Curriculum
Personal information
Antonioli, Davide
davide.antonioli@unife.it
Italian
Work experience
December 2021 –
Full Professor, University of Ferrara
October 2019 – December 2021
Associate Professor, University of Ferrara
January 2016 – September 2019
Associate Professor, University of Chieti-Pescara
2012 – 2015
Assistant Professor, University of Ferrara
May – August 2012
Visiting research fellow, University of Sussex, SPRU
2006 – 2012
Research Fellow, University of Ferrara
Education and training
University of Bologna, 2008
Dottorato (PhD) in Law and Economics,
University of Bristol, 2006
MSc in Economics and Econometrics
University of Bologna, 2001
BA in Political Science
Other
OPENLOC School of Spatial Statistics and Econometrics, University of Trento, Trento, 24-26 March 2011
CiDE, Econometrics Summer School, Bertinoro, 15-21 June 2003
Main Projects
Leader of the PRIN project: CITYBLE - Developing Two-Sided Citizen Analytics for the Sustainable Digital Society
Leader of the project IRsmart: Industrial Relations for Smart-Workers in Smart Cities (IRsmart) - App. ref. VP/2020/004/0058, 2021, 24months
Unit leader of the FISR-MIUR project HUMANWISE: a HUMan resources ANalytics Dashboard to support post-emergency Workforce policy design, Industry continuity, and System resiliencE, 2021
Member of the project: ETC/WMGE 2014-2018 European Topic Centre on Waste and Materials in a Green Economy 2014-2015
Member of the project: H2020 project - GREEN.EU - European Global Transition Network on Eco-Innovation, Green Economy and Sustainable Development 2015
Member of the project ’La Valutazione Economica dei Disastri Naturali in Italia’, Fondazione Generali, 2014-2015 (Partners: IRCRES_CNR, IRPI-CNR, IDPA-CNR, INGV, SEEDS)
Member of the project: Framework 7 Project - CECILIA2050 -Choosing Efficient Combinations of Policy Instruments for Low-carbon development and Innovation to Achieve Europe’s 2050 climate targets, 2012 (36months)
Main Publications
Articles
Robot adoption and product innovation, 2024, (with A. Marzucchi, F. Rentocchini, S. Vannuccini), Research Policy, 53
The intersectoral linkages and manufacturing productivity growth in Italian regions using the I-O approach, 2023, (with C. Di Berardino and G. Onesti), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, vol.66, n.2, 120-133
Sustainable production: The economic returns of circular economy practices, 2022, (with Ghisetti C., Mazzanti M., Nicolli F.), Business Strategy and the Environment, 31, 2603-2617
Innovations and the circular economy: a national and regional perspective, 2022, (with Chioatto E., Mazzanti M.), Insights into Regional Development, 4, 57-70
Resilience, Vulnerability and Complexity in Socioeconomic Systems: Resilience, Performance and Strategies in Firms’ Reactions to the Direct and Indirect Effects of a Natural Disaster, 2021, (with A. Marzucchi and M. Modica), Networks and Spatial Economics, online first
Estimating a non-neutral production function, 2021, (with G. Gioldasis and A. Musolesi), Oxford Economic Papers, vol.73, n.2, 856–878
Persistence of innovation in times of crisis: An analysis of Italian firms, 2021, (with S. Montresor), Small Business Economics, vol.56, 1739–1764
Specialization and KIBS in the Euro Area: A vertically integrated sector perspective, 2020, (with C. Di Berardino and G. Onesti), International Review of Applied Economics, vol.34, n.2, 267-290
Backing Environmental Innovations through Information Technology Adoption. Empirical Analysis of Innovation-Related Complementarities in Firms, 2018, (with M. Gilli, M. Mazzanti, F. Nicolli), Technological and Economic Development of Economy, vol.21, n.1, 141- 163
Information communication technologies and environmental innovations in firms: joint adoptions and productivity effects, 2018, (with G. Cecere, M. Mazzanti), Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol.61, n.11, 1905- 1933
Waste performance, waste technology and policy effects, 2018, (with F. Caratù, F. Nicolli), Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol.61, n.11, 1883- 1904
Pain shared, pain halved? Cooperation as a coping strategy for innovation barriers, 2017, (with Marzucchi A., Savona M.), The Journal of Technology Transfer, vol.42, n.4., 841-864
Flexible pay systems and labour productivity: Evidence from manufacturing firms in Emilia-Romagna, 2017, (with R. Antonietti, P. Pini), International Journal of Manpower, vol.38, n.4, 548-566
Towards a green economy through innovations: The role of trade union involvement, 2017, (with M. Mazzanti), Ecological Economics, vol.131, January, 286-299
The Effect of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations on Academics’ Entrepreneurial Intention, 2016, (with F. Nicolli, L. Ramaciotti, U. Rizzo), Adminstrative Sciences, vol.6, n.4, 1-18
Are Regional systems greening the economy? Local spillovers, green innovations and firms’ economic performance, (with S. Borghesi, M. Mazzanti), 2016, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, vol.25, n.7, 692-713
Innovation adoption and training activities in SMEs, (with E. Dellatorre), 2016, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol.27, n.3, 311-337
Outsourcing and firm productivity in a specific local production system. Evidence from Reggio Emilia (Italy) (with Mazzanti M., Montresor S., Pini P.), 2015, Growth and Change, vol.46, n.2, 292-320
Industry–research co-operation within and across regional boundaries. What does innovation policy add? (with Marzucchi A., Montresor S.), 2015, Papers in Regional Science, vol.94, n.3, 499-524
Analysing the Interactions of Energy and climate policies in a broad Policy ‘optimality’ framework. The Italian case study (with S. Borghesi, A. D’Amato, M. Gilli, F. Nicolli, M. Mazzanti), 2014, Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, vol.11, n.3-4, 205-
224
Regional innovation policy and innovative behaviour. Looking for additional effects (with Marzucchi A., Montresor S.), 2014, European Planning Studies, vol.22, No. 1, 64–83
La debolezza dell’attività innovativa delle imprese Italiane, 2013, Economia & Lavoro, anno XLVII, pp.10-15
Is environmental innovation embedded within high-performance organizational changes? The role of human resource management and complementarity in green business strategies (with Mancinelli S., Mazzanti M.), 2013, Research Policy, vol.42, pp.975-988
Innovation Strategies and Economic Crisis: Evidence fromFirm-level Italian Data (withBianchi A., Mazzanti M., Montresor S. Pini P.), 2013, Economia Politica, XXX, n. 1, pp.15-49
Evaluating the Additionality of Innovation Policy. A Review Focused on the Behavioural Dimension (with Marzucchi A.), 2012, World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, special issue ’Evaluating the Effect of Public Policies on Corporate R&D and Innovation: Processes and Behaviours, Measurement Methods and Indicators’, vol.9, n.2-3-4, pp.124-148
Valutazione di una politica regionale a sostegno dell’innovazione in Emilia-Romagna (with Bianchi A. e Pini P.), 2011, Quaderni di Rassegna Sindacale, vol.XII, n.2, pp.239-258
Innovation, Workers Skills and Industrial Relations: Empirical Evidence from Firmlevel Italian Data, (with Manzalini R., Pini P.), 2011, Journal of Socio Economics, vol.40, n.3, pp.312-326
Innovation, Industrial Relations and Employee Outcomes: Evidence from Italy (with. Mazzanti M., Pini P), 2011, Journal of Economic Studies, vol.38, n.1, pp.66-90
The impact of production offshoring on the skill composition of manufacturing firms:Evidence from Italy, (with Antonietti R.), 2011, International Review of Applied Economics, vol.25, n.1, pp.87-105
Crisi economica e performance d’impresa: il ruolo dell’innovazione in un contesto produttivo locale, (with Bianchi A., Mazzanti M., Pini P.), 2010, Economia e Società Regionale, vol.109, n.1, pp.177-206
Productivity, Innovation Strategies and Industrial Relations in SMEs. Empirical evidence for a local production system in Northern Italy, (with Mazzanti M. e Pini P.),2010, International Review of Applied Economics, vol.24, n.4, pp.453-482
Produttività, innovazione e relazioni industriali: fattori di crescita dell’Emilia-Romagna (with Bianchi A., Mazzanti M. e Pini P.), 2010, Quaderni di Rassegna Sindacale, vol.XI, n.2, pp.137-183
I limiti del modello contrattuale dopo l’Accordo Quadro del 2009, (with Pini P.), 2010, E.R.E., vol.2, n.4, pp.79-92
Contrattazione e salari: i limiti dell’Accordo Quadro, (with Pini P.), 2009, Quaderni di Rassegna Sindacale, n.2, annoX, pp.151-164
Techno-organisational strategies, environmental innovations and economic performances. Micro-evidence from a SME-based industrial district, (with Mazzanti M.), 2009, Journal of Innovation Economics, vol.1, n.3, pp.145-168
Industrial Relations, Techno-Organizational Innovation and Firm Economic Performance, 2009, Economia Politica, n.1, pp.21-52
Innovation, Working Conditions and Industrial Relations. Evidence for a Local Production System, (with Mazzanti M. e Pini P.), 2009, Economic and industrial Democracy, vol.30, n.2, pp157-181
Impresa, relazioni industriali e innovazione. Dieci anni di indagini sui sistemi produttivi locali dell’Emilia Romagna, (with Pini P.), 2009, E.R.E., vol.1, n.1, pp.86-100
Innovazione tecno-organizzativa e relazioni industriali in un contesto locale, 2007, Economia e Società Regionale, anno XXV, n.4, pp.67-100
Partecipazione diretta, partecipazione indiretta e innovazioni tecnico-organizzative. Alcuni risultati per il sistema locale di Reggio Emilia (with Paolo Pini), 2005, Quaderni Rassegna Sindacale, annoIV, n.2, pp.195-225
Adoption of Techno-Organizational Innovations and Industrial Relations in Manufacturing Firms: An Analysis for a Local Industrial System, (with Mazzanti M., Pini P., Tortia E.),2004, Economia Politica, anno XXI, n.1, pp.11-52
Dinamiche innovative e performance d’impresa: analisi cluster per un sistema industriale locale (with Paolo Pini), 2004, Istituzioni e Sviluppo Economico, vol.2, no.1, pp.65-104
Books
Strategie di innovazione e risultati economici. Un’indagine sulle imprese manifatturiere dell’Emilia-Romagna (with Bianchi A., Mazzanti M., Montresor S., Pini P.), Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2011
Dinamiche innovative, relazioni industriali, performance nelle imprese manifatturiere. IIÎndagine sul sistema locale di Reggio Emilia, (with Delsoldato L., Mazzanti M., Pini P.), Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2007
Other publications
“Firm Surveys relating Environmental Policies, Environmental Performance and
Innovation: Design Challenges and insights from Empirical Application”, OECD Environment Working Papers (with Ghisetti C., Mazzanti, M. and Nicolli F.) , 2016, No. 103, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jm0v405l97l-en
Teaching activities
From the A.Y. 2024-2025: Labour economics and Innovation, (graduate level), University of Ferrara, Department of Economics and Management
From the A.Y. 2022-2023: Economic policy, (graduate level), University of Ferrara, Department of Law
A.Y. 2021-2022/2023-2024: Economics and management of innovation in the biotechnologies, (graduate level), University of Ferrara, Department of Biotecnologie per la Medicina Traslazionale
From the A.Y. 2020-2021: Labour economics module within the course of Labour economics and innovation (graduate level), University of Ferrara, Department of Economics and Management
From the A.Y. 2020-2021 to 2021-2022: Professor in Regional and Urban Economics (undergraduate level), University of Ferrara, Department of Economics and Management
From the A.Y. 2019-2020: Professor in Labour Economics (undergraduate level), University of Ferrara, Department of Economics and Management
From the A.Y. 2016-2017 the A.Y. 2018-2019: Professor of Economic Policy (undergraduate level), University of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Management and Business Administration
From the A.Y. 2016-2017 to the A.Y. 2018-2019: Professor of European Economic Policy (graduate level), University of Chieti-Pescara, Department of Management and Business Administration
From the A.Y. 2016-2017: Personnel Economics module in the PhD Programme – Accounting, Management and Business Economics
From the A.Y. 2007-2008 to the A.Y. 2014-2015: Contract Professor in Labour Economics (undergraduate level), University of Ferrara, Department of Economics and Management
From the A.Y. 2008-2009 to the A.Y. 2011-2012: Contract Professor for a teaching module in Macroeconomics (undergraduate level), University of Ferrara, Department of Economics and Management
A.Y. 2011-2012: Contract Professor for a teaching module in Econometrics (graduate level), University of Ferrara, Department of Economics and Management
A.Y. 2007-2008: Contract Professor for a teaching module in Macroeconomics (undergraduate level), University of Bologna, Faculty of Communication Sciences
Institutional activities
From 2020 to 2022– Member of the GEV-13/A for the Evaluation of the Research Quality of the Italian Universities and Research Institutions (https://www.anvur.it/attivita/vqr/vqr-2015-2019/)
From 2020 - Member of the Scientific Board of the Doctoral programme in Environmental Sustainability and Well-being (ESW), University of Ferrara
From 2016 to 2019 Member of the Scientific Board of the Doctoral programme in Accounting, Management and Business Economics (AMBE), University of Chieti-Pescara
From 2013 to 2015 Member of the Scientific Board of the Doctoral programme in ’Economia e management dell’innovazione e della sostenibilità’(EMIS)’, University of Ferrara
Other activities
Scientific coordinator of the project with Fondartigianato on the training activities in the firms belonging to the Fondartigianato in the Emilia-Romagna region: Observatory on SMEs and micro firms in Emilia-Romagna, from 2020
Member of local project financed by the Chamber of Commerce: Elements for the implementation of Precision Agriculture in cereal and industrial crops in the province of Ferrara. An application through machine learning methodologies, 2020
Expert advisor for OECD for the scoping paper: Firm Surveys relating Environmental Policies, Environmental Performance and Innovation: Design Challenges and insights from Empirical Application”, OECD Environment Working Papers, No. 103, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2014-2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jm0v405l97l-en
Advisor for the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea: counselling for 'Elaborazione di proposte per singolo descrittore sulla base della gap analisi', 2015-2016
Member of “Labour Market Observatory for the Province of Ferrara” in 2007, 2008 and 2009
Referee for (among others)
Research Policy; Regional Studies; Economia Politica. Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics; Journal of Economic Studies; Environmental Engineering and Management Journal; Management Research Review; Regional Studies; Small Business Economics; Ecological Economics; Industry and Innovation; Journal of Cleaner Production; International Human Resource Management Journal.
