Tobias Wuttke
Biographic Data
| ID | 277850 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tobias Wuttke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tobias |
| FAMILY NAME | Wuttke |
| SIGNATURE | WUTTKE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bard College Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8355-7426 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
When path extension and structural coupling generate sustained regional development: The semiconductor industry in Penang, Malaysia
Bridging the literatures on regional industrial path development and global production networks, this article examines the conditions under which regional industrial path extension based on structural coupling can generate sustained positive development outcomes. Drawing on a case study of Malaysia’s semiconductor industry (1971–2025), with the state of Penang at its centre, the analysis combines export and foreign direct investment data with 22 …
Competition and Development in Automotive Global Value Chains: Insights from Thailand, South Africa and Argentina
This article examines the varying outcomes of countries participating in the automotive global value chain (GVC), focusing on Thailand, South Africa, and Argentina. While all three countries had similar starting points in the 1990s, Thailand outperformed the others by achieving greater scale in vehicle production, leading to significant local economic benefits, such as trade surpluses, expanded supply chains, and the localization of R&D activitie…
Picking Sectors: Ipceis and Europe’s Emerging State Capacity for Strategic Identification
A central feature of industrial policy today is governments’ growing willingness to direct economic activity into strategic sectors. However, identifying which sectors or technologies are strategic is not trivial, and little is known about how this is actually done. In this article, we introduce and conceptualize the notion of state capacity for strategic identification (SCSI), comprising internal capacity (to gather and validate information) and…
Opportunities for Latecomer Technological Catch-up in the Era of Renewables Capitalism: Possible Pathways out of the Periphery
The Debate section asks whether developing countries can leverage the transition to renewables capitalism to escape their peripheral status in the global economy. This contribution focuses on how capitalism, and thus also renewables capitalism, creates windows of opportunity during periods of disruptive technological change and how latecomer countries can exploit these windows for technological catch-up; it suggests possible pathways out of the p…
The End of Globalized Production? Supply-Chain Resilience, Technological Sovereignty, and Enduring Global Interdependencies in the Post-Pandemic Era
This article assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and geopolitics on geographies of production. Criticizing simplified perspectives on globalized versus intraregional production, we stress the multi-scalarity, the role of industrial policies and sector-specific path dependencies in shaping global production. Based on expert interviews and policy and industry documents, our analysis focuses on the automotive, clothing, …
Global Value Chains and Local Inter-Industry Linkages: South Africa’s Participation in the Automotive GVC
International trade in the 21st century operates through global value chains (GVCs). There is a growing literature on how the emergence of GVCs has changed the playing field for catch-up industrialization of developing countries. Inter-industry linkages have historically been a central aspect of catch-up industrialization. How such linkages on the country level are affected by the reality that trade is conducted via GVCs is an important research …
The End of Globalized Production? Supply-Chain Resilience, Technological Sovereignty, and Enduring Global Interdependencies in the Post-Pandemic Era
This article assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and geopolitics on geographies of production. Criticizing simplified perspectives on globalized versus intraregional production, we stress the multi-scalarity, the role of industrial policies and sector-specific path dependencies in shaping global production. Based on expert interviews and policy and industry documents, our analysis focuses on the automotive, clothing, …
Picking Sectors: Ipceis and Europe’s Emerging State Capacity for Strategic Identification
A central feature of industrial policy today is governments’ growing willingness to direct economic activity into strategic sectors. However, identifying which sectors or technologies are strategic is not trivial, and little is known about how this is actually done. In this article, we introduce and conceptualize the notion of state capacity for strategic identification (SCSI), comprising internal capacity (to gather and validate information) and…
Global Value Chains and Local Inter-Industry Linkages: South Africa’s Participation in the Automotive GVC
International trade in the 21st century operates through global value chains (GVCs). There is a growing literature on how the emergence of GVCs has changed the playing field for catch-up industrialization of developing countries. Inter-industry linkages have historically been a central aspect of catch-up industrialization. How such linkages on the country level are affected by the reality that trade is conducted via GVCs is an important research …
Picking Sectors: Ipceis and Europe’s Emerging State Capacity for Strategic Identification
A central feature of industrial policy today is governments’ growing willingness to direct economic activity into strategic sectors. However, identifying which sectors or technologies are strategic is not trivial, and little is known about how this is actually done. In this article, we introduce and conceptualize the notion of state capacity for strategic identification (SCSI), comprising internal capacity (to gather and validate information) and…
Opportunities for Latecomer Technological Catch-up in the Era of Renewables Capitalism: Possible Pathways out of the Periphery
The Debate section asks whether developing countries can leverage the transition to renewables capitalism to escape their peripheral status in the global economy. This contribution focuses on how capitalism, and thus also renewables capitalism, creates windows of opportunity during periods of disruptive technological change and how latecomer countries can exploit these windows for technological catch-up; it suggests possible pathways out of the p…
The End of Globalized Production? Supply-Chain Resilience, Technological Sovereignty, and Enduring Global Interdependencies in the Post-Pandemic Era
This article assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and geopolitics on geographies of production. Criticizing simplified perspectives on globalized versus intraregional production, we stress the multi-scalarity, the role of industrial policies and sector-specific path dependencies in shaping global production. Based on expert interviews and policy and industry documents, our analysis focuses on the automotive, clothing, …
When path extension and structural coupling generate sustained regional development: The semiconductor industry in Penang, Malaysia
Bridging the literatures on regional industrial path development and global production networks, this article examines the conditions under which regional industrial path extension based on structural coupling can generate sustained positive development outcomes. Drawing on a case study of Malaysia’s semiconductor industry (1971–2025), with the state of Penang at its centre, the analysis combines export and foreign direct investment data with 22 …
Competition and Development in Automotive Global Value Chains: Insights from Thailand, South Africa and Argentina
This article examines the varying outcomes of countries participating in the automotive global value chain (GVC), focusing on Thailand, South Africa, and Argentina. While all three countries had similar starting points in the 1990s, Thailand outperformed the others by achieving greater scale in vehicle production, leading to significant local economic benefits, such as trade surpluses, expanded supply chains, and the localization of R&D activitie…
Business (4 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (3 works) · Automotive industry (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Economic system (2 works)