Alessandra Scandura
Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Statistics "Cognetti de Martiis", University of Turin, 100A Lungo Dora Siena, Turin
Research interests: Regional economic development, University-industry knowledge transfer, Green technologies, Entrepreneurship
Contact: alessandra.scandura@unito.it
Published articles and book chapters
Innovation in immigrant- and non-immigrant owned firms: the role of collaboration networks (2023) (with D. Bolzani) (forthcoming on The Journal of Technology Transfer)
Green technological diversification and regional recombinant capabilities: the role of technological novelty and academic inventors (2023) (with G. Orsatti and F. Quatraro). Regional Studies, 1-15.
Academic engagement with industry: the role of research quality and experience (2022) (with S. Iammarino). The Journal of Technology Transfer, 47(4), 1000-1036.
Regional differences in the generation of green technologies: The role of local recombinant capabilities and academic inventors (2021) (with G. Orsatti and F. Quatraro). In Rethinking Clusters: Place-based Value Creation in Sustainability Transitions (pp. 33-52). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Academic Inventors and the Antecedents of Green Technologies. A Regional Analysis of Italian Patent Data (2019) (with F. Quatraro). Ecological Economics 156 (2019) 247–263
The strategic orientation of Universities in knowledge transfer activities (2019) (with P. Giuri, F. Munari, L. Toschi). Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 138 (2019): 261-278
The role of scientific and market knowledge in the inventive process: evidence from a survey of industrial inventors (2019). The Journal of Technology Transfer, 44: 1029- 1069
University-industry collaboration and firms’ R&D effort (2016). Research Policy, 45(9), 1907-1922.
Working papers:
Regional patterns of unrelated diversification: the role of academic inventors (with F. Quatraro), 2019 (under review)
Recombinant novelty and Foreign Direct Investments: Evidence from European Regions (with E. Bergamini and F. Quatraro), 2023
Every cloud has a green lining: FDIs, recombinant capabilities and green diversification in US Metropolitan Areas (with E. Bergamini, F. Fusillo, G. Orsatti and F. Quatraro), 2023
