Università Roma Tre

General Part

- Introduction to the Economics of Innovation
- Innovation and Performance: Growth, Employment, Productivity, Export, Environment
- Diffusion and impact of digital technologies
- The theoretical foundations of Science, Innovation and Technology Policies
- Public policies for eco-innovation


The Italian case

- The characteristics of the Italian innovation system
- The role of public enterprises in the technological and industrial development of Italy
- Industrial Policy in Italy

Franco Malerba Economia dell’Innovazione, Carocci editore (Ch. 1, 5, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18; non-attending students add chapters 8 and 10)

M. Mazzucato, Lo Stato Innovatore, Laterza, 2014 (only for non-attending students)

Reading list (for all students)

Calvino F. and Virgillito M. E., (2017). The innovation-employment nexus: a critical survey of theory and empirics. Journal of Economic Surveys, DOI: 10.1111/joes.12190.

Caravella S., Cerulli G., Crespi F., Pierucci E. (2025), Eco-innovation, firms’ employment growth, and the mediating role of export activities, Eurasian Business Review

Centro Economia Digitale, CRESCERE INSIEME: Analisi e proposte per un percorso di crescita economica forte, duratura, sostenibile e diffusa. (2022)

Costantini, V., Crespi, F., Marin, G., Paglialunga, E. (2017). Eco-innovation, sustainable supply chains and environmental performance in European industries. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 155, pp. 141-154.

V Costantini, F Crespi, E Paglialunga (2018), The employment impact of private and public actions for energy efficiency: Evidence from European industries, Energy Policy 119, 250-267.

Archibugi D. and Filippetti A., (2015). Knowledge as Global Public Good. In: The Handbook of Global Science, Technology, and Innovation, First Edition. Daniele Archibugi and Andrea Filippetti (eds). DOI: 10.1111/b.9781118739068.2015.00025.x.

Archibugi D. and Filippetti A., (2017). The retreat of public research and its adverse consequences on innovation. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Article in Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.05.022.

Costantini, V., Crespi, F., Martini, C., Pennacchio, L., (2015). Demand-pull and technology-push public support for eco-innovation: The case of the biofuels sector, Research Policy, Vol. 44, pp. 577-595.

Costantini V., Crespi F., Palma, A., (2017), Characterizing the policy mix and its impact on eco-innovation: a patent analysis of energy-efficient technologies, Research Policy, Vol. 46, pp. 799-819.

Caravella, S., Crespi, F., Cucignatto, G., Guarascio, D. (2024). Technological sovereignty and strategic dependencies: The case of the photovoltaic supply chain. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 434, 140222.

Centro Economia Digitale, COOPETIZIONE: Aziende e Stati di fronte alla sfida di un mondo che cambia (2024)

Cerulli, G., Poti, B., 2012. Designing ex-post assessment of corporate RDI policies: conceptualization, indicators and modeling. World Rev. Sci. Technol. Sustain. Dev. 9, 2–4.

Caravella S., Crespi F. (2021) The role of public procurement as innovation lever: evidence from Italian manufacturing firms, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 30:7, 663-68.

Amatori, F., Bugamelli, M., Colli, A. (2011). Italian firms in history: size, technology and entrepreneurship. Bank of Italy Economic History Working Papers, 13, pp. 1–53.

Sabrina Pastorelli, Lo stato imprenditore e la qualificazione tecnologica dello sviluppo economico italiano: l'esperienza dell'iri nei primi decenni del secondo dopoguerra, Banca d’Italia, Quaderni dell’ufficio ricerche storiche, 12 , Dicembre 2006.

Goldstein A., (2003). Privatization in Italy 1993 - 2002: Goals, Institutions, Outcomes, and Outstanding Issues. CESifo Working Paper Series No. 912. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=396324

Munari F., Roberts E. B., Sobrero M., (2002). Privatization processes and the redefinition of corporate R&D boundaries. Research policy, Vol. 31, pp. 31-53.