Stefano Franco

884 total citations
27 papers, 613 citations indexed

About

Stefano Franco is a scholar working on Marketing, Management Information Systems and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Franco has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 613 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Marketing, 6 papers in Management Information Systems and 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Stefano Franco's work include FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance (5 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (4 papers) and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (4 papers). Stefano Franco is often cited by papers focused on FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance (5 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (4 papers) and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (4 papers). Stefano Franco collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Sweden and United States. Stefano Franco's co-authors include Francesco Cappa, Giacomo Del Chiappa, Matteo Giuliano Caroli, Evor L. Hines, Eduard Llobet, Julian W. Gardner, Federica Rosso, Angelo Presenza, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli and Riccardo Maiolini and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and International Journal of Hospitality Management.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Franco

24 papers receiving 579 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefano Franco Italy 9 209 179 108 98 96 27 613
Peggy E. Chaudhry United States 17 164 0.8× 301 1.7× 80 0.7× 10 0.1× 90 0.9× 44 739
Arif Imam Suroso Indonesia 13 101 0.5× 87 0.5× 47 0.4× 19 0.2× 67 0.7× 126 575
Xinxin Wang China 12 46 0.2× 33 0.2× 63 0.6× 56 0.6× 25 0.3× 28 519
Shaoming Cheng United States 17 135 0.6× 16 0.1× 238 2.2× 194 2.0× 14 0.1× 54 751
Ferdaous Zouaghi Spain 15 343 1.6× 142 0.8× 240 2.2× 21 0.2× 20 0.2× 20 749
Juan Moreno‐García Spain 11 250 1.2× 145 0.8× 64 0.6× 6 0.1× 30 0.3× 42 623
Jon Henrich Hanf Germany 14 312 1.5× 72 0.4× 54 0.5× 24 0.2× 95 1.0× 104 688
Yanchong Zheng United States 16 489 2.3× 237 1.3× 153 1.4× 7 0.1× 439 4.6× 32 998
Dongmei Li China 17 197 0.9× 248 1.4× 399 3.7× 13 0.1× 35 0.4× 73 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefano Franco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefano Franco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Franco

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefano Franco. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefano Franco based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stefano Franco. Stefano Franco is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cappa, Francesco, et al.. (2026). Open innovation and sustainability in the digital age: opportunities and challenges. Innovation. 28(1). 1–13.
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Franco, Stefano & Ilaria Giannoccaro. (2025). Dynamic Capabilities and Microfoundations to Overcome Barriers to Circular Economy Implementation. Business Strategy and the Environment. 34(4). 4392–4408. 4 indexed citations
3.
Franco, Stefano, Angelo Presenza, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, & Myung Ja Kim. (2025). Metaverse applications in hotel chains: value creation and value capture mechanisms. Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management. 35(2). 260–286.
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Cappa, Francesco, et al.. (2025). Crowdfunding campaigns for a sustainable development: State of the art and future research agenda. Finance research letters. 82. 107863–107863.
5.
Franco, Stefano, et al.. (2025). Bridging Micro and Macro Perspectives in Circular Business Model Studies: An Integrated Literature Review. Business Strategy and the Environment. 34(6). 7085–7111. 3 indexed citations
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Cappa, Francesco, et al.. (2024). The impact of sustainable development goals in lending-based prosocial crowdfunding: A topic modeling analysis on the kiva platform. International Review of Financial Analysis. 95. 103441–103441. 12 indexed citations
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Maiolini, Riccardo, Stefano Franco, Francesco Cappa, & Darren Hayes. (2023). Optimizing Reward-Based Crowdfunding. IEEE Engineering Management Review. 51(2). 55–62. 5 indexed citations
8.
Franco, Stefano, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, & Umberto Panniello. (2023). Digital humanism in business models: Unveiling value creation mechanisms. Transforming Government People Process and Policy. 18(3). 340–352. 1 indexed citations
9.
Franco, Stefano, Angelo Presenza, & Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli. (2022). Luxury hotels as orchestrators in gastronomic destination development and management: the case of Borgo Egnazia and the Itria Valley. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. 34(9). 3440–3458. 11 indexed citations
10.
Franco, Stefano, Angelo Presenza, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, & Enzo Peruffo. (2022). Tradition-driven business models at luxury companies: revealing value-creation and value-capture activities. Journal of Knowledge Management. 26(11). 486–506. 7 indexed citations
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Cappa, Francesco, et al.. (2021). The Impact of Product and Reward Types in Reward-Based Crowdfunding. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 70(9). 3050–3061. 48 indexed citations
12.
Franco, Stefano & Francesco Cappa. (2021). Citizen science: involving citizens in research projects and urban planning. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(1). 114–118. 4 indexed citations
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Franco, Stefano, Francesco Cappa, & Michele Pinelli. (2021). Founder Education and Start-Up Funds Raised. IEEE Engineering Management Review. 49(3). 42–48. 5 indexed citations
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Cappa, Francesco, Stefano Franco, & Federica Rosso. (2021). Citizens and cities: Leveraging citizen science and big data for sustainable urban development. Business Strategy and the Environment. 31(2). 648–667. 87 indexed citations
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Franco, Stefano, Matteo Giuliano Caroli, & Giacomo Del Chiappa. (2021). The impact of hotel sustainability practices on tourist intentions to book hotel rooms. Sinergie Italian Journal of Management. 39(1). 21–35. 7 indexed citations
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Pinelli, Michele, Francesco Cappa, Stefano Franco, Enzo Peruffo, & Raffaele Oriani. (2020). Too Much of Two Good Things: Effects of Founders’ Educational Level and Heterogeneity on Start-Up Funds Raised. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 69(4). 1502–1516. 23 indexed citations
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Franco, Stefano, Matteo Giuliano Caroli, Francesco Cappa, & Giacomo Del Chiappa. (2019). Are you good enough? CSR, quality management and corporate financial performance in the hospitality industry. International Journal of Hospitality Management. 88. 102395–102395. 205 indexed citations
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Papa, Rocco, Carmela Gargiulo, Stefano Franco, & Laura Russo. (2014). Urban Smartness Vs Urban Competitiveness: A Comparison of Italian Cities Rankings. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Franco, Stefano, et al.. (2014). The Impacts of the 2008-09 Financial Crisis on Urban Competitiveness in Italy. 2(2). 84–89. 1 indexed citations
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Llobet, Eduard, Evor L. Hines, Julian W. Gardner, & Stefano Franco. (1999). Non-destructive banana ripeness determination using a neural network-based electronic nose. Measurement Science and Technology. 10(6). 538–548. 123 indexed citations

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