Claudio Cozza is Associate Professor in Economic Policy at the University of Naples ‘Parthenope’. He holds a Degree (Sapienza University of Rome) and a Ph.D. (University of Ferrara) in Industrial Economics. His research interests include the Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation; International Business and Transnational Monopoly Capitalism; Regional Development and Inequalities. His articles have been published in refereed international journals including Cambridge Journal of Economics, Regional Studies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, The Journal of Technology Transfer.