Tobias Wuttke

Really enjoyed reading this article. This was a particularly useful insight.

Really interesting work on technological catch-up by @lindsaywhitfield.bsky.social and @tobiaswuttke.bsky.social published in @devandchg.bsky.social ! 🙌🤩

As the green transition (or renewables capitalism, as the special issue calls it) creates new technological opportunities where incumbents hesitate, these historical insights can guide developing country strategies.

By examining how technological catch-up actually occurred in these detailed cases, we counter defeatist perspectives that focus only on structural constraints of global capitalism or political economy limitations—offering instead an ambitious vision for what economic development can achieve.

Success requires 3 interconnected dynamics, which we detail for each case study.
1. Access foreign knowledge via transnational networks
2. Use knowledge for innovation while securing market demand and financing to scale production
3. Strategic government industrial policy support

We examine how developing countries can leverage (green) windows of opportunity for technological catch-up, drawing lessons from historical experiences: South Korea/Taiwan (semiconductors) and China (EVs).

New Paper out in Development & Change (open access): "Opportunities for Latecomer Technological Catch-up in the Era of Renewables Capitalism" with @lindsaywhitfield.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@devandchg.bsky.social

Happy to share a new article published in the
Journal of Development Studies, co-authored with Tobias Wuttke and Kriengkrai Techakanont:
"Competition and Development in Automotive Global Value Chains: Insights from Thailand, South Africa and Argentina"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

IPCEIs have recently emerged as a key tool in the EU's fast-growing industrial policy toolbox.

In a new paper in Competition & Change, @luukschmitz.bsky.social, @tobiaswuttke.bsky.social and I take a closer look at how this instrument works on the ground.

A short thread (link to the paper below)👇

Why Does U.S. Technology Rule? Maybe it's just in the right place

Nice @pkrugman.bsky.social blog on why the US dominates tech, and what Europe can (and cannot) learn from America. 1/

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-does-u...

My policy alert on #Georgia : what’s happening, what the #EU can do, and why giving up is not an option! 🇬🇪🇪🇺

It isn’t. My comment was on the overall strategic decision for EU policymakers whether to support/prioritize European-owned battery firms.

This is the question it boils down to. What value one attaches to having EU-owned battery producer(s). How likely is it that Chinese battery producers will use their market power against EU carmakers? & how much of a problem would it be? Premium EV makers can use more expensive JP/SK batteries.

The argument in the letter is based on a recent study, co-authored with Lindsay Whitfield: research-api.cbs.dk/ws/portalfil...

Letter: EU cannot catch up using mandated tech transfers From Tobias Wuttke, Research Fellow, Bard College Berlin, Berlin, Germany

The FT printed my letter regarding the EU mandating tech transfer from Chinese firms. Contrary to the celebratory mood over this news, I am very sceptical.
www.ft.com/content/cc03...

European Chips Act and the Global Race in Semiconductor Industrial Policy Business in Development · Episode

I was myself on the podcast to discuss the European Chips Act and EU industrial strategy some months ago.

open.spotify.com/episode/0QPL...

East Asia’s Ambitious Green Energy Shift Explained Business in Development · Episode

Great podcast on East Asia‘s green transition with Elizabeth Thurbon, Lindsay Whitfield and Cornel Ban.

open.spotify.com/episode/1KhE...

🚨New LUHNIP Policy Brief with @luukschmitz.bsky.social & T. Wuttke in which we summarize key findings from our recent paper on the 'Costs of Conditionality' and elaborate & expand on our policy suggestions.

🔗https://leap.luiss.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/LUHNIP-PB2.24-Costs_of_conditionality.pdf

🚨 New working paper with @luukschmitz.bsky.social & Tobias Wuttke.

To better understand how EU industrial policy actually works, we take an in-depth look at the governance of Important Projects of Common European Interest.

Questions and comments welcome!

🔗 osf.io/preprints/os...