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Carlo Pietrobelli

Carlo Pietrobelli

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
41
Citations
10980
World Ranking
4913
National Ranking
51

Overview

Carlo Pietrobelli is affiliated with Roma Tre University in Italy and conducts research primarily in the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Business, Management and Accounting. Their work spans several subfields including Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Business and International Management, and Building and Construction.

The main topics addressed in their research include global trade, sustainability, and social impact; innovation and socioeconomic development; economic and technological innovation; global trade and economics; natural resources and economic development; mining and resource management; and innovation and knowledge management.

Recent publications by Carlo Pietrobelli reflect these themes and include the following papers:

  • Making sense of global value chain-oriented policies: The trifecta of tasks, linkages, and firms, 2021, Journal of International Business Policy
  • Does value chain participation facilitate the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies in developing countries?, 2021, World Development
  • Local-foreign technology interface, resource-based development, and industrial policy: how Chile and Malaysia are escaping the middle-income trap, 2020, The Journal of Technology Transfer
  • Local content policies: Why mining need consistent policy packages to support capabilities development, 2020, The Extractive Industries and Society
  • Global value chains and sectoral innovation systems: An analysis of the aerospace industry, 2023, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Carlo Pietrobelli frequently collaborates with several co-authors, notably Antonio Vezzani and Caio Torres Mazzi with four joint publications each, as well as Michiko Iizuka and Emanuele Brancati with three co-authored works each. Roberta Rabellotti has co-authored two publications with Pietrobelli.

The researcher has published multiple papers in notable venues, including:

  • Industrial and Corporate Change (4 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (4 publications)
  • Journal of International Business Policy (2 publications)
  • Iris (Roma Tre University) (2 publications)
  • World Development (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Lessons from Latin American Clusters

    Elisa Giuliani;Carlo Pietrobelli;Roberta Rabellotti

  • Global Value Chains Meet Innovation Systems: Are There Learning Opportunities for Developing Countries?

    Carlo Pietrobelli;Roberta Rabellotti

  • The Role of Foreign Technology and Indigenous Innovation in the Emerging Economies: Technological Change and Catching-up

    Xiaolan Fu;Carlo Pietrobelli;Carlo Pietrobelli;Luc Soete

  • Global Value Chains and Technological Capabilities: A Framework to Study Learning and Innovation in Developing Countries

    Andrea Morrison;Carlo Pietrobelli;Roberta Rabellotti

  • Global Value Chains and Technological Capabilities: A Framework to Study Industrial Innovation in Developing Countries

    Andrea Morrison;Carlo Pietrobelli;Roberta Rabellotti

  • The globalisation of technology and its implications for developing countries: Windows of opportunity or further burden?

    Daniele Archibugi;Carlo Pietrobelli

  • Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America: The Role of Policies

    Carlo Pietrobelli;Roberta Rabellotti

  • Industrial Districts’ Evolution and Technological Regimes: Italy and Taiwan

    Paolo Guerrieri;Paolo Guerrieri;Carlo Pietrobelli

  • Who are the researchers that are collaborating with industry? An analysis of the wine sectors in Chile, South Africa and Italy

    Elisa Giuliani;Andrea Morrison;Carlo Pietrobelli;Roberta Rabellotti

  • Failing to compete

    Sanjaya Lall;Carlo Pietrobelli

  • Power relationships along the value chain: multinational firms, global buyers and performance of local suppliers

    Carlo Pietrobelli;Federica Saliola

  • Upgrading to compete : global value chains, clusters, and SMEs in Latin America

    Ner Artola;Eduardo Zepeda;Roberta Rabellotti;Raquel Gomes

  • Innovation drivers, value chains and the geography of multinational corporations in Europe

    Riccardo Crescenzi;Carlo Pietrobelli;Roberta Rabellotti

  • The Global Challenge to Industrial Districts

    Paolo Guerrieri;Simona Iammarino;Carlo Pietrobelli

  • Failing to Compete: Technology Development and Technology Systems in Africa

    Sanjaya Lall;Carlo Pietrobelli

  • National Technology Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Sanjaya Lall;Carlo Pietrobelli

  • An empirical study of the determinants of self-employment in developing countries

    Carlo Pietrobelli;Roberta Rabellotti;Matteo Aquilina

  • ¿Cómo repensar el desarrollo productivo?: Políticas e instituciones sólidas para la transformación económica

    Manuel R. Agosin;Eduardo Fernández-Arias;Gustavo Crespi;Alessandro Maffioli

  • Firm Innovation and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Engine of Economic Development

    Matteo Grazzi;Carlo Pietrobelli

  • Innovation in mining value chains: New evidence from Latin America

    Carlo Pietrobelli;Anabel Marin;Jocelyn Olivari

  • Los sistemas regionales de innovación en América Latina

    Juan José Llisterri;Carlo Pietrobelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberta Rabellotti
Roberta Rabellotti University of Pavia
Elisa Giuliani
Elisa Giuliani University of Pisa
Gustavo Crespi
Gustavo Crespi Inter-American Development Bank
Simona Iammarino
Simona Iammarino London School of Economics and Political Science
Daniele Archibugi
Daniele Archibugi Birkbeck, University of London
Dieter Ernst
Dieter Ernst Centre for International Governance Innovation

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