Firm interconnectedness and resilience. Evidence from the Italian manufacturing industry
Paper presentation on the role of interconnectedness via FDI for firm resilience. Event: European Regional Science Association 61th Congress.
Postdoctoral researcher
I am a regional economist working at the intersection of regional development, firm strategy, global production networks, and regional political economy. My research asks how places and firms adapt to shocks, technological change, and sustainability pressures.
About me
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Turin, where I work on the international organization of production, firm capabilities, and resilience under economic and sustainability transitions. My current research examines how global value chain participation and the degree of internationalization shape firms’ adoption of circular economy strategies and their resilience to systemic shocks. I also study the microfoundations of Open Strategic Autonomy, with particular attention to how firm-level innovation can reduce import dependency and support more resilient regional and national economies.
I have a broader interest in the changing organization of production across places and how that affects regional resilience, with some of my work connecting evolutionary economic geography with firm-level perspectives on capabilities, international exposure, and adaptation under disruption.
My research interests include regional resilience, global and regional value chains, MNEs, circular economy strategies, digital technologies, input-output networks, and the spatial consequences of structural change. I am especially interested in how regional and firm-level capabilities condition adjustment during systemic shocks.
Ongoing work
Publications
Presentations
Paper presentation on the role of interconnectedness via FDI for firm resilience. Event: European Regional Science Association 61th Congress.
Paper presentation on regional interconnectedness and resilience. Event: European Regional Science Association 60th Congress .
Paper presentation on operationalizing regional resilience. Event: Regions in Recovery, Regional Studies Association Global E-Festival .
Contact
I am open to academic collaborations, seminar invitations, and research conversations around regional resilience, economic geography, GVCs, GPNs, and firm-level adaptation.
Email: ibrahim.shaheen@unito.it
Affiliation: University of Turin
Location: Turin, Italy
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