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Dr. Tommaso Ciarli |
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| Researcher (Post-Doctoral Fellow) | ||
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Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group Kahlaische Straße 10 D-07745 Jena Germany |
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| phone: | +49 - 3641 - 686 820 | |
| fax: | +49 - 3641 - 686 868 | |
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Background
I have obtained a PhD in Industrial Development from the University of Birmingham and the University of Ferrara (Italy) in 2005, on a joint programme. During the first year of the PhD I have obtained an MA in Development Economics from the University of Sussex (2002). I graduated in Milan in 2000 in Social and Economic Disciplines (DES).
I have previously worked as a Research Fellow at the Manchester Metropolitan University (2007-2008) and at the University of L'Aquila, Italy (2006-2007), where I have started projects on a micro evolutionary theory of economic growth and distribution, the organisation of industries via technological change, and the diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies; all projects are still part of the current agenda. From 2006 to 2008 I have convened and thought a course on Development Economics at the University of Bologna.
Before devoting the full research to academia I have worked as a researcher/consultant in various United Nations projects (2000-2004).
Research focus
My main research interests float around the understanding of development processes, with a focus on industrial development. Currently I am mainly working in the following areas:
- Institutional change and economic development
- Structural change of production and consumption: a microeconomic approach to growth and development
- Organisation of production, technological change and work relations
Publications
Journals
- The effect of consumption and production structure on growth and distribution: A micro to macro model, Metroeconomica, 2009, In Press (with A. Lorentz, M. Savona and M. Valente)
- Consumer heterogeneity and the development of environmentally friendly technologies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change 76 (4), 2009, 533-551 (with P. Windrum and C. Birchenhall)
- Environmental impact, quality, and price: Consumer trade-offs and the development of environmentally friendly technologies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change 76 (4), 2009, 552-566 (with P. Windrum and C. Birchenhall)
- Technological change and the vertical organisation of industries, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 18 (3-4), 2008, 367-387 (with R. Leoncini, S. Montresor and M. Valente). Reprinted in: Schumpeterian Perspectives on Innovation, Competition and Growth, U. Cantner, J-L. Gaffard and L. Nesta (eds.), Springer Verlag, 2009, 115-136
- Innovation and competition in complex environments, Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice 9 (3-4), 2007, 292-310 (with R. Leoncini, S. Montresor and M. Valente)
- ICTs in industrial districts: An empirical analysis on adoption, use and impact, Industry and Innovation 14 (3), 2007, 277-303, (with R. Rabellotti)
- Conflict and Entrepreneurial Activity in Afghan Provinces: A Preliminary Analysis, EPS Quarterly 21(2), 2009, 4-5, 8-9 (with S. Parto and M. Savona)
Book Chapters
- Product architecture and firm organisation: the role of interfaces, in: Innovation in complex social Systems, P Ahrweiler (ed.), Routledge: London, 2009, Forthcoming (with R. Leoncini, S. Montresor and M. Valente)
- Linking technological change to organisational dynamics: some insights from a pseudo-NK model, in: Internationalization, Technological Change and the Theory of the Firm R. Leoncini and Nicola De Liso, (eds.), Routledge: London 2010, Forthcoming (with R. Leoncini, S. Montresor and M. Valente)
- Firms interaction and industrial development: A simulation model, in: Clusters Facing Competition: The Importance of External Linkages, E. Giuliani, R. Rabellotti, and M. P. Van Dijk, Eds. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005, 259-289 (with M. Valente)
- Inversión extranjera directa y encadenamientos productivos en Costa Rica, in: Heterogeneidad estructural, asimetrías tecnolgicas y crecimiento en América Latina, M. Cimoli, Ed. Santiago: CEPAL/IDB, vol. LC/W 35, 2005, 127–162 (with E. Giuliani) (extended English version available)
- A generalised computational model of firms production and interactions: Preliminary results on industrial dynamics, in: Industry and Labour Dynamics. The Agent-based Computational Economics Approach. Proceedings of the Wild@Ace 2003 Conference, M. Richiardi and R. Leombruni, Eds. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2004, 297-331 (with M. Valente)
- Teoria e pratica nell’esperienza dei centri di servizio alle imprese in italia. Implicazioni per i paesi in via di sviluppo, in: Progresso Economico, Equità e Disuguaglianze. Ripensare le Interazioni fra Sviluppo, Povertà, Diritti Umani e Pace, F. Marzano, Ed. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2005, 181–208 (with C. Pietrobelli and R. Rabellotti)
- Dinamiche di sviluppo industriale: Network locali e buyer globali nei paesi in via di sviluppo, in: Politiche Industriali in una economia aperta. Riflessioni per i paesi in via di sviluppo, G. Prodi, Ed. Milano: Franco Angeli, 2004 (with E. Giuliani)
Selected Working Papers
- Structural change of production and consumption: A micro to macro approach to growth and income distribution, LEM Working Paper Series 2008/07, Sant Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, 2008 (with A. Lorentz, M. Savona and M. Valente)
- Production structure and economic fluctuations, LEM Working paper Series 2007/02, Sant Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, 2007 (with M. Valente)
- Organisation of industry and innovation dynamics, Economics Department Working Papers 609, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, University of Bologna, 2007 (with R. Leoncini, S. Montresor M. Valente)
- Economic growth, innovation systems, and institutional change: A trilogy in five parts, MERIT - Infonomics Research Memorandum series 2005-21, MERIT, Maastricht University, 2005 (with S. Parto and S. Arora)
- Patterns of industrial development in Costa Rica: Empirical ‘validation’ of a firm–based growth model, Quaderni Deit 14/2005, Dipartimento di Economia Istitutzioni Territorio, University of Ferrara, 2005
- Industrialisation and the role of competitive advantages: A micro level analysis of the determinants of Chilean plant efficiency, Quaderni Deit 29/2002, Dipartimento di Economia Istitutzioni Territorio, University of Ferrara, 2002 (with G. Crespi)
Work in progress
Some of the works that are only at an initial stage (not listed among the Working Papers)
- Institutional structure and household well being in conflict regions: the case of Afghanistan (with S. Parto and M. Savona)
- Technological and institutional changes (and failures) in the Indian agrarian crisis (with S. Arora and M. Savona)
- Self-employment in Argentina: changes in the technology and working class culture, and their effect on firm organisation and competitiveness (with S. Arora)
- Optimal inter-temporal allocation of work effort, with an application to task solution (with D. Dragone)
- Product architecture and the organisation of industry: The role of firm competitive behaviour (with R. Leoncini, S. Montresor and M. Valente)
- An Input-Output analysis of development blocks (with R. Leoncini and M. Savona)
- Division of labour, service outsourcing and the organisation of tasks within firms (with A. Reinstaller and P. Windrum)
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