DONATO Alessia 

 
I) Personal information 

Nome: Alessia 

Cognome: Donato 

Ciclo di dottorato: XXXIII Ciclo 
-Personal website: 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alessia_Donato2/publications 

https://publons.com/researcher/3073613/alessia-donato/ 

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57193818654 

https://magaraibleo.academia.edu/DonatoAlessia 

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4796-4777 
-E-mail: adonato@unime.it; donatoalessia@hotmail.it; donatoalessia89@gmail.com 

-Current occupation: Nessuna 
 
II) Education within the Ph.D. 

 
-Dissertation title: Knowledge recombination, external collaborations and firms’ innovative capabilities 
-Tutor (and eventual co-tutor): Prof. Fabrizio Cesaroni (and Prof. Daniela Baglieri) 
-Visiting student at: No 
-Participation in courses/summer or winter school: No 
-Area (whether Economic, Business or Statistics): Management 
 
III) Other information 

 
-Research interests 

1.Diversification of firm’s patent portfolio, radical innovations, breakthrough inventions, knowledge recombination, technological novelty, technological distance. 

2. Applications of Game Theory to Green Economy and Environmental Sustainability. 

3. Game Theory and applications to Economics, Industrial Organization, Business Administration, Government Regulations and Finance. 

4. Decision Theory and applications, Coopetition. 

5. Mathematical Methods of Economics, Finance, Econophysics, Engineering. 

6. Payoff spaces in normal form games, Geometric and Analytic representations and software implementation, with applications 

7. Artificial Intelligence and Genetic Algorithms applied to Engineering. 

8. Planning, design and management of civil engineering infrastructure (roads, railways, airports, metropolitan lines, aqueducts, sewage, regeneration works), assessment of environmental compatibility and design of conservation and mitigation works. 

-Grants, Awards 

2019 November 8, Anassilaos prize for research (Premio Anassilaos Giovani), Reggio Calabria (Italy). URL: https://www.anassilaos.it/premio-anassilaos-giovani-2019/ 

-Publications 

1.’21. D. Carfì, A. Donato, D. Schilirò. Industrial meat production and ocean degradation: coopetitive paradigms towards economic structural solutions and healthy diet changes. In Daponte, Battista Rossi and Piscopo editors, Measurement for the Sea. Supporting the Marine Environment and the Blue Economy, volume of Springer Series in Measurement Science and Technology, Springer International Publishing. ISSN: 2198-7807. Ebook ISBN: 978-3-030-82024-4, Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82023-7. (in print) 

2.’21. D. Carfì, A. Donato, M. Squillante, M.I. Fredella. Plastic ocean reduction via green packaging coopetitive agreements. In Daponte, Battista Rossi and Piscopo editors, Measurement for the Sea. Supporting the Marine Environment and the Blue Economy, volume of Springer Series in Measurement Science and Technology, Springer International Publishing. ISSN: 2198-7807. Ebook ISBN: 978-3-030-82024-4, Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82023-7. (in print) 

3.‘21, D. Carfì, A. Donato. Environmental Management through coopetitive urban waste recycling in eco-industrial parks. Mathematics 2021, vol. 9, issue 19: 2520. ISSN: 2227-7390. Special Issue: Recent Trend in Mathematical Economics and Games: Humanomics and Sustainability. IF: 2,258. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/19/2520 URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/math9192520 

4. ’21. D. Carfì, A. Donato. An interfering economic game: analytic bargaining solutions. In R. Guarneri, editor, Economia, territorio e azienda, pp. 27-47. Aracne editrice, 2021. ISBN:979-12-5994-521-1 

5. ‘21, D. Carfì, A. Donato, M.I. Fredella, M. Squillante. Coopetitive games for Environmental Sustainability: Climate Change and Decision Global Policies. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, vol. 75. Special Issue: Decision-Making for Environmental Sustainability. ISSN: 0038-0121. IF: 4,149. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2020.100807 URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038012119304781?via%3Dihub 

6.’20. A. Donato, D. Carfì. Probabilistic partial selling in pharmaceutical industry. In R. Guarneri, editor, Economia, territorio e azienda. Lineamenti e prospettive di analisi, pp.157-176. Aracne editrice, 2020. ISBN: 978-88-255-3723-9. DOI: 10.4399/97888255372397. 

7.’20, A. Donato. Effect of science in the relation between firms' technological diversification and innovation performance. Journal of Mathematical Economics and Finance, vol. 6, issue 1(10), pp. 7-17. ASERS Publishing. doi: https://doi.org/10.14505/jmef.v6.1(10).01 URL: https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jmef/article/view/5768 

8.’20. D. Carfì, A. Donato. Mathematical models for simulating Covid-19 contagion in Italy: first wave. Journal of Mathematical Economics and Finance, vol. 6, issue 1(10), pp.39-53. ISSN: 2458-0813. ASERS Publishing. doi: https://doi.org/10.14505/jmef.v6.1(10).03 URL: https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jmef/article/view/5770 

9. ‘20, D. Carfì, A. Donato. Risk Management of food health hazard by meat consumption reduction: a coopetitive game approach. Soft Computing, vol. 24: 13705–13716. ISSN: 1432-7643. IF: 3,050. DOI: 10.1007/s00500-019-04474-6 URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-019-04474-6 

10. ‘19. D. Carfì, A. Donato, D. Schilirò. Coopetitive Solutions of Environmental Agreements for the Global Economy after COP21 in Paris. Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 249. ISSN: 0301-4797. IF: 5,647. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109331 

URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479719310400?via%3Dihub 

11. ‘19. D. Carfì, A. Donato. Cournot-Bayesian General Equilibrium: A Radon Measure Approach. Mathematics, vol. 7, issue 1, pp. 10-29, 2019. ISSN: 2227-7390. Special Issue: Recent Advances in Game and Decision Theory: Structures, Models, Applications and Software Implementation. IF: 1,747. URL https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/7/1/10 

DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/math7010010 

12. ’19. D. Carfì, A. Donato. Critical strategies and Nash equilibria in a coopetitive scenario within COP21: analytical study and algorithm. In R. Guarneri, editor, Economia, territorio e azienda. Lineamenti e prospettive di analisi, pp.55-69. Aracne editrice, 2019. ISBN: 978-88-255-3038-4. DOI: 10.4399/97888255303845. URL: http://www.aracneeditrice.it/index.php/estratto.html?item=10.4399/97888255300705&isbn=9788825530070 

13. ‘18. A. Donato, D. Carfì, B. Blandina. Coopetitive Games for Management of Marine Transportation Activity: a Study Case. Mathematics, vol. 6, issue 12, pp. 322-338, 2018. ISSN: 2227-7390. Special Issue: Recent Advances in Game and Decision Theory: Structures, Models, Applications and Software Implementation. IF: 1,747. URL https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/6/12/322 ; DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/math6120322 

14. ’18. D. Carfì, A. Donato. A New Composite Indicator of Household Risk Preparation, Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, vol. 13, issue 3(57), pp. 605-614. ISSN: 1843 - 6110. ASERS Publishing. URL: https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jaes 

15. ’18. A. Donato. Technological innovation and paradigm, Journal of Mathematical Economics and Finance, S.I., vol. 4, issue 1(6), pp. 71-78. ISSN: 2458-0813. ASERS Publishing. doi: 10.14505//jmef.v4.1(6).04 URL: https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jmef/article/view/2403 

16. ’18. D. Carfì, A. Donato, D. Schilirò. A Multidimensional Coopetitive Duopoly model for a Sustainable Global Economy, Journal of Mathematical Economics and Finance, vol. 4, issue 1(6), pp. 99-116. ISSN: 2458-0813. ASERS Publishing. doi: 10.14505//jmef.v4.1(6).07  URL: https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jmef/article/view/2406 

17. ’18. D. Carfì, A. Donato. Influence of celebrated movies and TV series on the US baby names: literature review and statistical developments, Journal of Mathematical Economics and Finance, vol. 4, issue 1(6), pp. 55-69. ISSN: 2458-0813. ASERS Publishing. doi: 10.14505//jmef.v4.1(6).03 URL: https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jmef/article/view/2402 

18. ’18. D. Carfì, A. Donato. Coopetitive Games for Sustainability of Global Feeding and Climate Change: Recent Developments, Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism, S.I., vol. 9, issue 1(25), pp. 200-215. ISSN: 2068-7729. ASERS Publishing. doi: 10.14505//jemt.v9.1(25).25 

URL:   https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jemt/article/view/2083 

19. '18. D. Carfì, A. Donato, D. Schilirò. Environmental Sustainability. A coopetitive framework for a Global Economy. In R. Guarneri, editor, Economia, territorio e azienda. Lineamenti e prospettive di analisi, pp. 73-92. Aracne editrice, 2018. ISBN: 978-88-255-2501-4. DOI: 10.4399/97888255250145. URL:http://www.aracneeditrice.it/index.php/estratto.html?item=10.4399/97888255250145&isbn=9788825525014 

20. ’18. D. Carfì, A. Donato, D. Schilirò. An Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy. A coopetitive model. In Book of Papers of 24th International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference, Messina Italy June 13/15 2018, “Action for a Sustainable World: from Theory to Practice”, pages 592-605. ISBN: 978-88-943228-6-6. 

21. ’18. D. Carfì, A. Donato, D. Schilirò. Sustainability of Global Feeding. Coopetitive interaction among Vegan and Non-Vegan Food Firms. In Book of Papers of 24th International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference, Messina Italy June 13/15 2018, “Action for a Sustainable World: from Theory to Practice”, pages 655-669. ISBN: 978-88-943228-6-6. 

22. ’17. D. Carfì, A. Donato. Coopetitive global Green Economy by sustainable food production. A game theory approach. In G. Centorrino, editor, Economia, territorio e azienda. Lineamenti e prospettive di analisi, pp. 97-117. Aracne editrice, 2017. ISBN: 978-88-255-1798-9. DOI: 10.4399/97888255179896. URL: http://www.aracneeditrice.it/index.php/estratto.html?item=10.4399/97888255179896&isbn=9788825517989 

23. ’17, D. Carfì, A. Donato, G. Gambarelli, Kalai-Smorodinsky Balance for N-tuples of Interfering Elements. In N.T. Nguyen et al. (Eds.), Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XXVII, LNCS 10480, pp. 1–27, Springer International Publishing AG 2017. ISBN: 978-3-319-70647-4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70647-4_1 

24. ’17. D. Carfì, A. Donato, D. Panuccio, A Game Theory Coopetitive Perspective for Sustainability of Global Feeding: Agreements Among Vegan and Non-Vegan Food Firms. In Resources Management Association editor, Game Theory: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, pp. 71-104, IGI Global, 2017. ISBN: 9781522525943. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2594-3.ch004; https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/a-game-theory-coopetitive-perspective-for-sustainability-of-global-feeding/183106 

25. ’17. A. Donato. A Matlab algorithm for the resolution of fourth degree equations. Journal of Mathematical Economics and Finance, vol. 3, issue 2(5), pp. 7-18, 2017. ISSN: 2458-0813. ASERS Publishing. URL: https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jmef/article/view/1725 

26. ’17. A. Donato. A multilinear interaction model: algorithms for Kalai-Smorodinsky solution. Journal of Mathematical Economics and Finance, vol. 3, issue 1(4), pp. 47-76, 2017. ISSN: 2458-0813. ASERS Publishing. URL: http://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jmef/article/view/1355 

27. ’17. D. Carfì, A. Donato, D. Panuccio, A Game Theory Coopetitive Perspective for Sustainability of Global Feeding: Agreements Among Vegan and Non-Vegan Food Firms. In A. J. Vasile and D. Nicolò editors, Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Investments in the Green Economy, volume of Book Series on Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage (ABSCA), pp. 100-143, IGI Global. ISSN: 2327-3429. ISBN: 9781522520757. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2075-7.ch004. 

28. ’16. D. Carfì, A. Donato. Complete study of a coopetitive R&D Alliance. Journal of Mathematical Economics and Finance, vol. 2, issue 2(3), pp. 35-66, 2016. ISSN: 2458-0813. ASERS Publishing. URL: http://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jmef/article/view/922 

29. ’16. D. Carfì, A. Donato. A critical analytic survey of an Asymmetric R&D Alliance in Pharmaceutical industry: bi-parametric study case. Journal of Mathematical Economics and Finance, vol. 2, issue 1(2), pp. 21-57, 2016. ISSN: 2458-0813. ASERS Publishing. URL: http://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jmef/article/view/587 

30. ’16. D. Carfì, M. Campbell, A. Donato. Partial selling in a coopetitive Alliance within Pharmaceutical industry: a complete study case. In G. Centorrino, editor, Economia e Territorio: prospettive di analisi, pp.73-113. Aracne editrice, 2016. ISBN: 978-88-255-0444-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4399/97888255044466 

31. ’13. A. Donato, La valutazione delle pavimentazioni flessibili. Modelli di backcalculation e algoritmi genetici. Il Gabbiano, pp. 1-196, 2013. ISBN: 978-88-96293-23-2. 

URL:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318116594_La_valutazione_delle_pavimentazioni_flessibili_Modelli_di_backcalculation_e_algoritmi_genetici 
-Presentation of papers at conferences or congress 

1.’21. D. Carfì, A. Donato, M. Squillante, M.I. Fredella. Plastic ocean reduction via green packaging coopetitive agreements. 2021 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the sea, October 4-6, 2021, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy. https://www.metrosea.org/index.php/ 

2.’21. D. Carfì, A. Donato, D. Schilirò. Industrial meat production and ocean degradation: coopetitive paradigms towards economic structural solutions and healthy diet changes. 2021 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the sea, October 4-6, 2021, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy. https://www.metrosea.org/index.php/ 

3. ’20, A. Donato. Giochi coopetitivi per il pianeta. Futuro Remoto 2020 – MUSImatematICA per IL PIANETA. November 27, 2020, Fondazione Idis Città della Scienza, Naples, Italy. https://www.unisannio.it/it/eventi/unisannio-futuroremoto-musimatematica-pianeta 

4. ’20, D. Carfì, A. Donato. Schwartz diagonalizable operators, relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Dirac equation in distribution spaces, Joint Mathematics Meetings 2020 (AMS Special Session on Mathematical Physics Some Open Problems for the 21st Century, I), January 15-18, 2020, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, USA. 

http://jointmathematicsmeetings.org/meetings/national/jmm2020/2245_program_ss45.html 

5. ’19, D. Carfì, A. Donato, M.I. Fredella, M. Squillante. Plastic Ocean and Climate Change: a coopetitive integrated risk management approach, AGU Fall Meeting 2019, December 9-13, 2019, San Francisco, USA. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Paper/609895 

6. ’19, A. Donato, F.P. Appio, D. Baglieri, F. Cesaroni. Where do radical innovations come from? The case of nanotech. R&D Management Conference 2019. The innovation challenge: bridging research, industry & society, Ecole Polytechnique, June 17-21, 2019, Paris, France. https://www.conftool.org/rdmanagement2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=69 

7. ’18, A. Donato, D. Carfì, Risk Management of Food Production Scarcity: A Coopetitive Approach, DySES 2018: Systemic Risk - Paris 1, Panthéon Sorbonne University, October 9-12, 2018, Paris, France. http://www.dyses2018.org 

8. ’18, D. Carfì, A. Donato, Risk Management of Climate Change: Coopetitive scenarios of Paris Agreement, DySES 2018: Systemic Risk - Paris 1, Panthéon Sorbonne University, October 9-12, 2018, Paris, France. http://www.dyses2018.org 

9. ’18, D. Carfì, A. Donato, D. Schilirò. An Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy. A coopetitive model. 24th International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference, Action for a Sustainable World: from Theory to Practice, June 13/15 2018, Department of Economics, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. http://programme.exordo.com/isdrs2018/ 

10. ’18, D. Carfì, A. Donato, D. Schilirò. Sustainability of Global Feeding. Coopetitive interaction among Vegan and Non-Vegan Food Firms. 24th International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference, Action for a Sustainable World: from Theory to Practice, June 13/15 2018, Department of Economics, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. http://programme.exordo.com/isdrs2018/ 

11. ’16, D. Carfì, A. Donato, G. Gambarelli. Kalai-Smorodinsky Balance for n-tuples of Interfering Elements. Autumn Seminar 2016 at the WSB University in Wroclaw, Poland. 

12. ’16, D. Carfì, A. Donato, Dynamical coopetitive games in pharmaceutical R & D alliances with fractal-like trajectories, Summer School on Fractal Geometry and Complex Dimensions, June 21-29, 2016, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California, USA. http://www.calpoly.edu/~epearse/Fractals2016/ 

13. ’15, D. Carfì, A. Donato. Dirac Calculus and Schwartz Linear Algebra: Dirac inner product and Dirac orthonormality. Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in Quantum Theories and Quantum Finance, with Applications – AMS Fall Western Sectional Meeting, Meeting #1114, October 24/25, 2015, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton California (USA). 

http://www.ams.org/meetings/sectional/2221_program_ss11.html 

14. ’13, D. Carfì, A. Donato, F. Lanzafame. A Coopetitive Game Theory Approach to Asymmetric R&D Alliances, 9th Spain-Italy-Netherlands Meeting on Game Theory (SING9), July 8/10, 2013, Vigo, Spain. http://xsgapeio.uvigo.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77:9th-spain-italy-netherlands-meeting-on-game-theory-sing9&catid=13:congresses&Itemid=9 

-Professional Services and Activities 

1. ’21, Guest Editor of the Special Issue of the International Journal Mathematics, “Recent Trend in Mathematical Economics and Games: Humanomics and Sustainability”. ISSN: 2227-7390. URL: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/special_issues/Recent_Trends_Mathematical_Economics_Games_Humanomics_Sustainability 

2. ’19, Guest Editor of the Special Issue of the International Journal “Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Principles, Axiomatizations, Formalisms, Interpretations” Applied Sciences, ISSN: 2076-3417 URL: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/quantum_mech 

3. From 2015 Assistant Editor of the international journal Journal of Mathematical Economics and Finance, ASERS.