These are my publications, organised into three main strands. For the complete chronological record, see ORCID, Google Scholar and IDEAS/RePEc.
Circular economy, green innovation and sustainability transitions
This cluster covers circular economy technologies, green investments, eco-innovation, environmental policy, sustainable development and digital tools for circular transformation.
Recent and representative publications
- Scandura, A., Orsatti, G., Quatraro, F., Fusillo, F., & Bergamini, E. (2026). Green diversification, global knowledge sourcing and local skill composition: Evidence from the US. Research Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2026.105434
- Pernagallo, G., Quatraro, F., & Rubichi, E. (2026). Measuring Corporate Alignment With the Circular Economy: a Text-Based Circularity Index From Mandatory Non-Financial Disclosures. Business Strategy and the Environment. DOI: 10.1002/bse.70791
- Damiani, M., Pompei, F., Quatraro, F., & Ricci, A. (2026). Green investments, training costs and performance-related pay: differences between small and large firms. Eurasian Business Review. DOI: 10.1007/s40821-025-00336-4
- Ranjbari, M., Quatraro, F., Shams Esfandabadi, Z., & Charnley, F. (2026). Digital Innovation for Circular Economy Transformation: The DICE Mechanism Architecture. SSRN preprint. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.7211218
- Buyukyazici, D., & Quatraro, F. (2025). The skill requirements of the circular economy. Ecological Economics. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108559
- Fusillo, F., Quatraro, F., & Santhia, C. (2025). Leveraging on circular economy technologies for recombinant dynamics: do localised knowledge and digital complementarities matter? Regional Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2024.2329255
- Quatraro, F., & Ricci, A. (2025). Heterogeneity of Green Investments, Firms' Sales, and Wages: Italian Evidence on Circular Economy, Resource-Saving, and Energy Efficiency Investments. Business Strategy and the Environment. DOI: 10.1002/bse.4328
- Ciffolilli, A., Fusillo, F., Quatraro, F., & Scandura, A. (2025). The geography of knowledge networks for the circular bioeconomy: evidence from collaborative research projects across EU regions. Book chapter. DOI: 10.4337/9781035307968.00018
- Ranjbari, M., Shams Esfandabadi, Z., Siebers, P.-O., Pisano, P., & Quatraro, F. (2024). Digitally enabled food sharing platforms towards effective waste management in a circular economy: A system dynamics simulation model. Technovation. DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2023.102939
- Orsatti, G., Quatraro, F., & Scandura, A. (2024). Green technological diversification and regional recombinant capabilities: the role of technological novelty and academic inventors. Regional Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2023.2176476
- Marino, A., & Quatraro, F. (2023). Leveraging global recombinant capabilities for green technologies: the role of ethnic diversity in MNEs' dynamics. Journal of Technology Transfer. DOI: 10.1007/s10961-022-09975-5
- Montresor, S., & Quatraro, F. (2020). Green technologies and Smart Specialisation Strategies: a European patent-based analysis. Regional Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1648784
- Orsatti, G., Quatraro, F., & Pezzoni, M. (2020). The antecedents of green technologies: The role of team-level recombinant capabilities. Research Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2019.103919
- Quatraro, F., & Scandura, A. (2019). Academic inventors and the antecedents of green technologies: A regional analysis of Italian patent data. Ecological Economics. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.10.007
- Crespi, F., Ghisetti, C., & Quatraro, F. (2015). Environmental and innovation policies for the evolution of green technologies: a survey and a test. Eurasian Business Review. DOI: 10.1007/s40821-015-0027-z
Regional knowledge dynamics, economic geography and innovation ecosystems
This cluster focuses on regional diversification, knowledge flows, innovation networks, smart specialisation, technological branching and the geography of innovation.
Recent and representative publications
- Mascarini, S., Garcia, R., & Quatraro, F. (2026). The role of the technological capacity of regional partners on technological branching. Papers in Regional Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100132
- Quatraro, F., & Scandura, A. (2024). The contribution of academic inventors to regional technological diversification: the Italian evidence. Journal of Economic Geography. DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbae021
- Fusillo, F., Nenci, S., Pietrobelli, C., & Quatraro, F. (2024). Co-evolutionary patterns of GVC-trade and knowledge flows in the mining industry: evidence from Latin America. Industrial and Corporate Change. DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtae002
- Mascarini, S., Garcia, R., & Quatraro, F. (2023). Local knowledge spillovers and the effects of related and unrelated variety on the novelty of innovation. Regional Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2022.2147917
- Antonelli, C., Feder, C., & Quatraro, F. (2023). Technological congruence and Smart Specialisation: evidence from European regions. Spatial Economic Analysis. DOI: 10.1080/17421772.2022.2100921
- Montresor, S., Orsatti, G., & Quatraro, F. (2023). Technological novelty and key enabling technologies: evidence from European regions. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2022.2038147
- Antonelli, C., Crespi, F., & Quatraro, F. (2022). Knowledge complexity and the mechanisms of knowledge generation and exploitation: The European evidence. Research Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104081
- Colombelli, A., D'Ambrosio, A., Meliciani, V., & Quatraro, F. (2020). Newborn Firms and Regional Diversification Patterns: The Role of Cultural Diversity. Economic Geography. DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2020.1807320
- D'Ambrosio, A., Montresor, S., Parrilli, D., & Quatraro, F. (2019). Migration, communities on the move and international innovation networks: an empirical analysis of Spanish regions. Regional Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1426850
- Quatraro, F., & Usai, S. (2017). Are knowledge flows all alike? Evidence from European regions. Regional Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1240867
- Montresor, S., & Quatraro, F. (2017). Regional Branching and Key Enabling Technologies: Evidence from European Patent Data. Economic Geography. DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2017.1326810
- Quatraro, F. (2016). Co-evolutionary patterns in regional knowledge bases and economic structure: Evidence from European regions. Regional Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2014.927952
- Antonelli, C., Patrucco, P. P., & Quatraro, F. (2011). Productivity growth and pecuniary knowledge externalities: an empirical analysis of agglomeration economies in European regions. Economic Geography. DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2010.01104.x
- Quatraro, F. (2010). Knowledge coherence, variety and economic growth: manufacturing evidence from Italian regions. Research Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.09.005
Firms, labor markets, entrepreneurship and technological change
This cluster includes firm growth, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, labor-market dynamics, wages, skills, ICTs, knowledge bases and the microeconomics of innovation.
Recent and representative publications
- Dughera, S., Quatraro, F., Ricci, A., & Vittori, C. (2024). Technological externalities and wages: new evidence from Italian NUTS 3 regions. Industrial and Corporate Change. DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtad062
- Dughera, S., Quatraro, F., Ricci, A., & Vittori, C. (2024). Are temporary hires good or bad for innovation? The Italian evidence. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2022.2140431
- Fusillo, F., Consoli, D., & Quatraro, F. (2022). Resilience, Skill Endowment, and Diversity: Evidence from US Metropolitan Areas. Economic Geography. DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2021.2008797
- Consoli, D., Fusillo, F., Orsatti, G., & Quatraro, F. (2021). Skill endowment, routinisation and digital technologies: evidence from U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Industry and Innovation. DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2021.1904842
- Colombelli, A., Krafft, J., & Quatraro, F. (2021). Firms' growth, green gazelles and eco-innovation: evidence from a sample of European firms. Small Business Economics. DOI: 10.1007/s11187-019-00236-8
- Arouri, H., Ben Youssef, A., Quatraro, F., & Vivarelli, M. (2016). Entry, exit and net job creation in Tunisia: an exploratory analysis. Eurasian Business Review. DOI: 10.1007/s40821-016-0064-2
- Quatraro, F., & Vivarelli, M. (2015). Drivers of entrepreneurship and post-entry performance of newborn firms in developing countries. World Bank Research Observer. DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lku012
- Colombelli, A., Krafft, J., & Quatraro, F. (2014). High-growth firms and technological knowledge: Do gazelles follow exploration or exploitation strategies? Industrial and Corporate Change. DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtt053
- Bianchini, S., Krafft, J., Quatraro, F., & Ravix, J.-L. (2014). Corporate governance, value and performance of firms: new empirical results on convergence from a large international database. Industrial and Corporate Change. DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtt007
- Colombelli, A., & Quatraro, F. (2014). The persistence of firms' knowledge base: a quantile approach to Italian data. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2013.871164
- Krafft, J., Quatraro, F., & Saviotti, P. P. (2014). Knowledge characteristics and the dynamics of technological alliances in pharmaceuticals. Journal of Evolutionary Economics. DOI: 10.1007/s00191-014-0338-8
- Colombelli, A., Krafft, J., & Quatraro, F. (2013). Properties of knowledge base and firm survival: evidence from French manufacturing firms. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.03.003
- Quatraro, F. (2012). The economics of structural change in knowledge. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9780203123270
- Quatraro, F. (2011). ICT capital and services complementarities: The Italian evidence. Applied Economics. DOI: 10.1080/00036840903299805
- Quatraro, F. (2010). Recombinant knowledge and growth: The case of ICTs. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2009.12.001