Fabio Manenti holds a Master of Science and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of York, UK; he also holds a Ph.D.in Economics from the University of Pavia, Italy. He is currently an Associate Professor in Economics at the Department of Economics and Management "Marco Fanno", University of Padua, Italy. His research interests mainly focus on industrial organisation applied to high-tech markets. His research has been published in various peer-reviewed journals such as "Games and Economic Behavior", "Research Policy", "Information Economics & Policy", and "Journal of Regulatory Economics".