My publications and working papers

Open Innovation: a strategy to deal with the Downturn?

at the company level:

Di Minin, A., F. Frattini, A. Piccaluga 2010.
Fiat: Open Innovation in a Downturn (1993-2003)
How the Italian carmaker successfully transformed its R&D strategy
to maintain its technological capabilities
 

at the country level:

Varaldo, R., A. Di Minin 2009
A new form of entrepreneurial capitalism
based on innovation and Research in Italy

This paper is going to come up in the California Management Review... (stay tuned..!!)

This is a Finmeccanica Research Department Occasional Paper.
 

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The "Case of Non-Globalization" in the Wireless Telecommunication Industry

Di Minin, A., and C. Palmberg (2006). "A case for non-globalization? The organization of R&D in the wireless telecommunications industry." ETLA Discussion Paper, 1047.

Cohen, S. S., Di Minin, A., Motoyama, Y. and Palmberg, C. (2009), The Persistence of home-bias for important R&D in Wireless Telecom and Automobiles. Review of Policy Research, Vol. 27 No. March, pp. 55-76.

This is the first result of my work with Christopher Palmberg,
from ETLA.
Our analysis of the wireless telecommunication industry finds evidence of significant concentration of strategic R&D in the headquarter countries.

With the help of Prof Steve Cohen, we also paired our results with the work of  my friend Yasuyuki, for a policy oriented piece.

Review of Policy Research

The "Case of Non-Globalization" in the Semiconductor Industry

Macher, J.T., D.C. Mowery, and A. Di Minin (2007). "The "non-globalization" of innovation in the semiconductor industry." California Management Review, 50(1), 217.

Macher, J. T., D. C. Mowery, and A. Di Minin (2008). Semiconductors. Innovation in Global Industries: U.S. Firms Competing in a New World. Washington D.C., Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, the National Academies Press.
 

A chapter out of my dissertation became an article in the special issue on innovation of CMR.

Also, take a look at the version of published as a chapter in the National Academies Press Book

CMR

NAS Book

Internationalization of R&D. Safe Nests in Global Nets

Di Minin, A. 2009. Why is strategic R&D (still) homebound in a globalized industry? Safe Nests in Global Nets. Paper presented at Research Seminar, George Mason University, Arlington, VA.

the main piece is still under under review (stay tuned).

Human Resource Management for Open Innovation

Di Minin, A., Piccaluga, A. and Rizzone, M. (2009) Chapter 3: R&D People. In: Chiesa, V. and Frattini, F., eds. Measurement and Evaluation of Research and Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

A vast research topic! How is an R&D lab adapting to open up its innovative process? .

We presented a theoretical framework of our idea in a book chapter.

Link to EE book

Benassi, M. and A. Di Minin (2008).
Playing in between: IP brokers in markets for technology

 

We explore the business models of IP brokers and relate them to theory. Through a field work in the U.S. we find that IP brokers "play in between" and can be market makers as well as bridging informational divides

Effects of Radical Innovations on Regional Specialization

Della Porta, F., and A. Di Minin (2004)

This WP is the result of a joint work with Francesco. The space-time matrix which is presented talks both to an academic audience and has interesting implications for practitioners and planners.

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Commercializing the Laboratory

Fabrizio, K. R. and A. Di Minin (2008). "Commercializing the laboratory: Faculty patenting and the open science environment." Research Policy XXX(XX): xx.

First presented by Kira in 2003 at the Academy of Management, this WP has finally found its home on the pages of Research Policy.
 

Research Policy

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My Ph.D. dissertation.

Internationalization of Research and Development:
Evidence from the Semiconductor and Wireless Telecommunications Industries

Di Minin, A. (2006). "Internationalization of Research and Development: Evidence from the Semiconductor and Wireless Telecommunications Industries." U.C. Berkeley Dissertation.

R&D Management in Large Italian Industrial Labs

For the IAMOT 2004 Conference in Washington, we expanded the analysis of Italian corporate R&D Labs, and we included the cases of STMicroelectronics and Pirelli Labs.

The latest version of this paper is now available on Creativity and Innovation Management

WP Version

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What's the Unit of Analysis for the Study of Innovation?

Di Minin, A., (2004). The Unit of Analysis for the Study of Innovation Department of City and Regional Planning, Berkeley, CA.

As part of the exam for my "Inside Field" in City and Regional Planning, I was asked to discuss about the different unit of analysis that planners and geographers typically use to capture the different aspects of technological change. In this literature review, I focus on the firm, the industry and the territory.

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Innovation in Peripheral Economic Systems

Di Minin, A., (2004). Innovation in Peripheral Economies Department of City and Regional Planning, Berkeley, CA.

As part of the exam for my "Inside Field" in City and Regional Planning, I was asked to comment on the study of the HT sector in Pisa. I've revisited the analysis in light of the literature on "glocalization", and I've suggested a comparison with another peripheral, but knowledge intense economic system: Catania.

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Regions in the Global Knowledge Economy: A review

Di Minin, A., (2003). Regions in the Global Knowledge Economy Department of City and Regional Planning, Berkeley, CA.

This is the literature review that I've prepared for my "Inside Field" exam at the Department of City and Regional Planning. In this paper, I discuss about innovation, and the importance of regions in the global economy.

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Small HT Firms in Peripheral Regions

Di Minin, A., M. Lazzeroni, A. Piccaluga (2003). HTSFs in Peripheral, Knowledge Intensive Areas: an In-Depth Analysis in Pisa. The Eleventh Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, Manchester.

I've presented this paper at the Manchester Business School, receiving very good comments. 

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R&D Governance and Change

Cesaroni, F., A. Di Minin, A. Piccaluga (2002). The continuous and hard effort to define strategic goals and organizational solutions in large R&D centres: lessons from Centro Ricerche Fiat and Telecom Italia Lab. R&D Management, Leuven, Belgium.

alias:

Cesaroni, F., A. Di Minin, and A. Piccaluga (2004). "New strategic goals and organizational solutions in large R&D labs: lessons from Centro Ricerche Fiat and Telecom Italia Lab." R&D Management 34 (1):45-56.

We presented this paper in Leuven, Belgium. It was the result of two case studies at the Centro Ricerche Fiat and Telecom Italia Lab. Part of this work was part of my Diploma Dissertation for the Sant'Anna School in Pisa. The supervisor of my dissertation was Professor Andrea Piccaluga.

The latest version of this paper is now available on
R&D Management

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HT Growth Models in Pisa and Savannah

Counts, P. M. and A. Di Minin (2002). Research and innovation in mid-size cities. Local technology-based development experiences in Savannah (GA-USA) and Pisa (Italy). Regional Studies Association Conference, Pisa, Italy.

This was the final work for my MS in Public Policy at Georgia Tech. The paper was then adapted and presented at the Regional Studies Association Conference in Pisa. Is currently under revision. I've been working on this paper with my dear friend Paul Counts, who is currently a Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech. The supervisor for my Master was Professor Phil Shapira.

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La Valutazione come un Processo

Di Minin, A. (2000). Creazione di nuove imprese e politiche di promozione: metodologie di valutazione nel caso della L.R. 27/93. Facoltà di Economia. Pisa, Università degli studi di Pisa.

The dissertation I've presented for my BA in Economics was supervised by prof. Nicola Bellini and prof. Riccardo Lanzara. It's the result of an internship at the IRPET Institute in Florence. This work offers a methodological framework to conduct a program evaluation.

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