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Business and Management

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Overview

Lucia Piscitello is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly within Business, Management and Accounting, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. The focus areas of their work include Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

The main topics covered by Piscitello's research reflect a strong emphasis on international and innovation-driven themes. They investigate International Business and Foreign Direct Investment, Family Business Performance and Succession, Corporate Finance and Governance, Firm Innovation and Growth, as well as Innovation and Knowledge Management. The researcher also explores Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences as well as Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting.

Piscitello's recent notable publications include:

  • "The role of family firms' generational heterogeneity in the entry mode choice in foreign markets" (2020, Journal of Business Research)
  • "Digital affordances and entrepreneurial dynamics: New evidence from European regions" (2021, Technovation)
  • "Technology adoption and upskilling in the wake of Industry 4.0" (2022, Technological Forecasting and Social Change)
  • "A new perspective on technology-driven creativity enhancement in the Fourth Industrial Revolution" (2021, Creativity and Innovation Management)
  • "Twenty-five years since TRIPS: Patent policy and international business" (2020, Journal of International Business Policy)

Collaboration is a significant dimension of Piscitello's research activity, with frequent co-authors including Stefano Elia, Paola Garrone, Mattia Pedota, Rob van Tulder, and Riccardo Marzano.

The venues in which Piscitello has most frequently published include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Business Research, International Business Review, Global Strategy Journal, and Academy of Management Proceedings.

In addition to journal articles, Piscitello has contributed to academic book publications. Two books published with Emerald Publishing Limited feature their work: "International Business in Times of Crisis: Tribute Volume to Geoffrey Jones" (2022) and "International Business and Sustainable Development Goals" (2023).

Best Publications

  • Information Costs and Location of FDIs within the Host Country: Empirical Evidence from Italy

    Sergio Mariotti;Lucia Piscitello

  • Recent Location of Foreign-owned Research and Development Activities by Large Multinational Corporations in the European Regions: The Role of Spillovers and Externalities

    John Cantwell;Lucia Piscitello

  • Accumulating technological competence: its changing impact on corporate diversification and internationalization

    J Cantwell;L Piscitello

  • Family firms in the global economy: Toward a deeper understanding of internationalization determinants, processes, and outcomes

    Alfredo Vittorio De Massis;Alfredo Vittorio De Massis;Federico Frattini;Antonio Majocchi;Lucia Piscitello

  • Internationalization in the information age: A new era for places, firms, and international business networks?

    Juan Alcácer;John Cantwell;Lucia Piscitello

  • The location of technological activities of MNCs in European regions: the role of spillovers and local competencies

    John Cantwell;Lucia Piscitello;Lucia Piscitello

  • The entry mode choice of MNEs: an evolutionary approach

    Marco Alberto Mutinelli;L. Piscitello;L. Piscitello

  • Digital technologies, innovation, and skills: emerging trajectories and challenges

    Tommaso Ciarli;Martin Kenney;Silvia Massini;Lucia Piscitello

  • Reverse knowledge transfer in MNEs: subsidiary innovativeness and entry modes

    Ram Mudambi;Lucia Piscitello;Larissa Rabbiosi

  • Family involvement and firms’ establishment mode choice in foreign markets

    Andrea Boellis;Sergio Mariotti;Alessandro Minichilli;Lucia Piscitello

  • Corporate diversification, coherence and economic performance

    Lucia Piscitello

  • Spatial agglomeration of multinational enterprises: the role of information externalities and knowledge spillovers

    Sergio Giovanni Mariotti;Lucia Piscitello;Stefano Elia

  • The Emergence of Corporate International Networks for the Accumulation of Dispersed Technological Capabilities

    John Cantwell;Lucia Piscitello

  • Home country employment and foreign direct investment: evidence from the Italian case

    Sergio Mariotti;Marco Mutinelli;Lucia Piscitello

  • Entry and access to competencies abroad: Emerging market firms versus advanced market firms

    Filip De Beule;Stefano Elia;Lucia Piscitello

  • The impact of outward FDI on the home country's labour demand and skill composition

    Stefano Elia;Ilaria Mariotti;Lucia Piscitello

  • The impact of cultural diversity on innovation performance of MNC subsidiaries in strategic alliances

    Stefano Elia;Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli;Lucia Piscitello;Lucia Piscitello

  • The impact of outward investments on parent company's employment and skill composition

    Davide Castellani;Ilaria Mariotti;Lucia Piscitello

  • The impact of inward FDI on local companies’ labour productivity: evidence from the Italian case

    Lucia Piscitello;Larissa Rabbiosi

  • Effects of International R&D alliances on performance of high-tech start-ups: a longitudinal analysis

    Massimo G. Colombo;Luca Grilli;Samuele Murtinu;Lucia Piscitello

  • Ownership strategies in knowledge-intensive cross-border acquisitions: Comparing Chinese and Indian MNEs

    Vittoria G. Scalera;Debmalya Mukherjee;Lucia Piscitello

Frequent Co-Authors

John Cantwell
John Cantwell Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Andrea Bonaccorsi
Andrea Bonaccorsi University of Pisa
Roberta Rabellotti
Roberta Rabellotti University of Pavia
Luca Grilli
Luca Grilli Polytechnic University of Milan
Federico Caniato
Federico Caniato Polytechnic University of Milan
Alain Verbeke
Alain Verbeke University of Calgary
Davide Luzzini
Davide Luzzini EADA Business School
Rob van Tulder
Rob van Tulder Erasmus University Rotterdam
Ram Mudambi
Ram Mudambi Temple University
Davide Castellani
Davide Castellani University of Reading

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