Dr. Manuel Romagnoli

• Jan 2022 - present Post-doc at the Chair of Microeconomics 
  Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
• Sep 2024 - Mar 2025 Visiting researcher at SCANCOR
  Stanford University Palo Alto, USA
• Sep 2017 - Jul 2022 PhD in Management awarded summa cum laude
  LUISS Guido Carli University (Rome), Italy
  Dissertation: “Essays on the Co-Evolution Between Strategies andTechnologies”
  Supervisors: Luigi Marengo, Valentina Meliciani
• Jun 2021 Theoretical Organizational Models Society Summer School (online)
• Jan 2021 - Jul 2021 Online Visiting at the Utrecht University (Netherlands)
  Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning
• Sep 2011 - Sep 2012 Master of Science in Economic Policy
  University College London (United Kingdom) Thesis: "Financial development and economic growth: can proxies reveal the link"
• Sep 2008 - Jul 2011 Master of Science in Economics (in English)
  University of Bologna (Italy)
  Thesis: “Taxation and Redistributive Policies in a Political Economy perspective.”
• Sep 2009 - Feb 2010 Erasmus Program
  Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense (France)
• Sep 2005 - Nov 2008 Bachelor of Science in Law and Economics
  University of Bologna (Italy)
  Thesis: “Firms’ competition under switching costs.”
• Past Non-Academic Positions
  Nov 2012 - Aug 2017 Economist and Statistical Analyst
  MET - Monitoraggio Economia e Territorio https://www.met-economia.it/en/
  Via Sabotino 2/a, 00195 Rome (Italy)
• Research Networks
  Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics (DRUID), International Schumpeter Society
  (ISS), Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR), Theoretical
  Organizational Models Society (TOM), Società Italiana di Economia (SIE)

Articles in Refereed Journals
“Signposts for Problemistic Search: Reference Points and Adaptation in Rugged Land-scapes” (with A. Zeijen and L. Marengo), Strategy Science, 2025, ACCEPTED

“From a distinctive sign to an exchangeable asset: exploring the U.S. market for trade-mark licensing” (with E. Ferrucci, M.I. Leone, and A. Toros), Industry and Innovation, 2020, 27(1-2), 25-51.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2019.1661225External link

“Innovation activities and learning processes in the crisis. Evidence from Italian export in manufacturing and services” (with R. Brancati, E. Marrocu, and S. Usai), Industrial and Corporate Change, 2018, 27(1), 107-130. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtx022External link

“The innovation in the evolution of the ‘Italian industrial model’: lights and shad-ows” (with A. Romagnoli), Economic Change and Restructuring, 2016, 49(2), 309-337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10644-015-9168-4External link

Working Papers
“Architectural Innovation, Consumer Preferences and Industry Dynamics: A Generalized NK-model” (with K. Frenken)
“Absolute, Average-based, and Rank-based Aspirations” (with J. Denrell, A. Zeijen, and L. Marengo)

Work in Progress
“Technological Exaptation: A Multilevel Model Based on Generalized NK Landscapes” (with M. Mastrogiorgio and L. Marengo)
“Functions, Modular Architectures, and Technological Evolvability” (with L. Marengo)

“Local Technological Evolution and University-Industry Collaboration” (with V. Meliciani)

“A backward-forward taxonomy of inventions for the study of radical change” (with U. Cantner)

Book Chapters
“L’internazionalizzazione come centro gravitazionale del dinamismo imprenditoriale” [title in English:“Internationalization as the graviational center of entrepreneurial dynamism.”](with R. Brancati) in Various Authors, Integrazione internazionale e innovazione. Rap-porto CER 3/2014, Centro Europa Ricerche: Roma, pp. 53-64, 2015.

“Le differenti dimensioni dell’internazionalizzazione” [title in English:“The different di-mensions of internationalization strategies”] in R. Brancati (eds.), Le strategie per la crescita. Imprese, mercati, Stato. Rapporto MET 2015, Meridiana Libri: Roma, pp.59-90, 2015.

“La struttura industriale italiana nella crisi: l’evoluzione 2008-2011” [title in English:“The Italian industrial structure during the crisis: 2008-2011”] (with R. Brancati and A. Maresca) in Brancati R. (eds.) Crisi industriale e crisi fiscale. Rapporto MET 2012, Meridiana Libri: Roma, pp. 65- 100, 2012.

Reports
“I settori strategici – Il quadro teorico e una sintetica rassegna della letteratura.” [title in English:“Strategic sectors - a theoretical framework and a short review of the literature”](with L. Marengo), 2020, Report for Cassa Depositi e Prestiti.

“Firm-Level Drivers of Export Performance and External Competitiveness in Italy” (with E. Brancati, R. Brancati, D. Guarascio, A. Maresca, and A. Zanfei), 2018, European Economy European Commission Discussion Paper 087 (ISSN 2443-8022, ISBN 978-92-79-77424-9). LinkExternal link

2022 Italian Economic Association Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis in in Economic Science, XXII Edition (ex aequo with Francesco Maura)

2017 “Amici della LUISS” PhD scholarship, 4 years scholarship granted by the “Amici della LUISS” association

2009 Erasmus Exchange Program Scholarship, University of Bologna

Presentations at Conferences and Seminars

2025    Seminar at SCANCOR, Stanford (USA)

2024    Workshop on “Automation, Trade, and Global Value Chain” , Parma (Italy) - presented online

Seminar at SCANCOR, Stanford (USA)

Annual Conference of the Theoretical Organizational Models Society, Paris (France)

2022 20th International Schumpeter Society Conference, Gothenburg (Sweden)

Invited Seminar at the Centre for Integrative Innovation Management, Department of Business and Management, SDU, Odense (Denmark)

2023    Annual Meeting of the Italian Economic Association, L’Aquila (Italy) AOM - Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston (USA) Strategy Science Conference, Munich (Germany)

2022    Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, Naples (Italy)

DRUID 22, Copenhagen (Denmark)

Annual Conference of the Theoretical Organizational Models Society, Rome (Italy)

2021    DRUID 21, Copenhagen (Denmark)

18th International Schumpeter Society Conference, Rome (Italy) - online

2020    10th Strategy, Enterpreneurship, & Innovation (SEI) Doctoral Consortium, Bologna (Italy) - online

5th Geography of Innovation Conference, Stavanger (Norway)

2017    AISRe Annual Scientific Conference, Cagliari (Italy)

 

Attended Seminars, Conferences, and Workshops

Annual Conference of the Theoretical Organizational Models Society (Harvard Busi- ness School, Boston, 2-3/08/2023);‘Innovation Growth and International Production.

Models and Data Analysis’ Webinar Workshop (Rome, La Sapienza, 12-14/05/2020); Presentation of the first results of MET wave 2015 (Rome, Confinndustria, 24/06/2016); Presentation of MET. 2015 Report (Rome, 17/03/2015); ‘Explaining Economic Change’ Workshop (La Sapienza University, Rome, 12/11/2014); cMET05 Conference (Marche University, Ancona, 25/06/2014); Advanced Course in ‘Innovation, Growth and Interna- tional Production’ (La Sapienza University, Rome, 06/05/2014); ‘L’innovazione in Italia’

- ‘Innovation in Italy’ (Bank of Italy, Rome, 16/01/2014); ‘Innovation and Economic Crisis’ Seminar (Bank of Italy, Rome, 25/11/2013); Presentation of MET 2012 Report (Rome, 10/12/2012).

 

Conference Organization

2023 Jena Summer Academy on “Economics of Radical Change” (co-organizer )

 

 

Apr 2024 - Jul 2024  Economics of Innovation II - Industry Dynamics (graduate)
Lecturer - Friedrich Schiller University

Oct 2023 - Feb 2024  Economics of Innovation I - Innovation Decision (graduate)
Lecturer - Friedrich Schiller University

Nov 2023 - Dec 2023  Economics of Innovation III - Economic Dynamics and Structural Change (graduate)
Lecturer - Friedrich Schiller University

Apr 2023 - Jul 2023   Economics of Innovation II - Industry Dynamics (graduate)
Lecturer - Friedrich Schiller University

Oct 2022 - Feb 2023  Economics of Innovation I - Innovation Decision (graduate)
TA to professor Uwe Cantner - Friedrich Schiller University

Apr 2022 - Jul 2022   Economics of Innovation II - Industry Dynamics (graduate)
Lecturer - Friedrich Schiller University Apr 2022 - ongoing                        

Apr 2022 - ongoing   Master Theses
Supervisor - Friedrich Schiller University

Apr 2022 - ongoing   Seminar: Economics of Innovation
Supervisor - Friedrich Schiller University

Feb 2021 - May 2021  Managerial Decision Making - Game Theory (graduate)
TA to professor Luigi Marengo - LUISS University

Feb 2020 - May 2020  Managerial Decision Making - Game Theory (graduate)
TA to professor Luigi Marengo - LUISS University