Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
- "Global Value Chains Meet Innovation Systems: Are There Learning Opportunities for Developing Countries?" (with R. Rabellotti), World Development, 2011
- "The Role of Foreign Technology and Indigenous Innovation in the Emerging Economies: Technological Change and Catching-up" (with X.Fu and L.Soete), World Development, 2011.
- “Who are the researchers that are collaborating with industry? An analysis of the wine sectors in Chile, South Africa and Italy” (with Giuliani, Morrison, Rabellotti), Research Policy (2010), doi:10.1016/j.respol.2010.03.007
- ‘Networks, knowledge flows and innovation in the Chilean meat sector’ (with S.Gorgoni), International Journal of Business Environment, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2010, pp.159–178.
- “Power Relationships along the Value Chain: Multinational Firms, Global Buyers, and Local Suppliers’ Performance” (with F.Saliola), Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol.32 No.6, 947-62, 2008.
- "Does Tariff Liberalization Promote Trade? Latin American Countries in the Long-Run (1900-2000)" (with S.Nenci), Global Economy Journal Vol. 8 (2008) / Issue 4, Berkeley Electronic Press http://www.bepress.com/gej/vol8/iss4/2/ .
- "Global value chains in the least developed countries of the world: threats and opportunities for local producers", in Int. J. Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, Vol.1 No. 4, 2008.
- “Global Value Chains and Technological Capabilities: A Framework to Study Learning and Innovation in Developing Countries” (with A.Morrison and R.Rabellotti), Oxford Development Studies, 36:1, 39 – 58, 2008.
- ”Introduction” to the Special Issue in honour of Sanjaya Lall, (with Frances Stewart), Oxford Development Studies, 36:1, 1-9, 2008.
- ”Global Value Chains and Clusters in LDCs: What Prospects for Upgrading and Technological Capabilities”, Background paper for The Least Developed Countries Report 2007, Geneva: UNCTAD, http://www.unctad.org/sections/ldc_dir/docs/ldcr2007_Pietrobelli_en.pdf
- “Business Development Service centres in Italy: close to firms, far from innovation’, (with R. Rabellotti) World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, 2007, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp.38–55.
- “Elasticity of Substitution, Small Enterprises and Economic Growth” (with Matteo Aquilina and Rainer Klump), Small Business Economics (2006) 26: 203–214, presented at the EEA, Amsterdam, 2005.
- "Old and New Forms of Clustering and Production Networks in Changing Technological Regimes: Contrasting Evidence from Taiwan and Italy", (with P.Guerrieri), Science, Technology and Society, vol.11, no.1 Jan-June 2006.
- “Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas en América Latina e Internacionalización. Apertura, Liberalización y Políticas” (with F.Porta and V. Moori-Koenig), Perspectivas, CAF, Vol.3 No.2, December 2005, pp.97-163.
- "National Technology Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa" (with Sanjaya Lall), International Journal of Technology and Globalization, KSG, Harvard, Vol.1 No.3-4, 2005.
- "Upgrading In Global Value Chains: Lessons From Latin American Clusters", with R.Rabellotti and E.Giuliani, World Development, Vol.33(4), 2005, pp. 549-73.
- "Trade Openness and Vulnerability in Central and Eastern Europe", (with P. Montalbano, A. Federici, U. Triulzi), WIDER Research Paper No. 2005/43, World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations, June 2005.
- "Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America. The Role of Policies" (with R. Rabellotti) Sustainable Development Department Best practices series; MSM-124, January 2004, and in Spanish (February 2005)
- "An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Self-Employment in Developing Countries", with R.Rabellotti and M.Aquilina, Journal of International Development, 16, 803-20, 2004. Working Paper
- "Industrial Districts' Evolution and Technological Regimes: Italy and Taiwan" (with P.Guerrieri) in Technovation, 24 (2004): 899-914.
- "The Globalisation of Technology and its Implications for Developing Countries. Windows of Opportunity or Further Burden?", with D.Archibugi, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol.70, pp.861-83 (2003).
- 'Business Development Service Centres in Italy. An Empirical Analysis of Three Regional Experiences: Emilia Romagna, Lombardia and Veneto' Desarrollo Productivo No.130, ECLAC United Nations, September 2002 (with Roberta Rabellotti)
- 'Los fundamentos teóricos de una política para la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación' (with L.Paganetto), Revista de Ciencias Empresariales, Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Vol.3 N.3, December 2002.
- 'Enterprise Clusters and Industrial Districts in Colombia's Fashion Sector' (with T. B. Olarte) in European Planning Studies, Vol. 10, No. 5 (July) 2002.
- 'Industrial Clusters and Districts in Colombia? Evidence from the Textile and Garments Industry', (with T.B. Olarte), Cuadernos de Administración, Universidad Javeriana, Santafé de Bogotà, Vol. 15 Nº 24 June 2002.
- 'National Industrial Systems in Africa. The Nature and Deficiencies of Technological Effort in African Industry', background paper for the UNIDO - World Industrial Development Report 2001-02.
- 'Intra-Industry Gaps in Technology and Investments in Technological Capabilities: Firm-level Evidence from Chile' (with G. Battisti), International Review of Applied Economics, Vol.14 No.2, April 2000.
- 'The Socioeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness: An Econometric Analysis of Italian Industrial Districts', Industry & Innovation, Vol. 5. No. 2, December 1998.
- 'Emerging Entrepreneurship or Disguised Unemployment in Manufacturing? An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Self-Employment in Developing Countries', (with Roberta Rabellotti), Centro d'Agliano, Torino / International Development Centre, Oxford Development Studies Working Paper, No. 123, December 1998.
- 'The Multiple Linkages between Technological Change, Growth and the Economy. A Review of a Research Programme', LABOUR, Vol.XII, No.2, 1998.
- Guest Editor of LABOUR, Vol.XII, No.2, Summer 1998, with papers by Aghion, Barba Navaretti, Battisti, Saint Paul, de Groot, Guerrieri, Haskel, Pietrobelli, Stoneman, Winograd.
- 'On the Theory of Technological Capabilities and Developing Countries' Dynamic Comparative Advantage in Manufactures', Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali, Vol.XLIV, No. 2, June 1997.
- 'Measurement of Europe-Asia Technology Exchanges: Asymmetry and Distance' (with J.Samper), Science and Public Policy, 1997, Vol.XXIV, No.4, August.
- 'Internazionalizzazione dei distretti industriali. Elementi teorici ed evidenza dall'America Latina' (with M.Bagella), Economia e Politica Industriale, no.86/1995.
- 'Trade Liberalization and Industrial Response: The Case of Chile (1974-1987)', Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review, Vol.XLVII N.191, December 1994.
- 'Technological Capabilities at the National Level: An International Comparison of Manufacturing Export Performances', Development Policy Review, Vol.XII, N.2, 1994.
- 'Indicadores de Mobilidad Internacional del Capital: Un Análisis Econométrico de la Experiencia del Grupo ASEAN' (with S.Rossi), Estudios de Economía, Vol.XXI, No.1, 1994, and CEIS Working Paper No.27, 1993.
- 'El Proceso de Diversificación de Exportaciones en Chile', Estudios e Informes de la CEPAL No.84, Santiago, United Nations, 1993.
- 'Non-traditional Agricultural and Agro-industrial Exports and Technological Change: a Microeconomic Approach', in Hojman D.E. (ed.), Change in the Chilean Countryside: from Pinochet to Aylwin and Beyond, Macmillan, London, 1993.
- 'Inducing Efficiency in the Use of Foreign Aid: the Case for an Incentive Mechanisms' (with Scarpa C.), Journal of Development Studies, 1992, Vol.29 No.1, October.
- 'Relaciones extramercado entre firmas y sus efectos en el desarrollo industrial de los paøses de menor desarrollo. El caso de un Parque Industrial en Santiago de Chile', (with R.Rabellotti), Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Urbanos y Regionales - EURE,Vol.XVIII, N.54, 1992.
- 'Real Effective Exchange Rates: Methodological Proposals for a Computable Index and an Application to Chile [1973-86]', Economia Internazionale, Vol.XLIV, N.1, 1991.