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GIUSEPPE SCELLATO (PhD)
Giuseppe Scellato has a PhD in Economics and is presently assistant professor at Politecnico di Torino, where he teaches financial accounting and corporate finance at graduate level, and economics and management of innovation at post-graduate level. His main research interests are in the area of industrial dynamics, corporate governance and innovation. These themes are investigated both theoretically and with micro econometric techniques. In particular, his recent publications address the following themes:

1. Market failures in the financing of innovation activities
2. Ownership structures, financial constraints and investment dynamics in private and public companies
3. Intellectual property rights regimes and the economic analysis of patent law
4. Firm-level productivity analysis and knowledge spillovers
5. Economics of science

Contacts

Politecnico di Torino - DISPEA
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24b
10129 Torino - ITALY
Tel: +39 011 090 7270
e-mail: giuseppe.scellato [AT ] polito.it

Full CV

Recent Research Projects

European Parliament - DG Internal Policies “Framework contract for the provision of consulting services in the area of Intellectual Property Rights”. Years 2011-2015

European Commission DG Internal Market Study on the quality of the European patent system. Tender MARKT/2009/11/D. Research project to be completed in year 2011

European Parliament Current Policy Issues in the Governance of the European Patent System. Project sponsored by the Directorate General Internal Policies of the Union under the STOA Program – Science and Technology Option Assessment. Year 2009

European Commission CREATE: innovation in Information and Communication Technologies to support creative industries. Project funded under the Seventh FP Years 2008 - 2010.

European Investment Bank Private equity, innovation and structural change: a comparative analysis across European countries. Project carried out in collaboration also with the European Investment Fund. Years 2008 - 2009.

Regional Piedmont Government Globalisation of science: impact on national competitiveness and policy implications.

Research grant under the Social Sciences and Humanities program.Years 2009 - 2012.

Italian Ministry for Research - IRIS (Italian Research in Innovation Systems): The Reorganization of the Italian Public Research System for Technology Transfer. Project funded under the FIRB program Years 2005-2008.

Teaching

Management Accounting and Control, graduate programme in Industrial Engineering and Management, IV Facoltà Politecnico di Torino
Financial Analysis and Risk Management, graduate programme in Industrial Engineering and Management, IV Facoltà Politecnico di Torino

Economics and Management of Innovation, PhD courses and Alta Scuola Politecnica.

Selected Publications (complete list in Full CV)

• FRANZONI, C., SCELLATO, G., STEPHAN, P., (2011) Changing incentives to publish. Science, Vol. 333 no. 6043 pp. 702-703.
• ANTONELLI, C., SCELLATO, G., (2011) Out of equilibrium profit and innovation. Economics of Innovation and New Technologies, 20 (5) 405-421.
• FRANZONI, C., SCELLATO, G., (2011) Academic patenting and the consequence for scientific research. Australian Economic Review, 44, 1.
• CRESPI F., SCELLATO, G., (2010) Ownership structure, internal financing and investment dynamics”  The Manchester School, Volume 78 Issue 3, Pages 242 – 258.
• SCELLATO G., UGHETTO E., (2010) The Basel II reform and provision of finance for R&D activities” International Small Business Journal, February 1, 2010; 28(1): 65 - 89  
• FRANZONI C.,SCELLATO, G., (2010) Grace Period in International Patent Law and Its Effect on Timing of Disclosure. Research Policy, vol. 39, 200-213
• CALDERINI, M., MONCALVO; D., SCELLATO, G. (2009) R&D Platforms. in Chiesa V. e Frattini, A. (editors) Evaluation And Performance Measurement of Research And Development,  Edward Elgar.
• BUZZACCHI L., SCELLATO, G.(2008) Patent litigation insurance and R&D incentives, International Review of Law and Economics Vol.28 pp.272-286.
• SCELLATO G. (2007) "Patents, Firm size and Financial Constraints: an Empirical Analysis for a Sample of Italian Manufacturing Firms”, Cambridge Journal of Economics (2007), Vol. 1, 55-76.
• CALDERINI M., SCELLATO G. (2005), Academic research, technological specialization and the innovation performance in European regions: an empirical analysis in the wireless sector, Industrial and Corporate Change 14, 276-305.