Francesco Lissoni

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
55 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Francesco Lissoni is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Lissoni has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 30 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 17 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Francesco Lissoni's work include Intellectual Property and Patents (20 papers), Innovation Policy and R&D (17 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (11 papers). Francesco Lissoni is often cited by papers focused on Intellectual Property and Patents (20 papers), Innovation Policy and R&D (17 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (11 papers). Francesco Lissoni collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Francesco Lissoni's co-authors include Stefano Breschi, Franco Malerba, Patrick Llerena, Fabio Montobbio, Maureen McKelvey, Margherita Balconi, Ammon Salter, Markus Perkmann, Rosa Grimaldi and Stefan Krabel and has published in prestigious journals such as Research Policy, Journal of International Business Studies and The Journal of Economic Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Lissoni

51 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Academic engagement and commercialisation: A review of the literature on university–industry relations

2012 1.6k citations Francesco Lissoni et al. Research Policy profile →
Knowledge-relatedness in firm technological diversification

2002 628 citations Stefano Breschi, Francesco Lissoni et al. Research Policy profile →
Mobility of skilled workers and co-invention networks: an anatomy of localized knowledge flows

2009 614 citations Stefano Breschi, Francesco Lissoni profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Lissoni Italy	26	2.7k	2.4k	2.4k	776	441	55	5.4k
Aldo Geuna Italy	30	2.4k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	2.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	660 1.5×	76	6.0k
Maureen McKelvey Sweden	28	1.6k 0.6×	2.1k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	642 0.8×	222 0.5×	103	4.8k
Koenraad Debackere Belgium	36	2.0k 0.7×	2.8k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	470 0.6×	744 1.7×	163	5.8k
Pablo D’Este Spain	27	2.3k 0.8×	4.0k 1.6×	3.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	607 1.4×	71	7.4k
Markus Perkmann United Kingdom	25	1.5k 0.6×	3.1k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.9×	354 0.8×	74	6.5k
Marie Thursby United States	35	2.8k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	2.7k 1.1×	266 0.3×	296 0.7×	87	5.4k
Patrick Llerena France	21	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	449 0.6×	208 0.5×	74	3.3k
Stefano Breschi Italy	22	2.9k 1.1×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	744 1.0×	266 0.6×	49	4.6k
Janet Bercovitz United States	22	1.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	388 0.5×	150 0.3×	35	3.7k
Rosa Grimaldi Italy	28	1.6k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	3.8k 1.6×	591 0.8×	213 0.5×	71	5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Lissoni

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lissoni, Francesco & Ernest Miguélez. (2024). Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 38(1). 27–54. 9 indexed citations

Miguélez, Ernest, et al.. (2024). Foreign-origin managers and FDI location choice. Journal of International Business Studies. 56(2). 194–202. 1 indexed citations

Breschi, Stefano, et al.. (2023). Inventor Data for Research on Migration and Innovation: A Survey and a Pilot. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Fusco, Stefania Angela Di, Francesco Lissoni, Catalina Martínez, & Valério Sterzi. (2019). Monetization Strategies of University Patents Through Paes: An Analysis of US Patent Transfers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

Bianchini, Stefano, Francesco Lissoni, Michele Pezzoni, & Lorenzo Zirulia. (2015). The economics of research, consulting, and teaching quality: theory and evidence from a technical university. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 25(7). 668–691. 27 indexed citations

Pezzoni, Michele, et al.. (2014). How to kill inventors: testing the Massacrator© algorithm for inventor disambiguation. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

Lissoni, Francesco, Fabio Montobbio, & Lorenzo Zirulia. (2013). Inventorship and authorship as attribution rights: An enquiry into the economics of scientific credit. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 95. 49–69. 54 indexed citations

Bianchini, Stefano, Francesco Lissoni, & Michele Pezzoni. (2012). Instructor characteristics and students’ evaluation of teaching effectiveness: evidence from an Italian engineering school. European Journal of Engineering Education. 38(1). 38–57. 20 indexed citations

Lissoni, Francesco, et al.. (2011). Scientific productivity and academic promotion: a study on French and Italian physicists. Industrial and Corporate Change. 20(1). 253–294. 61 indexed citations

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Lissoni, Francesco, Jacques Mairesse, Fabio Montobbio, & Michele Pezzoni. (2010). Scientific Productivity and Academic Promotion: A Study on French and Italian Physicists. NBER Working Paper No. 16341.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 3 indexed citations

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Lissoni, Francesco. (2010). Academic inventors as brokers. Research Policy. 39(7). 843–857. 82 indexed citations

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Breschi, Stefano & Francesco Lissoni. (2009). Mobility of Skilled Workers and Co-Invention Networks: An Anatomy of Localized Knowledge Flows. SSRN Electronic Journal. 27 indexed citations

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Lissoni, Francesco, et al.. (2009). Academic patenting and the professor's privilege: evidence on Denmark from the KEINS database. Science and Public Policy. 36(8). 595–607. 44 indexed citations

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Breschi, Stefano, et al.. (2007). L'attività brevettuale dei docenti universitari: l'Italia in un confronto internazionale. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics. 34(2). 36–64. 5 indexed citations

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Lissoni, Francesco, et al.. (2007). Policy Options for the Improvement of the European Patent System. 7 indexed citations

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Overwalle, Geertrui Van, et al.. (2007). Policy options for the improvement of the European patent system. Research Publications (Maastricht University). 38. 834–838. 1 indexed citations

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Lissoni, Francesco & Fabio Montobbio. (2006). Brevetti universitari ed economomia della ricerca in Italia, Europa e Stati Uniti. Una rassegna dell'evidenza recente. 259–277. 3 indexed citations

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Breschi, Stefano & Francesco Lissoni. (2005). "Cross-firm" Inventors and Social Networks: Localised Knowledge Spillovers Revisited. Annals of Economics and Statistics. 189–209. 52 indexed citations

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Cusmano, Lucia, et al.. (2000). Selezione avversa e trasferimento tecnologico: un'analisi dei centri di servizio alle imprese della Regione Lombardia. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics. 105(105). 19–57. 4 indexed citations

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Lissoni, Francesco. (1991). La diffusione delle innovazioni di processo: un esempio tratto dall'industria grafica-editoriale. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics. 1 indexed citations

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