F R A N C E S C A
G A M B A R O T T O
Curriculum Vitae
December 2012
Contact Information
Department of Economics and Management
University of Padova
Via del Santo, 33
35123 Padova – Italy
Phone: +39 049 8274237
Fax: +39 049 827 4211
[email protected]
Employment
2005 Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Padova (present
position)
1993 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Padova
Academic Interests
Regional Innovation System, Local Development, Small Business Development and Firms
Behaviour
Education
1990 Maîtrise en Sciences Economiques, l'Université Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve,
Belgium.
1987 Degreee in Political Sciences, University of Padova
Teaching Activities
Undergraduate and Graduate courses: Political Economy, Macroeconomics, Regional Economics,
Economic productive Systems. At the present time Innovation Economics (graduate course),
Territorial Economics (Undergraduate course)
Selected Research Fundings
2008-2010 European Project ICaTSEM (Institutional Changes and Trajectories of Socio-Economic
development Models). Local Scientific Leader: Prof. Stefano Solari. European Scientific
Leader: Prof. Yannick Lung, Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux.
2007-2009 National Research Project "Territorial Rooting and Firms Internationalization”. Local
Scientific Leader: Prof. Stefano Solari. (National Project: “New Economic Powers and
local production systems: New opportunities or Threats?”. Scientific Leader: Prof.
Riccardo Leoncini.
2005-2006 National Research Project “Institutions and labour market in OECD countries”.
Scientific Leader: Prof. Giuseppe Bertola e unità locale Prof. Giorgio Brunello.
2004-2006 Europea Project ESEMK (European Socio-Economic Models of a Knowledge-based
Society), Local Scientific Leader: Prof. Stefano Solari, European Scientific Leader:
Prof. Bruno Amable, CEPREMAP, Parigi (www.univ-evry.fr/esemk/)
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Visiting Researcher
2012 University of Helsinki, Dept. of Political and Economic Studies, Academy of Filand
Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences, May.
2010 King’s College, London, Dept. of Management, July-August.
1999 Reading University, Dept. of Regional and Urban Studies, May-June.
Seminars and Conferences
2012 The Making of the New European Periphery: The Evolving Capitalisms within the
Monetary Union (with S. Solari), Annual EAEPE Conference, Kracow, October 18-21.
2012 The territorial dimension of Technological Transfer: a comparison between Florence
and Padua Universities, Annual AISRE Conference, Rome, September 13-15.
2011 Evolution and Competitiveness of the Software Industry in the European Market,
Annual EAEPE Conference, Vienna, October 27-30.
2011 Recent evolution of the Software Industry in Italy and Spain, ICATSEM workshop,
University of Dublin, May 13.
2011 The territorial dimension of university-industry collaboration: the role of formal and
informal drivers, 14th Uddevalla Symposium, Bergamo, June 16-18.
2010 Mapping Knowledge Territories for Development Policies, (with E. Bolisani and E.
Scarso), Annual IFKAD Conference, Matera, June 24-26.
2010 Local policies require cognitive alignment for Firms and Institutional actors: an
explorative analysis for the Italian eyewear system in Veneto, (with A. Bramanti),
Annual EAEPE Conference, Bordeaux, October 28-30.
2010 Mapping the evolution of "clusters": a meta-analysis (with M. Maggioni and E.T Uberti),
Annual AISRE Conference, Aosta, September 20-22.
2010 I disocorsi dei Presidenti di Confindustria (with M. Cortelazzo), International JADT
Conference, Roma, June 9-11.
2009 Mapping the evolution of "clusters": a meta-analysis (with M. Maggioni and E.T Uberti),
Annual EAEPE Conference, Amsterdam, November 6-8.
2009 Local policies require cognitive alignment for Firms and Institutional actors: an
explorative analysis for the Italian eyewear system in Veneto, (with A. Bramanti),
Workshop “Globalization, Local Development and Emergine Powers”, Bologna, Dip. Di
Scienze Economiche, February 6-7.
2008 European Capitalisms and Variety of Core-Periphery Patterns, (with S. Solari), 2nd
Workshop of The Research Network on Sub-National collaboration for regional
development: the role of networking among regions, 31oct-1nov, Jena Universitat.
2008 European Capitalisms and Variety of Core-Periphery Patterns, (with S. Solari), Annual
EAEPE Conference, Roma, November 6-8.
2008 Perroux's humanistic approach to economic development and regional economics
today, Annual AISPE Conference, Treviso, March 27-29.
2007 European Regional Policy and Models of Capitalism: a Territorial evolutionary analysis
of the location effects of European Integration, Annual AISRE Conference, Bolzano,
October 12-14.
2007 Cultural Goods, Motivations and Consumer Behaviour, Conference on “Networks of
Creativity in Science and Arts”, Archivio Antico, University of Padova, May 21-22.
2006 European Regional Policy and Models of Capitalism: a Territoriali Analysis of the
Location effects of European Integration (with S. Solari), Annual EAEPE Conference,
Istanbul, November 2-5.
2006 Produzione di conoscenza tacita e lealtà territoriale: un’analisi delle imprese
manifatturiere di Padova, Annual AISRE Conference, Pisa october12-14.
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2005 What social preferences prevail in the recruitment process? Differences and similarities
of the Italian and German labour markets (with S. Walter), Annual SASE Conference,
Budapest, 30 june-2 July.
2005 Do social preferences count in the recruitment process? Differences and similarities
of the Italian and German labour markets, (with S. Walter), Annual EAEPE
Conference, Bremen, November 10-12.
2005 Produzione locale di conoscenza, competenze e preferenze sociali: la black box dei
mercati locali del lavoro, Annual AISRe Conference, Napoli October 17-19.
2004 Agglomeration Effects on Employer Provided Training: Evidence from the UK,
workshop “The Clustering of Economic Acitivietis”, Università Bocconi, Jenuary 29.
2004 The role of reconnection of competencies and institutions In the collective learning
process, (with S. Solari), Conference "Quatrièmes Journées De La Proximité",
Marseille, June 17-18.
2003 L’evoluzione dei Sistemi Locali del Lavoro: pattern territoriali e dinamiche economiche,
Annual AISRE Conference, Perugia, October 8-10.
2002 Il lavoro nei distretti industriali: localizzazione e agglomerazione produttiva (con M.
Maggioni), Annual AISRe Conference, Reggio Calabria, october 10-12.
2001 Complexity and local economic systems: a theoretical analysis of institutional-economic
relationships, workshop of the EAEPE Reasearch Area “Complex Socio-Economics
Systems” on “Complexity and Networks: Local Districts and Local Networks”,
GREQAM, Université Aix-Marseille, December 7.
2001 Location choice, collective learning and local competitiveness: urban versus
industrial economic systems (with S. Solari), Annual EAEPE Conference, Siena,
November 8-11.
2001 Competenze, attori, istituzioni. Le forme dell’apprendimento collettivo nel milieu
dell’occhiale e della scarpa sportiva di Montebelluna (with M. Rangone, S.Solari),
Annual AISRE Conference, Venezia, october 10-12.
2000 Social Ties, rent creation and regulation: territorial patterns of local development, (with
S. Solari) Annual EAEPE Conference, Berlin, November 2-5.
2000 Entitlements and Social Exclusion: the Case of Immigrants in Milan, (with C.
Marchionni), Annual SASE Conference, London School of Economics, July 7-10.
Working Papers
2009 Mapping the evolution of "clusters": a meta-analysis (with Maggioni M.A, Uberti T.E),
WP FEEM 74/2009.
2009 Cultural Goods, Motivations and Consumer Behaviour (with L. Fantinel, C. Furlan), WP
Series Dept. of Statistical Sciences Padova, N.6/2009.
2008 The Evaluation of the Process of Cultural Good Consumption for Different Profiles of
Consumers. The case of Scrovegni Chapel, (with C. Furlan), WP Series Dept. of
Statistical Sciences Padova, N.15/2008.
2007 Regional Dispersion of Economic Activities and Models of Capitalism in Europe (with S.
Solari), Working Paper n. 61.
2005 Agglomeration Effects on Employer-provided Training: Evidence from the UK (with G.
Brunello), CESifo Working Papers, n. 1150.
2001 Collective learning: a system framework and some evidence from two local systems,
Working Paper n.27, Dip. di Scienze Economiche, Università di Padova.
2000 Housing, Entitlments and Social Exclusion: the Case of Immigrants in Milan, (with C.
Marchionni), Discussion Paper n. 18, Dip. di Scienze Economiche di Padova.
2000 Rise and Decline of the Venetian Industrial Site of Porto Marghera. Interrelations and
Cumulative Mechanisms, (with M. Rangone), Discussion Paper n. 17, Dip. di Scienze
Economiche di Padova.
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Publications
2012 Moltiplicatore dello sviluppo locale versus competitività territoriale? In Bellandi M., Caloffi
A. (eds), Innovazione e Trasformazione Industriale: la prospettiva dei sistemi di
produzione locali italiani, Il Mulino, Bologna.
2012 Culture experiences in favour of creativity: a case study of Art Consumption (with C.
Furlan), In Belussi F., Staber U. (eds),
Managing Networks of Creativity,
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, New York.
2011 Mapping Knowledge Territories for Development Policies (with E. Bolisani, E. Scarso),
International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development, Vol. 2, No.1 pp. 16 – 33.
2010 Dreams of silence: Employee voice and innovation in a public sector community of
practice (with A. Cammozzo), Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice, vol. 12(2), p.
166-179.
2009 Perroux's Thought and the Evaluation of the Coûts de l'Homme. In: Parisi D. e Solari S.
(eds) Humanism and Religion in Political Economy. Milano: Franco Angeli.
2009 Crescita della competitività vs. perdita dell'identità distrettuale: il caso del distretto veneto
dell'occhiale (with Bramanti A), In: Solari S., Marangoni G. (eds). Aggregazione
Industriale e Internazionalizzazione della Produzione. L’evoluzione del Modello Veneto.
p. 93-114, Padova: CEDAM.
2009 L’evoluzione del modello produttivo dei sistemi locali del Nord-Est (with Solari S,
Marangoni G), In: Solari S., Marangoni G. (eds). Aggregazione Industriale e
Internazionalizzazione della Produzione. L’evoluzione del Modello Veneto. p. 13-39,
Padova: CEDAM.
2009 La Coalescenza della Conoscenza ovvero l'auto-organizzazione come soluzione
possibile di fronte ad una scarsità organizzativa. L'esperienza dei gruppi Dreams tra
gerarchia e peer-production (with Cammozzo A.). In: Gambarotto F. (ed), La
condivisione Informatica nell'Università. L'esperienza dei gruppi Dreams all'interno
dell'Ateneo
di
Padova,
pg
15-21,
Padova:
Cleup
(oppure:
http://paduaresearch.cab.unipd.it/2095/)
2009 Regional dispersion of economic activities and models of capitalism in Europe, (with S.
Solari), Economie Appliquée, n.1: 5-38.
2009 Visitare la casa delle Muse: L’esperienza estetica come esperienza di creatività,in
Sedita S. e M. Paiola (eds) Il Management della creatività: reti, comunità e territori,
Roma: Carocci.
2008 Restructuring of local Production Systems: Two Italian case studies about responses to
globalisation, Revue d’Economie Régionale&Urbaine, n.1, p. 3-20.
2007 Do Spatial Agglomeration and Local Labor Market Competition Affect EmployerProvided Training? Evidence from the UK (with G. Brunello), Regional Science and
Urban Economics, 37(1-21).
2006 Does Space Matter for Labour Markets and How? A Critical Survey of the Recent
Italian Empirical Evidente (with M. Maggiori), in Caroleo F.E., S. Destefanis (eds), The
European Labour Market. Regional Dimensions, Berlin: Springer, p. 123-142.
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2005 How do Local Institutions Contribut to Fostering Competitiveness of Industrial Clusters?
The Upgrading Process in the Italian Eyewear System (with S. Solari) in Giuliani E., R.
Rabellotti e M.P. van Dijk (eds), Clusters Facing Competiton: The importance of
External Linkages, London: Ashgate, p. 177-194.
2003 Review of OECD Territorial Reviews: Italy (volume I) and Bergamo (volume II), (with G.
Brunello), Journal of Regional Science, 43(628-631).
2003 I sistemi produttivi locali nello spazio europeo, in P. Messina (eds), Sistemi locali e
spazio europeo, Roma: Carocci, p.111-132.
2003 Localizzazione e agglomerazione produttiva: l’analisi territoriale dei mercati del lavoro,
(with M. Maggioni), in Lucifora C. (ed), Mercato, occupazione e salari: la ricerca sul
lavoro in Italia, Milano: Mondadori ed., p. 262-297.
2002 Apprendimento collettivo e thickness istituzionale: due casi-studio veneti (with M.
Rangone and S. Solari) in L. Malfi e D. Martellato (eds), Il capitale nello sviluppo
locale e regionale, Milano: Franco Angeli, p. 134-158.
2002 Competenze, attori, istituzioni. Le forme dell’apprendimento collettivo nel milieu
dell’occhiale e della scarpa sportiva di Montebelluna (with M. Rangone and S. Solari),
in Capello R., R. Camagni (eds), Apprendimento collettivo e competitività territoriale,
Milano: Franco Angeli, p. 291-313.
2002 Le relazioni socio-economiche nello spazio delle economie locali: un'ipotesi teorica, in
R. Camagni, M. Mistri, R. Fiorentini (eds), Auto-organizzazione e apprendimento
strategico, Padova: Cedam.
1998 Regional Development Strategies in Changing Environments: an Ecological Approach,
(with M. Maggioni), Regional Studies, 32
1997 Sviluppo locale, dinamiche globali e ruolo dell’operatore pubblico: un modello
ecologico, (with M. Maggioni), in Bramanti A. e M. Maggioni (eds), La dinamica dei
sistemi produttivi territoriali: teorie, tecniche e politiche, Milano: Franco Angeli, p. 280305.
1997 Investimenti pubblici nel Nord-Est e ruolo della finanza privata con particolare
riferimento al Project Financing, (with G. Muraro and V. Rebba), in AA.VV., Nord-Est:
fattori di competitività, Milano: Franco Angeli.
1995 Esercizi di Politica Economica, (con R. Fiorentini) Cusl Nuova Vita, Padova.
1995 La funzione edonica come misura della qualità della vita, Economia Pubblica, n. 2, p.
59-73.
1991 La forma dell’agglomerazione spaziale: è possibile intrecciare i modelli ecologici ed
economici?, in Boscacci F. e G. Gorla, (eds), Economie Locali in Ambiente
Competitivo, Milano: Franco Angeli.
1988 Gli accordi di cooperazione come nuove forme di sviluppo delle imprese, (with R.
Camagni) Economia e Politica Industriale, n. 58.
1988 L’adozione dei processi d’automazione nel Veneto, (with R. Camagni) Oltre il Ponte, n.
23.
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1986 Intervista a Cesare Marchetti sui processi innovativi, (with R. Camagni), Sviluppo e
Organizzazione, n. 93.
Memberships
AISRe, Associazione Italiana di Scienze Regionali, Italian Section of RSAI (Regional Science
Association International). In the period 2002-2004 Auditor for the Association
EAEPE, European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy
SASE, The Society for the Advancement of Socio- Economics
Refereeing Activity
Journals/Reviews: Economia Politica, Italian Jourmal of Regional Science, Labour Economics,
Regional Studies
Other Professional Activities
Since 2007 Co-ordinator of the OpenSource CoP.
2005-2008 Co-ordinator of the Undergraduate Course “Territorial Economy and Firms networks”,
Faculty of Political Sciences.
2005-2008 Member of the Management Committee for the University Computer Centre
2001-2007 Member of the E-Learning Committee
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