4 papers
University as catalyst of public R&D expenditures? An empirical assessment on EU NUTS 3 regions
Silvia Iossa, Saverio Barabuffi
This study examines whether universities shape the regional innovation effects of public R&D expenditure and whether this role varies across regional development trajectories. We a…
No Women No Innovation? The Effect of Women on Boards on Hard and Soft Innovation in SMEs
Francesca Pascale, Saverio Barabuffi, Giulio Ferrigno
The role of women on corporate boards and its impact on innovation remains heavily debated. While existing literature offers conflicting perspectives on whether female board repres…
Beyond the Coast: an Empirical Assessment of the Kaldor-Verdoorn Law in Chinese Provinces
Maria Cristina Barbieri Góes, Saverio Barabuffi
This paper investigates spatial productivity convergence across Chinese provinces during structural transformation, examining how a shift in auonomous demand composition reshaped r…
The network advantage: benefits of interregional scientific knowledge spillovers on AI patenting
Saverio Barabuffi, Jacopo Cricchio, Alberto Di Minin +1
Knowledge spillovers have largely been studied as unintended externalities diffusing through geographic proximity, while deliberate interregional networks have been examined mostly…