Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World / SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (PDF)

by prof.ssa Lucia Piscitello (Full Professor -Faculty of Engineering, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan).



Since 2005

Coordinator of the Logistics and Internationalisation Observatory (Log-INT), Department of Architecture and Planning, Laboratory of Economics, Logistics and Territory (LabELT), Polytechnic of Milan. Within the Observatory, the following main studies have been carried out: (i) analysis of the inward and outward foreign direct investments (FDI) in the logistics sector in Italy; (ii) analysis of the performance (by means of an econometric analysis- propensity score matching technique) of two samples of firms: uni-national logistics firms and multinationals (MNE), located in Italy; (iii) investigation of the location patterns of the logistics MNE; (iv) investigation of the integration strategies and motivations driving foreign logistics FDI in Italy.



From 2007 to 2008

Collaboration to the research: "Italian investments in the agglomeration of Timisoara in Romania: threat or opportunity for the economic development?", carried out with doc. Simona Montagnana, Università dell'Insubria, Varese (Italy).



Since 2009

Collaboration to the research on the "Location decisions of research spin-off firms in Italy", carried out with doc. Elisa Salvador (post-doc researcher, ESCP Europe Business School, Paris, FR).



Since 2010

Coordinator of the research on "Assessing sustainable mobility: the case of European neighbourhoods", together with doc. Ila Maltese (DiAP - Politechnic of Milan).

Collaboration to the research on the "Effects of globalisation on the logistics growth in Europe", is carried out jointly with doc. A. Brouwer (Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, NL), and doc. Adelheid Holl (Senior Researcher, Institute of Public Goods and Policies - IPP, Madrid, ES).