Biography

Niccolò Innocenti joined the EUI as a research associate in February 2020, and is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Florence. He completed his PhD in Economics at the University of Florence in 2015, where he worked as a post-doc fellow in Economics for four years.

He worked on themes of relatedness and related variety between technologies, investigating the role of technological and industrial diversification in favouring the innovative and economic growth of countries and regions that are published as articles in renowned scientific journals (among others Small Business Economics, Industry and Innovation and Papers in Regional Science)

His research interests deal with the role of cognitive and geographical proximity for economic development, growth, competitiveness and resilience according to Evolutionary Economic Geography approach, other recent interests are connected to economic and technological complexity.

Recent research output

• Authors: PARCU, Pier Luigi;MAZZONI, Leonardo;INNOCENTI, Niccolò
  Which innovation model yields the more for society? : standard-setting organizations versus SILOs - Contribution to book

• Authors: MAZZONI, Leonardo;INNOCENTI, Niccolò
  What conditions favor high‑potential entrepreneurship? : unpacking the nexus between the industrial structure and startup typologies - Article

• Authors: MAZZONI, Leonardo;NAUDÉ, Wim;INNOCENTI, Niccolò
  The myth of entrepreneurship as a tool : reorienting business venturing as a goal in itself in a post-growth society - Article

• Authors: PARCU, Pier Luigi;INNOCENTI, Niccolò;CARROZZA, Chiara
  The Metaverse : technology, financing and economics - Working Paper

• Authors: PARCU, Pier Luigi;PISARKIEWICZ, Anna Renata;CARROZZA, Chiara;INNOCENTI, Niccolò
  The future of 5G and beyond : leadership, deployment and European policies - Article

• Authors: PARCU, Pier Luigi;ROSSI, Maria Alessandra;INNOCENTI, Niccolò;CARROZZA, Chiara
  How real will the metaverse be? : exploring the spatial impact of virtual worlds - Article

• Authors: PARCU, Pier Luigi;INNOCENTI, Niccolò;CARROZZA, Chiara
  Ubiquitous technologies and 5G development : who is leading the race? - Article

• Authors: NIKOLIC, Igor;GALLI, Niccolò;BOTTA, Marco;CARROZZA, Chiara;FILISTRUCCHI, Lapo;INNOCENTI, Niccolò;PARCU, Pier Luigi;PISARKIEWICZ, Anna Renata;ROSSI, Maria Alessandra;SOLIDORO, Silvia
  Position statement on the European commission’s call for evidence for an impact assessment on standard-essential patents - Working Paper

• Authors: INNOCENTI, Niccolò;CAPONE, Francesco;LAZZERETTI, Luciana;PETRALIA, Sergio
  The role of inventors’ networks and variety for breakthrough inventions - Article

• Authors: CARROZZA, Chiara;INNOCENTI, Niccolò
  Digital markets act in the making : challenges and potential of the new EU regulation on big tech - Other