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
The labour market in Pavia province. The role of employment centers
The labour market in Pavia province. The role of employment centers
On 25th May 2022 I have presented a report on The labour market in Pavia province. The role of employment centers written in collaboration with Emanuele Forlani and Dalila Ribaudo on behalf of the Provincia di Pavia.
Here you can download the report (in Italian)
Green and Digital: The Twin Transition in GVCs
Green and Digital: The Twin Transition in GVCs
On May 2022 I participated at the workshop on Environmental and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains at the Università di Padova and presented a paper on Green and Digital: The Twin Transition in GVCs.
How multinationals support SMEs development: The role of local policy
How multinationals support SMEs development: The role of local policy
On April 2022 I participated in Trento at the OECD ILO International Conference on SMEs and the Urban Fabric speaking about multinationals and SMEs development.
Media
7th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals
Emerging science, frontier technologies, and the SDGs – perspectives from UN system and science and technology communities
On May 2022 I have participated at the roundtable on Emerging science, frontier technologies, and the SDGs – perspectives from UN system and science and technology communities at the UN STI SDGs Forum to speak about the Green Windows of Opportunity for Latecomer Countries.
Publications
The Oxford Handbook of China Innovation
Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investments and Innovation
With Vito Amendolagine and Xiaolan Fu I have contributed to the Oxford Handbook of China Innovation with a chapter on Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investments and Innovation (if you don’t have access and would you like to read the chapter, please send me an email).
The impact of OFDI in global cities on innovation by Indian multinationals
The impact of OFDI in global cities on innovation by Indian multinationals
Published in Applied Economics with Vito Amendolagine & Lucia Piscitello.
Here you can read the article.
Deepening or delinking? Innovative capacity and global value chain participation in the IT industry
Deepening or delinking? Innovative capacity and global value chain participation in the IT industry
Published in Industrial and Corporate Change 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.