CURRICULUM VITAE CAMILLA LENZI PERSONAL DETAILS Place and date of birth: Florence, 19/12/1978 Citizenship: Italian Permanent address: Via Bergonzoli 2, 20127 Milan, Italy Tel. (+) 39-02-58363369 Fax: (+) 39-02-58363399 E-mail: camilla.lenzi@unibocconi.it Homepage: http://www.kites.unibocconi.it/lenzi EDUCATION January 2006: October 2004: April 2002: June 1997: PhD in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. PhD dissertation: Innovation and skilled workers mobility: An empirical investigation. Master of Science in Industry and Innovation Analysis at SPRU, Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Master dissertation: Ideas in people: Implications for clustering phenomena. Laurea Degree (MA equivalent), full marks and honours, in Economic and Social Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. Final Thesis: Localization of innovative activities, knowledge diffusion and highly skilled workers mobility: A case study on Italian inventors. High School Diploma in Classical Studies, Liceo-Ginnasio Galileo, Florence, Italy. Mark: 60/60. SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS September 2003 - September 2004: November 2002 - October 2005: April 2002: September 2000 December 2000: RESEARCH INTERESTS Human capital mobility and technology transfer; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and international competitiveness; Social network analysis; Industrial dynamics and the role of demand; Regional and urban economics; Territorial impact assessment. Funding for studying abroad from University of Pavia. Doctoral scholarship from University of Pavia. Best graduate of the year (joint winner), Bocconi University. Erasmus scholarship from Bocconi University, Milan. 1
TEACHING ACTIVITIES Since October 2009: Since September 2007: February 2005 September 2008: February 2005 September 2007: September 2004 November 2008: RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Since December 2008 November 2005 December 2008: October 2002 September 2003: RESEARCH PROJECTS Since January 2009: February 2006 December 2008: November 2005 May 2008: November 2005 May 2006: October 2002 September 2003: Lecturer in European Economics and Urban Policies (Postgraduate and taught in English), Politecnico di Milano. Lecturer in Innovation and Industrial Dynamics, (undergraduate and taught in English), Bocconi University, Milan. Teaching assistant of Microeconomics (undergraduate), Bocconi University, Milan. Teaching assistant of Economics of Innovation - Economic Growth and Structural Change - (postgraduate), Bocconi University, Milan. Teaching assistant of Industrial Economics and the Theory of the Firm (undergraduate), Bocconi University, Milan and University Carlo Cattaneo (postgraduate), Castellanza. Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, Politecnico di Milano. Post-Doc fellow at CESPRI, (Research Center for Innovation and Internationalization Processes), Bocconi University, Milan. Research assistant at CESPRI, (Research Center for Innovation and Internationalization Processes), Bocconi University, Milan. TIPTAP Territorial Impact Package for Transport and Agricultural Policies, ESPON Project 2013/1/6. FIRB-RISC - Research and Entrepreneurship in the Knowledge- Based Economy: The effects on the competitiveness of Italy in the European Union (Contract N RBNE039XKA). KEINS - Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship: Innovation, Networks and Systems (Contract N. 506022). Observatory of High Technology in Italy. STINET - Network Indicators: Science, Technology and Innovation (Contract HPV2-CT2001-00014). Observatory of High Technology in Italy. PUBLICATIONS AND WORKING PAPERS Refereed journal articles Breschi S. and Lenzi C. (2010), Spatial patterns of inventors mobility: Evidence on US urban areas, Papers in Regional Sciences, forthcoming. Lenzi C. (2010), Workers mobility and patterns of knowledge diffusion: Evidence from Italian data, Journal of Technology Transfer, forthcoming. Lenzi C. (2009), Patterns and determinants of skilled workers mobility: Evidence from a survey of Italian inventors, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 18(2): 161-179. Lenzi C. and Mancusi M.L. (2009), Entrepreneurship in the knowledge-based society. A cross-sector and cross-country analysis in Europe, Economia e Politica Industriale, 36(1): 67-92. 2
Lenzi C. (2008), The mobility of researchers in the knowledge-based society: The case of the pharmaceutical sector in Italy, Economia e Politica Industriale, 35(2): 155-172. Chapters in books Breschi S., Lenzi C., Lissoni F., Vezzulli A. (2010), The geography of knowledge spillovers: The role of inventors mobility across firms and in space, in Boshma R. and Martin R. (Eds), Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography, Edward Elgar. Grilli L., Lenzi C., Piva E., Rossi Lamastra C. (2010), The effects of human and infrastructural capital on the entry rates of new technology-based firms, in Audretsch D. and Peña I. (Eds.) Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Springer, forthcoming. Lenzi C. with Bishop K., Breschi S., Buenstorf G., Llerena P., Malerba F., Mancusi M.L., McKelvey M. (2010), New innovator firms: A field analysis, in Malerba F. (Ed.), Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems: Evidence from Europe, Routledge. Breschi S., Lenzi C., Malerba F. (2007), La posizione dell Italia nei settori ad alta tecnologia: un analisi dei dati di brevetto 1983-2003, in Ferrari S., Guerrieri P., Malerba F., Mariotti S., Palma D., L Italia nella competizione tecnologica internazionale Quinto Rapporto, Franco Angeli, Milan. Breschi S., Camerani R., Lenzi C., Malerba F. (2004), La posizione dell Italia nei settori ad alta tecnologia: un analisi dei dati di brevetto 1983-2001, in Ferrari S., Guerrieri P., Malerba F., Mariotti S., Palma D., L Italia nella competizione tecnologica internazionale Quarto Rapporto, Franco Angeli, Milan. Working papers Lenzi C. (2007), Workers mobility and patterns of knowledge diffusion: Evidence from Italian data, DIME WP N 2007-15, available at http://www.dime-eu.org/working-papers/ral3. Lenzi C. (2007), Technology mobility and job mobility: A comparative analysis between patent and survey data, DRUID WP DRUID WP N 07-22, available on-line at http://www.druid.dk/index.php?id=22.. Lenzi C. (2006), Knowledge transfer through job mobility: Evidence from a survey of Italian inventors, CESPRI WP n 182, available at http://www.cespri.unibocconi.it/folder.php?vedi=3647&tbn=albero&id_folder=1917. CONFERENCE PAPERS AND RECENT WORKS Breschi S., Lenzi C., Malerba F., Mancusi M.L. (2009), Sectoral patterns of entrepreneurship in hightechnologies: Evidence from a sample of European innovative firms, submitted to International Entrepreneurship and Management. Lenzi C. (2008), Researchers publication and invention profile over the individual life cycle, mimeo. Guerzoni M., Lenzi C., Martinelli A. (2008), Industrial dynamics, demand and product development in the bio-pharmaceutical industry, mimeo. Lenzi C. (2007) Methodological issues on workers mobility: Results of a comparative analysis between patent and survey data. Paper presented at the DRUID Summer Conference 2007, Copenaghen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark and at the 34th EARIE Annual Conference 2007, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Lenzi C. Malerba F., Buenstorf G., McKelvey M., Llerena P., Penin J., Burger T., Antonioni P., Bishop K., Radosevic S. (2007), New innovators and knowledge-based entrepreneurship: A case study analysis, KEINS WP N. 19. Lenzi C. with Bishop K., Breschi S., Buenstorf G., Llerena P., Malerba F., Mancusi M.L., McKelvey M. (2007), New innovator firms: A field analysis, KEINS WP N. 25. 3
CONFERENCES September 2009 30th Scientific Annual Conference of Italian Association of Regional Sciences on Federalism, European Integration and Regional Growth, Faculty of Economics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. August 2009 49th European Congress of the Regional Science Association International 2009 on Territorial Cohesion of Europe and Integrative Planning, Faculty of Management of the University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland. May 2009 May 2009 September 2007: July 2007: June 2007: June 2007: May 2007: September 2006: June 2006: January 2006: 6th International EMAEE Conference on Innovation Evolution, Behaviour and organisations, Max Plank Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany. DIME workshop on The Structure and Dynamics of Knowledge Networks, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. Workshop on Human Capital, Patenting Activity, and Technology Spillovers, Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) at Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark. 34th EARIE Annual Conference 2007, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. DRUID Summer Conference on Appropriability, Proximity, Routines and Innovation, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark. KEINS-DIME International Conference Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship: Innovation, Networks and Systems, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. 5th International EMAEE Conference on Innovation Globalisation, Services and Innovation: The Changing Dynamics of the Knowledge Economy, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, Manchester, UK. SPRU 40th Anniversary Conference The Future of Science, Technology and Policy, SPRU, Science and Technology Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. DRUID Summer Conference on Knowledge, Innovation and Competitiveness: Dynamics of Firms, Networks, Regions and Institutions, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark. DRUID-DIME Academy Winter PhD on The Evolution of Capabilities and Industrial Dynamics, Aalborg, Denmark. OTHER ACTIVITIES Invited lecturer in the course of Economics and organisation of inter-firms networks (postgraduate), May 2008 and 2007, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. Course convenors: Stefano Breschi and Stefano Brusoni. Invited lecturer in the course on Economic Analysis of Industries Evolution - Advanced (postgraduate), February 2008, SPRU, Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Course convenor: Simona Iammarino. Convenor of the teaching assistants activities of the Microeconomics course (18 classes and 20 instructors), Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. Assistant of the Directors of the MSc in Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. Research project Trends and Evolution of the EU ICT Research and Deployment Landscape, Tender SMART_2008/0035 (Budget 130.000 ), DG INFSO, 7th EU Framework Program. Co-convenor of Cespri Seminars Series September 2007 December 2008. Co-organiser of the KEINS-DIME International Conference, June 2007, Milan, Italy. 4
Reviewer for Regional Studies, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Technology Transfer, Papers in Regional Sciences. Research supervision of undergraduate students, MSc students and fixed-term research assistants. GAEL Seminar Series 2007-2008. Paper presented Technology mobility and job mobility: A comparative analysis between patent and survey data, Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory, Grenoble, France. Cespri Seminar Series 2004-2005. Paper presented: Innovation and workers mobility: An empirical investigation, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. University of Pavia Doctoral Seminar Series 2004-2005. Paper presented: Innovation and workers mobility: An empirical investigation, Department of Economics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. OTHER EXPERIENCES July 2009 : ERSA/PREPARE Summer School on Regional Growth Models: Advances in Theory, Methodology and Empirical Analysis, Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Greece. September 2000 December 2000: Erasmus University Exchange program at Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales, ESSEC, Paris, France. TECHNICAL SKILLS Knowledge and use of Office Windows, SAS, SPSS, STATA, Pajek and Ucinet. LANGUAGE SKILLS Italian: mother tongue. English: excellent, both written and spoken. International English Language Test System, I.E.L.T.S., University of Brighton, Brighton, UK. Mark: 7/9. French: excellent, both written and spoken. Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française, D.A.L.F., second level, l Institut Français in Florence, Florence, Italy. Mark: 58,66/80. Diplôme d Etudes en Langue Française, D.E.L.F., second level, l Institut Français in Florence, Florence, Italy. Mark: 353,30/480. Milan, 20th January, 2010 5