Research Overview:

My research interests are related to creation and appropriation mechanisms of intellectual assets (artistic outputs, innovations etc.), especially through intellectual property rights. My research is designed and influenced by a pluralistic methodological approach including History of Economic Thought, Experimental Economics and Economics & Management of Innovation. 

History of Economic Thought: I am interested in how thinkers and economists have designed and justified the very specific issues of knowledge appropriation through intellectual property law. This area covers two distinct lines of research:

• Intellectual property law and social justice, focusing on the different theories and ethical conceptions for justifying intellectual property along history. 

• Intellectual property law, creativity and entrepreneurial/creative motivations in the Schumpeterian thought, and more largely in an evolutionary perspective. 

Experimental Economics: I investigate how lay people tackle and consider the appropriation of intellectual assets by using original protocols connecting social justice issues with appropriation mechanisms such as intellectual property. This area covers so far two works:

• The interplay between social/distributive preferences of people and their conception/justification of intellectual property rights.

• The empirical investigation of specific justifications of intellectual property rights along history, especially the personnalist justification for copyright (work in progress).

Economics and Management of Innovation: In collaboration with other scholars, I am exploring how the erosion of intellectual property through digital technologies have disturbed and transformed industrial features and business models. This area covers so far two distinct kinds of  prospective works:

• Creative indutries, especially Music industry, in examining the new business models and the new intermediation process between demand and supply on the music market with a specific focus on majors and blockchain technology.  

• SMEs and open innovation, in analyzing the potential consequences of the use of blockchain technology in their relationships with larger firms and their ability to appropriate benefits from innovative activities.