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Stefano Supino

Curriculum vitae

April, 2014

Personal Details

Nationality: Italian.

Position: Adjunct Professor at University of Cassino and Southern Lazio; Adjunct Professor at

University of Rome La Sapienza, Founder and Innovation and Entrepreneurship Consultant at

Learn4Run; ImprendiLab Member; SI Lab advisor and Social Impact scientific committee member;

Founder of LinkedIn’s Lean Startup Italia and Social Startup Italia Groups.

Current position

Founder at Learn4Run.

Director of studies, Startup Courses and Training Activities, ImprendiLab – University of

Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italy), 2013/2014.

Adjunct Professor – Industrial Economics – Department of Economics and Law –

University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy), 2013/2014.

Adjunct Professor – Innovation and Entrepreneurship II – Department of Economics and

Law – University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italy), 2013/2014.

Adjunct Professor – Industrial Economics II – Department of Economics and Law –

University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italy), 2013/2014.

Recent position

Adjunct Professor – Economics of Innovation – Department of Economics and Law –

University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italy), 2012/2013.

Research Fellow – Department of Economics and Law – University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

(Italy), 2012/2013.

Adjunct Professor – Economics of Innovation – Department of Economics and Law –

University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italy), 2011/2012.

Research Fellow – Department of Economics and Law, Faculty of Economics – University of Rome La

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Sapienza (Italy), 2010/2011.

Adjunct Professor – Economic of Innovation – Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics –

University of Cassino (Italy), 2010/2011.

Adjunct Professor – Applied Economics II – Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics –

University of Cassino (Italy), 2010/2011.

Post-Doctoral Researcher – Economics of Science and Technology – Bureau d’Économie Théorique et

Appliquée (BETA) – UMRS 7522 du CRNS, Ecole de Management, University of Strasbourg,

2009/2010.

Adjunct Professor – Economic of Innovation – Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics –

University of Cassino (Italy), 2009/2010.

Adjunct Professor – Economic of Innovation I and II – Department of Economics and Quantitative

Methods (DEMQ), Faculty of Economics – University of Urbino (Italy), 2008/2009.

Senior Research Fellowship – Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods (DEMQ), Faculty

of Economics – University of Urbino (Italy), 2008/2009.

Adjunct Professor from February 12th to March 12th 2007 – Economic Policy Integrative Course

–Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods (DEMQ), Faculty of Economics – University of

Urbino (Italy) 2007.

Research Fellowship – Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods (DEMQ), Faculty of

Economics – University of Urbino (Italy) – 2005/2007.

Education

Ph.D in Economic, Mathematical and Statistical Analysis of Social Phenomena, Department of

Economic Theory and Quantitative Methods for Political Choice. University of Rome La Sapienza,

Italy.

Dissertation title: Three essays on economics of innovation.

Supervisor: Prof. M. Pianta

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Graduation in Economics (summa cum laude). University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.

Dissertation title: Unemployment in a natural rate perspective. Facts, theories and policy

implications.

Supervisor: Prof. M. Tiberi

Diploma di Maturità scientifica (Mark 60/60). Liceo Scientifico «E. Fermi», Gaeta (LT), Italy.

Scholarship

Tuition Fees and 3-year Scholarship in Ph.D. in Economic, Mathematical and Statistical Analysis of

Social Phenomena, University of Rome La Sapienza.

Participation to Research Projects and Professional Positions

Project on “INEQUALITY: DIMENSIONS, MEASURES, DETERMINANTS AND

INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOURS” carried out for University of SIENA – CRISS (Network on

Economics of Welfare State). Main research activity: responsible for the construction of a dataset

based on micro data drawn from Eurostat Structure of Earning Survey about wages in European

Countries; implementation of a set of indicators for the evaluation of earning – innovation nexus.

Participant to the research project “PERFORMANCE PA” carried out on the behalf of FORMEZ PA-

Centro servizi, assistenza, studi e formazione per l’ammodernamento della

P.A. Main research activity: responsible for the analysis of comparative experiences of United

Kingdom and France in the realm of spending review at several levels of public expenditures;

responsible for the elaboration of recommended reading on the subject of spending review in United

Kingdom and France

Participant to the research project (European Commission, Research Directorate C:

European Research Area – Knowledge Based Economy) N°-RTD-2010-S236-359211 on Support for

continued data collection and analysis concerning mobility patterns and career paths of researchers

(acronym: MORE-II, University of Rome La Sapienza Team). Main research activity: implementation

of a set of indicators on researchers mobility.

Participant to the research project on “ITALIAN INNOVATION POLICIES IN EU” carried out by

ISIMM RICERCHE on the behalf of ITALIAN MINISTRY FOR INNOVATION AND

TECHNOLOGIES. Main research activity: responsible for the construction of a dataset based on

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regional interview on regional innovation policies; regional innovation policies impact assessment.

Participant to the research project on “SOURCES, MODALITIES, AND SCALES OF ACADEMIC

RESEARCH FUNDING AND THEIR IMPACT” carried out by the economic department of the

University of Bordeaux IV (GREThA, CNRS), the economic department of the University of

Strasbourg (BETA, CNRS) and the economic department Cognetti de Martiis of the University of

Torino also in coordination with the Observatoire des Sciences et Techniques (Paris). Main research

activity: manipulation and contribution to the analysis of large administrative, publication and

invention dataset; responsible for the construction of a dataset based on micro data about the academic

research funding.

Participant to the research project on “HEALTH AND SAFETY STRATEGY FOR FIREFIGHTERS

IN THE EUROPEAN MEDITERRANEAN AREA”, carried out by CGIL

and EPSU. Main research activity: responsible for the design and implementation of a questionnaire on

health and safety at work for fire fighters in Mediterranean countries; responsible of questionnaire,

database and data analysis.

Participant to the research project on “THE IMPACT OF R&D AND INNOVATION ON

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND EMPLOYMENT: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

BASED ON INNOVATION SURVEY DATA” carried out by the University of Urbino for IPTS. Main

research activity: responsible for the construction of the database and implementation of empirical

analysis.

Participant to the research project (VI European Research Framework Programme) on "INEQUALITY:

MECHANISMS, EFFECTS AND POLITICS (INEQ)". 2005-2008 –

CRISS Network (University of Rome La Sapienza, University of Siena Richard Goodwin, University

of Milan Bocconi) on the Economics of the Welfare State – Main research activity: implementation of

a new set of welfare state measures of universalism and targeting.

Participant to the MIUR FIRB research project on "RESEARCH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN

A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY: COMPETITIVENESS

EFFECTS IN ITALY AND EUROPE", 2005-2008, University of Milan Bocconi (Italy). Main

research activity: construction of a Sectoral Innovation database (SID) on industry measures of

Innovation for eight European countries using micro data drawn from the Third Community Innovation

Survey.

Research Interests

Economics and Management of Innovation and Technical Change, Lean Startup Approach and

Hypothesis-driven Entrepreneurship, Technological Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship,

Economics of Welfare state and Social Policies.

Publications and Scientific production

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2013 Siamo un paese per nuove imprese? in Welfare oggi, settembre/ottobre, pp.18-23.

2013 Le misure di sostegno alla nuova imprenditorialità in una visione europea (with F. Ferrante) in

UnionCamere (2013) Giovani, Imprese e Lavoro 2013. L’economia reale attraverso il contributo dei

giovani, Edizioni UnionCamere, Roma.

2013 Diventare imprenditori. Lo startup di una impresa artigiana nella prospettiva del Business

Modelling (with A. Moscatelli), in CGIA Quaderni di Ricerca, Rivista di Economia, Cultura e Ricerca

Sociale, Vol.1, pp. 93-125, Il Mulino.

2012 Nuovi strumenti per nuove imprese. Il business model canvas per lo startup delle imprese sociali

(with A. Moscatelli), pp. 133-160, in Marco Crescenzi (eds.), Social Innovation e Social Business,

Nuove relazioni per co-progettare il cambiamento e uscire dalla crisi, Graphofeel Edizioni.

2012 Innovation and Development. The Evidence from Innovation Surveys, in Latin American Business

Review (with F. Bogliacino, G. Perani, M. Pianta), vol. 13 Issue 3, pp. 219-261.

2011 Analisi delle Politiche italiane per l’innovazione nel contesto europeo, Rapporto Finale, ISIMM

ricerche Roma e Dipartimento per la Digitalizzazione della P.A. e l'Innovazione Tecnologica.

2011 Il Centro come realtà economica (sufficientemente) unitaria. Prime esplorazioni di un’ipotesi

sottovalutata, (with M. Franzini), in 2011, Rapporto annuale sullo stato e le prospettive dell’economia,

dello sviluppo e del lavoro nella regione Lazio (pp. 185-303), CREL Edizioni, Roma.

2011 Analyzing innovation at sectoral level: the Sectoral Innovation Database (with M. Pianta),

forthcoming in Università di Urbino, Working Papers Series in Economics, Mathematics and Statistics.

2010 Innovation and Development. The Evidence from Innovation Surveys (with F. Bogliacino, G.

Perani, M. Pianta), Beta Working paper, 2010-13.

2009 Innovazione, qualifiche, salari: una rassegna critica, in CGIA Quaderni di Ricerca,

Rivista di Economia, Cultura e Ricerca Sociale, 53, pp. 123-198.

2007 A proposito di declino: la questione del capitale umano (with M. Raitano), in Meridiana, 54, pp.

89-119.

2006 Le difficoltà di stimare gli effetti delle politiche sociali sul lavoro, pp. 41-43, in F.R. Pizzuti et al.

(eds.) Rapporto sullo stato sociale (A welfare state report, 2006), Utet, Torino, june.

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2006 L’indeterminatezza dei trade-off tra spese sociali e crescita economica , pp. 28-40, in

F.R. Pizzuti et al. (eds.) Rapporto sullo stato sociale (A welfare state report, 2006), Utet, Torino, june.

2005 Il «modello sociale europeo» e la crescita economica (with M. Franzini), in M. Franzini e L.

Barca (eds.), Legittimare l’Europa, Il Mulino, Bologna, june.

2005 Disuguaglianza e redistribuzione dei redditi nei paesi occidentali (with M. Franzini), in F.R.

Pizzuti et al. (eds.) Rapporto sullo stato sociale (A welfare state report, 2005), Utet, Torino, june.

Light Reading

2013 Startup, sindrome da fallimento, Il Sole 24 Ore, 18 settembre 2013 (with Piero Formica)

Work in Progress

2010 Innovation and Wages in European industries: an empirical analysis paper presented at AISSEC

conference, Perugia, June 2009.

Database

2008-2011 The Sectoral Innovation Database: Industrial Innovation data. Methodological Notes on

database construction

2008 The Sectoral Innovation Database: a comparative innovation data at sectoral level for eight

European Countries (DE, ES, FR, IT, PT, NL, UK, NO). Methodological Notes.

Questionnaires

2009 Questionnaire on Health and Safety at work for firefighters.

Reports

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2009 Questionnaire on health and safety at work for fire fighters: Final Results for the Steering

committee Meeting, available a t http://www.hssfmed.eu/

2009 Health and safety strategy for firefighters in the european mediterranean area,

available a t http://www.hssfmed.eu/

Workshop, Courses and Summer Schools

2014 Udemy Course on Buyer Personas: User Focused Strategy, Udemy, Instructor: Lia Bergen,

April, USA

2014 Udemy Course on Lean Canvas, On line course, Udemy, Instructor: Ash Maurya, April, Usa

2014 Udemy Course on Market Research Fast Track, On line course, Udemy, Instructor: Veronica

Kirkoff, April, USA

2013 Coursera Verified Certificate Course on Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The

1st Step in Entrepreneurship, 6 week online course authorized by University of Maryland, College

Park, Instructor: Prof. James D. Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute University of Maryland,

June, USA.

2013 Udemy Course on How to launch a Profitable Product: From Idea to Revenue, On line course,

Udemy, Instructor: Jim Seimick, May, USA.

2012 Residential Course on Business Planning (15 Hours), Ecapital, CastelRaimondo,

Ancona, Italy, September.

2010 Workshop on The organisation, economics and policy of scientific research,

Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy.

2009 Workshop on Research and Entrepreneurship in the Knowledge-Based Economy, Bocconi

University, Milano, Italy.

2008 Madrid Summer School on Globalisation, Technology and Inequality (18 Hours),

Madrid, Spain, July.

2008 Urbino Advanced Course on Innovation, Growth, Employment and International

Production: Models and Data (25 Hours - TUTOR) , Urbino, Italy, March-April.

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2005 Oslo Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies; Ph. D Course: The Politics of

Welfare State Reforms in Comparative Perspective (30 Hours), Oslo, Norway,

August.

2005 LIS Summer School on Inequality (50 Hours), Prof. Tim Smeeding, Prof. Marcus Jantii, Prof.

Janet Gormick, Luxembourg, July.

2004 XV CIDE Residential Course in Advanced Econometrics for Ph.D student (45 Hours) Bertinoro,

Italy, September.

2004 II Summer School of Applied Economics Computational economics with Matlab, “(25 Hours),

Prof. H. Ulrich. University of Lecce, Lecce, Italy, July.

2003 XIV CIDE Residential Course in Econometrics for Ph. D student (90

Hours), Bertinoro, Italy, September.

2003 Workshop on Inequality and Economic Integration, Certosa of Pontignano, Siena,

Italy.

Language skills

Italian: Mother tongue English: Good French: Good

Computer Skills

Operative systems: Windows (Seven, VISTA and XP) with relative applications: Office 2003-2010

Econometric Packages: STATA, SPSS. Mathematic Packages: MATLAB.

Knowledge of OECD and EUROSTAT datasets.

Translations from English

2006 Mowery D., Il rapporto tra università e imprese negli Stati Uniti: trasferimento

tecnologico e diritti di proprietà intellettuale, in «Meridiana», 54, pp. 157-187.

2004 Di Matteo M., Dalla sussidiarietà ascendente a quella discendente. L’ambiguo

percorso dell’Unione europea, in «Meridiana», 46, pp. 41-59.

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Professional and Teaching Experiences

2014 Mentor at Cook your startup, Roma, Italy, 29 march.

2014 Workshop on Business Models for startup and restart (14 hours) – Workshop Coworking

Pesaro, Pesaro, Italy, 24-25 march.

2013 Lectures on Business modelling (14 hours) – Course on Entrepreneurship and Startup for

University of Cassino and Southern Lazio Graduates, Cassino, Italy, November 2014.

2013 Lectures on Markets and the windows of opportunity for entrepreneurs: industry analysis and

customer understanding (7 hours) – Course on Entrepreneurship and Startup for University of

Cassino and Southern Lazio Graduates, Cassino, Italy, November 2014.

2013 Lectures on The entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial challenge (7 hours) – Course on

Entrepreneurship and Startup for University of Cassino and Southern Lazio Graduates, Cassino, Italy,

November 2014.

2013 Lecture on Business Models for Social startups (6 hours) – Workshop Asvi in

Social Innovation, Social Business, Startup, Rome, Italy, 20 September.

2013 Lecture on Advanced Microeconomics – Uncertainty / Asymmetric Information (14 hours) –

University of Rome La Sapienza, Inpdap Master J Risk Management, Rome, Italy 15-16 July.

2013 Mentor at Startupbootcamp, Enlabs Rome, Italy, 27 june.

2013 Lecture on Business Plan for Social Entrepreneurship (6 hours) – Worshop Asvi in Social

Innovation, Social Business, Startup and Corporate Social, Rome, Italy, 26 May.

2013 Communication on Lean Startup Pills for Social Entrepreneurs, Conference on Startup Sociale

Innovativo: come e dove? Lo startup sociale e innovativo al centro sud: vincoli, risorse; partenariati e

modelli di successo, Asvi Social Change and SI Lab, Porta Futuro, Rome, Italy, 18 May.

2013 Lecture on Business Models and Business Model Canvas Methodology for Social

Entrepreneurship (6 hours) – Worshop Asvi in Social Innovation, Social Business, Startup and

Corporate Social, Rome, Italy, 1 february.

2012 Communication on Social Business Models, Conference on Social Innovation and Social

Business: Nuove Relazioni per co progettare il cambiamento e uscire dalla crisi, Asvi Social Change,

The Hub, Rome, Italy, 12 December.

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2012 Lecture on Organization of Social Enterprise (14 hours) – Master in Management of Social

Enterprise, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy, 13-19-20 October.

2011 Lecture on Economics and Management of Innovation (14 hours) – Master ICE in Export

Manager oriented to Asian and East-European Market – Venice International University, Venice, Italy,

19-20 September.

2011 Lecture on Economics and Management of Innovation – Technological management and

competitive strategies for Innovative firms (12 hours) – Master in Economics and Banking – University

of Cassino, Cassino, Italy, February-March.

2010 Lecture on Economics and Management of Innovation (14 hours) – Master ICE in Export

Manager oriented to Asian and East-European Market – Venice International University, Venice, Italy,

24-25 June.

2009 Communication on Health and Safety: new data for implementing a new strategy, Third

Workshop on Health and Safety Strategy for Fire fighters in the European Mediterranean Area,

Ljubljana, Slovenia, 7 July.

2009 Lecture on Microeconomics II – Market Failures and economics of information – and Economics

of Innovation (21 Hours) – Master ICE in Export Manager oriented to Asian and East-European

Market – Venice International University, Venice, Italy, 10-12 June.

2009 Communication on Health and Safety at work for fire fighters: an empirical analysis in

comparative perspective, Second Workshop on Health and Safety Strategy for Fire fighters in the

European Mediterranean Area, Madrid, Spain, National Institute of Public Administration (INAP), 13

May.

2009 Lecture on Innovation analysis at sectoral level (2 hours), Urbino Advanced Course on

Innovation, Growth, Employment and International Production: Models and Data, Roma, Italy, 20-24

April.

2009 Lecture on Using STATA for data analysis (6 hours), Urbino Advanced Course on Innovation,

Growth, Employment and International Production: Models and Data, Roma, Italy, 20-24 April.

2009 Communication on Questionnaire design for Health and Safety at work for fire fighters, First

Workshop on Health and Safety Strategy for Fire fighters in the European Mediterranean Area, Rome,

Istituto Superiore Antincendi, Rome, Italy, 20 March.

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2008 Lecture on The consequence of globalisation for small and medium firms (2 hours), Didone

Project for Junior Consultants – Agrileasing Master, Urbino, Italy, 23 October.

2008 Communication on Report on Health and Safety in a “dangerous” job: the fire fighters case,

Introductory meeting on Health and Safety Strategy for Fire fighters in the European Mediterranean

Area, Rome, Italy, FP CGIL national Headquarter, 21 October.

2008 Member of organizing board of the workshop The impact of innovation on growth and

employment, june 2008, University of Rome La Sapienza.

2008 Lecture on Social expenditures, labour market institutions and economic growth in the age of

globalization (4 hours), CGIL course on Fundamentals of Economic Policy for union officers, April

2008, Rome, Italy.

2006 Communication at EAEPE conference Market Income Inequality and redistribution: the

effectiveness of alternative welfare state policies (with M. Franzini e M. Raitano), November 2006

Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey.

2006 Lecture on Inequality, Poverty and Immigration in a globalized world (3 hours on line), Online

Course on Economic and International Cooperation, March 2006, Ancona, Italy.

2006 Lecture on Inequality and Poverty in globalized world: measurements, facts and empirical

analysis (8 hours), Course on Administration of Environment and Social Sustainable Development,

Villa Montesca Center, May 2006, Città di Castello, Italy.

2006 Member of the organizing board of the Advanced Course Innovation, Growth, Employment and

International Production: Models and Data Analysis, Department of Economics, University of Urbino

Carlo Bo, 23-27 October, 2006.

2005 Consultant for national party La Margherita (expertise area: social policy, welfare, labour market

policy).

2004 Consultant for the project Task force per l'affiancamento ed il supporto ai Centri per l'Impiego,

ENAIP-University of Siena-Sagel-Isvol FIAT, September - October 2004.

2004 Member of the editing team of Legittimare l’Europa, Il Mulino, Bologna, November – December

2004.

2004 Member of the organizing board of First CRISS Annual Meeting for Young Economists,

University of Rome La Sapienza, Faculty of Economics, May-June, 2004.

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2004 Teaching Assistant in Economic Policy, Faculty of Economics (Civitavecchia), University of

Rome La Sapienza, November 2003-february 2004.

2003 Member of the editing team of Rapporto annuale sullo Stato Sociale 2003, INPDAP, November

2003.

2003 Member of the organizing board of the Conference Quale Europa?, Rome, Istituto Sturzo, July

2003.

2003 Scientific secretary of Etica e Economia. Non Professional Experiences

Windsurf Instructor and tester for Crazy surf shop, Centro Surf e Snow shop, Honua surf shop.

Member of the organizing board of Marexpo’ 99 (national nautical Expo). Responsible for windsurf

and surf.

Hobbies and Interests

New Technology; Reading, specially novels (from classical writers to contemporary Anglo- Saxon and

South-American Literature) and historical and economic essays; Music, specially classical and

hard-rock; Cinema; Sport, specially jogging; Travelling and last but not the least Cooking.