Research

My research focuses on the impact of knowledge flows and local capabilities on innovation, technology adoption, and development. The theoretical framework from which I approach these phenomena considers the social interactions that characterise the economy as a complex system. From this perspective, it is understood that the system evolves partially conditioned by its past and the territory in which economic activities occur.

My main papers have been published in:

Journal articles

Bianchi, C., Galaso, P.,& Palomeque, S. (2023). Knowledge complexity and brokerage in inter-city networks. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48(5), 1773–1799. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-023-10025-x

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. (2023). The trade-offs of brokerage in inter-city innovation networks. Regional Studies, 57(2), 225–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1973664

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. (2023). Absorptive capacities and external openness in underdeveloped Innovation Systems: A patent network analysis for Latin American countries 1970-2017. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 47(6), 1139–1170. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bead034

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., Palomeque, S., Picasso, S., & Rodríguez Miranda, A. (2023). Innovación en Uruguay entre 1970 y 2018: una aproximación a través de los datos de patentes. Revista Española de Documentación Científica, 46(3), e364. https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.2023.3.1955

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. (2021). Patent Collaboration Networks in Latin America: Extra-regional Orientation and Core-Periphery Structure. Journal of Scientometric Research, 10(1s), s59–s70. https://doi.org/10.5530/jscires.10.1s.22

• Brida, J. G., & Palomeque, S. (2020). Innovation networks: an agent-based model. International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, 14(2/3/4), 198. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFIP.2020.111223

Book chapters

• Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. (2024). Connecting innovation poles with lagging territories: how do collaborations with Europe and Asia influence innovation in Latin American cities? In L. Lazzeretti, T. Ozeki, S. R. Sedita, & F. Capone (Eds.), Clusters in Times of Uncertainty. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035315765.00019

Ongoing work

• Bianchi, C., Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. The evolution of Latin American Innovation Systems at continental, national and local levels. A dynamic view on the center-periphery structure. Under review in: Science and Public Policy
• Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. The effects of local and global networks on cities’ innovation: improving locally while competing globally. Under review in: Growth and Change
• Palomeque, S. Knowledge relatedness and technological diversification. The role of stability, alternatives and redundancy in the diversification. Target journal: Regional Studies
• Bianchi, C., Boschma, R., Galaso, P., & Palomeque, S. Cities’ knowledge base: internal absorptive capacities and external collaboration complementarity. Target journal: Economic Geography(https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/recg20){target="_blank"}
• Hernández, E., Moscatelli, F., Palomeque, S., & Raffo, J. Understanding global diversification processes by unpacking the multiple dimensions of capability relatedness. Target journal: World Development(https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/world-development){target="_blank"}
• Bianchi, C., Palomeque, S & Rapini, M. University patents in a peripheral system: from individual-led towards an organizational change in patenting activities. Target journal: Science and Public Policy(https://academic.oup.com/spp){target="_blank"}
• Menéndez, M., Palomeque, S., Pietrobelli, C., & Valverde, J. Green technological innovation in Latin America. Target journal: Research Policy(https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/research-policy){target="_blank"}