Production activities are increasingly fragmented and spatially dispersed: I believe the Global Value Chain is a powerful framework to understand local development trajectories, also in times of crises.

In a scenario of deep transformations of industries at the global level, I am interested in understanding:

• the evolution of Industrial Districts (IDs) – why some IDs and some firms within the IDs are declining while other are resilient
• the role of the regional context in supporting innovation, focusing especially on Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) service companies, often overlooked, playing a key role in disseminating and developing innovation locally
• (more recently) the role of robots, 3D printing, big data in shaping local and global configurations

Relevant publications on Industrial Districts, upgrading and Global Value Chains

• Panwar R, Pinkse J, De Marchi V (2022) The future of Global Supply Chains in a Post-COVID-19 World, California Management Review, 64(2): 5-23
• De Marchi, V., Alford, M. (2021) State policies and upgrading in global value chains: A systematic literature review. Journal of International Business Policy
• Dyba W., Stryjakiewicz, T.; De Marchi, V. (2020) Knowledge sourcing and cluster life cycle–a comparative study of furniture clusters in Italy and Poland. European Planning Studies
• De Marchi V. , Di Maria E., Golini R., Perri A. (2020) “Nurturing international business research through global value chains literature: A review and discussion of future research opportunities”, International Business Review
• Denada L., Di Maria E., De Marchi V. (2020) “Co-location of R&D and production in fashion industry“, Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal
• De Marchi V., Di Maria E., (2019) “Local Clusters and Global Value Chains” In Gereffi G., Raj-Reichert G., Ponte S. (Eds.), Research Handbook of Global Value Chains. Edward Elgar
• De Marchi V, Di Maria E, Gereffi G. (2018). Local Clusters in Global Value Chains: Linking Actors and Territories Through Manufacturing and Innovation, Routledge Studies in Global Competition. Routledge: Abindgdon.
• De Marchi, V., Di Maria, E., and Gereffi, G. (2018). Industrial districts, clusters and global value chains: toward an integrated framework. In De Marchi, V., Di Maria E., and Gereffi G. (Eds.), Local Clusters in Global Value Chains: Linking Actors and Territories Through Manufacturing and Innovation. Abingdon: Routledge. Ch. 1
• De Marchi, V., Gereffi, G., and Grandinetti, R. (2018). Evolutionary trajectories of industrial districts in global value chains. In De Marchi, V., Di Maria E., and Gereffi G. (Eds.), Local Clusters in Global Value Chains: Linking Actors and Territories Through Manufacturing and Innovation. Abingdon: Routledge. Ch. 3
• De Marchi, V., Di Maria, E., and Gereffi, G. (2018). New Frontiers for Competitiveness and Innovation in Clusters and Chains Research. In De Marchi, V., Di Maria E., and Gereffi G. (Eds.), Local Clusters in Global Value Chains: Linking Actors and Territories Through Manufacturing and Innovation. Abingdon: Routledge. Ch. 12
• Giuliani E, De Marchi V, Rabellotti R. (2017). Do Global Value Chains Offer Developing Countries Learning and Innovation Opportunities? European Journal of Development Research: 1–19.
• De Marchi V., Grandinetti R. (2016) Industrial districts evolving in glocal value chains: evidence from the Italian wine industry. Piccola Impresa/Small Business, 1. 
• De Marchi, V., Di Maria E., Ponte S. (2014) “Multinational firms and the management of global networks: insights from Global Value Chain studies”. Advances in International Management, Volume 27, 463 – 486.
• De Marchi V., Lee J., Gereffi G. (2014), “Globalization, Recession and the internationalization of industrial districts: evidence from the Italian gold jewellery industry“, European Planning Studies, 22(4): 866-884
• De Marchi, V., & Grandinetti, R. (2014) “Industrial Districts and the Collapse of the Marshallian Model: Looking at the Italian Experience“. Competition & Change, 18(1), 70-87.
• 🇮🇹 De Marchi V., Gereffi G. e Grandinetti R. (2017) Distretti che evolvono nelle catene globali del valore: lezioni di resilienza dal Veneto, Economia e Società Regionale, 35(2)
• 🇮🇹 De Marchi V., Grandinetti R. (2016) Lo Sportsystem di Montebelluna: il distretto dalle sette vite, Economia e Società  Regionale, 34(1)
• 🇮🇹 De Marchi, V., Voltani R. (2014), Aziende distrettuali e non distrettuali a confronto: le performance nel settore orafo italiano, Economia e Società  Regionale, 32(1): 163-186.
• 🇮🇹 De Marchi, V., Grandinetti R. (2012). “Dove stanno andando i distretti industriali? Un tentativo di risposta a partire da un’indagine in Veneto“, Studi Organizzativi, 2, pp. 142-175
• 🇮🇹 De Marchi V., Grandinetti R., (2012) “L’industria del Nord Est e il suo intorno: crisi e discontinuità evolutiva“, L’industria, 1, pp. 129-164
• 🇪🇸 De Marchi, V. (2019). Cadenas globales de valor y sistemas locales: las dos caras de una misma moneda. ICE, Revista De Economía, (909).

KIBS and regional innovation systems

• Cainelli G., De Marchi V., Grandinetti R. (2020) Do knowledge-intensive business services innovate differently?, Economics of Innovation and New Technology 29 (1), 48-65
• De Marchi, V. and Grandinetti, R. (2017), Regional Innovation Systems or Innovative Regions? Evidence from Italy. Tijds. voor econ. en soc. geog. 1082, 234-249 
• Bettiol, M., De Marchi, V., & Di Maria, E. (2016). Developing capabilities in new ventures: a knowledge management approach. Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 14(2), 186-194.
• Bettiol M., De Marchi V., Di Maria E., Grandinetti R. (2013) Determinants of Market Extension in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services: Evidence from a Regional Innovation System, European Planning Studies, 21(4).
• Di Maria E., Bettiol, M., De Marchi, V. and Grandinetti, R. (2012) Developing and managing distant markets: the case of KIBS, Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, 29(3):361-379
• 🇮🇹  De Marchi V., Grandinetti R. (2013) La nuova geografia dell’innovazione in Italia: oltre la Terza Italia”, in Fratesi U., Pellegrini G. (eds) Territorio, istituzioni, crescita. Scienze regionali e sviluppo del paese, Franco Angeli
• 🇮🇹 De Marchi V., Grandinetti R. (2012) Le imprese di servizi ad alto contenuto di conoscenza: dal contesto locale al mercato internazionale, in Veneto Internazionale, Rapporto Unioncamere del Veneto
• 🇮🇹 De Marchi V. (2012), “Il Veneto: un sistema regionale dell’innovazione?“, Ires Veneto Paper n.69, May

Relevant publications on Internationalization & industry 4.0 technologies

• Bettiol, M., Capestro, M., De Marchi, V., Di Maria, E., & Sedita, S. R. (2020). Industrial districts and the fourth industrial revolution. Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal.
• Bettiol M., Capestro M., De Marchi V., Di Maria E., (2020) Industry 4.0 investments and internationalization: does size matter?, Piccola Impresa/Small Business
• Bettiol M., Capestro M., De Marchi V., Di Maria E., Sedita S.R. (2020), Industrial districts and the fourth industrial revolution, Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal

Media coverage

• 🗞 COVID-19 will transform, not break global value chains, Global Investment and Local DevelopmentLSE Blog, 9/5/22
• 🗞 🇮🇹 Nuove catene globali del valore; chi terrà il passo dei cambiamenti imposti dal Covid-19? @ Imprese e territorio, Lapam
• 🗞 Do global value chains offer developing countries learning and innovation opportunities? 5/3/18 – Global Investment and Local Development LSE Blog
• 📽 Global Value Chains @ dSEA Talk COVID series
• 📽 Do KIBS innovate differently? Video Abstract
• 🗞 Il Gazzettino (2016) [excerpt]
• 🗞 Nordest Economia (2016) [here the link at the full text]
• 🗞 Belluno Press (2012)
• 🗞 Unioncamere Veneto (2012)