Sandro Montresor

• 07/1998: Dottorato di Ricerca in Strutture e Comportamenti Economici, Università di Bologna (IT);
• 11/1996: M.A. in Economics (con Distinction), Università di Manchester (Regno Unito);
• 10/1992: Laurea Quadriennale in Economia e Commercio (cum laude), Università di Verona (IT).

• 09/2019 – 31/3/2024: Professore Ordinario di Economia Applicata, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) di L’Aquila (IT), Area di Scienze Sociali;
• 10/2014 – 08/2019: Professore Ordinario di Politica Economica, Università Kore di Enna (IT), Facoltà di Economia e Giurisprudenza;
• 03/2005 – 09/2014: Professore Associato di Economia Politica, Università di Bologna (IT), Facoltà di Giurisprudenza (fino al 2012-2013) e Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche;
• 10/2011 – 10/2013: Ricercatore Senior, JRC-IPTS, Commissione Europea, Siviglia (ES) (temporaneamente in aspettativa dall'Università di Bologna);
• 10/2000 – 02/2005: Ricercatore di Economia Politica, Università di Bologna (IT), Facoltà di Giurisprudenza e Dipartimento di Economia.

• Microeconomia e management delle innovazioni ed eco-innovazioni: fattori, modalità e impatti a livello impresa;
• Nuove tecnologie digitali e Industria 4.0: sviluppo, adozione e diffusione tra le imprese;
• Geografia dell'innovazione: transizione verde, digitale e  transizione “twin”.

Pubblicazioni e Progetti di Ricerca recenti (vedi CV Allegato per lista completa)

Pubblicazioni 

• 2024, “With no siblings, but with a home”: Single Patent-code Inventions (SPIs) and regional technological diversification”, Economics of Innovation and New Technology (forthcoming), https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2024.2315066; with Claudio Cozza, Alessandro Palma, and Gianluca Tarasconi. 
• 2024, “The global network of product-embodied R&D flows: have national boundaries really faded away?”, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 68, 43-61, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2023.10.001; with Fabrizio Fusillo and Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti.
• 2023, “Regional technological diversification and the global network of embodied R&D: Evidence from the exposure of European regions”, Regional Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2269205 (forthcoming); with Fabrizio Fusillo, Chiara Burlina and Alessandro Palma. 
• 2023, “Firms’ eco-innovations and I4.0 technologies in urban and rural areas”, Regional Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2243984, with Luca Cattani and Antonio Vezzani.
• 2023, “Digital technologies and eco-innovation. Evidence of the twin transition from Italian firms”, Industry and Innovation; 30(7), 766-800 https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2023.2213179; with Antonio Vezzani.
• 2023, “Firms and innovation in the new industrial paradigm of the digital transformation”, Industry and Innovation, 30(1), 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2022.2161875; with Elena Cefis, Riccardo Leoncini, and Luigi Marengo.
• 2023, “Regional artificial intelligence and the geography of environmental technologies: Does local AI knowledge help regional green-tech specialisation?”, Regional Studies, 57(2), 330-343, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2092610; with Gloria Cicerone, Alessandra Faggian, and Francesco Rentocchini.
• 2023, “Technological novelty and Key Enabling Technologies: Evidence from European regions”, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 32:6, 851-872 https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2022.2038147; with Gianluca Orsatti and Francesco Quatraro.
• 2022, “Greenfield foreign direct investments and regional environmental technologies”, Research Policy, 51:1, 104405 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2021.104405; with Davide Castellani, Giovanni Marin, and Antonello Zanfei.
• 2022, “External financing of innovative small-medium-enterprises (SMEs): unpacking bank credit with respect to innovation typologies and combinations”, Industrial and Corporate Change, 31(1), 234-267 (https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtab063); with Tullio Gregori and Stefania Sonia Patrizia Rossi.
• 2022, “The pro-export effect of sub-national migration networks: New evidence from Spanish provinces”, Review of World Economics, 158, 53–107 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-021-00423-4; with Anna D’Ambrosio.
• 2022, “Financial constraints to investing in intangibles: Do innovative and non-innovative firms differ?”, Journal of Technology Transfer, 47, 1–32; DOI: 10.1007/s10961-020-09842-1; with Antonio Vezzani;
• 2021, “Mobility in times of pandemics: evidence on the spread of Covid19 in Italy’s labour market areas”, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 58, 444-454, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2021.06.016; with Andrea Ascani, Alessandra Faggian, and Alessandro Palma. 
• 2021, “Going beyond relatedness: regional diversification trajectories and Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) in Italian regions”, Economic Geography, 97:2, 187-207, DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2021.1920390; with Roberto Antonietti.
• 2021, “Design and environmental technologies: Does “green-matching” actually help?” Research Policy, Volume 50:5, 104208, DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2021.104208; with Claudia Ghisetti and Antonio Vezzani;
• 2021, “Innovation persistence in times of crisis: evidence from Italian firms”, Small Business Economics, 56, 1739–1764, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-019-00231-z; with Davide Antonioli;
• 2021, “The geography of COVID-19 and the structure of local economies: the case of Italy”, Journal of Regional Science, 61:2, 407–441, DOI: 10.1111/jors.12510; with Andrea Ascani and Alessandra Faggian;
• 2020, “Design centrality, design investments and innovation performance: an empirical analysis of European firms”, Industrial and Corporate Change, 29:2, 351–374, DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtz046; with Antonio Vezzani;
• 2020, “On the adoption of circular economy practices by Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs). Does “financing-as-usual” still matter?”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 30, 559–586, DOI: 10.1007/s00191-019-00651-w; with Claudia Ghisetti;
• 2020, “Green technologies and smart specialisation: a European patent-based analysis of the intertwining of technological relatedness and Key Enabling Technologies”, Regional Studies, 54:10, 1354-1365, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1648784; with Francesco Quatraro;

Progetti di Ricerca e Grant

• 2023 – ad oggi: "The geography of the “twin transition”: mapping the regional combination of the green and the digital transition" (GEOTWIN: 2 anni); Finanziatore: Ministero dell'Università come PRIN2022 >> Ruolo: PI del Progetto Nazionale
• 2022 – 3/2024 (cambio di istituzione): "“When green meets digital: understanding the “twin” transition in the economy and society" (GREEN-DIGIT: 3 anni); Finanziatore: Ministero dell'Università come PNRR-PRO3 >> Ruolo: PI per l'unità GSSI nella rete;
• 2021 – 3/2024 (cambio di istituzione): "Creazione di un Hub per le Tecnologie Emergenti con sede a L’Aquila" (SICURA: 4 anni); Finanziatore: Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico >> Ruolo: Co-investigatore principale per l'unità GSSI nella rete
• 2018 – 2021: "Empowerment dell'Innovazione Aperta in chiave Interregionale" (I_KNOW: 3 anni); Finanziatore: Fondo Europeo di Sviluppo Regionale >> Ruolo: Referente per l'Università Kore di Enna
• 2011 – 2013: "Industrial Research and Innovation Analysis and Monitoring" (IRIMA: 2 anni); Finanziatore: DG-RTD della Commissione Europea (JRC) >> Ruolo: Coordinatore di diversi Work-Packages per l'Azione IRI presso JRC-IPTS.

• da 02/2019: Co-Editor in Chief e Associate Editor di “Economia Politica” (http://www.springer.com/economics/policy/journal/40888);
• da 02/2019: Membro dell'Editorial Board di “Eurasian Business Review” (https://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/journal/40821);
• da 09/2014: Associate Editor di “Industry and Innovation” (http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ciai20);
• da 05/2015: Membro del Comitato Scientifico del Centro di ricerche in analisi economica e sviluppo economico internazionale (CRANEC), Catholic University of Milan (IT);
• da 09/2009: Membro del Comitato Scientifico dello European Network on the Economics of the Firm (ENEF);  
• da 01/2003: Membro del Comitato Scientifico della School of Development, Innovation and Change (SDIC) of Bologna (IT).

• Stough Johansson Springer Award of the Western Regional Science Association Conference 2021
• Best Paper Award of the Uddevalla Symposium 2019;
• Industry and Innovation Award for the Best Paper 2013-2014;

Convegni, Conferenze e Seminari recenti (vedi CV in allegato per la lista completa)

Relazioni su invito

• 31/10/2023, Municipality of L’Aquila: 100 Anniversary of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR);
• 23/5/2023, University of Bologna: Workshop on “The Use of Patents in Economic Research”;
• 28/4/2022, Regional Science Association (virtual): Periodic panel on “Cities, Regions and Sustainability Transitions (CReST)”;
• 23/11/2021, Polytechnic University of Le Marche (Ancona): Workshop on “Assessing regional competences and inter-regional collaborations in research and innovation”;
• 10/11/2019, OECD Spatial Productivity Lab of Trento (hosted in Venice): 5th meeting on “Spatial productivity for regional and local development”;
• 7/6/2019, Université Côte d’Azur (Nice): International Workshop on the “The Impact of Industry 4.0 on Employment, Global Value Chains and Sustainable Development”.

Seminari su invito

• 30/1/2024: Seminar series Collegio Carlo Alberto and University of Turin (Italy);  Paper presented: “Green-tech transition beyond regional borders: the role of embodied green knowledge flows”, with Adelia Fatikhova and Fabrizio Fusillo.
• 1/12/2023: Seminars on Environmental Economics and Policy, The University of Ferrara (IT); Paper presented: “Firms’ eco-innovations and I4.0 technologies in urban and rural areas”, with Luca Cattani and Antonio Vezzani.
• 21/11/2022: Seminar Series of the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, The University of Manchester (UK);  Paper presented: “Look where they are!” Firms’ eco-innovations and digital technologies in urban vs. rural areas”, with Luca Cattani and Antonio Vezzani.
• 10/3/2022: Seminar Series of the University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management, Trento (Italy);  Paper presented: ““Digital technologies and eco-innovations. Evidence of the “twin transition” from Italian firms”, with Antonio Vezzani.
• 4/11/2021: Seminar Series, Collegio Carlo Alberto and University of Turin (Italy); Paper presented: “Digital technologies and eco-innovations. Evidence of the “twin transition” from Italian firms”, with Antonio Vezzani.

Organizzazione di Workshop e Conference

• 18-21/10/2023 at GSSI (IT): 64th Annual Meeting of Italian Economists Society (SIE).
• 17-18/5 2022 at GSSI (IT): 5th International Workshop on “Migration, Globalization and the Knowledge Economy”.
• 3/6/ 2021 at GSSI (IT) (hybrid event): Regional Science Association International (RSAI) Workshop on “Regions in-between the green transition and the digital transformation
• 21-22/1/ 2021 virtual event: 2021 Meeting of the European Networks of the Economics of the Firm (ENEF)
• 17/5/ 2016 at the University Kore of Enna (IT): International Workshop on “Differentiation, related variety, and regional development: research issues and policy implications”.

Partecipazione a Convegni e Conferenze soggette a peer-review

• 10 – 12/1/2024, GeoInno Conference 2024, University of Manchester. Paper presented: Regional green-tech diversification and inter-regional green knowledge flows: EU evidence”; with Adelia Fatikhova and Fabrizio Fusillo. 
• 24 – 26/10/2023, 9th European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation, Joint Research Center, European Commission, Seville (Spain). Paper presented: “Walking the green line: government sponsored R&D and clean technologies”; with Francesco Rentocchini and Antonio Vezzani. 
• 19 – 21/10/2023, 64th Annual Conference of the Italian Economic Association, GSSI L’Aquila (Italy). Paper presented: “Innovation and data analytics within firms: the role of high-involvement organisational practices”; with Luca Cattani, Chiara Franco, and Fabio Landini.
• 6 – 8/9/2023, 2023 AISRE Conference, University of Naples Parthenope (Italy). Paper presented: “Regional green-tech diversification and inter-regional green knowledge flows: EU evidence”; with Adelia Fatikhova and Fabrizio Fusillo.
• 15 – 16/6/2023, XXI SIEPI Annual Workshop, University Federico II of Naples (Italy.Paper presented: “Regional green-tech diversification and inter-regional green knowledge flows: EU evidence”; with Adelia Fatikhova and Fabrizio Fusillo.
• 10 – 12/6/2023, 2023 DRUID Conference, NOVA School of Business and Economics of Lisbon (Portugal). Paper presented: “Innovation and data analytics within firms: the role of high-involvement organisational practices”; with Luca Cattani, Chiara Franco, and Fabio Landini.
•  4 – 6/5/2023, 2023 SEEDS Workshop, University of Ferrara (Italy). Paper presented: “Regional green-tech diversification and inter-regional green knowledge flows: EU evidence”; with Adelia Fatikhova and Fabrizio Fusillo.
•  20 – 22/10/2022, 63rd Annual Conference of the Italian Economic Association, University of Turin (Italy). Paper presented: Digital technologies and eco-innovations. Evidence of the “twin transition” from Italian firms”, with Antonio Vezzani.
• 27 – 29/9/2022, 2022 CERCIS Conference, University of Ferrara (Italy). Paper presented: ““Look where they are!” Firms’ eco-innovations and I4.0 technologies in urban and rural areas”, with Luca Cattani and Antonio Vezzani.
• 5 – 6/9/2022, AISRE Conference, Polytechnic University of Milan (IT). Papers presented: ““Look where they are!” Firms’ eco-innovations and I4.0 technologies in urban and rural areas”, with Luca Cattani and Antonio Vezzani.; “Social capital and regional innovation in the aftermath of crisis: Evidence from Italian provinces”; with Alessandra Faggian and Marianna Marino.
• 11- 13 July 2022, 2022 R&D Management Conference, University of Trento (IT), hybrid event. Paper presented: “Digital technologies and eco-innovations. Evidence of the “twin transition” from Italian firms”, with Antonio Vezzani.
• 4 – 6 July 2022, 6th Conference on the Geography of Innovation (GEOINNO2022), Bocconi University of Milan (IT). Papers presented: “Eco-innovation and digitalisation in Small Medium Enterprises: Does geographical location make the difference?” with Luca Cattani and Antonio Vezzani; “Do migrants move along the routes of technological proximity? Evidence from Spanish NUTS3 regions” with Anna D’Ambrosio, Chiara Franco, and Francesco Quatraro; ““With no siblings, but with home”: single patent-class inventions (SPIs) and regional technological diversification in Europe” with Claudio Cozza, Alessandro Palma, and Francesco Tarasconi.
•  16 – 17/6/2022, XX SIEPI Annual Workshop, University of L’Aquila (IT). Paper presented: “Digital technologies and eco-innovations. Evidence of the “twin transition” from Italian firms”, with Antonio Vezzani.
• 13 – 15/6/2022, 2022 DRUID Conference, Copenhagen Business School (DK). Paper presented: “Digital technologies and eco-innovations. Evidence of the “twin transition” from Italian firms”, with Antonio Vezzani.
• 21 – 22/4/2022, 10th IAERE Annual Conference, University of Cagliari (IT), hybrid event. Paper presented: “Digital technologies and eco-innovations. Evidence of the “twin transition” from Italian firms”, with Antonio Vezzani.
• 16 – 18/12/2021, CERCIS Annual Workshop, University of Ferrara (IT). Paper presented: “Digital technologies and eco-innovations. Evidence of the “twin transition” from Italian firms”, with Antonio Vezzani.
• 26 – 29/10/2021, 62nd Annual Workshop of the Italian Association of Italian Economists (Società Italiana di Economia, SIE) on “Economia e sfide globali. Salute, cambiamenti climatici, tecnologie digitali” (virtual event). Paper presented: ““With no siblings, but with home”: single patent-class inventions (SPIs) and regional technological diversification in Europe”, with Claudio Cozza, Ilaria Gandin and Gianluca Tarasconi.
• 18 – 20/10/2021, 2021DRUID Conference, Copenhagen Business School. Papers presented: “On the geography of radical innovations: Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) and technological novelty in European regions”, with Gianluca Orsatti and Francesco Quatraro; “Proximities and access to Venture Capital: evidence from Italian innovative start-ups”; with Francesca Ghinami.
• 23 – 24/9/2021, 18th Workshop of the European Network on the Economics of the Firm (ENEF) on “Green and Digital Transformations in Times of Recovery. The Role of Incumbent Firms, Start-ups and Financial Institutions”(virtual event). Paper presented: “Digital technologies and new environmentally sustainable production processes. A privileged role for Artificial Intelligence?”, with Antonio Vezzani.
• 24 – 27/8/2021, 60th ERSA Conference, organised by the University of Bolzano (virtual). Papers presented: “Do migrants move along the routes of technological proximity? Evidence from Spanish NUTS3 regions”, with Anna D'ambrosio, Chiara Franco, and Francesco Quatraro;  “Proximities and access to Venture Capital: evidence from Italian innovative start-ups”; with Francesca Ghinami; “Foreign Direct Investments and regional specialization in environmental technologies”, with Davide Castellani, Giovanni Marin and Antonello Zanfei; ““With no siblings, but with home”: single patent-class inventions (SPIs) and regional technological diversification in Europe”, with Claudio Cozza, Ilaria Gandin and Gianluca Tarasconi.
•  8 – 10/7/2021, 18th International Schumpeter Society (ISS) Conference, organised by LUISS Rome (virtual). Papers presented: “Regional technological diversification and the global R&D network: “be related, but also connected!”, with Chiara Burlina, Fabrizio Fusillo, and Alessandro Palma; “With no siblings, but with home”: single patent-class inventions (SPIs) and regional technological diversification in Europe”, with Claudio Cozza, laria Gandin, Alessandro Palma, and Gianluca Tarasconi. “Harnessing artificial intelligence for regional eco-innovation: a patent-based analysis of European regions’ green-tech diversification”, with Gloria Cicerone, Alessandra Faggian and Francesco Rentocchini.
• 10 -11/6/2021, XIX Annual Workshop of the Italian Association of Industrial Economics and Politics (SIEPI) (Virtual). Paper presented: “Regional technological diversification and the global R&D network “be related, but also connected!”, with Chiara Burlina, Fabrizio Fusillo, and Alessandro Palma;
• 25 – 28/5/2021, 13th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International  (RSAI) (Virtual). Paper presented: “With no siblings, but with home”: single patent-class inventions (SPIs) and regional technological diversification in Europe”, with Claudio Cozza, laria Gandin, Alessandro Palma, and Gianluca Tarasconi.
• 22 – 25/2/2021, Western Regional Science Association 60th Annual Meeting (Virtual). Paper presented: “Harnessing artificial intelligence for regional eco-innovation: a patent-based analysis of European regions’ green-tech diversification”, with Gloria Cicerone, Alessandra Faggian and Francesco Rentocchini.
• 21-22/1/2021, ENEF2020, 17th European Network on the Economics of the Firm (ENEF). Paper presented: ““With no siblings, but with home”: single patent-class inventions (SPIs) and regional technological diversification in Europe”, with Claudio Cozza, laria Gandin, Alessandro Palma, and Gianluca Tarasconi
• 20 – 23/10/2020, 61st Annual Meeting of Italian Economists Society (Società Italiana degli Economisti SIE), Virtual Conference Paper presented: “Harnessing artificial intelligence for regional eco-innovation: a patent-based analysis of European regions’ green-tech diversification”, with Gloria Cicerone, Alessandra Faggian and Francesco Rentocchini.
• 9-10/9/2020, XVII Workshop c.MET05, Virtual Conference. Papers presented: “With no siblings, but with home: single patent-class inventions and regional technological diversification in Europe”, with Claudio Cozza.
• 2-4/9/2020, AISRE 2020 Conference on “Regions in-between unexpected threats and opportunities”, Virtual Conference. Papers presented: “Harnessing artificial intelligence for regional eco-innovation: a patent-based analysis of European regions’ green-tech diversification”, with Gloria Cicerone, Alessandra Faggian and Francesco Rentocchini; “MNEs and regional specialisation in environmental technologies”, with Giovanni Marin, Davide Castellani, and Antonello Zanfei”; “The geography of Covid-19 and the structure of local economies: the case of Italy”, with Andrea Ascani and Alessandra Faggian; “With no siblings, but with home: single patent-class inventions and regional technological diversification in Europe”, with Claudio Cozza.
• 29 – 31/1/2020, GeoInno2020, 5th Geography of Innovation Conference, University of Stavanger (Norway). Papers presented: “Unlocking the Green Door of Regional Development: The Role of MNEs in Greening Local Inventive Activities”, with Davide Castellani, Giovanni Marin and Antonello Zanfei; “Design and Innovation: does the "green-matching" Actually Help?”, with Claudia Ghisetti and Antonio Vezzani; “On the geography of radical innovations: Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) and technological novelty in European regions”, with Gianluca Orsatti and Francesco Quatraro; “Harnessing artificial intelligence for regional eco-innovation: a patent-based analysis of European regions’ green-tech specialization”, with Gloria Cicerone, Alessandra Faggian, and Francesco Rentocchini.

Attività editoriale

da 2/2019: Co-Editor in Chief e Associate Editor di Economia Politica – Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics (http://www.springer.com/economics/policy/journal/40888).

da 2/2019: Membro dell'Editorial Board di Eurasian Business Review: A Journal in Industrial Organization, Innovation and Management Science (https://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/journal/40821).

da 09/2014: : Associate Editor di Industry & Innovation (http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ciai20).

Referee

Research Policy (Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, March, 2017); Business, Strategy and the Environment; China Economic Review; Economics of Innovation and New Technology; Industrial and Corporate Change; Journal of Environmental Planning and Management; Journal of International Business Studies; Journal of Management Studies; Journal of Evolutionary Economics; Journal of Product Innovation Management; Papers in Regional Science; Regional Studies;; Structural Change and Economic Dynamics; Technology Analysis and Strategic Management; Technological Forecasting and Social Change; Statistica Quarterly Journal; Economia Politica – Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics; Economic Systems Research; Empirical Economics; Industry and Innovation; Italian Economic Journal (continuation of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti and Giornale degli Economisti).