CURRICULUM VITAE Roger Smeets Amsterdam Business School University of Amsterdam Plantage Muidergracht 12 1018 TV Amsterdam The Netherlands Telephone: +31 20 525 4390 Email: R.Smeets@uva.nl Date of birth: May 10 1981 Nationality: Dutch Last update: 25 August, 2011 JOB HISTORY 2011-present: Assistant professor of strategy, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam 2009-2011: Researcher at CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (Centraal Planbureau) 2009-2011: Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Groningen, Department of International Economics and Business Sept-Dec 2010: Visiting scholar at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, UK Jan-May 2008: Visiting scholar at Rutgers Business School, Newark (NJ), USA EDUCATION 1993-1999: Pre-university education (VWO), Stella Maris College Meerssen, the Netherlands (cum laude) 1999-2002: BA in Economics, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands 2002-2003: M.Phil in Economics (exchange student), Virginia Tech, VA, United States 2003-2004: MA in Economics (cum laude), Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands 2004-2009: Ph.D. in Economics (cum laude), Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands 1
PUBLICATIONS Refereed journal articles (2011) Leaders, laggards, and technology seeking strategies (with Maarten Bosker), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization forthcoming. (2011) Exploring the margins of Dutch exports: A firm-level analysis (with Harold Creusen, Henk Kox and Arjan Lejour), De Economist forthcoming. (2010) Why and how FDI stocks are a biased measure of MNE affiliate activity (with Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Jean-Francois Hennart and Arjen Slangen), Journal of International Business Studies 41: 1444-1459. [lead article] (2010) Productivity effects of US MNEs: The roles of market orientation and regional integration (with Yingqi Wei), Regional Studies 44: 949-963. (2008) Entrepreneurial Culture and Economic Growth: Revisiting McClelland s Thesis (with Sjoerd Beugelsdijk), American Journal of Economics and Sociology 67: 915-939 (2008) The impact of horizontal and vertical FDI on host country s economic growth (with Sjoerd Beugelsdijk and Remco Zwinkels), International Business Review 17: 452-472 (2008) Collecting the pieces of the FDI knowledge spillovers puzzle, World Bank Research Observer 23: 107-138. (2006) Culture and Openness (with Eelke de Jong and Jeroen Smits), Social Indicators Research 78: 111-136 Conference papers & proceedings (2008) Firm heterogeneity and technology seeking strategies (with Maarten Bosker), Academy of International Business Best Paper Proceedings 2008-0127 Publications in Dutch (2009) Kennisdiffusie van buitenlandse directe investeringen, Fusies & Overnames 7: 25-27. (2009) Productiviteitseffecten van heterogene multinationals (with Eelke de Jong and Albert de Vaal), Economische Statistische Berichten 54: 276-278. Bewaar ons voor protectionisme Het Financieele Dagblad, 17 March 2009 Het andere gezicht van concurrentiebeding nrc.next, 14 January 2008 2
Politieke angst private equity is onterecht nrc.next, 2 September 2006 EU levert ons ook geld op (with Sjoerd Beugelsdijk and Jeroen Smits) Het parool, 28 May 2005 Policy reports/discussion papers (2011) Knowledge diffusion from FDI and Intellectual Property Rights (with Albert de Vaal), CPB Discussion Paper 168. [Also as VoxEU column - 15 March 2011] (2010) Export margins and export barriers: Uncovering market entry costs for exporters in the Netherlands (with Harold Creusen, Arjan Lejour and Henk Kox), CPD Document 208. (2004) Toekomstvisie op de industrie. Zes deskundigen aan het woord (with Coen Damen and Ron Hogenboom), Policy Studies Ministry of Economic Affairs nr. 04O117 (2004) Knowledge spillovers from FDI in the Netherlands, Research Memoranda Ministry of Economic Affairs nr. 04AEP02 WORK IN PROGRESS FDI motives and productivity effects of US MNEs (with John Cantwell) - submitted Fixed export costs and multi-product firms (with Harold Creusen) - submitted Intellectual Property Rights and Knowledge diffusion from FDI (with Albert de Vaal) - submitted Financial crises and US MNE activity responses (with Desislava Dikova, Hans van Ees and Harry Garretsen) - submitted Directed technical change and the environment (with Joëlle Noailly) Innovation offshoring and inventor substitution (with Laura Abramovsky) PRESENTATIONS & SEMINARS Conference presentations Royal Economic Society: 2011 Academy of International Business: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 European Economic Association: 2007, 2009 3
European Association of Research in Industrial Economics: 2006, 2007 European Trade Study Group: 2006 European Academy of International Business: 2006 Workshops FEEM Workshop on environmental innovation: 2011 RUG Workshop on current issues in international trade: 2011 CBS Microdata Workshop on international trade: 2010 DIME-ISGEP workshop on firm heterogeneity and trade: 2010 Kiel workshop on agglomeration and growth: 2007 CESifo Summer Institute Venice: 2005, 2011 Invited research seminars CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis 15 June 2011 Amsterdam Business School (ABS) - 26 January 2011 University of Maastricht (ROA) 16 March 2010 University of Antwerp 25 February 2010 University of Groningen 28 January 2010 CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (NLD) 17 February 2009 Kiel Institute for the World Economy (GER) 7 November 2008 Rutgers Business School (USA) 23 April 2008 Fox School of Business & Management, Temple University (USA) 15 February 2008 Catholic University of Leuven (BEL) 29 May 2007 Copenhagen Business School (DNK) 11 May 2007 TEACHING (evaluations on a 1 [very poor] to 5 [very good] scale) Principles of Economics Bachelor. Average evaluation: Unknown Introduction Public Finance Bachelor. Average evaluation: 4.3 International Economics 1 (International Trade Theory) Bachelor. Average evaluation: 4.5 Economic growth (Theory and empirics) Master. Average evaluation: 4.4 International Trade and Policy Master. Average evaluation: 4.2 (Co)supervision of Bachelor and Master theses Teaching qualification Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs Universitair Docent (Basic Teaching Competence) 4
GRANTS & AWARDS Nominee for the Dutch Christiaan Huygens Wetenschapsprijs 2010, awarded by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie voor de Wetenschappen (KNAW) Best Reviewer Award, Academy of International Business Meeting 2010, Rio-de-Janeiro (BRZ) International Business Review Best Paper Award 2008 (with Sjoerd Beugelsdijk and Remco Zwinkels) Haynes Prize finalist for the most promising young scholar award on the paper Firm heterogeneity and technology seeking strategies (with Maarten Bosker), Academy of International Business Meeting 2008, Milan (ITA) Best Reviewer Award, Academy of International Business Meeting 2008, Milan (ITA) $10,000 Scholarship for visiting scholar position at Rutgers Business School Newark (NJ), January May 2008. Granted by the Nijmegen Institute for Management Research 1,000 Best Doctoral Thesis Proposal Award 2006, European International Business Academy, Fribourg (CHE) Competitive Doctoral Student Travel Grant, Academy of International Business Meeting 2006, Beijing (CHN) MISCELLANEOUS Reviewing Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Research Policy, Journal of Regional Science, Review of World Economics, Journal of Management Studies, Regional Studies, Small Business Economics, World Development, Entrepreneurial Theory and Policy, Empirical Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Spatial Economic Analysis Language skills: Dutch (native) English (proficient Cambridge Proficiency in English) German (basic) Computer skills: MS Office (word, excel, power point), Stata, LaTex, Maple, Mathematica Other activities/interests 5
Aikido, piano, contemporary literature REFERENCES Prof. Dr. Eelke de Jong Prof. Dr. Sjoerd Beugelsdijk Department of Economics Department of International Business Radboud University Nijmegen University of Groningen P.O. Box 9108 P.O. Box 800 6500 HK Nijmegen The Netherlands 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands T: +31 24 361 1974 T: +31 50 363 3458 E: E.Dejong@fm.ru.nl E: S.Beugelsdijk@rug.nl Dr. Albert de Vaal Prof. Dr. Yinqi Wei Department of Economics York Management School Radboud University Nijmegen University of York P.O. Box 9108 York YO10 55D 6500 HK Nijmegen The Netherlands United Kingdom T: +31 24 361 5888 T: +44 1904 434 892 E: A.Devaal@fm.ru.nl E: yw542@york.ac.uk 6