@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 {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 {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 {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 {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.} }