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22 Ott 2025 14:30

Seminario ricerca | Is it still possible to open a green window of opportunities in the EV sector?

Campus San Giobbe - Aula Murano

 Is it still possible to open a green window of opportunities in the EV sector? Evidence from FDI in the automotive sector.
Seminario di ricerca a cura di Guendalina Anzolin

Abstract
The rise of industrial policy supporting Electric Vehicles (EVs) production and sales has been a dominant trend globally. Firms are quickly responding to these changes, readapting production processes, increasing verticalization and supporting cross-border investments. We apply the green windows of opportunities (GWO) conceptual framework to address the role of FDIs as channels to opening up GWO in the automotive sector, particularly in the production of electric vehicles (EVs). In this paper, we argue that the framework would benefit from adding a cross-cutting dimension on FDIs, especially in a sector like automotive, where FDIs have been playing a critical role in the industry configuration. Leveraging granular data from FDIs from Orbis Cross Border Investment dataset, we employ a network analysis to investigate the evolution of FDIs flows, with a focus on the emergence (or lack thereof) of new countries vis-à-vis incumbents. Our findings reveal that, despite some interesting changes in the network analysis, incumbents represent the lion’s share in both inwards and outwards FDIs, confirming existing literature on the automotive sector about the challenges in opening a green window of opportunity.

Guendalina Anzolin è economista e ricercatrice presso l’Institute for Manufacturing dell’Università di Cambridge. Ha un MSc in Global Economic Governance presso la SOAS University of London e un dottorato all’Università di Urbino. Si occupa principalmente di politica industriale e cambiamento tecnologico con particolare riferimento al cambiamento strutturale nei paesi emergenti. Collabora con organizzazioni internazionali tra cui UNIDO, EU JRC, Interamerican Development Bank. Nel 2020-2021 ha lavorato come economista nel governo Conte II. Nel 2023 ha pubblicato con Simone Gasperin il libro ‘30+1 cifre che raccontano l’Italia. L’economia italiana alla prova dei numeri’ edito da Castelvecchi.

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Venice School of Management

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