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  1. The Twin Transition in Practice. Digital Technologies, Sustainability, and the Role of Family Ownership in Europe

    Article • Business Strategy and the Environment, November 2025, Wiley

    Francesco Aiello

  2. Barriers to innovation and patenting. Evidence from European family and non-family firms

    Article • International Journal of Operations & Production Management, March 2025, Emerald

    Francesco Aiello

  3. Bayesian insights on digitalization and environmental sustainability practices. Towards the twin transition in the EU

    Article • Business Strategy and the Environment, October 2024, Wiley

    Francesco Aiello

  4. Innovative SMEs in Italy. Explaining profitability patterns in inner areas

    Article • International Journal of Operations & Production Management, July 2024, Emerald

    Francesco Aiello

  5. Family ownership, finance for innovation, and exports. Evidence from European micro and small firms

    Article • Economics of Innovation and New Technology, March 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  6. Networks, ownership and productivity does firm age play a moderating role?

    Article • International Journal of Operations & Production Management, March 2024, Emerald

    Francesco Aiello

  7. A meta-regression analysis on judicial efficiency literature: the role of methodological and courts diversity

    Article • Journal of Applied Economics, December 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  8. Family firm heterogeneity and patenting. Revising the role of size and age

    Article • Small Business Economics, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Aiello

  9. Patents, family, and size: evidence from Italian manufacturing firms

    Article • Economics of Innovation and New Technology, October 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  10. Networks and family firm performance: some evidence from Italy

    Article • Applied Economics Letters, November 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  11. Green patenting and corporate social responsibility: Does family involvement in business matter?

    Article • Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, May 2021, Wiley

    Francesco Aiello

  12. On the choice of accommodation type at the time of Covid-19. Some evidence from the Italian tourism sector

    Article • Current Issues in Tourism, November 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  13. How firms finance innovation. Further empirics from European SMEs

    Article • Metroeconomica, July 2020, Wiley

    Francesco Aiello

  14. Does external R&D matter for family firm innovation? Evidence from the Italian manufacturing industry

    Article • Small Business Economics, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Aiello

  15. Good value for public money? The case of R&D policy

    Article • Journal of Policy Modeling, November 2019, Elsevier

    Francesco Aiello

  16. Innovation and productivity in family firms: evidence from a sample of European firms

    Article • Economics of Innovation and New Technology, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  17. New evidence on the firm-university linkages in Europe. The role of meritocratic management practices

    Article • International Review of Applied Economics, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  18. EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES IN EFFICIENCY: A META‐STUDY ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT LITERATURE

    Article • Journal of Economic Surveys, January 2019, Wiley

    Francesco Aiello

  19. Multilevel empirics for small banks in local markets

    Article • Papers of the Regional Science Association, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr Graziella Bonanno, Francesco Aiello

  20. Heterogeneity in Banking Efficiency

    Article • Journal of Economic Surveys, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr Graziella Bonanno, Francesco Aiello

  21. Efficiency determinants: evidence from Italian mutual banks

    Article • International Review of Applied Economics, February 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Graziella Bonanno, Francesco Aiello

  22. Italian banks efficiency and local market conditions

    Article • Journal of Economics and Business, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Graziella Bonanno, Francesco Aiello

  23. New Evidence on Export Price Elasticity

    Article • China & World Economy, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Graziella Bonanno, Francesco Aiello

  24. A meta-regression analysis on bank efficiency

    Article • International Review of Applied Economics, September 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Graziella Bonanno, Francesco Aiello

  25. Again on trade elasticities

    Article • Eurasian Economic Review, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Graziella Bonanno, Francesco Aiello

  26. Firm heterogeneity in productivity across Europe: evidence from multilevel models

    Article • Economics of Innovation and New Technology, June 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  27. Firm heterogeneity in TFP, sectoral innovation and location. Evidence from Italy

    Article • International Review of Applied Economics, March 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  28. Explaining Total Factor Productivity at Firm Level in Italy: Does Location Matter?

    Article • Spatial Economic Analysis, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  29. Being Efficient to Stay Strong in a Weak Economy. The Case of Calabrian Manufacturing Firms

    Article • Technology and Investment, January 2014, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Francesco Aiello

  30. Profit and cost efficiency in the Italian banking industry (2006-2011)

    Article • Economics and Business Letters, October 2013, Universidad de Oviedo

    Dr Graziella Bonanno, Francesco Aiello

  31. The effectiveness of R&D support in Italy. Some evidence from matching methods

    Article • Risk Governance and Control Financial Markets & Institutions, January 2013, Virtus Interpress

    Francesco Aiello

  32. Regional economic divide and the role of technological spillovers in Italy. Evidence from microdata

    Article • Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, September 2012, Elsevier

    Francesco Aiello

  33. Structural funds and the economic divide in Italy

    Article • Journal of Policy Modeling, May 2012, Elsevier

    Francesco Aiello

  34. Explaining TFP at Firm Level in Italy - Does Location Matter?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2012, Elsevier

    Francesco Aiello

  35. Analysing the Impact of Everything But Arms Initiative Using a Gravity Model

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Aiello

  36. Regional infrastructure and firm investment: theory and empirical evidence for Italy

    Article • Empirical Economics, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Aiello

  37. Evaluating the impact of nonreciprocal trade preferences using gravity models

    Article • Applied Economics, December 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  38. Be productive or face decline. On the sources and determinants of output growth in Italian manufacturing firms

    Article • Empirical Economics, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Aiello

  39. R&D spillovers and firms’ performance in Italy

    Article • Empirical Economics, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Aiello

  40. R&D spillovers and productivity growth: evidence from Italian manufacturing microdata

    Article • Applied Economics Letters, August 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  41. Ranking Production Subsidies and Import Tariffs under Different Scenarios

    Article • Applied Economics Letters, September 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  42. Effects of STABEX on ACPs' economic growth: Further evidence

    Article • Applied Economics, September 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  43. The Stabilisation of LDCs' Export Earnings. The impact of the EU STABEX programme

    Article • International Review of Applied Economics, January 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Francesco Aiello

  44. R&D spillovers and firms' performance in Italy Evidence from a flexible production function

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Aiello