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Grazia Santangelo
Full
Professor

Dipartimento di Scienze politiche e Sociali
Università degli Studi di Catania
Via Vitt. Emanuele, 8
95131 Catania


E-mail: grsanta@unict.it


       

             

 


Academic qualifications

1999

PhD in Economics, University of Reading (UK).

1996

MA in International Political Economy, University of Warwick (UK).

1995

Laurea in Scienze Politiche, Università di Catania.

Research Pojects

Local coordinator for the PRIN 2009-2011 “Offshoring: Determinants and effects on investing firms" - national coordinator Antonello Zanfei (University of Urbino).

Italian member of the Management Committee of the COST Action IS0905: “The Emergence of Southern  Multinationals and Their Impact on Europe”, 2010-2014, Action Chair: Professor Louis Brennan (Trinity College, Ireland).

Local coordinator for the PRIN 2007-2009 “The impact of intermational offshoring on the Italian innovation system" - national coordinator Professor Rosa Grimaldi(University of Bologna).

Local coordinator for the PRIN 2003-2005 on “Foreign direct investments and local knwoledge spillovers: the technological cluster of Catania" - national coordinator Professor Sergio Mariotti (Politecnico di Milano).  

Scientific coordinator of the European Module on Innovation and European Competitiveness co-funded by the European Commission with the  Jean Monnet Action "Studies of European Integration in Universities", 2005-2010.

Organisation of academic events

Academy of International Business/Seth Foundation Doctoral Student Consortium, July 3rd, Istanbul 2013.

33rd  European International Business Academy Annual Conference, Faculty of Political Science of Catania University,  13th - 15th December 2007. 

International Workshop on Innovation, Multinationals and Local Development, organised in collaboration with the Department of Management Engineering of Polytechnic of Milan and co-funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, held at the Faculty of Political Science of Catania University, 30th September - 1st of October 2005.  

International Workshop on Public Research Institutions, International Business, and Technological and Economic Catch-up in Developing Regions, held at the Faculty of Political Science of Catania University, 19th - 20th March 2004.

Editorial activity

Associate Editor Industry & Innovation

2013-2015 Member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of International Business Studies

Member of the Editorial Board of the International Business Review

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of World Business.

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the EuroMed Journal of Business

Referee per Industry & Innovation, Global Strategy Journal, Industrial and Corporate Change, International Business Review, International Journal of the Economics of Business, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Management, Management International Review, Research Policy, Regional Studies, Routledge, Small Business Economic Journal, Small Business Enterprises, Technovation, Transnational Corporations.

Articles in International Refereed Journals

Perri, A. Andersson, U. Nell. P.C., Santangelo, G.D. (2013) Balancing the trade-off between learning prospects and spillover risks: MNC subsidiaries’ vertical linkage patters in developed countries. Journal of World Business, 48(4): 503-514. Palgrave Macmillan Best Paper award at the AIB-UK & Ireland conference Liverpool.

D’Agostino, L.M. Laursen, K., Santangelo, G.D. (2013) “The impact of R&D offshoring on the home knowledge production of OECD investing regions”. Journal of Economic Geography, 13(1): 145-175.

Rabbiosi, L. Santangelo, G.D. (2013) ”Parent company benefits from reverse knowledge transfer: The role of the liability of newness in MNEs”. Journal of World Business, 48(1): 169-170

Santangelo, G.D. (2012) ”The tension of information sharing: Effects on subsidiary embeddedness.” International Business Review, 21(2): 180-195.

D’Agostino, L. M.  Santangelo G. D. (2012) “Do overseas R&D laboratories in emerging markets contribute to home knowledge creation? An extension of the double diamond model”. Management International Review, 52(2): 251-273.

Ghauri, P.N. Santangelo ,G.D.  (2012) “Multinationals and the Changing Rules of Competition - New Challenges for IB Research”. Management International Review, 52(2): 145-154

Narula, R. Santangelo, G. D. (2012) “Location and collocation advantages in international innovation”. Multinational Business Review, 20(1): 6 - 25.

Santangelo, G.D. Pini, P. (2011) ”New HRM practices and exploitative innovation: A shopfloor level analysis”. Industry and Innovation, 18(6): 611-630.

Santangelo, G. D., Meyer, K. (2011) Extending the internationalization process model: Increases and decreases of MNE commitment in emerging economies. Journal of International Business Studies, 42(7): 894-909.

Narula R., G.D. Santangelo (2009) "Location, collocation and R&D alliances in the European ICT industry". Research Policy, 38(2): 393-403.

Santangelo, G.D. (2009) "MNCs and linkages creation: Evidence from a peripheral area" Journal of World Business, 44(2): 192-205.

Cantwell, J.A., G.D. Santangelo (2006) "The boundaries of firms in the new economy:M&As as a strategic tool toward corporate technological diversification". Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 17(2): 174-199.

Pini, P., G.D.Santangelo (2005) “Innovation types and labour organisational practises: A comparison of foreign and domestic firms in   the Reggio Emilia industrial districts”. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 14 (4): 251-276.

Santangelo, G. D. (2004) "FDI and local capabilities in peripheral regions - The Etna Valley Case". Transnational Corporations, 13 (1): 73-106.

Cantwell, J. A., G. D. Santangelo (2003) “M&As and the global strategies of TNCs”. Developing Economies, 40 (4): 400-434.

Santangelo, G.D. (2002) “The regional geography of corporate patenting in information and communications technology (ICT): domestic and foreign dimension”. Regional Studies, 36 (5): 495-514. 

Cantwell, J.A., G.D. Santangelo (2002) “The new geography of corporate research in information and communications technology (ICT)”. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 12: 163-197.

Santangelo, G.D. (2001): ”The impact of the information technology and communications technology revolution on the internationalisation of Corporate Technology”. International Business Review, 10 (6): 701-726.

Cantwell, J.A., G. D. Santangelo, (2001): “The significance of European small country regions in the geographical division of labour of European information and communications technology (ICT) corporations”. International Journal of Technology Management, Special Issue on The Electronic Industries: Networks, Technology and Regions, 24 (7/8): 663-679.

Santangelo, G.D. (2000): “Corporate strategic technological partnerships in the European information and communications technology industry”. Research Policy, 29 (9): 1015-1031. 

Santangelo, G.D. (2000): “Inter-European Regional dispersion of Corporate ICT Research Activity: the case of German, Italian and UK regions”. International Journal of Economics of Business, 7 (3): 275-295. 

Cantwell, J.A., G. D. Santangelo, (2000): “Capitalism, profits and innovation in the new techno-economic paradigm”. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 10 (1-2): 131-157. 

Iammarino, S., G. D. Santangelo, (2000): “FDI and Regional Attractiveness in the EU Integration Process: some evidence for the Italian regions”. European Urban and Regional Studies, 7 (1): 5-18.

Cantwell, J.A., G. D. Santangelo (1999): “The frontier of international technology networks: sourcing abroad the most highly tacit capability”. Information Economics and Policy, 11: 01-123. 

Santangelo, G.D. (1998): “Corporate technological specialisation in the European information and communications technology industry”. International Journal of Innovation Management, 2 (3): 339-366.

Articles in National Refereed Journals 

Pini, P., G.D.Santangelo (2010) “The underlying internal learning processes of incremental and radical innovations: An empirical analysis of the Reggio Emilia industrial districts”. Economia politica. 1/2010: 49-75.

Iammarino, S., G. D. Santangelo (2001), “Investimenti diretti esteri e sistemi regionali nel processo di integrazione europea – un’indagine preliminare sulle regioni italiane”. Economia e Politica Industriale, 109: 115-135.

Volumes

Santangelo, G.D. (2002) Innovation in Multinational Corporations and the Information Age – The European Experience. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.

Edited volumes

Piscitello, L. Santangelo, G.D. (eds.) (2009) Multinationals and Local Competitiveness. Milano, FrancoAngeli..

Feldman, M.P. Santangelo, G.D. (eds.) (2008) New Perspectives in International Business Research. Bingley, Emerald.

Piscitello, L. Santangelo, G.D. (eds.) (2007) Do Multinationals Feed Local Development and Growth?. Amsterdam, Elsevier.

Santangelo, G.D. (ed.) (2005) Technological Change and Economic Catch-up: The Role of Science and Multinationals. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.

Articles in Edited Volumes

Narula R. and Santangelo, G.D. (2012) “New Insights on the Role of Location Advantages in International Innovation” in Verbeke A. and Merchant H. (eds.) Edward Elgar Handbook of Research on International Strategic Management. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.

Santangelo, G.D. (2012) “Multinational firms and competitive strategy research”, in Dagnino, G.B. (ed.) Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.

Piscitello, L., G.D. Santangelo. (2010) “Does R&D offshoring displace or strengthen knowledge production at home? Evidence from OECD countries" in Contractor F., Kumar V., Kundu S. and Pedersen T. (eds.) Global Outsourcing and Offshoring: The Spatial and Organizational Reconfiguration of Knowledge and Innovation. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

Cantwell, J., G.D. Santangelo, (2006) “Evolution of markets, technology and M&As”, in Cassiman, B. and Colombo, M. (eds.) Mergers and Acquisitions: The Impact of Innovation. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar. 

Santangelo, G.D. (2006) “La riscoperta della dimensione “spaziale” in economia: l’attività di R&S delle imprese multinazionali europee nelle TIC - Il caso italiano” in D’Agata, A., Giardina, E. e Sciacca, V. (a cura di) Economia e Società. Studi in memoria di Giovanni Montemagno. (Milano, Giuffrè)

Santangelo, G.D. (2005) “Investimenti diretti esteri e competenze locali in regioni periferiche: il caso dell’Etna Valley” in Sergio Mariotti (a cura di) Internazionalizzazione, Innovazione e Crescita dell'Industria Italiana. (FrancoAngeli, Milano).

Santangelo, G. D. (2003) “The Evolutionary Perspective on Growth”, in Salvadori, N. (ed.) Theory of Economic Growth. A classical perspective, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.