Full professor of economics at the Unversity of Parma, he also teaches in the MBA program at SDA Bocconi.
He has worked at the World Bank, the Ministry of Economics, the European Commission and the CEPS in Brussels.
He contributes to Sole 24 Ore, LaVoce.info and is a member of the research commission of the Centro studi Confindustria. Among his most recent publications is: “Innovazione cercasi” (Laterza, Bari 2006).