This paper investigates the role of cross-country spillovers in renewable energy technologies. The balance between international and domestic knowledge sourcing in energy innovation is still an open question. Recent studies show that a few countries develop new high-quality technologies, but...

Using country-level time series and firm-level panel data, we show that telecommunications investment and competition have evolved quite independently, at least in OECD economies. The literature findings on this subject are quite mixed, but we here strengthen empirical evidence employing a set...

Local governments are reluctant to contract out public services. This paper shows that resistance to contracting out is not at odds with efficiency. The sample includes all 135 municipalities that were distributing gas in an Italian region when a national reform ended in-house delivery....

We use an inductive approach to understand what types of founders’ human capital, at individual and team levels, are necessary to recognize and exploit entrepreneurial opportunities. A sample of 195 founders who teamed up in the nascent phases of Cleantech and Interned-based sectors is...

While the impact of M&A on R&D and innovation examined at the aggregate level left inconclusive evidence, we find that at the level of the R&D process both the technological and the market relatedness between the target and the acquirer are helpful dimensions to identify effects. Using...

This paper means to add to empirical research on the impact of local loop unbundling (LLU) on broadband networks. In particular, it focuses on broadband investment made by entrants. Starting from late Nineties telecommunications incumbents of several European Union countries have been required...

This paper analyses the relationship between privatization and service quality in the electricity industry, and tests the hypothesis that managerial behavior is a significant intervening factor. The sample includes 31 Italian distributors over the period 1998-2004; their quality performance is...