Working papers and work in progress

• Mitra, M., de Vos, M., Cortinovis, N. and Ometto, D. Generative AI for research data processing: lessons learnt from three use cases. Work in Progress. (draft)

• Cortinovis, N., van der Wouden, F. and Criaco, G. Collaboration, knowledge and performance in a creative industry. Work in Progress.

Published papers

• Cortinovis, N., & Donnet, J. (2026). 3D printing and the geography of production. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 227, 124658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2026.124658.

• Cortinovis, N. (2026). Does crowdfunding foster rural entrepreneurship? Small Business Economics, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-026-01194-8.

• Cortinovis, N. (2026). Crowdfunding and regional diversification. Journal of Economic Geography, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbag032.

• Castaldi, C., Cortinovis, N., & Tessarin, M. (2026). Out of sight? Revealing creativity-led innovation in rural regions. Economic Geography, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1080/00130095.2026.2654521.

• Cornejo Costa, B., Cortinovis, N., & Morrison, A. (2025). How external linkages and informal institutions enable green innovation in EU regions. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 19(1), 229–249. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsaf042.

• Qiao, Y., Cortinovis, N., & Morrison, A. (2024). MNE spillovers and local export dynamics in China: The role of relatedness and forward–backward linkages. Eurasian Business Review (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-024-00273-8.

• Cortinovis, N., Zhang, D., & Boschma, R. (2024). Regional diversification and intra-regional wage inequality in the Netherlands. Regional Studies (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2024.2319339. 

• Timini, J., Cortinovis, N. and Lopez-Vicente, F. (2022). The heterogeneous effects of trade agreements with labour provisions. The World Economy, 45 (9): 2820-2853. Open Access.

• Ouwehand, W., Van Oort, F. and Cortinovis, N. (2022). Spatial structure and productivity in European regions, Regional Studies 56 (1): 48-62. Open Access.

• Content, J., Cortinovis, N., Frenken, K. and Jordaan, J. (2022). The roles of KIBS and R&D in the industrial diversification of regions, The Annals of Regional Science 68 (1): 29-64. Open Access.

• Cortinovis, N., Crescenzi, R., and Van Oort, F. (2020). Multinational enterprises, industrial relatedness and employment in European regions. Journal of Economic Geography, 20 (5): 1165–1205. Open Access.

• Cortinovis, N. and Van Oort, F. (2018). Between spilling over and boiling down: network-mediated spillovers, local knowledge base and productivity in European regions, Journal of Economic Geography, 19 (6): 1233-1260. Open Access.

• Cortinovis, N., Xiao J., Boschma, R., and Van Oort, F. (2017). Quality of government and social capital as drivers of regional diversification in Europe, Journal of Economic Geography, 17 (6): 1179–1208. Link. PDF WP Version.

• Cortinovis, N. and Van Oort, F. (2015). Variety, economic growth and knowledge intensity of European Regions: a spatial panel analysis. Annals of Regional Science, 55 (1): 7-32. Open Access.

• Cortinovis, N. and Van Oort, F. (2022). Economic networks, innovation and proximity , in Torre A. and Gallaud, D. (eds.), Handbook of Proximity Relations, Edward Elgar.

• Van Oort, F., Cortinovis, N., Dogaru, T. and Van Haaren, J. (2020). Mapping relatedness in European regions, in Capello R., Kleibrink, A. andMatusiak, M. (eds.), Quantitative Methods for Place-based Innovation Policy, Edward Elgar.

• Van Oort, F., Dogaru, T., and Cortinovis, N. (2016). Smart Specialisation and Local Economic Development in Eastern Europe, in McCann P. (ed.), The empirical and institutional dimensions of smart specialisation, Routledge.