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Green Windows of Opportunity

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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.

Call for paper for a Special Issue of EJDR on Innovation Systems in the Era of Global Value Chains

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Call for paper for a Special Issue of EJDR on Innovation Systems in the Era of Global Value Chains

The European Journal of Development Research special issue addresses whether, and under what circumstances, the globalisation of economic activities creates new opportunities for capabilities formation in developing countries – or conversely, whether and under what circumstances the widening and deepening of economic globalisation becomes a hindrance for building up the required innovation capabilities.

Guest editors:
Rasmus Lema (Aalborg University)
Roberta Rabellotti (Università di Pavia)
Padmashree Gehl Sampath (UNCTAD)

Deadline for extended abstract submission: 31 October

Download the full Call for Papers for further details and information on how to submit your paper.

My book about the changing geography of wine production

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My book about the changing geography of wine production

«This book overturns the old paradigm ideas about natural-resource-based activities.
It sheds light on the new opportunities for technological dynamism and catching-up by using science to open novel directions in traditional sectors. It should become a classic in what I expect will be a very important academic debate
and a new trend in
development policy.»

Carlota Perez
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia; Cambridge University and University of Sussex, UK

«This excellent book demonstrates better than any other I know the strengths and limits of the concept of a national system of innovation for understanding economic development today.
Any careful student of innovation or development will want to read it.»

Charles Sabel
Columbia Law School, USA