INTAN-Invest

This joint research project with Georgetown University, The Conference Board (New York), and The Imperial College (London) provides market sector data on intangible assets for 27 EU countries, plus Norway and the US. 

• Learn more about the INTAN-Invest research project
• The cross-country website for intangible investment data 

EU Commission's 7th Framework Programme

SPINTAN: Smart Public Intangibles

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development, and demonstration under grant agreement No. 612774.

SPINTAN is a three-year project that aims to uncover the theoretical and empirical foundations of public intangible policies. It has three main objectives: 

1. To build a public intangible database for a wide range of EU countries, supplemented with some large non-EU countries;
2. To analyze the impact of public sector intangibles on innovation, well-being, and “smart” growth (including education, R&D, and innovation, as well as the construction of a digital society);
3. To pay special attention to the medium- and long-term consequences of austerity policies in view of the expected recovery. To achieve these goals, the project's overall strategy will rest on the following pillars, organized around six work packages. 

Research plan

WP 1 focuses on the methodological discussion of the concept of intangibles in the public sector and the definition of its boundaries. WP 2 will focus on building a database for a large number of EU countries and the US, as well as three developing countries (China, India, and possibly Brazil), to complement the one already developed by the INTAN-Invest project. WP 3 will conduct a detailed analysis of the implications for smart growth and social inclusion of three key aspects of public sector policies: health, education, and R&D, with a special focus on higher education institutions. WP 4 will investigate the effect of spillovers from public sector intangibles on the business sector, both within a country and across countries. WP 5 will address the study of the present and future consequences of the austerity measures implemented since 2008. And, finally, WP 6 will bring together the different pieces, offering a synthesis of the main results and emphasizing the key policy implications.

Research Consortium

• Instituto Valenciano De Investigaciones Economicas, S.A. (Project Coordinator) 
• NIESR National Institute of Economic and Social Research Lbg
• Luiss Lab at the Free International University of Social Studies Guido Carli
• National Institute of Statistics
• Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine 
• The Conference Board, Inc.
• OECD, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
• ZIW, Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
• DIW, Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V.
• Wiiw, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies
• FORES (Forum For Reformer Och Entreprenorskap) Foundation
• Kopint-Tarki Konjunkturakutato Intezet Zrt.

LUSS LAB SPINTAN Research Team

• Stefano Manzocchi (Director of LUISS Lab)
• Cecilia Jona Lasinio (SPINTAN LUISS Lab Coordinator)
• Massimiliano Iommi
• Roberto Iannaccone 

NEUJOBS: Employment 2025 – How multiple transitions will affect the European labor market

The NEUJOBS proposal responds to the FP7 call “SSH.2010.2.1-1 Creating and adapting jobs in Europe in the context of a socio-ecological transition.” The aim of the project is to envision the future, or rather various possible futures, under the conditions of the socio-ecological transition (while also incorporating other key influences), map the implications for employment overall, as well as in key sectors and relevant groups, and integrate all of this within a single intellectual framework. Specifically, we have the following objectives:

• Conceptualize pathways for the impact of the socio-ecological transition on employment
• Produce integrated scenarios of economic, employment, and skills dynamics in Europe – both mainstream and unconventional
• Assess the interaction between key factors influencing employment developments over the next 15 years and beyond
• Assess the changes needed in education and training policies and the welfare state to support successful employment adjustment during the transition
• Identify key factors driving employment in sectors likely to be heavily influenced by the socio-ecological transition
• Identify policies to maximize the employment potential of groups that represent crucial labor force reservoirs

CONSORTIUM

INNODRIVE: Intangible Capital and Innovations: Drivers of Growth and Location in the EU

Project developed under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme, SSH-2007-1.1.2 Intangible investments and innovation in Europe. This research project aims to reduce our knowledge gaps by providing new data on intangibles and fresh estimates of the growth-generating capacity of intangible capital. We plan to do this at both the firm level and the national level. At the micro level, this project will enhance our understanding of how intangibles contribute to firm growth. It will do so by leveraging the potential of recently established linked employer-employee datasets and implementing a performance-based methodology. This will allow us to analyze how firms use knowledge and human capital to boost productivity, and how mobile workers respond to these processes. At the national-economy level, we will expand the traditional growth accounting framework by including estimates of investment in intangibles in capital formation. These have, until now, been counted as current expenditure in conventional national accounts. This research will thus explore areas of EU socio-economic research that have remained unexplored until now. This research project will provide a new foundation for formulating policies to strengthen growth and employment in the EU by offering new, “beyond-the-state-of-the-art” estimates of how intangibles contribute to economic performance. The research network includes 9 EU Institutes, and the LUISS Lab team comprises Stefano Manzocchi, Cecilia Jona Lasinio, Massimiliano Iommi, and Giovanna Vallanti.

Previous Research Projects

The World macroeconomic framework: an econometric model of the US, European, and Asian economies

Project developed in collaboration with Unicredit Banca Mobiliare (UBM) - Research & Strategy. The project is coordinated by Stefano Manzocchi for LLEE, and by Marco Annunziata and Aurelio Maccario for UBM.

Information and Communication Technologies in Europe: diffusion and economic effects on SMEs

A project developed in collaboration with Telecom Italia and the Luiss School of Management. Stefano Manzocchi coordinates the project on behalf of LLEE.

FDI Competitiveness and its Relationship with Political Variables

A project led by Daniel Gros (CEPS) and Stefano Manzocchi (LLEE) as part of the ongoing partnership between the two institutions. It includes Ms. Selen Sarisoy Guerin (LUISS Fellow at CEPS, 2005–2006).

European Network for Better Regulation

Developed under the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 7 “Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge-based Society,” the project aims to establish and operate a pan-European network. This network will improve and disseminate current knowledge about regulatory processes, as well as the extent to which impact assessment procedures are implemented in EU member states and how they are carried out. It includes 18 research centers and national institutions from the EU-25, and is coordinated by Andrea Renda at CEPS. The Italian Unit is based at the Luiss Lab and is supervised by Stefano Manzocchi (Director, LLEE).

Firms' internationalization and relationships with banks

A project developed with Unicredit Banca – Osservatorio Piccole Imprese, directed by Stefano Manzocchi and Zeno Rotondi (Head of Research, Unicredit Banca).