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Working Papers

2020

1. Centrino and the Restructuring of WI-FI Supply
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2015

2. An empirical study of technological leadership and persistence in product innovation
   Working Papers Department of Economics, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers Department of Economics, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa (2014) View citations (1)
3. The additionality effects of R&D tax credits across sectors: A cross-country microeconometric analysis
   Working Papers on Innovation Studies, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo View citations (4)
4. then came Cisco, and the rest is history: a history friendly model of the Local Area Networking industry
   Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna View citations (4)

2013

5. Obituary: Steven Klepper
   Post-Print, HAL
   See also Journal Article Obituary: Steven Klepper, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer (2013) (2013)
6. Reassessing patent propensity: evidence from a data-set of R&D awards 1977-2004
   Working Papers Department of Economics, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa View citations (33)
   See also Journal Article Reassessing patent propensity: Evidence from a dataset of R&D awards, 1977–2004, Research Policy, Elsevier (2013) View citations (38) (2013)

2012

7. Schumpeterian Patterns of Innovation and the Sources of Breakthrough Inventions: Evidence from a Data-Set of R&D Awards
   Working Papers Department of Economics, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article Schumpeterian patterns of innovation and the sources of breakthrough inventions: evidence from a data-set of R&D awards, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer (2012) View citations (17) (2012)
   Chapter Schumpeterian Patterns of Innovation and the Sources of Breakthrough Inventions: Evidence from a Data-set of R&D Awards, Economic Complexity and Evolution, Springer (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

2010

8. Demand as a source of entry and the survival of new semiconductor firms
   KITeS Working Papers, KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy View citations (15)
   See also Journal Article Demand as a source of entry and the survival of new semiconductor firms, Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC (2010) View citations (15) (2010)

2009

9. The Nature of Collaborative Patenting Activities
   Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis LEI & BRICK - Laboratory of Economics of Innovation "Franco Momigliano", Bureau of Research in Innovation, Complexity and Knowledge, Collegio Carlo Alberto. WP series, University of Turin View citations (5)
10. The Nature of Inventive Activities: Evidence from a Data-Set of R&D Awards
    IIR Working Paper, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University View citations (2)
11. The impact of academic patenting on university research and its transfer
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research View citations (1)
    Also in SPRU Working Paper Series, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School (2008) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The impact of academic patenting on university research and its transfer, Research Policy, Elsevier (2011) View citations (49) (2011)

2008

12. Formal and informal external linkages and firms' innovative strategies. A cross-country comparison
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers on Innovation Studies, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo (2008) View citations (4)
    Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print), HAL (2008) View citations (2)
    MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2008) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Formal and informal external linkages and firms’ innovative strategies. A cross-country comparison, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer (2011) View citations (17) (2011)
13. Habakkuk revisited: A history friendly model of "American and British technology in the nineteenth century"
    Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena View citations (1)
14. Mapping Technological Trajectories as Patent Citation Networks. An application to Data Communication Standards
    SPRU Working Paper Series, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Mapping technological trajectories as patent citation networks. An application to data communication standards, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals (2009) View citations (75) (2009)

2007

15. Entry, Innovation and Exit from LAN Switch Industry
    Working Papers, HAL
    Also in SciencePo Working papers Main, HAL (2007)
16. Entry, Innovation and Exit. Evidence from the LAN switch Industry
    Documents de Travail de l'OFCE, Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE) View citations (2)
17. Incentives and uncertainty: an empirical analysis of the impact of demand on innovation
    SPRU Working Paper Series, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Incentives and uncertainty: an empirical analysis of the impact of demand on innovation, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society (2008) View citations (53) (2008)
18. Innovation et sélection des firmes
    SciencePo Working papers Main, HAL
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2007)
19. Product Entry in a Fast Growing Industry: the LAN Switch Market
    SciencePo Working papers Main, HAL
    Also in SPRU Working Paper Series, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School (2004) View citations (2)
    Post-Print, HAL (2006) View citations (18)
    Post-Print, HAL (2007)
    SciencePo Working papers Main, HAL (2006) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Product entry in a fast growing industry: the LAN switch market, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer (2006) View citations (18) (2006)
    Chapter Product entry in a fast growing industry: The LAN switch market, Springer Books, Springer (2007) (2007)
20. Product Innovation and Survival in a High-Tech Industry
    SciencePo Working papers Main, HAL
    Also in KITeS Working Papers, KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy (2007) View citations (1)
    Documents de Travail de l'OFCE, Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE) (2007) View citations (2)
    Working Papers, HAL (2007) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Product Innovation and Survival in a High-Tech Industry, Review of Industrial Organization, Springer (2009) View citations (61) (2009)

2006

21. 'Chariots of Fire': The Evolution of Tank Technology, 1915-1945
    LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Eindhoven Center for Innovation Studies (2006)
    See also Journal Article ‘Chariots of fire’: the evolution of tank technology, 1915–1945, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer (2009) View citations (9) (2009)
22. Chapter 9: Firm Size and Openness: The Driving Forces of University-Industry Collaboration
    Post-Print, HAL
23. Expectations, Network Effects and Timing of Technology Adoption: Some Empirical Evidence from a Sample of SMEs in Italy
    SPRU Working Paper Series, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School
    See also Journal Article Expectations, network effects and timing of technology adoption: some empirical evidence from a sample of SMEs in Italy, Small Business Economics, Springer (2008) View citations (2) (2008)
24. Factors Affecting University-Industry R&D Projects: The Importance of Searching, Screening and Signalling
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (56)
    See also Journal Article Factors affecting university-industry R&D projects: The importance of searching, screening and signalling, Research Policy, Elsevier (2006) View citations (160) (2006)

2005

25. Factors Affecting University–Industry R&D Collaboration: The importance of screening and signalling
    Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg View citations (14)
26. Modularity as an Entry Strategy: The invasion of new niches in the LAN equipment industry
    KITeS Working Papers, KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy View citations (3)

2003

27. Firm Size and Openness: the Driving Forces of University-Industry Collaboration
    SPRU Working Paper Series, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School View citations (25)
28. Rapid Technical Change and the Speed of Lock-in: Standard Battles in the Local Area Network Industry in the 1990s
    KITeS Working Papers, KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy
29. Technological disequilibrium: measuring technical change in fast growing industries: the case of local area network equipement
    KITeS Working Papers, KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy

2000

30. Determinants of Innovation and Competition of Component System Technologies in the Local Area Network Industry
    KITeS Working Papers, KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy

1999

31. Twinning Networks: Co-Evolution and Competition of System Component Technologies in the Local Area Network Industry
    SPRU Working Paper Series, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Employee spinouts along the value chain
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2024, 33, (1), 90-105 View citations (1)
2. Entrants heterogeneity, pre-entry knowledge, and the target industry context: a taxonomy and a framework
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2024, 33, (1), 8-39
3. Introduction to the Industrial and Corporate Change special issue on: “knowledge resources and the heterogeneity of entrants within and across industries”
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2024, 33, (1), 1-7

2023

4. How far from the tree does the (good) apple fall? Spinout creation and the survival of high-tech firms
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 213, (C), 26-49
5. On the strategic use of product modularity for market entry
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2023, 32, (1), 155-180 View citations (1)

2022

6. Editorial
   Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2022, 32, (1), 1-2
7. Knowledge resources and the acquisition of spinouts
   Eurasian Business Review, 2022, 12, (2), 277-313 View citations (2)

2021

8. Platform leadership and supply chains: Intel, Centrino, and the restructuring of Wi‐Fi supply
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2021, 30, (2), 259-286
9. Regimes reloaded! A reappraisal of Schumpeterian patterns of innovation, 1977–2011
   Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2021, 31, (5), 1495-1519 View citations (2)

2020

10. It's never too late (to enter)… till it is! Firms’ entry and exit in the digital audio player industry
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2020, 153, (C)

2019

11. Linking vertically related industries: entry by employee spinouts across industry boundaries
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2019, 28, (3), 529-550 View citations (9)
12. Strategic orientation, innovation performance and the moderating influence of marketing management
    Journal of Business Research, 2019, 97, (C), 129-140 View citations (20)

2018

13. More “team” than “fame”: spin-off success in the US television sitcom industry
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2018, 27, (6), 957-974

2017

14. Sectors and the additionality effects of R&D tax credits: A cross-country microeconometric analysis
    Research Policy, 2017, 46, (1), 57-72 View citations (34)

2016

15. Pre-entry experience, technological complementarities, and the survival of de-novo entrants. Evidence from the US telecommunications industry
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2016, 25, (6), 573-593 View citations (6)
16. Technological leadership and persistence in product innovation in the Local Area Network industry 1990–1999
    Research Policy, 2016, 45, (8), 1604-1619 View citations (4)
17. User-Industry Spinouts: Downstream Industry Knowledge as a Source of New Firm Entry and Survival
    Organization Science, 2016, 27, (1), 18-35 View citations (18)

2015

18. “…then came Cisco, and the rest is history”: a ‘history friendly’ model of the Local Area Networking industry
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2015, 25, (5), 875-899 View citations (4)

2013

19. Obituary: Steven Klepper
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2013, 23, (3), 503-505
    See also Working Paper Obituary: Steven Klepper, Post-Print (2013) (2013)
20. Reassessing patent propensity: Evidence from a dataset of R&D awards, 1977–2004
    Research Policy, 2013, 42, (10), 1780-1792 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper Reassessing patent propensity: evidence from a data-set of R&D awards 1977-2004, Working Papers Department of Economics (2013) View citations (33) (2013)
21. The magnitude of innovation by demand in a sectoral system: The role of industrial users in semiconductors
    Research Policy, 2013, 42, (1), 1-14 View citations (19)

2012

22. Schumpeterian patterns of innovation and the sources of breakthrough inventions: evidence from a data-set of R&D awards
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2012, 22, (4), 785-810 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Schumpeterian Patterns of Innovation and the Sources of Breakthrough Inventions: Evidence from a Data-Set of R&D Awards, Working Papers Department of Economics (2012) View citations (17) (2012)
    Chapter Schumpeterian Patterns of Innovation and the Sources of Breakthrough Inventions: Evidence from a Data-set of R&D Awards, Economic Complexity and Evolution, 2013, 313-340 (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

2011

23. Entry and innovation: an analysis of the fabless semiconductor business
    Small Business Economics, 2011, 37, (1), 87-106 View citations (10)
24. Formal and informal external linkages and firms’ innovative strategies. A cross-country comparison
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2011, 21, (1), 91-119 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Formal and informal external linkages and firms' innovative strategies. A cross-country comparison, Post-Print (2008) View citations (2) (2008)
25. Technological disequilibrium. Price indexes in hubs for Local Area Networks
    Telecommunications Policy, 2011, 35, (1), 64-73
26. The impact of academic patenting on university research and its transfer
    Research Policy, 2011, 40, (1), 55-68 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper The impact of academic patenting on university research and its transfer, ICER Working Papers (2009) View citations (1) (2009)

2010

27. Demand as a source of entry and the survival of new semiconductor firms
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2010, 19, (5), 1629-1654 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Demand as a source of entry and the survival of new semiconductor firms, KITeS Working Papers (2010) View citations (15) (2010)
28. Pre-entry experience, post-entry learning and firm survival: Evidence from the local area networking switch industry
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2010, 21, (1), 41-49 View citations (5)

2009

29. Introduction to the Journal of Evolutionary Economics special issue: the product characteristics approach to innovation studies
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2009, 19, (4), 463-469 View citations (2)
30. Mapping technological trajectories as patent citation networks. An application to data communication standards
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2009, 18, (4), 311-336 View citations (75)
    See also Working Paper Mapping Technological Trajectories as Patent Citation Networks. An application to Data Communication Standards, SPRU Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (1) (2008)
31. Product Innovation and Survival in a High-Tech Industry
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2009, 34, (4), 287-306 View citations (61)
    See also Working Paper Product Innovation and Survival in a High-Tech Industry, SciencePo Working papers Main (2007) (2007)
32. ‘Chariots of fire’: the evolution of tank technology, 1915–1945
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2009, 19, (4), 545-566 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper 'Chariots of Fire': The Evolution of Tank Technology, 1915-1945, LEM Papers Series (2006) View citations (3) (2006)

2008

33. Competing technologies and market dominance: standard "battles" in the Local Area Networking industry
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2008, 17, (6), 1205-1238 View citations (9)
34. Determinants of Adoption of Standards for Local Area Networks: Empirical Evidence from a Sample of Firms in Italy
    L'industria, 2008, (1), 15-36
35. Expectations, network effects and timing of technology adoption: some empirical evidence from a sample of SMEs in Italy
    Small Business Economics, 2008, 31, (4), 425-441 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Expectations, Network Effects and Timing of Technology Adoption: Some Empirical Evidence from a Sample of SMEs in Italy, SPRU Working Paper Series (2006) (2006)
36. Incentives and uncertainty: an empirical analysis of the impact of demand on innovation
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2008, 32, (6), 927-946 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper Incentives and uncertainty: an empirical analysis of the impact of demand on innovation, SPRU Working Paper Series (2007) View citations (3) (2007)
37. Objectives, obstacles and drivers of ICT adoption: What do IT managers perceive?
    Information Economics and Policy, 2008, 20, (3), 229-242 View citations (9)

2007

38. Innovation et sélection des firmes. L'industrie des équipements en réseaux locaux
    Revue de l'OFCE, 2007, 100, (1), 121-142
39. What drives the emergence of entrepreneurial academics? A study on collaborative research partnerships in the UK
    Research Evaluation, 2007, 16, (4), 257-270 View citations (21)

2006

40. Factors affecting university-industry R&D projects: The importance of searching, screening and signalling
    Research Policy, 2006, 35, (2), 309-323 View citations (160)
    See also Working Paper Factors Affecting University-Industry R&D Projects: The Importance of Searching, Screening and Signalling, Post-Print (2006) View citations (56) (2006)
41. Product entry in a fast growing industry: the LAN switch market
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2006, 16, (1), 45-64 View citations (18)
    See also Chapter Product entry in a fast growing industry: The LAN switch market, Springer Books, 2007, 87-106 (2007) (2007)
    Working Paper Product Entry in a Fast Growing Industry: the LAN Switch Market, SciencePo Working papers Main (2007) (2007)

Chapters

2013

1. Schumpeterian Patterns of Innovation and the Sources of Breakthrough Inventions: Evidence from a Data-set of R&D Awards
   Springer View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Schumpeterian patterns of innovation and the sources of breakthrough inventions: evidence from a data-set of R&D awards, Springer (2012) View citations (17) (2012)
   Working Paper Schumpeterian Patterns of Innovation and the Sources of Breakthrough Inventions: Evidence from a Data-Set of R&D Awards, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa (2012) View citations (17) (2012)

2007

2. Product entry in a fast growing industry: The LAN switch market
   Springer
   See also Journal Article Product entry in a fast growing industry: the LAN switch market, Springer (2006) View citations (18) (2006)
   Working Paper Product Entry in a Fast Growing Industry: the LAN Switch Market, HAL (2007) (2007)