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
Innovation systems in the era of GVCs
A new Special Issue of the European Journal of Development Research has been edited by Rasmus Lema, Roberta Rabellotti & Padmashree Gehl Sampath.
Innovation systems in the era of global value chains collects original quantitative and qualitative evidence on the co-evolutionary relationships between GVCs and Innovation Systems. The introductory article Innovation Trajectories in Developing Countries: Co-evolution of Global Value Chains and Innovation Systems is available for free download.
Presentations
The Co-Evolution of Global Value Chains and Innovation Systems. Some evidence from developing countries.
The Co-Evolution of Global Value Chains and Innovation Systems. Some evidence from developing countries.
On May 2019 I presented a paper on the co-evolution of GVCs and Innovation Systems at the ICC -Tsinghua University Conference held in Beijing. I also presented the same paper at SASE Conference at the New School in New York in June.
Here is my presentation.
Multinationals and Local Economies. Some Evidence from Europe
Multinationals and Local Economies. Some Evidence from Europe
On May 17th 2019 I participated at a round table organized at the II International Workshop on Clusters Research at the University of Padova.
Here is the ppt of my speech.
(New) Technologies and the MNE: the crisis of ownership competitive advantages?
(New) Technologies and the MNE: the crisis of ownership competitive advantages?
On April 2019 I was invited to participate at a round table on the crisis of ownership competitive advantages at the 7th International Business Conference organized by the John Dunning Centre at the Henley Business School (University of Reading).
Here you can download the ppt of my speech.
Media
La globalizzazione e le economie locali
La globalizzazione e le economie locali
On June 1st on behalf of the Società Italiana degli Economisti I organized a round table on Globalization and local economies at the Festival dell’Economia in Trento with Anna Giunta, Lucia Tajoli e Alessandra Venturini.
Here is the link at the program.
Publications
Chinese and Indian MNEs’ shopping spree in advanced countries. How good it is for their innovative output?
Chinese and Indian MNEs’ shopping spree in advanced countries. How good it is for their innovative output?
Chinese and Indian multinationals are continuously expanding their operations in Europe and the USA through cross-border acquisitions (CBAs), with the aim of tapping into international knowledge located in target firms and innovative hubs. In this article published in the Journal of Economic Geography with Amendolagine, Giuliani and Martinelli, we look into the innovative impacts that CBAs have on the acquiring multinational enterprises.
Innovation Trajectories in Developing Countries: Co-evolution of Global Value Chains and Innovation Systems
Innovation Trajectories in Developing Countries: Co-evolution of Global Value Chains and Innovation Systems
In this article co-authored with Rasmus Lema and Padmashree Sampath, we investigate how combining global value chain and innovation system approaches can help to foster an understanding of the possible trajectories that learning and innovation may take in developing countries.
Free download here
Do Global Value Chains Offer Developing Countries Learning and Innovation Opportunities?
Do Global Value Chains Offer Developing Countries Learning and Innovation Opportunities?
With Valentina De Marchi and Elisa Giuliani I published an article in the European Journal of Development Research. The paper offers s a systematic review of the literature on developing country GVCs to investigate the learning channels used by local firms, both within (firm level, collective level) and outside of these value chains (i.e. external sources of learning), and the extent to which this activity promotes innovation.
Here there is a free to view link to the article