Publications.

Montobbio F., Sterzi V. (2011); Inventing Together: Exploring the Nature of International Knowledge Spillovers in Latin America Jounal of Evolutionary Economics , 21: pp.53-89

Lissoni F., Mairesse J., Montobbio F., Pezzoni M. (2011); Determinants of Scientific Productivity: A Study on Italian and French Physicists, NBER Working Paper n.16341. [http://www.nber.org/papers/w16341][pdf NBER] published in Industrial and Corporate Change with the title 'Scientific Productivity and Academic Promotion: a Study on French and Italian Physicists', [pdf ICC]

Bacchiocchi E., Montobbio F. (2010); International knowledge diffusion and home-bias effect. Do USPTO & EPO patent citations tell the same story?. Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 112(3),pp. 441-470,

Bacchiocchi E., Montobbio F. (2009); Knowledge Diffusion from University and Public Research. A Comparison between US Japan and Europe using Patent Citations. Journal of Technology Transfer, vol.34 (2), pp.169-181. [pdf]

Breschi S., Lissoni F., Montobbio F. (2008). University patenting and scientific productivity. A quantitative study of Italian academic inventors. European Management Review. The Journal of the European Academy of Management 5(2): 91-109 [pdf]

Corrocher N., Malerba F., Montobbio F. (2007); Schumpeterian Patterns of Innovative Activity in the ICT Field. Research Policy. vol. 36, pp. 418-432 [pdf]

Breschi S., Lissoni F., Montobbio F. (2007). The Scientific Productivity Of Academic Inventors: New Evidence From Italian Data. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol. 16, Issue 2, pp. 101-118 [pdf]

Della Malva A, Breschi S, Lissoni F, Montobbio F. (2007). L'attivita' brevettuale dei docenti universitari: L'Italia in un confronto internazionale. Economia e Politica Industriale.v.2 pp.43-70. [pdf]

Lissoni F., Montobbio F. (2006); Brevetti universitari ed economia della ricerca in Italia, Europa e Stati Uniti. Una rassegna dell'evidenza recente. Politica Economica. Anno XXII, n. 2, pp. 259-281. [pdf]

Mancusi, M., Montobbio, F., (2005): The Determinants Of Technological Specialisation and Its Dynamics, L'Industria, Anno XXVII, n. 1, pp. 113-143. [pdf]

Montobbio F., Rampa F. (2005); The Impact of Technology and Structural Change on Export Performance in Developing Countries. World Development, April, Vol. 33, No. 4. [pdf]

Breschi S., Lissoni F. and F. Montobbio (2005), From Publishing To Patenting: Do Productive Scientists Turn Into Academic Inventors? Revue d'Economie Industrielle, n. 110, 2eme trimestre [pdf]

Malerba, F., Montobbio F. (2004); Structural Change in Innovative Activities in Four Leading Sectors. An Interpretation of the Stylized Facts. Revue Economique, vol. 55, n. 6 [pdf]

Malerba F., Montobbio F. (2003); Exploring Factors Affecting International Technological Specialization: the Role of Knowledge Flows and the Structure of Innovative Activity, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, v. 13, n. 4, p. 411-434 [pdf]

Montobbio F. (2003); Sectoral Patterns of Innovations and Market Share Dynamics, Cambridge Journal of Economics, v. 27, 523-545 [pdf]

Corrocher N., Malerba F., Montobbio F. (2003); How do new Technologies Emerge? A Patent_Based Analysis of ICT-Related New Industrial Activities. Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice. v. 5, 2-3, pp. 234-257

Montobbio F. (2002); An Evolutionary Model of Industrial Growth and Structural Change. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, v. 13(4), pp. 387-414 [pdf]

Montobbio F. (1999); Istituzioni e Performance Innovativa delle Imprese: l'Approccio Sistemico, Economia e Politica Industriale, n. 100, p.211-257

Vivarelli, M., Montobbio, F. (1996), Le determinanti della formazione del salario reale nel secondo dopoguerra, Economia e Lavoro, anno 30, n. 3, pp. 3-14

Chapters in Books

Montobbio F. (2009); Intellectual Property Rights and Knowledge Transfer from Public Research to Industry in US and Europe: which Lessons for Innovation Systems in Developing Countries?In WIPO (2009), The Economics of Intellectual Property, Ch. 6

Montobbio F. (2008); Patenting Activity in Latin American and Caribbean Countries.In World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO) - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) - Study on Intellectual Property Management in Open Economies: A Strategic Vision for Latin America". Forthcoming

Laforgia F., Montobbio F., Orsenigo L. (2007); IPRs and Technological Development in Pharmaceuticals: Who is Patenting What in Brazil after the TRIPS?, in Netanel Neil (ed.) The Development Agenda: Global Intellectual Property and Developing Countries. Oxford University Press.  

Breschi S., Lissoni F., Montobbio F. (2006). Open Science and University Patenting: the scientific productivity of Italian inventors in Van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B. and De Meyer A. (ed) Economics and Management Perspectives on Intellectual Property Rights. Palgrave. Ch. 4. pp. 83-103. [pdf]

Breschi S., Lissoni F., Montobbio F. (2005). The geography of knowledge spillovers: conceptual issues and measurement problems. in Breschi, Malerba (ed), Clusters, Networks and Innovation. Oxford University Press. Ch. 13, pp. 343-371. [pdf]

Montobbio F. (2003); Sectoral Dynamics and Structural Change. Stylized facts and 'System of Innovation' Approaches. in Malerba (ed.) Sectoral Systems of Innovation. Concepts, issues and analyses of six major sectors in Europe. Cambridge University Press. Ch. 2, pp. 42-69

Coriat B., Malerba, F., Montobbio F., (2003) The International Performance of European Sectoral Systems, in Malerba (ed.) Sectoral Systems of Innovation. Concepts, issues and analyses of six major sectors in Europe. Cambridge University Press. Ch. 11, pp. 388-426

Edquist, C.,Malerba, F.,Metcalfe, S., Montobbio F. and Steinmueller E., (2003), Sectoral Systems: Implications for European Technology Policy, in Malerba (ed.) Sectoral Systems of Innovation. Concepts, issues and analyses of six major sectors in Europe. Cambridge University Press. Ch. 12, pp. 427-461

Montobbio F. (2000); Istituzioni e Attivita' Innovativa: i Sistemi Innovativi, in Malerba F. (2000); (a cura di) Economia dell'Innovazione, Nuova Italia Scientifica, Roma, cap. 13, pp. 375-402

Miozzo M.-Montobbio F. (2000), The Evolution of Knowledge Bases, Patterns of Location and Industrial Dynamics: a Reassessment of the Product and Industry Life Cycle Models, in Kuklinski A. (ed.), The Knowledge Based Economy. The Global Challenges for the XXI Century. State Committeee for Scientific Researh. Poland, pp. 114-138

Montobbio, F. (1997), La formazione dei salari: un'analisi strutturale, in Vivarelli M. (a cura di), Il futuro del lavoro. Liocorno. Roma, Cap. 2, pp. 31-80

Other Publications

Montobbio F. Tosetti M. (2007); Analisi del fenomeno della natalita' e mortalita' delle imprese artigiane. Rapporto Camera di Commercio. Varese.

Lissoni F., Montobbio F. (2003). Brevetto Europeo e "patent gap" tra Europa e Stati Uniti: quale aiuto dal Brevetto Comunitario? in Tendenze dell'industria italiana. Confindustria, Centro Studi. Giugno, 114-128

Malerba, F., Montobbio F. (2002); L'Europa nell'alta tecnologia: lo scenario internazionale in alcuni settori chiave in Tendenze dell'industria italiana. Confindustria, Centro Studi. Giugno, pp. 63-78

Malerba, F., Montobbio F. (2002); L'attivita' innovativa e la specializzazione tecnologica e commerciale dell'Italia a confronto con gli altri paesi industrializzati in Tendenze dell'industria italiana. Confindustria, Centro Studi. Giugno. Pp. 79-91

Montobbio F. (2003); Growth through Structural Change and Policy Issues. Presented at European Economists for an Alternative Economic Policy in Europe Ninth Workshop on Alternative Economic Policy in Europe Brussels, 26th - 28th September 2003 at Free University of Brussels, Etterbeek Campus, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels

Corrocher N. and Montobbio, F. (2003), "Analysing the emergence of new industrial activities: some methodological issues". Working Paper. The Emergence of new industrial Activities (TENIA)