for the STI Forum 2021 and a box is included in the UNCTAD Technology and Innovation Report 2021.
Here you can download the open access article