RAFFAELE CONTI Bocconi University Department of Management and Technology Via Roentgen 1, 20136 Milano, Italy Tel: +39 02 5836 5243 Mob: +39 339 5647482 [email protected]
EDUCATION Bocconi University, Milano (Italy) Phd Candidate, Business Administration and Management , 2006-2011 (expected) Committee: Alfonso Gambardella (Advisor), Giovanni Valentini (Co-Advisor), Anita McGahan
Pompeu Fabra University , Barcelona (Spain) Master of Science, Economics , with Honours, 2003-2004
University of Pisa , Pisa (Italy) Diploma di Laurea, Political Science , summa cum laude, 1998-2003
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies , Pisa (Italy) Diploma di Licenza, Political Science (supplementary educational degree offered on a competitive basis), summa cum laude, 1998-2003
Liceo Classico “M. T. Varrone” , Rieti (Italy) Diploma di Maturità Classica (Secondary School Diploma), 1993-1998
RESEARCH INTERESTS Technology Strategy; R&D Organization; Economics and Management of Innovation.
WORKING PAPERS Do non-competes induce firms to pursue path-breaking inventions? (Job Market Paper )
Learning to be Edison? Individual inventive experience and breakthrough inventions, with A. Gambardella & M. Mariani ( Revise and Resubmit, Organization Science )
Divide and Invent: Does decentralization increase the likelihood of breakthrough inventions? (work in progress )
PUBLICATIONS Does decentralization increase the likelihood of breakthrough inventions?, 2009, European Management Review , 6:3.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS Strategic Management Conference, Rome, Italy, 2010 Academy of Management Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2010 DRUID Summer Conference, London, UK, 2010 DRUID Winter PhD Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, 2010 Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, USA 2009 1
INVITED PARTICIPATIONS ______CCC Doctoral Colloquium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 2010 TIM Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, USA, 2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer: “Industry and Firm Analysis”, Graduate Course, Bocconi University, 2010; students’ evaluation: 7.8/10.
Guest Lecturer: “Management of Biotech Firms”, Graduate Course, Bocconi University, 2010.
Teaching Assistant: “Technology, Innovation and Operations Management”, Undergraduate Course, Bocconi University, 2009-2010.
ACADEMIC SERVICE & AFFILIATION Reviewing : European Management Review Industrial and Corporate Change Research Policy Academy of Management Conference, TIM division Strategic Management Society Conference, Knowledge and Innovation division
Membership: Academy of Management Association (BPS, TIM Divisions) Strategic Management Society
RESEARCH POSITIONS ______Research Assistant, 2008-2009: Project GLOBINN, "The changing nature of internationalization of innovation in Europe: impact on firms and the implications for innovation policy in the EU", funded under 7th FWP (Seventh Framework Programme), European Commission DG Research. Main tasks: data collection and analysis.
Research Assistant, 2005-2006: Prof. Mario Morroni (University of Pisa), Project financed by Region Tuscany on regional economic development. Main tasks: data collection and analysis.
NON ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE ______Ministry of Economic Development, Research Department , Rome (Italy), 2005-2006
HONORS & AWARDS Academy of Management, TIM Division, Best Reviewer Award, 2010 Bocconi University, Milano (Italy), Research Grant, 2010-2011 Bocconi University, Milano (Italy), Ph.D fellowship, 2006-2010 Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy), Research Grant for pursuing post-graduate studies, 2003-2004 Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy), Allievo Ordinario (resident student), awarded a 4- year full-cost scholarship by the Italian Government for academic merit, 1998-2003
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REFERENCES Alfonso Gambardella Bocconi University Department of Management and Technology Via Roentgen 1, 20136 Milan, Italy Phone: +39 02 5836 3712 E-mail: [email protected]
Anita McGahan University of Toronto Rotman School of Management 105 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3E6 Phone: +1 416 978 6188 E-mail: [email protected]
Giovanni Valentini Bocconi University Department of Management and Technology Via Roentgen 1, 20136 Milan, Italy Phone: +39 02 5836 2526 E-mail: [email protected]
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