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Stefano Baruffaldi

I am an Associate Professor at Polytechnic of Milan, School of Management and a Senior Affiliated Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. My research is in the economics of science and innovation. I study how scientific and technological knowledge is produced and diffused.
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  • Nov 2026 Paper Development Workshop at Politecnico di MilanoPaper Development Workshop with editors Lamar Pierce (Organization Science), Giada Di Stefano (Strategic Management Journal) and John Walsh (Research Policy) at the Politecnico di Milano School of Management, 13 November 2026. Co-organized with Marianna Marra and sponsored by the Academy of Management Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division.LinkedIn post
  • Nov 2026 MInERS seminar: Juanita González-Uribe (LSE)Milan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Seminar with Juanita González-Uribe (London School of Economics), “Venture Debt as Bridge Financing”, at the University of Milan – La Statale, 1 December 2026.Event page
  • Sep 2026 Paper published in Research Policy“Research grant effects across funding modes and industry collaboration” (with Felicia Jorzick and Cornelia Lawson) is out in Research Policy.Paper page
  • Aug 2026 Early-career workshop: AOM TIM × ABEINCo-organized an online workshop of the Academy of Management Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division and the Associação Brasileira de Economia Industrial e Inovação (ABEIN), where early-career researchers in innovation pitched their work and received feedback from senior mentors (August 10).LinkedIn post
  • Aug 2026 AOM 2026 Symposium PanelJoined a symposium panel on research tools at the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting — how the materials and instruments of science shape who participates in research and how it develops (Philadelphia, August 4). Organized by Jungkyu Suh, Danielle Bovenberg, and Raviv Murciano-Goroff; with Cyrus Mody, Scott Stern, and Florenta Teodoridis.LinkedIn post
  • Jan 2026 Paper published in AEJ: Applied Economics“The returns to physical capital in knowledge production: Evidence from lab disasters” (with Fabian Gaessler) is out in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.Paper page