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
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.
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.
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
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.
Here you can download the open access article.
Business Linkages in Viet Nam
Business Linkages in Viet Nam
I have contributed at the OECD Review of SME and Entrepreneurship Policy of Viet Nam with a chapter on Business Linkages.
Here you can download the chapter.
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.