"Restless Capitalism" abstract An insistent theme in Richard Nelson's work is that of ‘capitalism as an engine of progress’. In this paper I explore this idea through a sequence of his writing, distinguishing progress as outcome from progress as instituted process. This leads to a deeper issue within this Nelsonian theme, namely the incompatibility between…

"Creation, innovation and incentives: the case for Intellectual Property 2.0" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis)

"Skills, Industry Structure and Innovation: towards a research agenda"(at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis)

"Innovation and stringency of environmental regulation in waste management: a patent-based analysis" abstract This work aims at empirically testing the (narrow version of the) Porter hypothesis, by analyzing the relationshipbetween stringency of environmental regulation and innovation in a cross-country setting (EU countries) with reference to waste management, which is an increasingly important issue in the EU environmental policy agenda. To address thisquestion, patent applications from the waste management category of the WIPO…

"Turning Public into Private: How Local Social Capital Amplifies Entrepreneurs' Network for Innovation"(at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis)

"Profits, R&D and innovation. A model and a test" abstract Abstract:In this article we investigate – both conceptually and empirically – the relationships between three interconnected elements of the Schumpeterian “engine of progress”: the ability of industries’ R&D efforts to turn out successful innovations; the ability of innovations to lead to high entrepreneurial profits; the…

"IPR and interoperability standard setting. What are the determinants of blanket disclosures?" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis)

"Endogenous Firm Dynamics with 120 Million Agents" Sala Rossa abstract A model in which purposive agents self-organize into teams is demonstrated to closely reproduce empirical data on the population U.S. firms. There are increasing returns within teams and agents move between teams or start new teams when it is in their self-interest to do so.…

"Strategic Innovation Policy Priorities and Policy Targeting: Some Additional Remarks" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis)

"Temporary hires and innovative investments" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis)

"A Behavioral Perspective on Inventors’ Mobility: The Case of Pharmaceutical Industry"

"Waste-reducing technology adoptions: policy and geographical factors: Evidence from theItalian manufacturing sector" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis)

"Buying Aircraft or Zucchini? Technological Intensity of Government Demand and Innovation" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis")

"Hitting the Target: Analyzing Technology Commercialization Factors" abstract Local and national governments are putting universities under constant pressure to promote economic growth. Commercialization of technology has been identified as the main mechanism by which universities can do this. The literature on technology transfer by universities focuses on internal and external factors that can positively affect…

"Sustaining Industrial Competitiveness after the Crisis: Lessons from the Automotive Industry" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis")

"Why are Some Countries Better at Science and Technology than Others?" abstract In order to be effective, must a nation’s political-economic institutions “fit” the cultural values of the society in which they are situated? Many countries, especially in the developing world, adopt foreign institutions with mixed levels of success. Often these institutions are chosen based…

"Technology Standards and IPR Policy and Practice in China: An Early Investigation" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis")

"Do Financial Constraints explain Innovation Shortfalls? New Evidence from Chile" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis, Sala Seminari)

"External collaborations, on-the-job autonomy and the propensity to use patents to create new firms" abstract We analyze patent spinoffs by looking at the organizational characteristics of the parent organization, i.e. the firm where the patented invention has occurred. Understanding the origin of new technology ventures is important because they are the engine of creative destruction…