LORENZO ZIRULIA Curriculum Vitae, 7/4/2011 PERSONAL Place of birth: Milano Date of birth: 3.11.1976 Nationality: Italian Languages: Italian (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (intermediate) CONTACT INFORMATION Department of Economics University of Bologna Piazza Scaravilli, 2 40126 Bologna (Italy) Email: lorenzo.zirulia@unibo.it Ph: +390512098888 Fax: +39.0512098040 Faculty of Economics in Rimini University of Bologna Via Angherà, 22 47900 Rimini (Italy) Ph:+390541434233 Fax: +390541434120 KITeS, Bocconi University Via Roentgen 20136 Milano (Italy) Email: lorenzo.zirulia@unibocconi.it Ph: +390258365160 Fax: +39.02.58363399 ACADEMIC POSITION Nov 2006-present: Assistant Professor of Applied Economics University of Bologna, Faculty of Economics in Rimini. May 2009-present: Fellow, KITeS, Bocconi University. May 2007-present: Fellow, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis. Sep 2005-Dec 2005: Visiting scholar at GREQAM (Groupement de Recherche en Economie Quantitative d'aix-marseille), Marseille, France. Mar 2005-Oct 2006: Post-doc fellow, Bocconi University, Milan. EDUCATION May 2005: PhD in Economics, Bocconi University. Supervisor: Prof. Franco Malerba. Field: Industrial dynamics. Title of the thesis: R&D networks, market structure and industry evolution. Sept 2003-Jan 2004: Visiting student (Marie Curie Fellow), MERIT, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. Oct 2002: ETIC (Economics of technological and institutional change) School, MERIT, Maastricht, The Netherlands. June 2001: Master in Economics with distinction, Bocconi University. 1
Sept 2000: ESSID, European summer school on industrial dynamics, Institut d Études Scientifique de Cargèse, France. April 2000: Degree in Economics, Summa cum laude, Bocconi University. Supervisor: Prof. Franco Malerba. Dissertation: "Complementarity and business strategies: a model for computer industry. RESEARCH Research Interests: Industrial Organization, Industrial Dynamics, Economics of Science, Economics of Innovation, Networks. Publications in journals 1. The role of spillovers in R&D network formation. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, forthcoming. 2. The economics of scientific misconduct (with N. Lacetera). Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, forthcoming. 3. Switching costs, consumer heterogeneity and price discrimination (with N. Corrocher). Journal of Economics, 101(2), 149-167, 2010. 4. Demand and innovation in services: the case of mobile communications" (with N. Corrocher). Research Policy, 39, 945-955, 2010. 5. Criminal Minds: le frodi scientifiche nella prospettiva di un economista. Sistemaeconomico, N 1, 51-62, 2009. (In Italian) 6. Me and You and Everyone We Know: an empirical analysis on consumers' choices and local network externalities in mobile communications (with N. Corrocher). Telecommunications Policy, 33, 68-79, 2009. 7. The opportunity cost of social relations: on the effectiveness of small worlds (with L. Cassi). Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 18 (1), 77-101, 2008. 8. Abolizione del contributo di ricarica nella telefonia mobile: i consumatori ci guadagnano? (with M.R. Battaggion, and N. Corrocher). Consumatori, Diritto, Mercato, N 2, 102-110, June 2007. (In Italian) 9. "Editorial" (with L. Cassi). European Journal of Economic and Social Systems, Special Issue on Re/Combining Knowledge and Innovative Activities, 20 (2), 141-146, 2007. 10. Gli accordi di cooperazione tecnologica fra imprese e l'organizzazione dell'attività innovativa. Sistemaeconomico, N 1/2, 63-80, 2006. (In Italian) 11. Telefonia mobile e costi di ricarica: un dibattito aperto (with M.R. Battaggion, and N. Corrocher). Economia e Politica Industriale, N 4, Anno XXXIII, December 2006. (In Italian) 12. Competizione di mercato e reti di Ricerca e Sviluppo", Economia e Politica Industriale, N 2, Anno XXXIII, 129-139, June 2006. (In Italian) 13. Industry profit maximizing R&D networks", Economics Bulletin, 12 (1), 1-6, 2006. 2
Publications in edited books 14. Competition within and between tourist destinations in A. Matias and P. Nijkamp (eds), Advances In Tourism Economics: Impact Analysis, Springer-Verlag, forthcoming. 15. Reti sociali e diffusione della conoscenza nei cluster: un modello di simulazione (joint with Andrea Morrison and R. Rabellotti) in S. Lorenzini and R. Rabellotti (eds), Federalismo e crescita: è possibile una relazione virtuosa?, Franco Angeli, 225-245, 2010. 16. "The dynamics of networks and the evolution of industries: a survey of the empirical literature" in Malerba F. and Vonortas, N. (eds), "Innovation Networks in Industries", Edward Elgar Publishing, 45-77, 2009. Book reviews 17. O. Shy, How to price. A guide to pricing techniques and yield management, Cambridge University Press 2008. Almatourism, 1(1), 87-88. Working papers 18. When do global pipelines enhance knowledge diffusion in clusters? (with A. Morrison and R. Rabellotti). Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography n 05-11, University of Utrecht, 2011. (paper submitted to Economic Geography) 19. Strategic accessibility competition (with E. Bacchiega and E. Randon). DSE Working Paper n 696, University of Bologna, 2010. (paper submitted to Journal of Economics) 20. Competition, knowledge spillovers, and R&D incentive contracts (with N. Lacetera). DSE Working Paper n 624, University of Bologna, 2008. (paper submitted to Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization) 21. The evolution of R&D networks, MERIT Research Memoranda 007, 2004. Last version: May 2005. (paper under revision for Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization) Conference papers & work in progress 22. Friends and rivals: modelling the social relations of inventors" (with L. Cassi). Paper presented at the DIME Workshop on "The Structure and Dynamics of Knowledge Networks" Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, May 2009. 23. "Hotel characteristics and prices in a mature tourist destination: the case of Rimini" (with A. Mariotti). Paper presented at the Advances in Tourism Economics conference, Lisbon, 23-24 April 2009. 24.... then came Cisco, and the rest is history": a "history friendly" model of Local Area Networking industry (with R. Fontana). Paper presented at the DIME Conference on "Demand, Innovation, and Industrial Dynamics", Bocconi University, Milan, October 2008. 25. "Policy towards R&D cooperation and industry evolution". Paper presented at the DIME Workshop "Normative Policy Implications from Recent Advances in the Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics", London, 15-16 December 2006. 26. Between IPRs and public-funded research: lessons from the free/open source software community case (tentative title, with F. Rullani), work in progress. 27. Exchanging ideas on networks (tentative title, with F. Deroian), work in progress. 3
28. "A simple evolutionary model of specialization and integration" (tentative title, with F. Malerba and L. Orsenigo), work in progress. 29. Should I stay or should I go? Weather forecasts and the economics of short breaks (tentative title), work in progress. 30. Should we trust science? (tentative title, with N. Lacetera), work in progress. 31. Emotions in the teacher-student interaction (tentative title, with E. Randon), work in progress. Research reports 32. Business network literature review and building of conceptual models of networks and KIE (jointly with N. Vonortas), deliverable for the AEGIS project, 2010. 33. "The Carpi textile industrial district in Emilia Romagna" (jointly with A. Mariotti), case study for the project "The impact of globalisation and increased trade liberalisation on European regions", 2008. 34. "An exploration of knowledge-based corporate entrepreneurship: the coevolution of networks and technological capabilities" (jointly with F. Malerba), deliverable for the KEINS project, 2007. Newspaper articles 35. "L'insostenibile leggerezza della ricarica" (jointly with M.R. Battaggion and N. Corrocher), www.lavoce.info, 11 December 2006. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS 2011 Mar 2011: Politecnico di Milano, DIG, Milan, Italy. Presenting the paper: Between IPRs and public-funded research: lessons from the free/open source software community case (joint with Francesco Rullani). (Invited seminar). 2010 Sept 2010: EARIE (European Association of Research in Industrial Economics) Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. Presenting the paper Strategic accessibility competition (jointly with E. Bacchiega and E. Randon). June 2010: 27th DRUID Summer Conference, Imperial College, London. Presenting the paper "Knowledge spillovers, competition and taste for science in a model of R&D incentive provision" (jointly with Nicola Lacetera). (This paper has previously circulated under the title "Open Science, Knowledge spillovers and competition"). June 2010: The Rimini Conference in Economics and Finance, University of Bologna (Rimini campus), Rimini. Presenting the paper "Knowledge spillovers, competition and taste for science in a model of R&D incentive provision" (jointly with Nicola Lacetera). (This paper has previously circulated under the title "Open Science, Knowledge spillovers and competition"). May 2010: University of Naples Federico II, CSEF, Naples, Italy. Presenting the paper: "Knowledge spillovers, competition and taste for science in a model of R&D incentive provision" (jointly with Nicola Lacetera). (This paper has previously circulated under the title "Open Science, Knowledge spillovers and competition"). (Invited seminar). 4
2009 May 2009: DIME Workshop on "The Structure and Dynamics of Knowledge Networks" Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. Presenting the paper: "Friends and rivals: modelling the social relations of inventors" (jointly with Lorenzo Cassi). Apr 2009: Advances in Tourism Economics Conference, Universidade Lusíada, Lisbon. Presenting the papers: "Competition within and between tourist destinations" and "Hotel characteristics and prices in a mature tourist destination: the case of Rimini" (jointly with Alessia Mariotti). 2008 Dec 2008: University of St Andrews, School of Economics and Finance, St Andrews, Scotland. Presenting the paper: "The economics of scientific misconduct" (with N. Lacetera). (Invited seminar). Oct 2008: DIME Conference on "Demand, Innovation, and Industrial Dynamics", Bocconi University, Milan. Presenting the paper:... then came Cisco, and the rest is history": a "history friendly" model of Local Area Networking industry (with R. Fontana). Aug 2008: European meeting of the European Economic Association and the Econometric Society (EEA- ESEM), Bocconi University, Milan. Presenting the paper: "Knowledge spillovers, competition and taste for science in a model of R&D incentive provision" (jointly with Nicola Lacetera). (This paper has previously circulated under the title "Open Science, Knowledge spillovers and competition"). July 2008: BRICK-DIME Workshop on "The Organization, Economics and Policy of Academic Research, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy. Presenting the paper "The Economics of Scientific Misconduct" (jointly with Nicola Lacetera). June 2008: 25th DRUID Summer Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark. Presenting the paper "Local links, global links and the diffusion of knowledge in clusters: a simulation model" (jointly with A. Morrison and R.Rabellotti). April 2008: University of Utrecht, Urban and Regional Research Centre. Presenting the paper "Local links, global links and the diffusion of knowledge in clusters: a simulation model" (jointly with A. Morrison and R.Rabellotti). (Invited seminar). 2007 Sept 2007: EARIE (European Association of Research in Industrial Economics) Conference, Valencia, Spain. Presenting the paper: "Open Science, Knowledge spillovers and competition" (jointly with Nicola Lacetera). 2006 Dec 2006: DIME Workshop "Normative Policy Implications from Recent Advances in the Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics", London, UK. Presenting the paper "Policy towards R&D cooperation and industry evolution". Aug 2006: EARIE (European Association of Research in Industrial Economics) Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Presenting the paper Switching costs, consumer heterogeneity and price discrimination in the mobile communication service industry (with N. Corrocher). 5
June 2006: 11 th International J.A. Schumpeter Society Conference, Sophia-Antipolis, France. Presenting the papers... then came Cisco, and the rest is history": a "history friendly" model of Local Area Networking industry (with R. Fontana) and "Me and You and Everyone We Know: an empirical analysis on consumers' choices and local network externalities in mobile communications" (with N. Corrocher). Apr 2006: ineck workshop, Strasbourg, France. Presenting the paper Friends and rivals: modelling the social relations of inventors" (with L. Cassi). 2005 Nov 2005: GREQAM (Groupement de Recherche en Economie Quantitative d'aix-marseille), Interaction Workshop, Marseille, France. Presenting the paper The opportunity cost of social relations: on the effectiveness of small worlds (with L. Cassi) (invited seminar). (This paper has previously circulated under the title "Social networks as option and the creation and diffusion of knowledge"). Sept 2005: DINAMIA-ISCTE (Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa), Lisbon, Portugal. Giving the talk Social networks of inventors (invited seminar). Sept 2005: EARIE (European Association of Research in Industrial Economics) Conference, Porto, Portugal. Presenting the paper R&D networks with heterogeneous firms. May 2005: EMAEE (European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics), Utrecht, The Netherlands. Presenting the paper Innovation and Schumpeterian competition in the mobile communication service industry (with N. Corrocher). Jan 2005: DRUID Winter Conference, Aalborg, Denmark. Presenting the paper Innovation and Schumpeterian competition in the mobile communication service industry (with N. Corrocher). 2004 Sept 2004: EDGE (European doctoral group in economics) Jamboree, Dublin, Ireland. Presenting the paper The evolution of R&D networks. June 2004: 10 th International J.A. Schumpeter Society Conference, Milano, Italia. Presenting the paper Innovation and Schumpeterian competition in the mobile communication service industry (con N. Corrocher) and Friends and Rivals: modelling the social relations of inventors (with L. Cassi). June 2004: Conference on Proximity, Marseille, France. Presenting the paper Friends and Rivals: modelling the social relations of inventors (with L. Cassi). May 2004: ineck (European funded project) workshop University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. Presenting the paper Social networks as option and the creation and diffusion of knowledge (with L. Cassi). Jan 2004: DRUID Winter Conference, Aalborg, Denmark. Presenting the papers The evolution of R&D networks and Social networks as option and the creation and diffusion of knowledge (with L.Cassi). 2003 Dec 2003: MERIT (Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology), Maastricht, The Netherlands. Presenting the paper: The evolution of R&D networks. (Invited seminar). Dec 2003: ECIS (Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies), Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Presenting the paper The evolution of R&D networks ) (Invited seminar). 6
Jan 2003: DRUID Winter Conference, Aalborg, Denmark. Presenting the paper R&D networks in an artificial industry. PARTICIPATION TO INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS Advancing Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Economic Growth and Social Well-being in Europe (AEGIS). 2009-2011, European Commission, DGXII, Seventh Framework programme, Theme 8 - Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities, Project Contract 225134. Coordinator: Yoannis Caloghirou. The impact of globalisation and increased trade liberalisation on European regions, Study for the European Commission, DG Regio. Coordinator: IGEAT-ULB, Bruxelles; Politecnico di Milano, UMS-RIATE, Paris. Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship: Innovation, Networks and Systems (KEINS), 2004-2007, European Commission, DGXII, Sixth Framework programme, Priority 7-Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge- Based Society, Contract CIT2-CT-2004-506022. Coordinator: Franco Malerba. REFEREEING ACTIVITY Small Business Economics, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Industrial and Corporate Change, European Management Review, Information Economics and Policy, Telecommunications Policy, Regional Studies, Economia e Politica Industriale, Journal of Institutional Economics, Finanza Marketing e Produzione, ETRI Journal, Journal of Economics, Economics Bulletin, Economics of Innovation and New Technology. OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES Jan 2005- June 2007: CESPRI seminar convenor. TEACHING a.a 2010-2011 University of Bologna, Faculty of Economics in Rimini: Industrial Economics, Industrial Organization of tourism markets. a.a 2009-2010 University of Bologna, Faculty of Economics in Rimini: Industrial economics, Industrial Organization of tourism markets. Bocconi University, Milan: Industry Analysis. Fondazione Alma Mater, Master in Innovation culture, markets and business creation : Economics of Innovation. a.a 2008-2009 University of Bologna, Faculty of Economics in Rimini: Economics of the firm (module on Industrial Organization), Industrial organization of tourism markets. Bocconi University, Milan: Industry Analysis. Fondazione Alma Mater, Master in Innovation culture, markets and business creation : Economics of Innovation. a.a. 2007-2008 7
University of Bologna, Faculty of Economics in Rimini: Industrial Organization, Applied Tourism Economics. a.a. 2006-2007 University of Bologna, Faculty of Economics in Rimini: Industrial Organization, Applied Tourism Economics. Bocconi University, Milan: Industry Analysis (tutor), Theory of the firm and corporate governance (tutor). a.a. 2005-2006 Bocconi University, Milan: Microeconomics (teaching assistant); Industry Analysis (tutor). a.a. 2004-2005 Bocconi University, Milan: Microeconomics; Theory of the firm and corporate governance (tutor), Industrial Organisation (teaching assistant). a.a. 2003-2004 Bocconi University, Milan: Microeconomics (teaching assistant); Industry Analysis (tutor). LIUC (University Carlo Cattaneo), Castellanza (VA): International trade (teaching assistant). (Ai sensi della Legge 675/96 acconsento al trattamento dei miei dati personali) 8