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Ferrante Francesco e Pezzoli Andrea. (1993), “Economie di scala funzionali e articolazione regionale dell'impresa in Europa”, in Rapporto 1992 sull'impresa, il sistema pubblico e le economie locali, Istituto Guglielmo Tagliacarne, pp. 30-91, F. Angeli, 1993.

Ferrante Francesco e Mauriello Domenico (1994), “L'Europa delle imprese tra convergenza e differenziazione dei modelli di specializzazione”, in Rapporto 1993 sull'impresa, il sistema pubblico e le economie locali, Istituto Guglielmo Tagliacarne, Roma, pp. 35-86, F. Angeli.

Ferrante, Francesco (2002). Capitale umano imprenditoriale e sviluppo locale. In: De Rosa M. De Vincenzo D. Tra globalizzazione e localismo. Quale futuro per i sistemi produttivi territoriali? p. 51-71, NAPOLI: LIGUORI, ISBN: 9788820734176.

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Cafferata, R., Abatecola, G., Poggesi, S. (2009). Revisiting Stinchcombe’s Liability of Newness: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 374-392.

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Scafarto, F., Balzano, S. (2012). The Role and Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention at University Level: Theoretical Issues and New Empirical Evidence from Italy. Essays in Management Economics & Ethics, Vol. No. 25.

Abatecola, G. (2013). Survival or Failure within the Organizational Life Cycle. What Lessons for Managers?. Journal of General Management, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 23-38.

De Vita, L., Mari, M., Poggesi, S. (2014). Women entrepreneurs in and from developing countries: evidences from the literature. European Management Journal, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 451-460.

Poggesi, S., Mari, M., De Vita, L. (2015). Family and work-life balance mechanisms: what is their impact on the performance of Italian female service firms? International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 43-53.

Abatecola, G., Uli, V. (2016). Entrepreneurial Competences, Liability of Newness and Infant Survival. Evidence from the Service Industry.* Journal of Management Development*, Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 1082-1097.

Mari, M., Poggesi, S., De Vita, L. (2016). Family embeddedness and business performance: Evidences from women-owned firms. Management Decision, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 476-500.

Mari, M., Poggesi, S., De Vita, L. (2016). Women entrepreneurs and performance: evidence from Italy. In Díaz-García, C., Brush, C., Gatewood, E., Welter, F. (Eds.), Women’s Entrepreneurship in Global and Local Contexts. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Poggesi, S., Mari, M., De Vita, L. (2016). What’s new in female entrepreneurship research? Answers from the literature. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 735-764.

Ferrante, Francesco (2017). The Valorization of Cultural Heritage Technology Transfer Through Entrepreneurial Discovery. In: New Activities For Cultural Heritage. p. 209-216, ISBN: 978-3-319-67025-6, doi: 10.1007/978-3-31967026-3_23

Scafarto, F., Binci, D., Cerruti, C., Ozeren, E., Doygulu, E. (2017). Entrepreneurial Intentions and Cultural Orientations. An Exploratory Analysis in Italian and Turkish Universities. Proceedings of the 19th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference, Springer, Cham.

Paniccia, P.M.A., Baiocco, S. (2018). Co-Evolution of the University Technology Transfer: Towards a Sustainability-Oriented Industry: Evidence from Italy. Sustainability, Vol. 10 No. 12, 4675. DOI: 10.3390/su10124675.

Paniccia, P.M.A., Baiocco, S., Scafarto, F. (2018). TTOs and Successful University Spin-offs: A Co-evolutionary Perspective. XXV Annual EurOMA Conference: To serve, to produce and to servitize in the era of networks, big data, and analytics, 24-26 giugno, Budapest, Ungheria.

De Vita, L., Mari, M., Poggesi, S. (2019). Work-family conflict and the wellbeing pursuit of Italian women entrepreneurs, in Lepeley, M.T., Kuschel, K., Beutell, N.J., Pouw, N.R.M., Eijdenberg, E.L. (Eds.), The Wellbeing of Women in Entrepreneurship: A Global Perspective. Routledge.

Ferrante, Francesco, Federici, Daniela, Parisi, Valentino (2019). The entrepreneurial engagement of Italian university students: some insights from a population-based survey. Studies In Higher Education, p. 1-24, doi: 10.1080/03075079.2018.1458223

Paniccia, P., Poggesi, S., Leoni, L. (2019). The Virtue of Courage: From historical European roots to current management studies. European Management Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 547-554.

Paniccia, P.M.A., Baiocco, S., Scafarto, F. (2019). Trasferimento tecnologico dell’università e spin-off per l’innovazione sostenibile: verso una prospettiva co-evolutiva. In Barile, S., Simone, C. (a cura di), Industria 4.0: tra suggestioni emergenti e soluzioni effettive. ManOTec, Vol. 7, pp. 333-358, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, ISBN 978-88-3365-254-2.

Poggesi, S., Mari, M., De Vita, L. (2019). Women entrepreneurs and work-family conflict: an analysis of the antecedents. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 431-454.

Scafarto, F., Poggesi, S., Mari, M. (2019). Entrepreneurial intentions, risk-taking propensity and environmental support: The Italian experience. In Caputo, A. and Pellegrini, M.M. (Eds.),* The Anatomy of Entrepreneurial Decisions and Negotiations.* Springer International Publishing AG.

Baiocco, S., Scafarto, F., Paniccia, P.M.A. (2020). Network collaborativi di trasferimento tecnologico dall’università all’industria per la sostenibilità.* Referred Electronic Conference Proceeding Sinergie-SIMA 2020*, pp. 31-36, ISBN 97888943937-6-7. DOI: 10.7433/SRECP.EA.2020.01.

Cristofaro, M. (2020). E-business evolution: An analysis of mobile applications’ business models. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 88-103.

Giuri P., Grimaldi R., Kochenkova A., Munari F., Toschi L. (2020) The effects of university-level policies on women’s participation in academic patenting, Journal of Technology Transfer, 45(1): 122-150, ISSN: 0892-9912.

Lerner, J., Nanda, R. (2020). Venture capital’s role in financing innovation: What we know and how much we still need to learn. Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 237-261.

Mari, M., Poggesi, S. (2020). Gender and performance: Preliminary evidences from Italian innovative SMEs. In Caputo, A., Pellegrini, M. (Eds.), The Entrepreneurial Behaviour. Unveiling the Cognitive and Emotional Aspect of Entrepreneurship. Emerald Publishing Limited.

Poggesi, S., Mari, M., De Vita, L., Foss, L. (2020). Women entrepreneurship in STEM fields: literature review and future research avenues. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Vol. 16 No. 1, pp. 17-41

Boguszewicz-Kreft M., Arvanitis A., Karatzas K., Antonelli G., Simonetti B. (2021). Technology Transfer Steps Towards the Commercialization of Research Results for Universities. WSB Journal of Business and Finance, vol. 55, issue 1, 26 – 39

Bolzani D., Munari F., Rasmussen E., Toschi L. (2021) Technology Transfer Office as Providers of Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Education, Special Issue on Journal of Technology Transfer, 46(2): 335-365, ISSN: 0892-9912.

Breslin, D., Kask, J., Schlaile, M., Abatecola, G. (2021). Developing a Co-Evolutionary Account of Innovation Ecosystems. Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 98, pp. 59-68.

Cristofaro, M., Giannetti, F. (2021). Heuristics in Entrepreneurial Decisions: A Review, an Ecological Rationality Model, and a Research Agenda. Scandinavian Journal of Management, Vol. 37, No. 3, 101170.

D'Orlando, F., Ferrante, F., Oliverio, A. (2021). Economic change and wellbeing: the true cost of creative destruction and globalization. Routledge.

Munari F., Toschi L. (2021) The impact of public funding on science valorisation: An analysis of the ERC Proof-of-Concept Programme. Research Policy, 50:6. ISSN: 1873-7625

Poggesi, S., Mari, M., De Vita, L. (2021). Antecedents and consequences of work-family conflicts: Italian women entrepreneurs' experiences.* International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business*, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 26-45.

Abatecola, G., Cristofaro, M., Giannetti, F., Kask, J. (2022). How Can Biases Affect Entrepreneurial Decision Making? Toward a Behavioral Approach to Unicorns. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 693-711.

Cristofaro, M. (2022). Modelli di eBusiness, per App di successo. Management Notes, 16 Novembre 2022.

Leoni, L., Ardolino, M., El Baz, J., Gueli, G., Bacchetti, A. (2022). The Mediating Role of Knowledge Management Processes in the Effective Use of Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing Firms. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 42, No. 13, pp. 411-437.

Baiocco, S., & Paniccia, P. M. (2023). Business model innovation in sustainable entrepreneurship: co-evolutionary evidence from small accommodation firms. Business Process Management Journal, 29(8), 260-292.

Baiocco, S., Leoni, L., Paniccia, P.M.A. (2023). Entrepreneurship for sustainable development: Co-evolutionary evidence from the tourism sector. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. DOI: 10.1108/JSBED-01-2023-0003.

Baiocco, S., Paniccia, P.MA. (2023). Integrating the natural environment into the business model of tourism firms for sustainability. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27730-7.

Cristofaro, M., Giannetti, F., Abatecola, G. (2023). The Initial Survival of the Unicorns. A Behavioral Perspective of Snapchat. Journal of Management History, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 456-480.

Cristofaro, M., Kask, J., Muldoon, J. (2023). Exploring the Entrepreneurial Jungle: Unicorns, Gazelles, Zebras, and Other Venture Species. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 1065-1087.

Poggesi, S., Mari, M., Schilleci, P. (2023). Innovative Women Entrepreneurs: Experiences from Italy. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, in corso di pubblicazione.

Riviezzo A., Venesaar U., Duarte H., Civil T., Antonelli G., Dorożyński T., (2023) “Developing Entrepreneurship Competence in Academia: Emerging Needs in Estonia, Finland, Italy, Poland and Portugal”. In Rodrigues S. and Mourato J. (Eds), The Impact of HEIs on Regional Development: Facts and Practices of Collaborative Work with SMEs, IGI Global, ISBN: 9781668467015, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6701-5

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Mari M, Poggesi S, Paniccia P.M.A., Baiocco S. (2025). Italy: Policy insights on financing innovative women entrepreneurs. In: (a cura di): OECD/GWEP, Bridging the Finance Gap for Women Entrepreneurs: Insights from Academic and Policy Research, OECD Studies on SMEs and Entrepreneurship, OECD Publishing, Paris.

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Paniccia, P.M.A., Baiocco, S. Scafarto, F. (2026). A co-evolutionary knowledge exchange network for the entrepreneurial valorization of academic research: evidence from Italy. Journal of Technology Transfer, 51, pp. 1393–1444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-025-10190-1