Reccomended or required readings
1) Introduction to economics of innovation:
a) Malerba F., a cura di, 2000, Economia dell’Innovazione, Carocci: Roma (Capitolo 1; Capitolo 3 83-95; Capitolo 5 139-143).
b) Malerba, F. and Orsenigo, L., 1996. Schumpeterian patterns of innovation are technology-specific, Research Policy, 25(3), pp.451-478.
c) Nelson R., 2008, Economic Development from the Perspective of the Evolutionary Theory, Oxford Development Studies, 36 (1): 9-22.
d) OECD, 2018, OSLO Manual, 4 edition, OECD, Paris (2.1, 2.2 e 3)
2) Systems of innovation:
a) Castellacci, F., Natera J. M. (2011), A new panel dataset for cross-country analyses of national systems, growth and development, Innovation and Development, 1:2, 205-226.
b) Fagerberg, J., & Shrolec, M. (2008). National innovation systems, capabilities and economic development. Research policy, 37(9), 1417-1435.
c) Fagerberg, J., Srholec M. (2017), Capabilities, economic development, sustainability, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 41, 905-926 (opzionale).
d) Malerba F., a cura di, 2000, Economia dell’Innovazione, Carocci: Roma (Capitolo 13 e 14).
e) Nagaoka S., Kazuyuki M. and Goto A. "Patent statistics as an innovation indicator." Handbook of the Economics of Innovation. Vol. 2. North-Holland, 2010. 1083-1127 (solo 1,2, 3 e 4).
3) The geography and the diffusion of innovation and network externalities
Malerba F., a cura di, 2000, Economia dell’Innovazione, Carocci: Roma (Capitolo 10, 11 e 12)
4) Innovation and globalization
a) Narula R., Zanfei A., 2007, La Globalizzazione dell’innovazione, in Fagerberg, J., Mowery D. & Nelson R., Innovazione, Carocci Editore: Roma (121-152).
b) Giuliani, E., Martinelli, A. and Rabellotti, R., 2016. Is co-invention expediting technological catch up? A study of collaboration between emerging country firms and EU inventors. World development, 77, pp.192-205 (opzionale).
5) Technological catch up in emerging countries:
a) Fagerberg, J., Srholec, M. and Verspagen, B., 2010. Innovation and economic development. In Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, Vol. 2, pp. 833-872, North-Holland.
b) Farole, T., & Winkler, D. (2014). Making Foreign Direct Investment Work for Sub-Saharan Africa. Local Spillovers and Competitiveness in Global Value Chains. The World Bank. Washington, D.C. (Pagine 7-55).
c) Fu, X., Woo, W. T., & Hou, J. (2016). Technological innovation policy in China: the lessons, and the necessary changes ahead. Economic Change and Restructuring, 49(2-3), 139-157.
d) Veugelers, R., 2017, China is the world’s new science and technology powerhouse. Bruegel. URL: http://bruegel. org/2017/08/china-is-the-worlds-new-science-and-technology-power house/ (opzionale).
All readings will be available in KIRO