Volumes
(2) 2008, Dynamic Capabilities between Firm Organization and Local Systems of Production, London, Routledge (eds.); with Riccardo Leoncini;
(1) 2003, Technological Systems and Intersectoral Innovation Flows, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar; with Riccardo Leoncini.
Special issues of journals as editor
(5) 2025, “Regions facing the “twin transition”: combining regional green and digital innovations”, Regional Studies (Vol. 59, n. 1); with Alessandra Faggian and Alberto Marzucchi.
(4) 2023, “Innovation and firms within the new industrial paradigm of the digital transformation”, Industry and Innovation (Vol. 30, n.1); with Elena Cefis, Riccardo Leoncini, and Luigi Marengo.
(3) 2019, “Communities on the move: Effects of diasporas on regional development, innovation and entrepreneurship”, Regional Studies (Vol.53, n.1) with Mario Davide Parrilli and Michaela Trippl.
(2) 2016, “Financing constraints, R&D investments and innovation performances”, Economics of Innovation and New Technology (Vol.25, n.3), with Bronwyn H. Hall, Pietro Moncada-Paternò-Castello, and Antonio Vezzani.
(1) 2009, “Innovation, industry and the nature of the firm”, Economia Politica, Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics (Vol.XXVI, n.3).
Articles in journals
(73) 2025, “Regional green-tech diversification and inter-regional green knowledge flows: EU evidence”, Economic Geography (forthcoming); with Fabrizio Fusillo and Adelia Fatikhova.
(72) 2025, “Knowledge sources for Industry 4.0 technologies in European regions: the role of inward FDIs”, Industry and Innovation (on-line first), https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2025.2542901, with Michela Bello, Davide Castellani, Giacomo Damioli, and Giovanni Marin.
(71) 2025, “On the geography of New Green-Tech-Based firms (NGTBF): the role of “green demand” across EU28 regions”, Eurasian Business Review (forthcoming); with Francesco Lelli and Francesco Rentocchini.
(70) 2025, “Social capital and regional innovation in the aftermath of crisis: Evidence from Italian provinces”, The Annals of Regional Science, 25, 1-40, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-024-01352-4; with Alessandra Faggian and Marianna Marino.
(69) 2025, “With no siblings, but with a home”: Single Patent-code Inventions (SPIs) and regional technological diversification”, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 34:1, 117-137, https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2024.2315066; with Claudio Cozza, Alessandro Palma, and Gianluca Tarasconi.
(68) 2025, “Regions facing the “twin transition”: combining regional green and digital innovations”, Regional Studies, 2025, 59:1, 2398555, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2024.2398555, with Alessandra Faggian and Alberto Marzucchi.
(67) 2024, “The global network of product-embodied R&D flows: have national boundaries really faded away?”, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2023.10.001, 68, 43-61; with Fabrizio Fusillo and Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti.
(66) 2024, “Regional technological diversification and the global network of embodied R&D: Evidence from the exposure of European regions”, Regional Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2269205, 58(7), 1410–1424; with Fabrizio Fusillo, Chiara Burlina and Alessandro Palma.
(65) 2023, “Firms’ eco-innovations and I4.0 technologies in urban and rural areas”, Regional Studies (on-line first), https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2243984, with Luca Cattani and Antonio Vezzani.
(64) 2023, “Digital technologies and eco-innovation. Evidence of the twin transition from Italian firms”, Industry and Innovation, 30(7), 766-800 https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2023.2213179; with Antonio Vezzani.
(63) 2023, “Innovation and firms within the new industrial paradigm of the digital transformation”, Industry and Innovation, 30(1), 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2022.2161875; with Elena Cefis, Riccardo Leoncini, and Luigi Marengo.
(62) 2023, “Regional artificial intelligence and the geography of environmental technologies: Does local AI knowledge help regional green-tech specialisation?”, Regional Studies, 57(2), 330-343, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2092610; with Gloria Cicerone, Alessandra Faggian, and Francesco Rentocchini.
(61) 2023, “Technological novelty and Key Enabling Technologies: Evidence from European regions”, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 32:6, 851-872 https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2022.2038147; with Gianluca Orsatti and Francesco Quatraro.
(60) 2022, “Greenfield foreign direct investments and regional environmental technologies”, Research Policy, 51:1, 104405 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2021.104405; with Davide Castellani, Giovanni Marin, and Antonello Zanfei.
(59) 2022, “The external financing of innovative small-medium-enterprises (SMEs): unpacking bank credit with respect to innovation typologies and combinations”, Industrial and Corporate Change, 31(1), 234-267 (https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtab063); with Tullio Gregori and Stefania Sonia Patrizia Rossi.
(58) 2022, “The pro-export effect of sub-national migration networks: New evidence from Spanish provinces”, Review of World Economics, 158, 53–107 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-021-00423-4; with Anna D’Ambrosio.
(57) 2022, “Financial constraints to investing in intangibles: Do innovative and non-innovative firms differ?”, Journal of Technology Transfer, 47, 1–32; DOI: 10.1007/s10961-020-09842-1; with Antonio Vezzani;
(56) 2021, “Mobility in times of pandemics: evidence on the spread of Covid19 in Italy’s labour market areas”, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 58, 444-454, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2021.06.016; with Andrea Ascani, Alessandra Faggian, and Alessandro Palma.
(55) 2021, “On the territorial embeddedness of the fourth industrial revolution: a literature review about how Industry 4.0 meets industrial districts ”, Scienze Regionali – Italian Journal of Regional Science, with Chiara Burlina.
(54) 2021, “Going beyond relatedness: regional diversification trajectories and Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) in Italian regions”, Economic Geography, 97:2, 187-207, DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2021.1920390; with Roberto Antonietti.
(53) 2021, “Design and environmental innovation: Does “green-matching” actually help?” Research Policy, Volume 50:5, 104208, DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2021.104208; with Claudia Ghisetti and Antonio Vezzani;
(52) 2021, “Innovation persistence in times of crisis: evidence from Italian firms”, Small Business Economics, 56, 1739–1764, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-019-00231-z; with Davide Antonioli;
(51) 2021, “The geography of COVID-19 and the structure of local economies: the case of Italy”, Journal of Regional Science, 61:2, 407–441, DOI: 10.1111/jors.12510; with Andrea Ascani and Alessandra Faggian;
(50) 2020, “Design centrality, design investments and innovation performance: an empirical analysis of European firms”, Industrial and Corporate Change, 29:2, 351–374, DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtz046; with Antonio Vezzani;
(49) 2020, “On the adoption of circular economy practices by Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs). Does “financing-as-usual” still matter?”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 30, 559–586, DOI: 10.1007/s00191-019-00651-w; with Claudia Ghisetti;
(48) 2020, “Green technologies and smart specialisation: a European patent-based analysis of the intertwining of technological relatedness and Key Enabling Technologies”, Regional Studies, 54:10, 1354-1365, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1648784; with Francesco Quatraro;
(47) 2019, “A new approach to migrations: Communities-on-the-move as assets”, Regional Studies, 53:1, 1-5, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1536821; with Mario Davide Parrilli and Michaela Trippl;
(46) 2019, “Migration, communities-on-the-move and international innovation networks: An empirical analysis of Spanish regions”, Regional Studies, 53:1, 6-16, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1426850; with Anna D’Ambrosio, Mario Davide Parrilli, and Francesco Quatraro;
(45) 2019, “Better late than never: the interplay between green technology and age for firm growth”, Small Business Economics, 52, 891–904, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-017-9939-6; with Alberto Marzucchi, Riccardo Leoncini, Francesco Rentocchini and Ugo Rizzo;
(44) 2019, “Design and eco-innovation: micro-evidence from the Eurobarometer survey”, Industry and Innovation, 26:10, 1208-1241, DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2018.1549475), with Claudia Ghisetti;
(43) 2018, “Innovation in tourism: a diverging line of research in need of a synthesis”, Tourism Economics, 24(7), 765–780;
(42) 2017, “Regional branching and Key Enabling Technologies. Evidence from European patent data”, Economic Geography, n.4, 367-396; with Francesco Quatraro.
(41) 2017, “Forms of knowledge and eco-innovation modes. Evidence from Spanish manufacturing firms”, Ecological Economics, Vol. 131, 208-221; with Alberto Marzucchi.
(40) 2017, “Multinationality, R&D and productivity: Evidence from the top R&D investors worldwide”, International Business Review, n. 26, 405–416; with Davide Castellani, Torben Schubert and Antonio Vezzani;
(39) 2016, “CO2-reducing innovations and outsourcing: evidence from photovoltaics and green construction in North-East Italy”, Research Policy, Vol. 45, n.8, 1649–1659; with Riccardo Leoncini and Francesco Rentocchini;
(38) 2016, “Intangible investments and innovation propensity. Evidence from the Innobarometer 2013”, Industry and Innovation, Vol. 23, n.4, pp. 331-352; with Antonio Vezzani;
(37) 2016, “Financing constraints, R&D investments and innovative performances: new empirical evidence at the firm level for Europe”, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol.25, n.3, pp. 183-196; with Bronwyn H. Hall, Pietro Moncada-Paternò-Castello and Antonio Vezzani;
(36) 2015, “Industry-research cooperation within and across regional boundaries. What does innovation policy add?”, Papers in Regional Science, Vol.94, n. 3, pp. 499-525; with Alberto Marzucchi and Davide Antonioli;
(35) 2015, “Do KIBS make manufacturing more innovative? An empirical investigation of four European countries”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, n.95, pp. 131–151; with Daria Ciriaci and Daniela Palma;
(34) 2015, “The open eco-innovation mode. An empirical investigation of eleven European countries”, Research Policy, Vol. 44, n. 4, pp. 1080-1093; with Claudia Ghisetti and Alberto Marzucchi;
(33) 2015, “On the R&D giants’ shoulders: do FDI help to stand on them?”, Economia e Politica Industriale - Journal of Industrial and Business Economics (JIBE), Vol. 42, n.1, pp. 33-60; with Antonio Vezzani;
(32) 2015, “The production function of top R&D investors: Accounting for size and sector heterogeneity with quantile estimations”, Research Policy, Vol. 44, n.2, pp. 381-393; with Antonio Vezzani;
(31) 2015, “Outsourcing and firm productivity in a specific local production system. Evidence from Reggio Emilia (Italy)”, Growth & Change, Vol. 46, n.2, pp. 292–320, with Davide Antonioli, Massimiliano Mazzanti and Paolo Pini;
(30) 2014, “Absorptive capacity, proximity in cooperation and integration mechanisms”. Empirical evidence from CIS data”, Industry and Innovation, Vol. 21, n.4, pp. 332-357; with Chiara Franco and Alberto Marzucchi;
(29) 2014, “Regional innovation policy and innovative behaviour: Looking for additional effects”, European Planning Studies, Vol. 22, n.1, pp. 64-83; with Alberto Marzucchi and Davide Antonioli;
(28) 2014, “Spatial agglomeration and firm exit: a spatial dynamic analysis for Italian provinces”, Small Business Economics, Vol. 43, pp. 213–228; with Giulio Cainelli and Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti;
(27) 2013, “Innovation strategies and economic crisis: evidence from firm-level Italian data”, Economia Politica, Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Vol. XXX, n.1, pp. 33-67; with Davide Antonioli, Annaflavia Bianchi, Massimiliano Mazzanti and Paolo Pini;
(26) 2012, “Environmental innovations, local networks and internationalization”, Industry and Innovation, Vol. 19, n.8, pp. 697-734; with Giulio Cainelli and Massimiliano Mazzanti [Winner of the Industry and Innovation Award for the Best Paper 2013-2014];
(25) 2012, “Production and financial linkages in inter-firm networks: structural variety, risk-sharing and resilience”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 22, pp. 711-734; with Giulio Cainelli and Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti;
(24) 2011, “On indirect trade-related R&D spillovers: the “Average Propagation Length” of foreign R&D”, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics; Vol. 22, pp. 227-237; with Chiara Franco and Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti;
(23) 2011, “Outsourcing, delocalization and firm organization: transaction costs vs. industrial relations in a local production system of Emilia Romagna”, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Vol. 23, n.7-8, pp. 419-447; with Massimiliano Mazzanti and Paolo Pini;
(22) 2011, “The deindustrialisation/tertiarisation hypothesis reconsidered: a subsystem application to the OECD”, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 35, n.2, pp. 401–421 with Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti;
(21) 2011, “Economia Politica” over the last 25 years, and more: a snapshot of contents and scholars”, Economia Politica, Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Vol. XXVIII, n.1, pp. 125-157; with Nicola Grassano and Paolo Pini;
(20) 2010, “Outsourcing and structural change. Application to a set of OECD countries”, International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 24, n.6, pp. 731–756; with Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti;
(19) 2009, “New insights on innovation, industry and the nature of the firm: Introduction and assessment”, Economia Politica, Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Vol.XXVI, n.3, pp.419-426;
(18) 2009, “Applying social network analysis to input-output based innovation matrices: An illustrative application to six oecd technological systems for the middle 1990s”, Economic Systems Research, Vol.21, n.2, pp.129-149; with Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti;
(17) 2009, “What drives (or hampers) outsourcing? Evidence for a local production system in Emilia Romagna”, Industry and Innovation; Vol.16, n.3, pp.331–365; with Massimiliano Mazzanti and Paolo Pini;
(16) 2008, “Innovation clusters in technological systems: a network analysis of 15 OECD countries for the middle ’90s”, Industry and Innovation, Vol.15, n.3, pp.321-347; with Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti; [Nominated for the DRUID Conference Award for Best Paper 2007];
(15) 2008, “Technological change and the vertical organization of industries”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol.18, n.3-4, pp.367-387; with Tommaso Ciarli, Riccardo Leoncini and Marco Valente;
(14) 2007, “Outsourcing and innovation: evidence for a local production system of Emilia-Romagna”, Innovation, Management, Policy and Practice (now Innovation, Organization & Management), Vol.9, n.3-4, pp.324-342; with Massimiliano Mazzanti and Paolo Pini;
(13) 2007, “Innovation and competition in complex environments”, Innovation, Management, Policy and Practice (now Innovation, Organization & Management), Vol.9, n.3-4, pp.292-310; with Tommaso Ciarli, Riccardo Leoncini and Marco Valente;
(12) 2007, “Outsourcing and transaction costs in “real” time and space: evidence for a province of Emilia-Romagna”, Journal of Industrial Economics (ICFAI), Vol.IV, n.3, pp.7-22; with Massimiliano Mazzanti and Paolo Pini;
(11) 2007, “Outsourcing and structural change. What can input-output analysis say about it?”, Economia Politica, Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Vol.XXIV, n.1, pp.43-78; with Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti;
(10) 2006, “Dynamic capabilities between firm organization and local development: a critical survey”, Economia Politica, Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Vol.XXIII, n.3, pp.475-502; with Riccardo Leoncini and Giovanna Vertova;
(9) 2005, “Accounting for core and extra-core relationships in technological systems: a methodological proposal, Research Policy, Vol.34, pp.83-100; with Riccardo Leoncini;
(8) 2004, “Resources, capabilities, competences and the theory of the firm”, Journal of Economic Studies, Vol.31, n.5, pp.409-434;
(7) 2004, “Modelling the firm from a system perspective: some methodological insights”, Institutions and Economic Development, n.1, pp.105-140; with Alessandro Romagnoli;
(6) 2001, “The automobile technological systems. An empirical analysis of four European countries”, Research Policy, Vol.30, n.8, pp.1321-1340; with Riccardo Leoncini;
(5) 2001, “Techno-globalism, techno-nationalism and technological systems: organizing the evidence”, Technovation, Vol.21, n.7, pp.399-412;
(4) 2000, “Network analysis of eight technological systems”, International Review of Applied Economics, Vol.14, n.2, pp.213-234; with Riccardo Leoncini;
(3) 2000, “International co-operation and local development”, Economia Politica, Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Vol.XVII, n.1, pp.5-20; with Gilberto Antonelli;
(2) 1999, “Sixteen Years of "Economia Politica". An Analysis from 1984 to 1999”, Economia politica, Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, 3, 299-418.
(1) 1996, “Intersectoral innovation flows and national technological systems: network analysis for comparing Italy and Germany”, Research Policy, n.25, pp.415-430; with Riccardo Leoncini and Mario Agostino Maggioni.
Chapters in Volumes
(12) 2023, “Innovative Foreign Direct Investments and the knowledge sources for green and digital inventions: A patent-based analysis”; in Jong Min Lee, Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo, Katiuscia Lavoratori, and Arthur Li (eds.), Contemporary Issues in International Business: Inequality, Geography, and Global Value Chains, Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 161-188; with Michela Bello, Giacomo Damioli, and Giovanni Marin.
(11) 2019, “On the support of regional policy to firm innovation: the experience of the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy)”, in Koschatzky K. and Stahlecker T. (eds.), Innovation based Regional Change in Europe: Chances, Risks and Policy Implications, Fraunhofer Verlag, 145-174; with Davide Antonioli.
(10) 2015, “The multi-dimensional additionality of innovation policies. A multi-level application to Italy and Spain”, in Crespi, F. and Quatraro, F. (eds.), The Economics of Knowledge, Innovation and Systemic Technology Policy, Routledge, pp. 239-270; with Alberto Marzucchi.
(9) 2013, “Production and financial linkages in inter-firm networks: structural variety, risk-sharing and resilience” in Pyka, A. and Andersen, E.S. (eds.), Long Term Economic Development – Demand, Finance, Organization, Policy and Innovation in a Schumpeterian Perspective, Springer, pp. 113-136; with Giulio Cainelli and Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti;
(8) 2012, “Industrial districts in front of the financial crisis. Network structure, variety, risk sharing and resilience”, in Dallago, B. and Guglielmetti, C. (eds.), The Consequences of the International Crisis on SMEs, Vulnerability and Resilience, Routledge, pp. 201-221; with Giulio Cainelli and Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti;
(7) 2010, “Does outsourcing increase labour productivity? Evidence for a local production system in Emilia Romagna (Italy)”, in Dallago, B. and Guglielmetti, C. (eds.), Local Economies and Global Competitiveness, Palgrave, pp. 257-279; with Davide Antonioli, Massimiliano Mazzanti and Paolo Pini;
(6) 2010, “Linking technological change to organizational dynamics: some insights from a quasi-NK model”, in De Liso, N. and Leoncini, R. (eds.), Internationalization, Technological Change and the Theory of the Firm, Routledge, pp. 89-118; with Tommaso Ciarli, Riccardo Leoncini and Marco Valente;
(5) 2010, “Product architecture and firm organization. The role of interfaces”, in Ahrweiler P. (ed.), Innovation in Complex Social Systems, Routledge, pp.264-276; with Tommaso Ciarli, Riccardo Leoncini and Marco Valente;
(4) 2009, “The general profile of the outsourcing firm: evidence for a local production system of Emilia Romagna”, in Morroni, M. (ed.), Corporate Governance, Organization and the Firm: Co-operation and Outsourcing in a Globalised Market, Edward Elgar, pp.208-245; with Massimiliano Mazzanti and Paolo Pini;
(3) 2008, “Learning and firm dynamics: theoretical approaches and empirical analysis of dynamic capabilities”, in Leoncini R. and Montresor S. (eds.), Dynamic Capabilities between Firm Organization and Local Systems of Production, Routledge, pp. 17-72; with Riccardo Leoncini;
(2) 2000, “Classifying technological systems: an empirical application to eight OECD countries”, in Saviotti P.P. and Nooteboom B. (eds.), Technology and Knowledge: from the Firm to Innovation Systems, Edward Elgar, pp.152-173; with Riccardo Leoncini;
(1) 1999, “Theoretical models and empirical evidence in dealing with worksharing”, in Jossa, B. and Vinci, S. (eds.), Sviluppo, Investimenti e Occupazione nel Quadro dell’Integrazione Europea, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, pp.189-219; with Maria Semitiel Garcia.
Work-in-progress (papers under review or submitted/resubmitted, working papers, and drafted mimeos)
[17] 2025, “Cap-and-trade policies and regional environmental innovation: evidence from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)”; with Tim Becker and Sebastian Losacker (revised and resubmitted to Journal of Economic Geography).
[16] 2025, “Proximities and access to Venture Capital: evidence from Italian innovative start-ups”; with Francesca Ghinami (revised and resubmitted to Economics of Innovation and New Technologies).
[15] 2025, “The role of process knowledge for circular economy innovation: Evidence from European regions”; with Gloria Cicerone, Sebastian Losacker, and Francesco Rentocchini (revised and resubmitted to European Urban and Regional Studies).
[14] 2025, “Does environmental innovation scale up with urbanisation? Evidence from functional urban areas across OECD countries”; with Gloria Cicerone, Sebastian Losacker, and Francesco Rentocchini (to be revised and resubmitted to Research Policy).
[13] 2025, “Innovation and data analytics within firms: the role of high-involvement organisational practices”; with Luca Cattani, Chiara Franco, and Fabio Landini (to be revised and resubmitted to Technovation).
[12] 2025, “The Twin Transition and its geographical dimensions: a systematic literature review”; with Roberto Antonietti, Marco Bettiol, Eleonora Di Maria, and Leonardo Vargiu (to be revised and resubmitted to European Planning Studies).
[11] 2025, “Moneytalks: the role of (spatial and digital) proximity in the VC financing of green startups”; with Davide Consoli, Francesco Lelli, François Perruchas, and Francesco Rentocchini, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography # 25.21.
[10] 2025, “Green will tear us apart, again” with Luca Cattani and Giulio Pedrini (drafted mimeo).
[9] 2025, “Sectoral specialization and employment patterns in Emilia-Romagna: a new dawn dades”; with Luca Cattani and Daria Denti (drafted mimeo).
[8] 2025, “Unlocking the Twin Transition: Understanding the drivers of twin technologies in the EU”, with Michela Bello, Davide Castellani, Giacomo Damioli, Giovanni Marin, and Panagiotis Ravanos (drafted mimeo).
[7] 2025, “Twin (green and digital) patents identification: an automated patent landscaping approach; with Francesca Ghinami and Stefano Usai (drafted mimeo).
[6] 2025, “Regional research infrastructures and young researchers’ productivity”, with Michele Pezzoni, Francesco Rentocchini, Leonardo Vargiu, and Fabiana Visentin (drafted mimeo).
[5] 2025, “From bits to sustainability: How digital investments influence green practices in Italian firms”, with Francesco Lelli and Fabio Pieri (drafted mimeo).
[4] 2025, “The green-digital nexus: twin transition and twin human capital across Italian firms”, with Luca Cattani (drafted mimeo).
[3] 2025, “Universities as drivers of green-digital innovation: an analysis of European regions”, with Alice Bertoletti, Martin Cimiterra, and Francesco Lelli
[2] 2024, “Combining digital and green technologies in regions: how to close the gap with respect to the frontier?”, with Stefano Basilico and Alberto Marzucchi, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography # 24.40 (to be revised and resubmitted to Research Policy).
[1] 2023, “Walking the green line: government sponsored R&D and clean technologies”; with Francesco Rentocchini and Antonio Vezzani; available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4439508 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4439508
Reports and policy brief
(6) 2023, “The geography of EU green and digital inventions and their knowledge sources”, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2023, doi:10.2760/669328, JRC133565; with Michela Bello, Davide Castellani, Giacomo Damioli, and Giovanni Marin.
(5) 2023, “The role of inward innovative foreign direct investments in the acquisition of foreign knowledge: the case of EU green and digital inventions”, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2023, doi:10.2760/387171, JRC133591”; with Michela Bello, Davide Castellani, Giacomo Damioli, and Giovanni Marin.
(4) 2014, “How do companies “perceive” their intangibles? New statistical evidence from the Innobarometer 2013”; Technical Report, February 2014 IRI-IPTS, European Commission; with Giulio Perani and Antonio Vezzani;
(3) 2014, “The patenting activity of the top IRI Scoreboard Companies: an introductory note”; Technical Report, January 2014 IRI-IPTS, European Commission; with Antonio Vezzani, Fabio Montobbio, and Gianluca Tarasconi;
(2) 2014, “Financing R&D and Innovation for Corporate Growth. What new evidence should policymakers know?”; Policy Brief, January 2014, IRI-IPTS, European Commission; with Pietro Moncada-Paterno-Castello, Antonio Vezzani, and Fernando Hervas;
(1) 2013, “The green impact of the open innovation mode. Bridging knowledge sourcing and absorptive capacity for environmental innovations”; Policy Brief, August 2013, IRI-IPTS, European Commission; with Claudia Ghisetti and Alberto Marzucchi.
Publications in Italian
Books and Textbooks
(3) 2011, Un’Indagine sulle Imprese Manifatturiere dell’Emilia-Romagna: Strategie di Innovazione e Risultati Economici (eds.), Milan, Franco Angeli; with Davide Antonioli, Annaflavia Bianchi, Massimiliano Mazzanti, and Paolo Pini;
(2) 2009, Economia (Third Edition), Giappichelli; with Gilberto Antonelli, Giulio Cainelli, Nicola De Liso and Riccardo Leoncini;
(1) 2013, Economia: Quesiti (Third Edition), Giappichelli; with Stefano D’Addona and Nicola Grassano.
Articles in Italian journals
(6) 2016, “Tecnologie abilitanti fondamentali” e “strategie di specializzazione intelligente”. Un’analisi regionale sulla base di brevetti Europei, Scienze Regionali, Fascicolo 3, pag. 47-65, with Anna D’Ambrosio and Francesco Quatraro.
(5) 2001, “Struttura produttiva e processo innovativo: un’analisi intersettoriale del sistema tecnologico italiano”, Rivista Italiana degli Economisti (now Italian Economic Journal), Vol.VI, n.2, pp.169-206; with Riccardo Leoncini;
(4) 1997, “Una nozione allargata di sistema tecnologico: aspetti teorici e metodologici per un’applicazione empirica comparata”, Economia & Lavoro, Vol.XXXI, n.3-4, pp. 225-242; with Riccardo Leoncini;
(3) 1997, “Flussi innovativi intersettoriali e sistemi tecnologici: metodologie reticolari per un confronto Italia - Germania”, Rivista di Politica Economica, Vol.LXXXVII, n.3, pp.3-54; with Riccardo Leoncini and Mario Agostino Maggioni;
(2) 1996, “Flussi innovativi e flussi produttivi intersettoriali: i sistemi nazionali di innovazione in un’ottica input-output”, Economia Politica, Vol.XIII, n.2, pp.159-196;
(1) 1994, “Un’analisi input-output dei sistemi nazionali di innovazione italiano e tedesco”, (1994), L’Industria, Vol.XV, n.3, pp. 457-502.
Chapters in Italian Volumes
(5) 2006, “Le teorie dell’impresa basate su risorse, capabilities e competenze”, in Cainelli, G. and De Liso, N. (eds.), Organizzazioni, Conoscenze e Sistemi Locali, Franco Angeli, pp.45-79;
(4) 2005, “Le capabilities dinamiche: organizzazione di cluster o cluster organizzativi?”, in Lopes, A., Lorizio, M. and Reganati, F. (eds.), Istituzioni e Imprese nello Sviluppo Locale, Carocci, pp. 41-70; with Riccardo Leoncini;
(3) 2005, “Patto di stabilità e di crescita e politica economica nella Costituzione Europea”, in Zanobetti, A. (ed), La Costituzione Europea: una Riflessione Interdisciplinare, Giappichelli, pp. 159-175;
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