Some information about me
I’m an associate professor at the University of Foggia (a small city in the south-east of Italy), where I teach Economics of Innovation (postgraduate) and Microeconomics (undergraduate). I also teach at LUISS University in Roma (where I live). My research interests range from knowledge economics and innovation to trade and development. In this webpage you can find a short description of my research activity as well as some downloadable papers I’ve recently written.
Contact details
University of Foggia Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche Matematiche e Statistiche
Largo Papa Giovanni Paolo II, 1 71100 – Foggia
University LUISS "Guido Carli" Facoltà di Giurisprudenza Via Parenzo, 11 00198 - Roma
Fax: +39 0645498153
E-mail: p(dot)morone(at)gmail(dot)com
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Research interests
Knowledge economy
With Richard Taylor of the Stockholm Environment Institute - Oxford Centre I am currently working on a project involving simulation modelling of knowledge diffusion dynamics. This research is concerned with informal learning processes taking place through face-to-face interactions and (to a lesser extent) computer mediated interactions.
Moroever, with Andrea Morone (my brother) of the University of Bari, Richard and I are trying to evaluate our simulation models via laboratory experiments.
I'm also working with Richard Taylor on a taxonomy of knolwdge flows patterns. The proposed taxonomy is based on the broad distinction between knowledge gain and knowledge diffusion: the former relates to those processes of knowledge flows which deliberately involve a barter among subjects; the latter relates to those processes where knowledge is no longer traded on a voluntary basis (quid pro quo), but freely flows while agents interact.
Finally, with Richard Taylor and Roberta Sisto of the University of Foggia, I have been investigating knowledge flows and innovation potential in organic food production networks.
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Firms growth, innovation and exports
With Carmelo Petraglia from the University of Napoli 'Federico II' and Pina Testa from the University of London I'm investigating the determinants of growth and innovation in the Italian manufacturing sector using a “knowledge production function” in order to explore the relation between the innovative inputs and innovative outputs.
Moreover, with Pina Testa I've also analised the determinants of Italian small- and medium-sized enterprises’ turnover growth having in mind the fact that the Italian economic system relies substantially on small firms which have traditionally managed to stay competitive by adopting strategies such as the creation of well-integrated social and institutional clusters or specialising in the production of quality goods (the so called Made in Italy).
Finally, with Cesare Imbriani of the University of Roma "La Sapienza" and Pina Testa I investigate whether innovating activities and quality goods’ production have any effect on firm’s probability to be exporter.
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Innovation systems
With Richard Taylor of the Stockholm Environment Institute - Oxford Centre I am developing agent-based models of innovation networks. The objective is to model interactions among firms based upon partnership formation to carry out joint innovations. Agents (i.e. firms) are endowed with different Skill Profiles and aim to be the first to innovate, either on their own or in partnership. Hence, an important task in our model is obtaining information about the complementarity of other firms' profiles. In different versions of this model, we either assume the presence of local institutions to act as facilitators of information exchange, or we assume that information flows are bounded to local neighbourhoods. This is based on the recognition that geographical factors are an important aspect of innovation, and is related to the literature on industrial districts/clusters and innovation networks.
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