His research focuses on the social, political and institutional implications of productive decentralization (outsourcing) in manufacturing industries in both the United States and Europe. He is especially interested in the causes and consequences of, but also fixes for, a series of “network failures” that he has shown to be endemic to decentralized production regimes. He is the author of The New Old Economy: Networks, Institutions and the Organizational Transformation of American Manufacturing (Oxford University Press 2005), has published articles in a wide range of journals, and has been named an Industry Studies Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Personal Webpage. ▶ Francesco Zirpoli, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia.