M. Davide Parrilli is Full Professor of Regional Economic Development at Bournemouth University. He has published extensive research on SME development, clusters and districts evolution, regional innovation systems and global innovation networks, global value chains, and social capital in peer-reviewed journals such as RP, SBE, RS, ERD, EPS, TECH, RIPE. In his academic career Davide held tenured positions at the University of Ferrara, Italy, the University of Deusto, Spain, the Central American University in Nicaragua, and the University of Birmingham, UK.