CURRICULUM VITAE - EVILA PIVA

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE - EVILA PIVA Personal Details Full Name: Evila Piva Date of Birth: 30/11/1978 Place of Birth: Nationality: Milano, Italy Italian Languages Spoken: English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), Italian (native language) Office address: Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, Via Lambruschini 4/B, 20156, Milano, ITALY Mobile: Tel.: Fax.: evila.piva@polimi.it Degrees held - PhD in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Thesis title: Academic start-ups: do they differ from other new technology-based firms? (Supervisor: Prof. Massimo G. Colombo). - MSc in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2002, summa cum laude. Thesis: Intranet for knowledge management: technological and managerial choices (Supervisor: Prof. Mariano Corso). Current position Assistant professor at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, since 16/12/2008. Previous appointments March 2007-December 2008: Research fellow at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering January 2003-September 2004: Research fellow at Politecnico Innovazione, Technology Transfer Consortium of Politecnico di Milano. Visiting periods - March 2006-July 2006: Visiting PhD student at Nottingham University Business School (UK). Local supervisor: prof. Mike Wright. 1

2 Teaching Experience Undergraduate level (BSc or MSc Courses) 1. Course director of Economics and Corporate Organization B, BSc in Electrical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 8 CFU, academic years , , , ; Students evaluation: high score. 2. Course director of Economics and Corporate Organization D at the Faculty of System Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 10 CFU, academic year Seminars in the course High-tech Entrepreneurship (course director: prof. Massimo G. Colombo), Politecnico di Milano, 5 CFU, academic years ; Course director of Economics and Corporate Organization D at the Faculty of Information Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 10 CFU, academic year Assistant in the course High-tech Entrepreneurship (course director: prof. Massimo G. Colombo), Politecnico di Milano, 5 CFU, academic year Course director of Economics and Corporate Organization D, Politecnico di Milano, 5 CFU, academic year Assistant in the course Economics of Innovation and Technological Change (course director: prof. Massimo G. Colombo), MSc in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 10 CFU, academic years ; ; ; ; ; Lecture at the Alta Scuola Politecnica, Politecnico di Milano, academic years ; Assistant in the course Economics and Corporate Organization (course director: prof. Paola Garrone), Politecnico di Milano, 10 CFU, academic year Seminars in the course of Economics of network industries(course director: prof. Massimo G. Colombo), Politecnico di Milano, 10 CFU, academic year Assistant in the course Economics and Corporate Organization (course director: Sergio Campodall Orto), Politecnico di Milano, 10 CFU, academic years ; Graduate level (MBA or Executive education) 1. Course director of the executive course Finanziarsi con il CrowdFunding: dalle imprese al noprofit, 24 th March 2014, MIP-Politecnico di Milano. 2. Lectures in the course Economics - Firms and competitive system, Master in Management 2014, MIP-Politecnico di Milano, 3. Course director of the elective Entrepreneurship and new technologies. Strategies and tools for growth, EMBA since 2010 edition, MIP-Politecnico di Milano. 4. Course director of the core course Economics - Firms and competitive system, EMBA-Part time Rome, since 2012 edition, MIP-Politecnico di Milano. 5. Lectures on Investments evaluation, since 2008/2009 edition, Scuola Master F.lli Pesenti, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale, Politecnico di Milano. 6. Lectures in the elective Economics of Innovation, MBA International, since 2004 edition, MIP- Politecnico di Milano. 7. Lecture on Economics of Innovation, Master Innovation and Knowledge Transfer, 2010 and 2012 editions, MIP-Politecnico di Milano. 8. Lectures in the core course Industrial Economics, EMBA-Part time Milan, 2009 and 2011 editions, MIP-Politecnico di Milano. 9. Lectures in the core course Industrial Economics, EMBA-Part time Milan, 2nd and 4th editions, MIP-Politecnico di Milano. 10. Lecture Academic start-ups in Italy, course in Management for Universities and research centers, 2008, MIP-Politecnico di Milano, 2

3 11. Lectures Economics of Innovation, Master in Business Management 2005/2006 at Stoa (Institute of Studies for the Management of Firms), Naples, 12. Lecture Italian new technology-based firms, executive course in Management for Entrepreneurship, 2005 edition, MIP-Politecnico di Milano, 13. Lecture in the course Industrial economics, EMBA-MEB 2004/2005 edition, MIP-Politecnico di Milano, 14. Lecture in the master Science and technology of media, course Management of Communication and E-commerce 2004/2005 edition at the European School of Advanced Studies (ESAS) of University of Pavia, PhD level 1. Lecture on Strategic alliances in the elective Economics of Innovation, PhD in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, September 2012, 2. Laboratory on Market structure, technological environment and innovation rates: methodological problems in applied research, AiIG Summer School, Bressanone, September 2008, 3. Lectures on New technology-based firms and Academic start-ups, PhD in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, V cycle, University of San Marino, Since October 2012, Evila Part is part of the Collegio Docenti of the Phd in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. Supervision of PhD students Since October 2013: Supervisor of the PhD candidate Beatrice Matassini, 1st year, PhD in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. Since May 2012: member of the guidance committee of the PhD candidate Annelore Huyghe, PhD in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University (Belgium). 2012: member of the reading committee of Dr. Annelies Bobelyn, Dottorato in Economia, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University (Belgium). Thesis title: Technology acquisitions: a study of the three parties involved : co-supervisor (with Massimo Colombo) of Dr. Lorenzo Pirelli, PhD in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. Thesis title: An analysis of the structure of European R&D networks and networking institutions. Active collaborations in research proposals of other PhD students enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in Management, Economics, and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano: Francesca Tenca (1st year), Anita Quas (graduated in 2013), Diego D Adda (graduated in 2010). Course design and conference organization activity Evila Piva has been responsible for the design of the following courses: Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, not launched yet, MIP-Politecnico di Milano; the executive course Finanziarsi con il CrowdFunding: dalle imprese al no-profit, 24 th March 2014, MIP-Politecnico di Milano; the elective Entrepreneurship and new technologies. Strategies and tools for growth, MIP- Politecnico di Milano. She has been involved in the organization of the following events: - XI Conferenza Italiana Software Libero, Milan, June 2011; - EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Economics and Management of Innovation, Milan, 3-7 May 2010; March 2009, March 2008; - DIME conference Organizing for networked innovation, Stresa, April

4 - Seminar The dynamics of science-based entrepreneurship, Sestri Levante, 31 March-2 April Institutional activity - Since 2008: member of the Evaluation Committee for students admission to the MSc in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa. - Academic year 2009/2010: adjunct member of the Commission for the Italian State Exam enabling to the profession of Engineer : member of the task force for the transfer of the Department Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering to the Bovisa Campus. Participation in research projects Participation in national research projects: - Since February 2013: involved in the PRIN research project Market and non-market mechanisms for the exchange and diffusion of innovation: when do they work, when they do not work, and why should we care, funded by MIUR : project Definition of an evaluation system for Open Innovation activities, funded by Whirlpool. - Since November 2007: research project RITA 2008: Report on Italian New Technology-based Firms, promoted by Unicredit SpA. - Since 2005: research project RBNE03ZLFW_002 funded by MIUR, FIRB : research project Growth and development of new technology-based firms in the province of Milan, promoted by Chamber of Commerce of Milan : research project New technology-based firms: the role of local characteristics, promoted by Unicredit Banca d Impresa : research project Financial schemes for academic spin-offs funded by Finlombarda : research project on the production system and the industrial policy measures in Italy promoted by the Institute for Industrial Promotion (IPI) : analysis of European universities and their activity of support of spin-offs and entrepreneurship promoted by PANEL network : benchmark Lombardy-Bavaria in Progetto Paralleli promoted by Lombardy Region Participation in European research projects: : involved in the research project PICO Academic entrepreneurship from knowledge creation to knowledge diffusion, funded by the European Union in the FP : involved in the activities of the Network of Excellence PRIME - Policies for Research and Innovation in the Move FP6 Framework Programme. In particular, involved in the research projects: REBASPINOFF - Addressing the knowledge gap: Towards a better understanding of research based spin offs and Venture FUN : realisation of two teaching cases sponsored by Gate2Growth Academic Network in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Finance 4

5 Conferences and research seminars at international institutions - Since 2005: regular participation as a speaker and/or discussant in International Conferences including EARIE Conference, DRUID Conference, Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting, among the others. - January 2012: seminar at the Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH Zurich. Title: Community interaction as a dynamic capability and related diversification: the case of Open Source Software community. Referee activity Evila Piva as served as referee for Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies, Long Range Planning, Organization Studies, Journal of Technology Transfer, Journal of Small Business Economics, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, European Management Review, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, Asia Pacific Management Review. Awards : Nomination for the SMS Best Conference Paper for Practical Implications. Paper: Colombo M.G., Piva E., Schleimer S., Mitigating transaction hazards of inter-firm alliances: The interplay of governance form and contractual complexity : Paper selected to be presented in the plenary session in the DRUID Summer Conference 2011, June 2011, Copenaghen. Paper: Piva E., Rentocchini F., Rossi-Lamastra C. "Absorbing knowledge from unconventional sources. How collaborations with the Open Source community shape the innovation performance of entrepreneurial ventures" : Award of the UAM-Accenture Chair in Economics and Management of Innovation. Paper: Colombo M.G., D Adda D., Piva E., Rossi Lamastra C. The innovation impact of the allocation of decision authority in the acquisition of high-tech start-ups: integrating competenceand resource-based theories with multi-task agency theory. - November 2006: Best Paper Award in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Finance in the XXth RENT Conference. Paper: Colombo M.G., D Adda D., Piva E. When do university-based knowledge spillovers influence the growth of NTBFs? - September 2005: Nominated for Best Paper Award in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Finance in the 35th EISB Conference. Paper: Colombo M.G., Piva E. Academic start-ups and other new technology-based firms: Are they different? - January 2005: Award at the Early career poster competition 2005 promoted by the Network of Excellence PRIME. 5

6 PUBLICATIONS The scientific activity of Evila Piva is mainly in the Industrial Economics and Entrepreneurship fields. So far, her main areas of research have been the following ones: - strategic alliances of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures: determinants of alliance formation, governance decisions, and performances; - collaborations of entrepreneurial ventures with communities of users and developers (focus: collaborations of software firms with the Open Source community): organization and impact on diversification and firm performance; - M&A of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures: organization and innovation performance; - academic start-ups: relationships with public research organisations, role of TTOs and incubators; differences between these firms and other high-tech entrepreneurial ventures; - high-tech entrepreneurial ventures: determinants of firm creation, financing strategies, modes of growth, and success factors. LE2 - Books (editor) 1. Localizzazione, Innovazione e Crescita delle Giovani Imprese ad Alta Tecnologia. Il Caso della Provincia di Milano, (2006), (with Massimo G. Colombo), Franco Angeli, Milano. RV1- Articles in ISI / Scopus refereed international journals 1. Sales and Employment Changes in Entrepreneurial Ventures with Family Ownership: Empirical Evidence from High-Tech Industries, (2014), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Alfredo De Massis, Cristina Rossi-Lamastra, Mike Wright), Journal of Small Business Management, 52(2): Technology transfer offices as boundary spanners in the pre-spin-off process: The case of a hybrid model, (2013), (with Annelore Huyghe, Mirjam Knockaert, Mike Wright), Small Business Economics, published on line: DOI /s Open innovation and within-industry diversification in small and medium enterprises: The case of open source software firms, (2013), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Cristina Rossi- Lamastra), Research Policy, published on line: DOI /j.respol The sensitivity of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures employment to a sales contraction in a negative growth scenario: The moderating role of venture capital financing, (2014), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Cristina Rossi-Lamastra), Managerial and Decision Economics, 35(2): Systems of indicators to evaluate the performance of university-industry alliances: a review of the literature and directions for future research (2013), (with Cristina Rossi-Lamastra), Measuring Business Excellence, 17(3): Family firms and internationalization: An exploratory study on high-tech entrepreneurial ventures, (2013), (with Cristina Rossi-Lamastra, Alfredo De Massis), Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 11(2): Authorizing employees to collaborate with communities during working hours: when is it valuable for firms?, (2013), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Cristina Rossi-Lamastra), Long Range Planning, 46: The license choices of SMEs doing business with Open Source software: Empirical evidence on Italian firms, (2012), (with Cristina Rossi-Lamastra), International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes, 4(1): Does free/open source software enable new forms of entrepreneurship? An analysis of the start-ups created to exploit the business opportunities stemming from free/open source software, (2012), (with Cristina Rossi-Lamastra), International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 16(3-4):

7 10. The effects of incubation on academic and non-academic high-tech start-ups: Evidence from Italy, (2012), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Francesco Rentocchini), Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 21(5-6): Is Open Source software about innovation? Collaborations with the Open Source community and innovation performance of software entrepreneurial ventures, (2012), (with Francesco Rentocchini, Cristina Rossi-Lamastra), Journal of Small Business Management, 50(2): Firms genetic characteristics and competence-enlarging strategies: A comparison between academic and non-academic high-tech start-ups, (2012), (with Massimo G. Colombo), Research Policy, 41(1): The creation of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures at the local level: The role of local competences and communication infrastructures, (2011), (with Luca Grilli, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), Industry & Innovation, 18(6): Firm dissolution in high-tech sectors: An analysis of closure and M&A, (2010), (with Luca Grilli, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), Economic Letters, 109(1), pp The contribution of university research to the growth of academic start-ups: an empirical analysis, (2010), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Diego D Adda), Journal of Technology Transfer, 35(1), pp Effects of international R&D alliances on performance of high-tech start-ups: a longitudinal analysis, (2009), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli, Samuele Murtinu, Lucia Piscitello), Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 3(4), pp Academic entrepreneurship and business schools, (2009), (with Mike Wright, Simon Mosey, Andy Lockett), Journal of Technology Transfer, 34(6), pp Strengths and weaknesses of academic startups: A conceptual model, (with Massimo G. Colombo), (2008), IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 55(1), pp In search of complementary assets: The determinants of alliance formation of high-tech startups, (2006), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli), Research Policy, 35(8), pp No. of Scopus citations: Conceptualising the heterogeneity of research-based spin-offs: a multi-dimensional taxonomy, (2006), (with Philippe Mustar, Marie Renault, Massimo G. Colombo, Margarida Fontes, Andy Lockett, Mike Wright, Bart Clarysse, Natalie Moray), Research Policy, 35(2), pp No. of Scopus citations: 101. RV2- Articles in refereed national journals 1. Cambiamenti strategici in risposta alla crisi e crescita delle giovani imprese ad alta tecnologia, (2012), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Anita Quas, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), Economia e Politica Industriale, 39(1), pp L allargamento dei ranghi manageriali nelle giovani imprese: il caso delle start-up ad alta tecnologia, (2011), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli, Massimiliano Guerini, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), L Industria, 32(3), pp L effetto moderatore delle caratteristiche dei partner sulle performance delle giovani imprese ad alta tecnologia, (2011), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli, Samuele Murtinu, Lucia Piscitello), Economia e Politica Industriale, 38(3), pp The effects of human and infrastructural capital on the entry rates of new technology-based firms at the local level, (2010), (with Luca Grilli, Camilla Lenzi, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), Economia e Politica Industriale, 37(4), pp La delega dell autorità decisionale nelle acquisizioni di NTBF: l impatto sull innovazione, (2010), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Diego D Adda, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), Economia e Politica Industriale, 37(3), pp L allocazione del potere decisionale nelle imprese open source. Un analisi empirica, (2010), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), Economia e Politica Industriale, 37(2), 7

8 pp Nuove tendenze nei settori ad alta tecnologia: il caso italiano, (2010), Economia e Politica Industriale, 37(2), pp Le start-up accademiche: Teoria ed evidenza empirica sul caso italiano, (2008), (with Massimo G. Colombo), L Industria, 2, pp Le alleanze delle giovani imprese italiane nei settori ad alta tecnologia: il ruolo degli sponsor, (2007), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli), L Industria, numero speciale 2007(1), pp Le giovani imprese italiane ad alta tecnologia: fatti stilizzati e implicazioni di politica tecnologica, (2005), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli, Sergio Mariotti), Economia e Politica industriale, 32(1), pp CL1- Chapters in international books 1. Social aspects in the governance and organizational model of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, (2010), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Lorenzo Pirelli), in Social dimension of innovation, (eds.) Karel Muller, Steffen Roth, Milan Zak, Centre for Economic Studies, Praga, ISBN Sponsors and the alliance activity of new technology-based firms, (2007), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli), in Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2007, (eds.) Gillin, L. M. Swinburne University, Melbourne, VIC. 3. A review of the venture capital industry in Italy, (2006), (with Fabio Bertoni, Massimo G. Colombo, Annalisa Croce), in Venture capital in Europe, (eds.) Greg N. Gregoriou, Maher Kooli, R. Kraussl, Elsevier, Amsterdam. 4. A.M.E.T., (2006), in Case Studies on Entrepreneurship and Finance, (with Massimo G. Colombo), (eds.) Amparo de San Jose Riestra, Bart Clarysse, Gerry van Dick, Brussels CL2 - Chapters in Italian books 1. How are high-tech entrepreneurial ventures coping with the global crisis? Product innovation and internationalization strategies, (2012), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Anita Quas, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), Entrepreneurial Strategies and Policies for Economic Growth (eds.) M. Muffato, P. Giacon, Libreriauniversitaria.it, Padova. 2. Le determinanti della crescita delle giovani imprese ad alta tecnologia, (2009), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli), L Imprenditorialità. Pensiero, elementi, contesto (eds.) Lucio Cassia, Matteo Kalchschmidt, Stefano Paleari, Bergamo University Press, Sestante edizioni, Bergamo. 3. Le imprese emergenti dell high-tech: le specificità delle giovani imprese ad alta tecnologia del mezzogiorno, (2008), (with Massimo G. Colombo), Il Sud in competizione. L innovazione nei settori produttivi e la crescita delle imprese emergenti - Survey, (eds.) SRM - Associazione Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno, Giannini Editore. 4. La ricerca e l innovazione, (2006), (with Sergio Mariotti, Massimo G. Colombo), in Le Condizioni per Crescere. Diagnosi e Proposte per il Sistema Produttivo, (eds.) Riccardo Gallo, Francesco Silva, Il Sole 24ore Editore, Milano. 5. L innovazione, (2006), (with Silvia Mazzuccotelli, Massimo G. Colombo), in Milano Produttiva 2006, (eds.) Servizio Studi della Camera di Commercio di Milano, Milano, pp Le start-up accademiche italiane: caratteristiche genetiche, strategie, prestazioni (2005), (with Massimo G. Colombo), in Internazionalizzazione, Innovazione e Crescita dell Industria Italiana, (eds.) Sergio Mariotti, Franco Angeli Editore, Milano. 7. Il progetto "innet": la condivisione della conoscenza fra differenti organismi di ricerca, (2003), (with Sergio Campodall Orto), in Condividere la conoscenza per competere. Strategie tecnologie e casi aziendali di Knowledge Management, (eds.) Sergio Campodall Orto, Franco 8

9 Angeli Editore, Milano. CV1- International conference proceedings No more updated since September The entry rates of new technology-based firms at local level: exploring the role of human and infrastructural capital, (2010), (with Luca Grilli, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), EARIE 2010, Istanbul, 2-4 September Is Open Source about innovation? Effects of the interactions with the OS community on firms' innovative performance, (2010), (with Francesco Rentocchini, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), 8th Annual International Open and User Innovation Workshop, Cambridge, Massachussets, 2-4 August The allocation of decision authority by software firms collaborating with the OS community, (2010), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), EURAM Conference, Roma, May The allocation of decision authority with OS firms. A multi-task agency approach, (2010), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), IIOC - 8th International Industrial Organization Conference, Vancouver, May Communities as a gateway to diversification for entrepreneurial ventures. The case of software firms collaborations with Open Source communities, (2010), (with Cristina Rossi Lamastra), Knowledge in organizations conference, Monte Verità, 30 May-3 June The impact of ambidextrous alliances on innovation, (2010), (with Liliana Doganova, Massimo G. Colombo, Diego D Adda, Philippe Mustar), DIME conference Organizing for networked innovation, Stresa, April The creation of NTBFs at local level: the role of internal and external human capital networks, (2010), (with Luca Grilli, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), DIME conference Organizing for networked innovation, Stresa, April The effects of international R&D alliances on growth of high-tech start-ups: a longitudinal analysis, (2010), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli, Samuele Murtinu, Lucia Piscitello), 2nd European Conference on Corporate R&D An engine for growth, a challenge for European policy (CONCORD), Siviglia, 3-4 March The effects of international R&D alliances on the performance of high-tech start-ups: a longitudinal analysis, (2009), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli, Samuele Murtinu, Lucia Piscitello), 2009 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Washington, October Social aspects in the governance and organisational model of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, (2009), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Lorenzo Pirelli), International Conference on Indicators and Concepts of Innovation, Praga, 1-2 October Positioning the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, (2009), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Lorenzo Pirelli), PRIME ENID Summer School, Amsterdam, 1-4 September M&As Of High-Tech Firms: Organizational Challenges And Innovative Performances, (2009), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Diego D Adda), Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, August Employees empowerment in firms doing business out of open source, (2009), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), 3rd FLOSS International Workshop on Free/Libre Open Source Software, Padova, 2-3 July The effects of human and infrastructural capital on the entry rates of new technology-based firms, (2009), (with Luca Grilli, Camilla Lenzi, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), Workshop Entrepreneurial Activity and Regional Competitiveness, San Sebastian, June The impact of ambidextrous alliances on innovation, (2009), (with Liliana Doganova, Massimo G. Colombo, Diego D Adda, Philippe Mustar), DRUID Society Summer Conference 2009, Copenhagen, June

10 16. The innovation impact of the acquisitions of high-tech startups: new insights from combining competence-based and multitask agency theories, (2009), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Diego D Adda, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), Final Conference of the PICO project, Parigi. 17. The impact of ambidextrous alliances on innovation, (2009), (with Liliana Doganova, Massimo G. Colombo, Diego D Adda, Philippe Mustar), Final Conference of the PICO project, Parigi. 18. The effects of international R&D alliances on the performance of high-tech start-ups: a longitudinal analysis, (2009), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli, Samuele Murtinu, Lucia Piscitello), International Entrepreneurship: Managerial and Public Policy Implications, Toronto, April Connecting public and private research systems: The design of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, (2009), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Lorenzo Pirelli), International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC), Amsterdam, April How to outline a boundary-spanning institution: the case of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, (2009), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Lorenzo Pirelli), ACDD Cournot Days, Strasburgo, 21 March-2 April Delegation of authority in firms doing business out of open source. the case of employees empowerment, (2009), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Cristina Rossi Lamastra), FIRB-RISC CONFERENCE, Research and entrepreneurship in the knowledge-based economy, Milano.o 22. The alliances of new technology based firms: governance structure and contractual complexity, (2008), 2008 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, Colonia, October Acquisitions of new technology-based firms: the impact on innovation, (2008), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Diego D Adda), EUNIP 2008 Conference, San Sebastian, September The alliances of new technology based firms: what are the determinants of governance choices?, (2008), EUNIP 2008 Conference, San Sebastian, September Which model for the European Insitute of Innovation and Technology?, (2008), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Lorenzo Pirelli), EUNIP 2008 Conference, San Sebastian, September The governance of NTBFs alliances: a two-stage model, (2008), Knowledge for Growth: European Strategies in Global Economy, Tolosa, 7-9 Luglio Designing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology: in search of the most effective model to strengthen academia-business collaboration, (2008), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Lorenzo Pirelli), Knowledge for Growth: European Strategies in Global Economy, Tolosa, 7-9 Luglio The contribution of university research to the growth of high-tech start-ups: an empirical analysis, (2008), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Diego D Adda), The dynamics of science-based entrepreneurship, Sestri Levante, 31 MarchSeptember 2 Aprile The dyadic alliances of new technology based firms: Governance form and contractual complexity, (2008), DRUID 25 th Celebration Conference 2008, Copenhagen, June Sponsors and the alliance activity of new technology-based firms, (2007), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli), 4th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Brisbane, 6-9 February The case of A.M.E.T., (2006), (with Massimo G. Colombo), G2G - IESE Teaching Case Workshop, December When do university-based knowledge spillovers influence the growth of NTBFs?, (2006), (with Massimo G. Colombo, Diego D Adda), XX RENT Conference, Brussels, November