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Cesare Righi

Assistant Professor UPF
Assistant Professor. Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Cesare Righi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and Business at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and an Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics and the UPF Barcelona School of Management. His research investigates topics in strategy, economics of innovation, intellectual property rights, and technology standards. He received a PhD in Management (concentration in Strategy & Innovation) from Questrom School of Business, Boston University. Before joining UPF, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Technology & Policy Research Initiative, Boston University School of Law.


  • Business & Management Strategy

  • PhD in Management
  • Master of Science in Economics and Management of International Markets and New Technologies
  • Bachelor's degree in Economics of International Markets and New Technologies

Professor

  • Master of Science in Management specialization in Operations and Supply Chain Management

  • Assistant Professor - Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Postdoctoral Associate - Boston University
  • Intern - UniCredit Corporate Banking

Actividad Investigadora y transferencia

  • RIGHI, C., SIMCOE, T. (2023). Patenting inventions or inventing patents? Continuation practice at the USPTO. RAND Journal of Economics.
  • RIGHI, C., CANNITO, D., VLADASEL, T. (2023). Continuing patent applications at the USPTO. Research Policy.
  • BEKKERS, R., CATALINI, C., MARTINELLI, A., RIGHI, C., SIMCOE, T. (2023). Disclosure rules and declared essential patents. Research Policy.
  • RIGHI, C., SIMCOE, T. (2019). Patent examiner specialization. Research Policy.
  • SIMCOE, T., RIGHI, C. (2017). Standards, Patents and Innovation. Edward Elgard Publishers, Cheltenham, Gran Bretaña.