@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 = {<p>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.</p>
},
	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 {580,
	title = {Is Smart Specialisation Strategy coherent with regional innovative capabilities?},
	journal = {Regional Studies},
	volume = {53},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {1004-1016},
	publisher = {Routledge},
	abstract = {<p>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.</p>
},
	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.}
}
