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Dear colleagues, Circulating the call-for-papers for Industry and Innovation special issue on *Innovation and internationalization in the digital era: new theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence*. *Editorial team:* Claudio Fassio, University of Pisa Chiara Franco, University of Pisa Daniele Moschella, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Snehal Awate, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay *Submission deadline:* 28 May 2023 *Background: * This Special Issue aims to open new directions for research into the relationship between innovation and internationalization activities at the firm level. We outline a set of themes that could add to our current understanding of the topic. First, the direct relationship between the emergence and adoption of new technologies and firms’ internationalization paths needs to be addressed. Emerging evidence, for example, shows that technologies like 3D printing, which are also associated to the emerging “Industry 4.0 paradigm”, do not have the commonly assumed effect of reducing trade and shortening the supply chain (Freund et al. 2022); however, some of these effects can be mediated by home-country policies (Barbieri et al. 2022). Second, the recent empirical literature on Global Value Chains (GVC) has identified different drivers of GVC participation and its effect on firm performance through technology adoption (e.g. Delera et al. 2022), without however devoting a specific attention to the role of innovation (with a few exceptions, e.g. Reddy et al. 2021). The adoption of digital technologies, especially those of Industry 4.0, can be particularly relevant as it may impact on the effectiveness of GVC functioning, in particular with respect to the reorganization and fragmentation of innovation activities. Third, other types of innovations that are not necessarily technology-based can also be related with international activities. So far, most studies have explored the role of technological innovation, usually distinguishing between different proxies of product and process innovations. Non-technological innovations have received comparatively less attention. *More details at this link:* https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/innovation-internationalization-digital-era/ Best regards, Snehal Awate Faculty of Strategy IIT Bombay ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] --- You must be an active AIB member to post to AIB-L . AIB-L has a moderator which checks messages for basic relevance. However, AIB does not edit or screen messages for accuracy or reliability of content. All subscribers are recommended to perform their own due-diligence before responding to any requests or calls. AIB accepts no liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided.