@article {667, title = {Life cycle assessment to advance the fashion industry{\textquoteright}s sustainability: A review}, journal = {Waste Management \& Research}, year = {2025}, doi = {10.1177/0734242X251343793}, author = {Ahmed, S. and Liscio, M.C. and Papamichael, I. and Sospiro, P. and Voukkali, I. and Zorpas, A.A.} } @article {661, title = {Investigation of customer behavior regarding circular fashion}, journal = {Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy}, year = {2024}, doi = {10.1016/j.scp.2024.101675}, author = {Papamichael, I. and Voukkali, I. and Economou, F. and Liscio, M.C. and Sospiro, P. and Naddeo, V. and Zorpas, A.A.} } @article {655, title = {Mobilisation of textile waste to recover high added value products and energy for the transition to circular economy}, journal = {Environmental Research}, year = {2024}, doi = {10.1016/j.envres.2023.117716}, author = {Papamichael, Iliana and Voukkali, Irene and Economou, Florentios and Loizia, Pantelitsa and Demetriou, Giorgos and Esposito, Mark and Naddeo, Vincenzo and Liscio, Marco Ciro and Sospiro, Paolo and Zorpas, Antonis A.} } @article {654, title = {The phenomenon of greenwashing in the fashion industry: A conceptual framewor}, year = {2024}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2023.101416}, author = {Alizadeh L. and Liscio M.C. and Sospiro P.} } @article {660, title = {Thriving in Circularity: Vitality of Business Models development in Circular (Bio)Economy}, journal = {Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry}, year = {2024}, doi = {10.1016/j.cogsc.2024.100934}, author = {Papamichael, I. and Voukkali, I. and Economou, F. and Naddeo, V. and Sospiro, P. and Liscio, M.C. and Zarra, T. and Zorpas, A.A.} } @article {662, title = {Turning Food Loss and Food Waste into Watts: A Review of Food Waste as an Energy Source}, journal = {Energies}, year = {2024}, doi = {10.3390/en17133191}, author = {Economou, F. and Voukkali, I. and Papamichael, I. and Phinikettou, V. and Loizia, P. and Naddeo, V. and Sospiro, P. and Liscio, M.C. and Zoumides, C. and T{\^\i}rc{\u a}, D.M. and Zorpas, A.A.} } @article {653, title = {La presenza di certificazioni nelle imprese della Classifica}, journal = {Economia Marche - Journal of Applied Economics}, year = {2023}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.57638/3034-8234CERTCL}, author = {Liscio M.C. and Sospiro P.} } @inbook {Giannini2023, title = {The Role of Internal Capital Market in Business Groups}, booktitle = {The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups}, year = {2023}, pages = {49{\textendash}64}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, abstract = {The aim of this chapter is to discuss the role played by the internal capital market in business groups, the results so far achieved by the literature and to open new lines of research on how these internal flows influence the relations between companies belonging to the same group and in particular the relation between the head and its subsidiaries. The internal capital market may play a dual role. The first is that the presence of internal capital flows within a group can make it easier for companies to survive an external shock, such as an economic-financial crisis. The second is that the internal capital market facilitates the allocation of resources to investment projects, in particular innovative projects, for which it could be difficult to raise external funds. Most of this literature is focused mainly on large groups, undervaluing the relevance and the implications of small and medium-sized business groups.}, isbn = {978-3-031-13206-3}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-13206-3_3}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13206-3_3}, author = {Giannini, Valentina and Iacobucci, Donato}, editor = {Rautiainen, Marita and Parada, Maria Jos{\'e} and Pihkala, Timo and Akhter, Naveed and Discua Cruz, Allan and Mukherjee, Kajari} } @article {627, title = {Smart Specialisation Strategy in practice: have regions changed the allocation of Structural Funds?}, journal = {Regional Studies}, volume = {56}, year = {2022}, pages = {155-170}, url = {www.scopus.com}, author = {D{\textquoteright}Adda,D. and Iacobucci,D. and Perugini,F.} } @article {628, title = {Space{\textendash}time analysis of entrepreneurial ecosystems}, journal = {Journal of Technology Transfer}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) are viewed as the combination or interaction of elements producing shared innovative and cultural values that support entrepreneurial activities within a territory. The literature has mainly taken a static view of the concept and has analyzed these ecosystems at national or at NUTS-2 regional level. This paper proposes the NUTS-3 provincial level as a spatial unit for measuring EEs in a dynamic perspective and focuses on the Italian case using data for the 2000{\textendash}2018 period. The choice of NUTS-3 provinces is supported by theoretical arguments and it is confirmed by empirical results, which show some degree of heterogeneity in the level of EEs across provinces and some spatial patterns that would have been ignored using larger spatial units. The temporal dimension also reveals some intra-distribution mobility in the cross-sectional values of the provincial EE index. The paper contributes to advancing the research on EEs, has implications for policymakers and practitioners, and suggests directions for future studies. {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.}, doi = {10.1007/s10961-021-09906-w}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85122300263\&doi=10.1007\%2fs10961-021-09906-w\&partnerID=40\&md5=902ba6aa5741381d9d81302486983b4c}, author = {Perugini, F.} } @article {630, title = {Entrepreneurial ecosystems and economic resilience at local level}, journal = {Entrepreneurship and Regional Development}, volume = {33}, year = {2021}, pages = {689-716}, abstract = {The main aim of this paper is to investigate if and to what extent entrepreneurial ecosystems (EE) have an impact on economic resilience at local level. The paper is based on a quantitative analysis for the Italian provinces (NUT-3 level) and presents two novelties: first, it provides a composite index of EE at local level by capturing the different aspects encompassing political, social, cultural and economic dimensions of an EE; second, it analyzes the role of EE in terms of resistance to and recovery from external shocks. The empirical results show that EE has a relevant role in explaining the resilience of local systems to economic shocks. The positive effect also remains when controlling for the direct impact of new firm formation, thus highlighting that the EE concept has a greater significance for characterizing resilience and entrepreneurial activity at local level than entrepreneurial rates. {\textcopyright} 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor \& Francis Group.}, doi = {10.1080/08985626.2021.1888318}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85105797927\&doi=10.1080\%2f08985626.2021.1888318\&partnerID=40\&md5=71f52e94ece21097d3c0b3bc024ca781}, author = {Iacobucci, D. and Perugini, F.} } @article {629, title = {Labour flexibility, internal migration and productivity in Italian regions}, journal = {Structural Change and Economic Dynamics}, volume = {57}, year = {2021}, pages = {308-320}, abstract = {This paper provides an empirical analysis of the Italian total factor productivity (TFP) growth for the 1995-2012 period that takes into account the factors explaining cross-regional differences in productivity growth. We focus on the changes in the quality of labor caused by the increasing use of temporary workers and on the migration flows of human-capital, which almost unidirectionally moved from the Southern to the Northern-Centre regions. Empirical results provide evidence of a non-linearity (U-shaped) in the relationship between the use of temporary workers and TFP growth, which suggests that TFP growth in some Southern regions benefited from the increase in the share of temporary workers after the early 2000s, while regions in the Centre-North regions experienced an opposite effect, with the share of temporary workers being negatively related to TFP growth. Results also show that migration flows of qualified human capital had a positive impact on TFP growth in the regions of destinations, while the number of emigrants have a positive effect on the TFP growth in the regions of origin. {\textcopyright} 2021}, doi = {10.1016/j.strueco.2021.04.004}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85104906866\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.strueco.2021.04.004\&partnerID=40\&md5=aab9886f0044acb0b3ba62f2ef24ed1a}, author = {Calcagnini, G. and Marin, G. and Perugini, F.} } @article {631, title = {Entrepreneurial ecosystems in Italy}, journal = {Industria}, volume = {41}, year = {2020}, pages = {239-267}, abstract = {The main aim of this paper is to develop a measure of entrepreneurial ecosystems (ee) at local level. We select and aggregate into a composite index 13 variables that represent the different features of an ee. Data refers to Italian provinces (nuts-3 level) in the years 2004 and 2011. The ee index shows a large variation between Italian provinces but a high persistence over time. We analyse the consistency of the index to different weighting procedure, normalization and aggregation methods. We also check for the sensitivity of the index in ranking the provinces to the removal of each variable. {\textcopyright} 2020 Societa Editrice il Mulino. All rights reserved.}, doi = {10.1430/97564}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85091417022\&doi=10.1430\%2f97564\&partnerID=40\&md5=6713fe691ae0cc549ab81fdc5c189456}, author = {Iacobucci, D. and Perugini, F.} } @article {598, title = {Relatedness in the implementation of Smart Specialisation Strategy: a first empirical assessment}, journal = {Papers in Regional Science}, volume = {99}, year = {2020}, pages = {405-425}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing Ltd}, abstract = {Smart Specialisation Strategy required regional authorities to identify technological domains where to concentrate investment in R\&D and innovation. Their choices should originate from an analysis of regional strengths, aiming to identify those domains with the greatest potential for innovation and diversification. This paper aim to assess the degree of relatedness between chosen technological domains. We use patent data to categorize technological domains and the revealed associations methodology to measure their degree of relatedness. We find that the choices made by Italian regions show a significant higher relatedness as compared to a random choice, though with notable exceptions. {\textcopyright} 2019 The Author(s). Papers in Regional Science {\textcopyright} 2019 RSAI}, keywords = {assessment method, development strategy, Innovation, policy implementation, regional development, specialization, technology policy}, issn = {10568190}, doi = {10.1111/pirs.12492}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85076927157\&doi=10.1111\%2fpirs.12492\&partnerID=40\&md5=0915eca9a188b2df44da9945d6c2c4bd}, author = {D{\textquoteright}Adda, D. and Iacobucci, D. and Palloni, R.} } @article {596, title = {Bank foundations, social capital and the growth of Italian provinces}, journal = {Regional Studies}, volume = {53}, year = {2019}, pages = {231-244}, publisher = {Routledge}, abstract = {

The funding role of bank foundations in the Italian economy, especially to the non-profit sector, significantly increased over the last 25 years. This paper constructs a novel measure of social capital at the provincial level that explicitly takes into account the bank foundations{\textquoteright} sectors of intervention (such as education, public health, and art and culture), together with other traditional aspects of social capital, and then tests the impact of bank foundations on the economic growth of Italian provinces. The findings suggest that the contribution of bank foundations to social capital positively affects the economic growth of provinces. {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 Regional Studies Association.

}, keywords = {banking, economic growth, economic impact, Italy, regional development, social capital}, issn = {00343404}, doi = {10.1080/00343404.2018.1455971}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85044974106\&doi=10.1080\%2f00343404.2018.1455971\&partnerID=40\&md5=a2480a72d8e44fd106375170775215e3}, author = {Calcagnini, G. and Giombini, G. and Perugini, F.} } @article {594, title = {Income distribution dynamics among Italian provinces. The role of Bank Foundations}, journal = {Applied Economics}, volume = {51}, year = {2019}, pages = {3198-3211}, publisher = {Routledge}, abstract = {

This paper investigates the convergence process and the distribution dynamics of income among Italian NUTS-3 provinces between 2003 and 2011. Findings show the existence of multiple steady-state equilibria which is consistent with the well-documented persistence in income disparities among Italian provinces. The role of grant-making activities by Bank Foundations is assessed on a conditioning scheme. Results suggest that Bank Foundations can affect the shape of the distribution of income and, in the long run, reduce polarization with a tendency for income to collapse towards a unimodal distribution. {\textcopyright} 2019, {\textcopyright} 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor \& Francis Group.

}, keywords = {banking, convergence, income distribution, Italy}, issn = {00036846}, doi = {10.1080/00036846.2019.1572866}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85061431000\&doi=10.1080\%2f00036846.2019.1572866\&partnerID=40\&md5=b04d4ccf7eec9541674ca1ee3e6fe5bf}, author = {Calcagnini, G. and Perugini, F.} } @article {doi:10.1080/10438599.2019.1571668, title = {Local variety and innovation performance in the EU textile and clothing industry}, journal = {Economics of Innovation and New Technology}, year = {2019}, pages = {1-17}, publisher = {Routledge}, abstract = {ABSTRACTA large body of the literature showed that related variety at local level is more relevant than unrelated variety for explaining the innovation performance of firms. Knowledge relatedness is usually measured by considering activities within the same industry (i.e. the same two-digit code) while activities in different industries are associated with unrelated variety. This approach is challenged by the increasing relevance of transversal technologies, i.e. technologies that are developed and applied in rather different sectors. As a result, between industry variety (i.e. unrelated variety) is expected to be more important than within industry variety (i.e. related variety). We test this hypothesis by examining the innovation activities of firms in the textile and clothing industry. The innovation model of these firms is characterized by low investment in R\&D, little capabilities for autonomous innovation and dependence from knowledge suppliers belonging to different sectors. The empirical analysis, carried out over the 1996{\textendash}2014 period at the EU NUTS2 level, shows that between industry variety has a greater impact than within industry variety for the innovative performance of firms.}, doi = {10.1080/10438599.2019.1571668}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2019.1571668}, author = {Valentina Giannini and Donato Iacobucci and Francesco Perugini} } @article {580, title = {Is Smart Specialisation Strategy coherent with regional innovative capabilities?}, journal = {Regional Studies}, volume = {53}, year = {2019}, pages = {1004-1016}, publisher = {Routledge}, abstract = {

The implementation of the Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) has required European regions to identify the technological domains in which they show superior innovative capabilities. This choice should promote specialization and facilitate diversification into new sectors. Given that regional specialization shows path dependence, successful diversification can be achieved in domains closely related to the existing knowledge base. The paper provides a first empirical assessment of the coherence between the technological domains chosen by Italian regions and those in which they show actual innovative capabilities, as measured by their patenting activity. {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 Regional Studies Association.

}, keywords = {empirical analysis, Europe, Innovation, regional development, regional policy, specialization}, issn = {00343404}, doi = {10.1080/00343404.2018.1523542}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056099350\&doi=10.1080\%2f00343404.2018.1523542\&partnerID=40\&md5=8bda85ac3cf98fb76919176089a75488}, author = {D{\textquoteright}Adda, D. and Guzzini, E. and Iacobucci, D. and Palloni, R.} } @article {632, title = {Social capital and well-being in the Italian provinces}, journal = {Socio-Economic Planning Sciences}, volume = {68}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Recent years witnessed a growing interest in the concept of well-being and quality of life, as alternative to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The determinants of well-being, especially at the regional and provincial levels, is understudied in a macro perspective, as opposed to a micro perspective (individuals, survey data) that has been the dominant approach until recently. In this paper, we estimate an empirical model for the Italian NUTS-3 provinces to evaluate the role of social capital on well-being by using aggregated (provincial) data. Our findings suggest that social capital, social security programs, income, and grant-making activities by Bank Foundations, even though not uniformly distributed across Italy, positively affect well-being, thus contributing to explain the persistent dualism that characterizes the Italian economy. {\textcopyright} 2018 The Authors}, doi = {10.1016/j.seps.2018.11.005}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056846793\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.seps.2018.11.005\&partnerID=40\&md5=c34cf27d6aa5063da9ffe058003672f0}, author = {Calcagnini, G. and Perugini, F.} } @article {633, title = {Well-being and the Great Recession in Spain}, journal = {Applied Economics Letters}, volume = {26}, year = {2019}, pages = {1279-1284}, abstract = {This letter assesses the impact of the Great Recession on well-being in Spanish provinces using two alternative composite indicators of objective well-being that include somewhat different dimensions. Whereas the crisis notably eroded economic well-being, its impact on overall well-being{\textendash}which in addition to economic dimensions also includes non-economic ones{\textendash}was imperceptible. This result points to the need to carefully define and assess well-being in empirical analyses. {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor \& Francis Group.}, doi = {10.1080/13504851.2018.1545076}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85057323982\&doi=10.1080\%2f13504851.2018.1545076\&partnerID=40\&md5=8c1c7e7e007862acc896792c134e7794}, author = {Peir{\'o}-Palomino, J. and Perugini, F. and Picazo-Tadeo, A.J.} } @article {595, title = {A Well-Being Indicator for the Italian Provinces}, journal = {Social Indicators Research}, volume = {142}, year = {2019}, pages = {149-177}, publisher = {Springer Netherlands}, abstract = {

In recent years, a significant number of papers has been published providing alternative measures of progress and well-being to Gross Domestic Product. Most of these papers differs in terms of their theoretical approach as well as their purpose and statistical methodology used to define what well-being is and how to measure it. In this paper, we construct a well-being indicator for the Italian provinces that shows a high degree of heterogeneity not only between the Northern and Southern Italian provinces, but also among adjacent provinces. {\textcopyright} 2018, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature.

}, keywords = {civil society, Gross Domestic Product, Italy, quality of life, socioeconomic indicator, territory}, issn = {03038300}, doi = {10.1007/s11205-018-1888-1}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85044543892\&doi=10.1007\%2fs11205-018-1888-1\&partnerID=40\&md5=12e20f4b00963d996888aa47c308a449}, author = {Calcagnini, G. and Perugini, F.} } @article {588, title = {Academic spin-offs{\textquoteright} entrepreneurial teams and performance: a subgroups approach}, journal = {Journal of Technology Transfer}, volume = {43}, year = {2018}, pages = {714-733}, publisher = {Springer New York LLC}, abstract = {

Academic spin-offs{\textquoteright} entrepreneurial teams generally concentrate high levels of research and development experience while they are often found lacking in commercial skills. This prompts the integration of surrogate entrepreneurs (practitioners) but the literature questions the effectiveness of these artificially created teams. We argue that faultline theory applied to this context of different identity-based subgroups in a team can provide important insight, and complement the traditional approaches to top team diversity such as upper echelons theory. Our research compares the impact of the three main possible academic spin-off entrepreneurial team configurations on the two principal success-related tasks, innovation and sales, and considers the role important stakeholders, such as public research institutions and industrial partners, can have. In a sample of 164 academic spin-offs, we show that certain configurations are more suited to certain objectives and that faultline theory does indeed contribute to better our understanding of the entrepreneurial teams{\textquoteright} outcomes. Furthermore, the expectations one might have with regard to the extended entrepreneurial team as a possible remedy for weak core team configurations are not supported by our data. Implications for theory and practice are provided. {\textcopyright} 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

}, keywords = {Academic spin-offs, Commercial performance, Diversity, Entrepreneurial teams, Faultline theory, Industrial research, Innovation, Societies and institutions}, issn = {08929912}, doi = {10.1007/s10961-017-9623-7}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85029506376\&doi=10.1007\%2fs10961-017-9623-7\&partnerID=40\&md5=6c0b418a9a68daaec50147776448fdfa}, author = {Ben-Hafa{\"\i}edh, C. and Micozzi, A. and Pattitoni, P.} } @article {583, title = {Changing models of innovation in the eu textile and clothing industry}, journal = {Industria}, volume = {39}, year = {2018}, pages = {173-194}, publisher = {Societa Editrice il Mulino}, abstract = {

Firms in the textile and clothing industry are generally considered as {\guillemotleft}suppliers dominated{\guillemotright} for their innovation model, being characterized by low investment in r\&d and little capabilities for autonomous innovation. As a result, technological innovation is not considered a key competitive factor. This situation is supposed to rapidly changing as a result of the increasing relevance of the so-called transversal technologies, such as ict, and the diffusion of open innovation models. The main aim of this paper is to analyze the characteristics and changes in the innovation model of eu firms in the textile and clothing industry over the last two decades. Empirical results reveal that in general firms remain characterized by a low intensity of innovation and patenting activity. However, the patenting and co-patenting activity of firms and the technological span of patents have significantly increased during the last decade, suggesting significant changes in their innovation model. Moreover, the innovation activity is highly concentrated in specific areas within the eu. {\textcopyright} Societa Editrice Il Mulino 2018. All rights reserved.

}, issn = {00197416}, doi = {10.1430/91315}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85057956385\&doi=10.1430\%2f91315\&partnerID=40\&md5=5cdfaba226a7595e83e97b51ed26508b}, author = {Iacobucci, D. and Perugini, F.} } @article {582, title = {Collaboration for innovation and project failure. A dynamic analysis}, journal = {Economics of Innovation and New Technology}, volume = {27}, year = {2018}, pages = {717-730}, publisher = {Routledge}, abstract = {

The aim of this paper is to investigate the hypothesis that there is a complex and bidirectional relation between collaboration and failure in innovation projects. On the one hand, collaboration in innovative activities may increase the likelihood of project failure. At the same time, the failure in innovation projects may induce the firm to collaborate in order to overcome the problems that determined the failure of innovation projects (induced collaboration). Up to now, we are not aware about the existence of any empirical paper analysing the interaction between these two mechanisms. This paper aims at filling this gap by providing a motivation for the induced collaboration and testing its empirical relevance in a dynamic framework. The empirical analysis is carried out by using two consecutive German Community Innovation Surveys referring to the period 2006{\textendash}2010. The empirical results support the hypothesis of a bidirectional causal relationship between collaboration and failure. {\textcopyright} 2017, {\textcopyright} 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor \& Francis Group.

}, issn = {10438599}, doi = {10.1080/10438599.2017.1389125}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85032196901\&doi=10.1080\%2f10438599.2017.1389125\&partnerID=40\&md5=adb72ca49b57eeca1cd8d06c5fbe7ed1}, author = {Guzzini, E. and Iacobucci, D. and Palestrini, A.} } @article {573, title = {Is Smart Specialisation Strategy coherent with regional innovative capabilities?}, journal = {Regional Studies}, year = {2018}, month = {nov}, pages = {1{\textendash}13}, issn = {0034-3404}, doi = {10.1080/00343404.2018.1523542}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2018.1523542}, author = {D{\textquoteright}Adda, Diego and Guzzini, Enrico and Iacobucci, Donato and Palloni, Roberto} } @article {589, title = {What are the trade-offs of academic entrepreneurship? An investigation on the Italian case}, journal = {Journal of Technology Transfer}, volume = {43}, year = {2018}, pages = {198-221}, publisher = {Springer New York LLC}, abstract = {

This study addresses the following research questions: what happens to the propensity to collaborate with other firms, once the researcher creates her own venture? Do her collaborations decrease or do they grow? These questions have been overlooked by the current literature, even though they carry important policy implications. Our key suggestion is that the effectiveness of a technology transfer tool can be better assessed by taking into account the possible crowding-out effects with other channels of knowledge transfer. We do so for Italy, by comparing the behavior of single researchers, before and after the establishment of their own firm, with the behavior of a control group. We assess whether those academics that founded their own firm significantly change their attitude to perform research collaborations with other firms by means of co-publication and co-patenting. We also verify whether creating a firm has an impact on the overall patenting and publication performance. Our results suggest that there is a negative effect on the overall publishing performance, while the patenting activity does not change significantly. Regarding co-publications, our results confirm the existence of a substitution effect between spin-offs and co-publication with firms, while we observe an increase in the case of co-patenting. A closer look at the data, however, suggests that the latter is mainly triggered by the patenting activity that the researcher performs with his or her own company. {\textcopyright} 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

}, keywords = {Academic entrepreneurship, Behavioral research, Economic and social effects, Knowledge management, Patenting activities, Patents and inventions, Policy evaluation, Policy implications, Propensity score matching, Public policy, Publishing, Research collaborations, Spin off, Substitution effect, Technology Transfer}, issn = {08929912}, doi = {10.1007/s10961-016-9482-7}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84968547880\&doi=10.1007\%2fs10961-016-9482-7\&partnerID=40\&md5=2133632f90803ed24d87019494bbaefb}, author = {Barbieri, E. and Rubini, L. and Pollio, C. and Micozzi, A.} } @article {60034, title = {Gruppi di impresa e distretti industriali nel nordest}, journal = {ECONOMIA E SOCIET{\`A} REGIONALE}, number = {2}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Scopo principale di questo lavoro {\`e} quello di fornire un quadro sulla presenza dei gruppi d{\textquoteright}impresa nelle regioni del Nordest, con particolare riferimento alle imprese manifatturiere ubicate nelle aree distrettuali. Il distretto industriale come il gruppo rappresentano due modalit{\`a} alternative di fare networking. L{\textquoteright}idea di fondo {\`e} che sia il distretto sia l{\textquoteright}appartenenza al gruppo hanno supportato le imprese durante la crisi economico-finanziaria permettendo la sopravvivenza anche di quelle meno performanti. Le analisi presentate sono in linea con le nostre ipotesi. Dopo lo shock causato dalla Grande Recessione del 2008, le imprese sopravvissute sono state quelle localizzate all{\textquoteright}interno dei distretti o quelle appartenenti ai gruppi di impresa.} url={http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=60034}, issn = {2038-6745}, doi = {10.3280/ES2017-002008}, author = {Giulio Cainelli and Valentina Giannini and Donato Iacobucci pages=85-93} } @article {566, title = {Mapping innovation dynamics in the Internet of Things domain: Evidence from patent analysis}, journal = {Technological Forecasting and Social Change}, year = {2017}, abstract = {

The Internet of Things ({IoT}) is an emerging paradigm in the {ICT} sector and it is at the center of many current political and economic debates. Scholars, executives, and policymakers are becoming increasingly interested in understanding how to turn the {IoT} into reality, since various technological constraints (e.g., standardization and interoperability) limit the possibility of realizing an inclusive {IoT} information network. These constraints are exacerbated by the lack of a clear picture of the innovation dynamics and technology evolution of the {IoT}. This paper seeks to address this gap by mapping the development of {IoT} technologies. In particular, we have collected 61,972 {IoT} patents filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in the period 2000{\^a}{\texteuro}{\textquotedblleft}2012. We analyze temporal trends, cross-country dynamics and identity of the applicants. Moreover, we provide insights about the development of the most relevant {IoT} technologies by looking at triadic patent families.

}, keywords = {Innovation, Internet of Things, Patent analysis, Technology evolution}, issn = {0040-1625}, doi = {10.1016/j.techfore.2017.04.022}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162517305498}, author = {Ardito, Lorenzo and D{\textquoteright}Adda, Diego and Messeni Petruzzelli, Antonio} } @book {593, title = {Fostering female entrepreneurship in academic spin-offs}, series = {University Evolution, Entrepreneurial Activity and Regional Competitiveness}, volume = {32}, year = {2016}, pages = {49-68}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, abstract = {

We aim at analyzing female participation in Italian academic spin-offs using publically available data and a unique hand-collected database of all academic spin-offs set up in Italy from 2002 to 2007. We base our study on three complementary levels of analysis: macro, meso, and micro level. We show that the gender gap in academic spin-offs is relevant and that a certain degree of spatial heterogeneity-possibly reflecting cultural and environmental differences between Italian provinces-exists. Furthermore, our findings show a disadvantage of females in the startup funding phase: an unfavorable circumstance that reduces their chances of success and force them to create new businesses mainly in the service sector. Social relationships and empathy among females may help compensate their disadvantages and break down barriers to entrepreneurship. {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. All rights are reserved.

}, isbn = {9783319177137; 9783319177120}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-17713-7_3}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84955356582\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-319-17713-7_3\&partnerID=40\&md5=1e80ebb520c4d7c9d4ee7a8fd5d3130f}, author = {Micozzi, A. and Micozzi, F. and Pattitoni, P.} } @article {57508, title = {La {\textquoteleft}Smart Specialization Strategy{\textquoteright} delle regioni italiane e le relazioni fra ambiti tecnologici}, journal = {SCIENZE REGIONALI}, number = {3}, year = {2016}, abstract = {La Smart Specialization Strategy richiede alle regioni di individuare le relazioni tra domini tecnologici all{\textquoteright}interno della stessa regione (relatedness) e di indicare i potenziali collegamenti con domini di altre regioni (connectivity). Il presente lavoro, oltre a fornire un quadro degli ambiti di specializzazione individuati dalle regioni italiane, mostra che l{\textquoteright}analisi della relatedness e della connectivity {\`e} stata in gran parte trascurata dalle regioni stesse. Tale sottovalutazione {\`e}, a nostro avviso, frutto della mancanza di una metodologia consolidata per rilevare la natura e l{\textquoteright}intensit{\`a} dei legami fra settori oltre che della carenza di dati e informazioni necessari all{\textquoteright}analisi.} url={http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=57508}, issn = {2035-603X}, doi = {10.3280/SCRE2016-003001}, author = {Donato Iacobucci and Enrico Guzzini pages=5-28} } @article {colombo_participation_2016, title = {The participation of new technology-based firms in EU-funded R\&D partnerships: The role of venture capital}, journal = {Research Policy}, volume = {45}, number = {2}, year = {2016}, pages = {361{\textendash}375}, abstract = {

This paper investigates the participation of new technology-based firms (NTBFs) in EU-funded R\&D partnerships. We examine whether venture capital (VC)-backed firms are more likely to enter these partnerships than their non VC-backed peers and the role of the ownership and governance of the VC investor. We resort to a mixed method approach. We use qualitative information collected through interviews with managers of NTBFs and VC firms to better illustrate our deductively derived theoretical hypotheses, that are then tested through a large scale econometric analysis. The econometric analysis takes advantage of the VICO dataset, which includes longitudinal data on 8346 NTBFs from seven European countries observed from 1995 to 2008, out of which 758 were VC-backed. The econometric results show that VC backing has a strong positive impact on NTBFs{\textquoteright} participation in EU-funded R\&D partnerships, but the magnitude of this effect rapidly decreases with NTBFs{\textquoteright} prior experience of this type of partnership. Moreover, the magnitude of the impact of VC backing considerably differs depending on the type of investor with bank and government VC exhibiting the strongest positive effects.

}, keywords = {Entrepreneurship}, issn = {0048-7333}, doi = {10.1016/j.respol.2015.10.011}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004873331500164X}, author = {Colombo, Massimo G. and D{\textquoteright}Adda, Diego and Pirelli, Lorenzo H.} } @article {634, title = {The role of universities in the location of innovative start-ups}, journal = {Journal of Technology Transfer}, volume = {41}, year = {2016}, pages = {670-693}, abstract = {Start-ups increasingly find the prospect of university{\textendash}industry collaborations to be a powerful driver of innovation and entrepreneurship activity. Moreover, at the geographical level, they are attracted by teaching and research institutions, either public or private. This paper focuses on the role played by universities. Our hypothesis is that geographical proximity favors the transfer of knowledge and technology from universities to industries and, consequently, represents a positive factor for regional economic development. Results show that university spillovers are positively correlated with the creation of innovative start-ups. Furthermore, the presence of human capital (graduates) exerts a significant influence on the location decisions of start-ups, being a source for competitiveness for firms close to universities. Research quality, especially in the social sciences area, attracts innovative start-ups, while third-mission activities have a weak impact on locational choice. {\textcopyright} 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.}, doi = {10.1007/s10961-015-9396-9}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84924135592\&doi=10.1007\%2fs10961-015-9396-9\&partnerID=40\&md5=7b87e5494bf74eaec8ef255a1747835e}, author = {Calcagnini, G. and Favaretto, I. and Giombini, G. and Perugini, F. and Rombaldoni, R.} } @book {Micozzi201549, title = {Fostering female entrepreneurship in academic spin-offs}, series = {University Evolution, Entrepreneurial Activity and Regional Competitiveness}, volume = {32}, year = {2015}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {49-68}, keywords = {Entrepreneurship}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-17713-7_3}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84955356582\&partnerID=40\&md5=61dfd6ac4824d09e950f13d87443b8ef}, author = {A. Micozzi and F. Micozzi and P. Pattitoni} } @article {Guzzini2014, title = {Growth in total factor productivity and links among firms}, journal = {Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 1; Article in Press}, keywords = {Entrepreneurship}, doi = {10.1007/s11403-014-0138-0}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904844063\&partnerID=40\&md5=0555ce45f7089562305e2128df6dcfa8}, author = {E. Guzzini and A. Palestrini} } @article {colombo_hybrid_2014, title = {Hybrid alliances and radical innovation: the performance implications of integrating exploration and exploitation}, journal = {The Journal of Technology Transfer}, volume = {40}, number = {4}, year = {2014}, pages = {696{\textendash}722}, abstract = {

In this paper we examine the innovation performance of hybrid alliances, that is, alliances that combine exploration and exploitation activities. While previous research has emphasized the tensions engendered by the combination of exploration and exploitation, we claim that the integration of these two types of activities can generate synergies as well. We argue that, in the case of alliances involving academic spin-offs (ASOs), these synergies may outweigh the tensions under specific conditions, and thus improve alliance innovation performance. Specifically, we hypothesize that the relative performance of exploitation activities is greater in hybrid alliances when the alliance has radical innovation outcomes. Conversely, the relative performance of exploration activities is greater in hybrid alliances when the alliance has incremental innovation outcomes. These hypotheses are tested using fine-grained data on a sample of 149 alliances involving European ASOs.

}, keywords = {Entrepreneurship}, issn = {0892-9912, 1573-7047}, doi = {10.1007/s10961-014-9363-x}, url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10961-014-9363-x}, author = {Colombo, Massimo G. and Doganova, Liliana and Piva, Evila and D{\textquoteright}Adda, Diego and Mustar, Philippe} } @article {Guzzini201283, title = {Coase theorem and exchangeable rights in non-cooperative games}, journal = {European Journal of Law and Economics}, volume = {33}, number = {1}, year = {2012}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {83-100}, keywords = {Entrepreneurship}, doi = {10.1007/s10657-010-9178-7}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84856744597\&partnerID=40\&md5=3058ce7697f2a2230924df5a224751e7}, author = {E. Guzzini and A. Palestrini} } @article {colombo_contribution_2009, title = {The contribution of university research to the growth of academic start-ups: an empirical analysis}, journal = {The Journal of Technology Transfer}, volume = {35}, number = {1}, year = {2010}, month = {mar}, pages = {113{\textendash}140}, abstract = {

The aim of this paper is to analyze empirically under which circumstances the universities located in a geographical area contribute to the growth of a special category of local new technology-based firms (NTBFs), those established by academic personnel (academic start-ups, ASUs). We examine the effects of a series of characteristics of local universities on the growth rates of ASUs and we compare them with the effects of the same university characteristics on the growth of other (i.e., non-academic) NTBFs. In the empirical part of the paper, we estimate an augmented Gibrat law panel data model using a longitudinal dataset composed of 487 Italian NTBFs observed from 1994 to 2003. Out of these NTBFs 48 are ASUs. The results of the econometric estimates suggest that universities do influence the growth rates of local ASUs, while the effects on the growth rates of other NTBFs are negligible. In particular, the scientific quality of the research performed by universities has a positive effect on the growth rates of ASUs; conversely the commercial orientation of research has a negative effect. These results indicate that universities producing high-quality scientific research have a beneficial impact on the growth of local high-tech start-ups, but only if these firms are able to detect, absorb, and use this knowledge. In this perspective, a greater commercial orientation of university research leading to a reduction of the knowledge available for absorption by these companies, can be detrimental.

}, keywords = {Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer}, issn = {0892-9912, 1573-7047}, doi = {10.1007/s10961-009-9111-9}, url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10961-009-9111-9}, author = {Colombo, Massimo G. and D{\textquoteright}Adda, Diego and Piva, Evila} } @article {Guzzini20093095, title = {The empty core in the Coase theorem: A critical assessment}, journal = {Economics Bulletin}, volume = {29}, number = {4}, year = {2009}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {3095-3103}, keywords = {Entrepreneurship}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77953581369\&partnerID=40\&md5=c1e35456396a1b290d53298969cdfd16}, author = {E. Guzzini and A. Palestrini} } @book {Postigo2006218, title = {Undergraduate students as a source of potential entrepreneurs: A comparative study between Italy and Argentina}, series = {International Entrepreneurship Education: Issues and Newness}, year = {2006}, note = {cited By 4}, pages = {218-240}, keywords = {Entrepreneurship}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79951769329\&partnerID=40\&md5=95f70b4dcb7db4aeec3982183830e9e1}, author = {D. Iacobucci and S. Postigo and M.F. Tamborini} } @inbook { 11566_41224, title = {Business groups analysis by hierarchical clustering}, booktitle = {Classification and Data Analysis 2005. Book of Short Papers. Meeting of the Classification and Data Analasys Group of the Italian Statistical Society}, year = {2005}, publisher = {Monte Universit{\`a} Parma Editore}, organization = {Monte Universit{\`a} Parma Editore}, address = {PARMA}, keywords = {Business Groups }, author = {D. Potena and C. Diamantini and D. Iacobucci and M. Panti} }