Assistant Professor
– Department of Economics and Management Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
BRIE -
Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy, UC Berkeley USA
MaIn LAB – ScuolaSuperioreSant’Anna,
Pisa ITALY
Research Field:
regional economic development, innovation policy & technology management
Education
Dec
2006. I’ve got my Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning at the University
of California, Berkeley
http://www-dcrp.ced.berkeley.edu.
May
2002. Master of Science in Public Policy from the
Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA, USA)
www.spp.gatech.edu.
The
concentration of my master was in regional development and innovation
policy.
June
2001. Special diploma in Economics from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced
Studies (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna)
www.sssup.it.
July
2000. Bachelor in Political Economics from the University of Pisa
www.ec.unipi.it.
May
1996. International Baccalaureate from the United
World College of the Adriatic located in Duino (TS)
www.uwc.org.
Publications
On Peer
Reviewed Journals
Cohen, S.S., A. Di Minin, Y.
Motoyama, and C. Palmberg. 2009. The Persistence of home-bias for
important R&D in Wireless Telecom and Automobiles. Review of Policy
Research, 27(March).
Benassi, M., and A. Di Minin.
2009. Playing in between: IP brokers in markets for technology. R&D
Management, 39(1): 68-86.
Fabrizio, K. R., & Di Minin, A.
2008. Commercializing the laboratory: Faculty patenting and the open
science environment. Research Policy, 37(5): 914-931.
Macher, J. T., Mowery, D. C., & Di
Minin, A. 2007. The "non-globalization" of innovation in the
semiconductor industry. California Management Review, 50(1): 217.
Di Minin, A. and C. Palmberg (2007)
“A case for non-globalization? Strategic R&D in wireless
telecommunications” NordICT, 1 (febr.)
Cesaroni, F., A. Di Minin, and A. Piccaluga (2005). "Exploration
and exploitation strategies in industrial R&D." Creativity and
Innovation Management, 14(3), 222-232.
Cesaroni, F., A. Di Minin, and A. Piccaluga (2004).
"New strategic goals and organizational solutions in large R&D labs:
lessons from Centro Ricerche Fiat and Telecom Italia Lab." R&D
Management 34 (1):45-56.
Working Paper Series
Varaldo, R. and Di
Minin, A. (2009), A new form of entrepreneurial capitalism based on
innovation and Research in Italy. Finmeccanica Research Unit Occasional Paper, October 2009
Academic Book
Di Minin, A. 2008. Nidi Sicuri
tra le Reti Globali. Come le Multinazionali Innovano all'Estero.
Milano: FrancoAngeli
On Edited Books
Di Minin, A., A. Piccaluga, and M.
Rizzone. 2009. Chapter 3: R&D People. In Chiesa, Vittorio & Federico
Frattini, editors, Measurement and Evaluation of Research and
Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Macher, J.T., D.C. Mowery, and A. Di
Minin (2007). Globalization of innovation in the semiconductor industry.
In Globalization of Innovation, edited by J. T. Macher and D. C.
Mowery. Washington, DC:
National Academy of Sciences.
Di Minin, A., M. Lazzeroni, and A.
Piccaluga (2006). Economic growth in knowledge intensive emerging areas:
the high-tech cluster in Pisa. In Regional Development in the Knowledge
Economy, edited by P. Cooke and A. Piccaluga. Oxford, UK: Routledge.
Youtie, J., P. Shapira, et al. (2002). "Who Uses
LaGrange's Public Internet System? Results of the LaGrange Internet Access
Survey." LaGrange Internet Access Project, Atlanta, GA Working
Paper 2, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Piccaluga, A. and A. Di Minin (2001).
La valorizzazione della R&S nel settore delle telecomunicazioni: la
transizione da CSELT a TiLab. La valorizzazione della ricerca
scientifica. A. Piccaluga. Milano, Franco Angeli.
Shapira, P.,
J. Youtie, et al. (2001).
Evaluation of the MITI advanced material processing and machining
technology program. Prepared for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry, Tokyo, Japan. Atlanta, GA, Georgia Tech
School of Public Policy and Technology Policy and Assessment Center.
Edited Book
Chesbrough, H. 2008.
Open: Modelli di business per l'innovazione. Italian edition by Alberto
Di Minin Milano: Egea.
Conferences
Di Minin, A. 2009. Why is strategic R&D
(still) homebound in a globalized industry? Safe Nests in Global Nets.
Paper presented at Research Seminar, George Mason University,
Arlington, VA.
Minin, A., and J. Zhang. 2008.
Preliminary Evidence on the International R&D Strategies of Chinese
Companies in Europe, Emerging Multinationals: Outward Foreign Direct
Investment from Emerging and Developing Economies.
DRUID, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Balderi, C., P. Butelli, G. Conti, A. Di Minin, and A.
Piccaluga. 2008. Towards an
Italian way of public research valorisation. The importance of time and
commitment. Paper presented at R&D Management Conference, Bremen,
Germany.
Di Minin, A., A. Piccaluga, and M. Rizzone.
2008. Through the eyes of industrial
researchers: how new “Connect & Develop” practices change the role of
human resources in the lab, R&D Management.
Ottawa.
Di Minin, A. 2008. Il ruolo dell’Università nell’Open
Economy. Paper presented at 7° Workshop ATA Università - Industria,
Politecnico di Milano.
Benassi M., and A. Di Minin (2007). “Playing in between: IP
brokers in markets for technology.” Academy of Management , Philadelphia.
Di Minin, A. 2007. Le aziende spin-off ed il trasferimento
tecnologico dall'università all'industria.
Paper presented at VIII Convention IBAN, Milano.
Di Minin, A. and C. Palmberg (2007) “A
case for non-globalization? Strategic R&D in wireless telecommunications” Sloan Industry Studies Conference, Boston, MA.
Di Minin, A. (2005). "Patel and Pavitt revised: innovation
and IP management in multinational corporations, 10 years after the case
of "non-globalization"". International Workshop on Innovation,
Multinationals and Local Development, Catania, Italy.
Chesbrough, H., and A. Di Minin (2005). "The management of
intellectual property rights: The case of patent reassignments". Triple
Helix Conference, Turin, Italy.
Markievicz, K.R., and A. Di Minin (2004). "Commercializing
the laboratory: The relationship between faculty patenting and publishing." Innovation Seminar, Haas School of Business, University of
California, Berkeley.
Di Minin, A., M. Lazzeroni, A. Piccaluga (2003). HTSFs in
Peripheral, Knowledge Intensive Areas:an In-Depth Analysis in Pisa. High Technology Small Firms Conference, Manchester, UK.
Counts, P. M. and A. Di Minin (2003).
Research and innovation in mid-size cities. Local technology-based
development experiences in Savannah
(GA-USA) and Pisa (Italy). Regional Studies
Association Conference, Pisa, Italy.
Cesaroni, F., A. Di
Minin, A. Piccaluga. (2002).
The continuous and hard effort to define strategic goals and
organizational solutions in large R&D centres: lessons from Centro Ricerche Fiat and Telecom Italia Lab. R&D Management Conference,
Leuven, Belgium.
Di Minin, A., and C. Palmberg
(2007). "Why is strategic R&D (still) homebound in a globalized industry?
The case of leading firms in wireless telecom". Paper presented at
Conference on Corporate R&D, Sevilla, Spain.
Current
Activities
Research: I am a
Research Fellow at
the Berkeley Roundtable
on the International Economy (BRIE), and MaIn Laboratory at the
Sant’Anna School in Pisa
(Italy).
Teaching: I am currently teaching
Executive and MBA short courses on the Strategic Management of
Intellectual Property.
Past and
Present Positions
May 2003 to present. Research
Fellow at BRIE, UC Berkeley (CA).
May 2003 to present. Research Assistant for the
MaIn Laboratory
- Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, (Italy).
Sept. 2004 to May 2005.
Research Assistant for the Center for Open Innovation at the IMIO - Haas
School of Business, UC Berkeley (CA).
Aug. 2002 - Dec. 2004. Graduate Student Instructor for Prof. Stephen Cohen –
University of California - Berkeley
(CA).
Summer 2003. Graduate Research Assistant - European Union
Institute and BRIE, UC Berkeley (CA).
May
2002 - May
2003.
Research Assistant at the Link Research Center – Sant’Anna School of
Advanced Studies, Pisa
(CA).
January
2001 – May 2002. Research Assistant for Prof. Philip Shapira - Georgia
Institute of Technology – Atlanta
(GA).
May –
September 2001. Internship at the Economic Development Institute - Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta
(GA).
September - December 2000. Internship at the Center for Organizational
Innovation of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies,
Pisa (Italy).
May –
September 2000. Internship at the Telecom Italia Lab, Turin (Italy).
May
1999 – May 2000. External Collaboration with the Institute for Regional
Economic Planning for the Region Tuscany (IRPET), Florence (Italy).
Past Research Projects
2004 - 2005: I've worked as a Research Assistant
with Henry Chesbrough on IP Management practices and on the analysis of
markets for technologies.
Summer 2003: I've worked as a Research Assistant for the In-Sat Lab at the Sant'Anna
School, and for the European Union Institute at Berkeley, on various
projects dealing with innovation transfer, innovation and regional policy.
January 2003 - May 2003:
I've assisted Professor D.M. Mowery and his research team at the Haas School
of business on projects dealing with technology management and knowledge
creation and patenting in the US universities.
January
2002 – January
2003:
I took part to the data collection, analysis and results presentation of a
project, sponsored by the State of Georgia (CyberGeorgia), the European
Union (Network Activities for Regional Innovation), and the City of Pisa
(High Tech Firms Observatory). The goal of the project was the definition
and international comparison of local policies for the promotion of
high-tech based development.
June 2002
– September 2002: I designed and launched an online research observatory, whose goal is to inform researchers and managers of private industrial
labs, about the latest developments in the innovation management theory. The
project was sponsored by the FIAT Research Centre (Turin – Italy), and it
was
supervised by the Link Research Center of the Sant’Anna School, Pisa-Italy.
August
2002 – December 2002: I took
part to an IRPET project, for the Region Tuscany, aimed at the study and
international comparison of evaluative methodologies, applied to policies,
which are sponsored through the EU Structural Funds.
May 2002
– September 2002: I
was
involved in an external consultancy for the definition of the business plan
and the commercial lunch of a new product, for an Italian firm working in
the IT distribution sector.
September
2001 – February 2002: I collaborated at the design and analysis of a
questionnaire aimed at the evaluation of the socioeconomic impact of a
subsidized distribution of Internet in the City of LaGrange (GA). The study
received a grant by NSF.
May 2001
– December 2001: I took part at the Yamacraw project, sponsored by the State
of Georgia, with a study, whose goal was the definition and comparison of
ICT clusters in the United States.
January
2001 – April 2001: I collaborated at the analysis of a set of case studies
and at the presentation of the results of an evaluative study, commissioned
to Georgia Tech, by the Japanese Ministry of Industry. The policy evaluated
was supporting innovation and technological transfer in research intensive
industrial sectors.
September
2001 – December 2001: I served as an external consultant for the Italian
Ministry of Economy. I worked on a project for the definition of the
strategic goals and tasks of a new Office for Organizational Innovation.
September
2001 – December 2001: I coordinated the data collection and the application
of a model for the management and exploitation of research project in an
industrial research centre. The project was under the scientific supervision
of the Center for Organizational Innovation of the Sant’Anna School of
Advanced Studies, and it was sponsored by the Telecom Italia Research Center
(TiLab).
July 2001
– October 2001: I worked at the re-definition of the research project
management at Telecom Italia Lab and I helped the staff in the participation
and analysis of the GROCOR initiative (international benchmarking among
research centres in the telecommunication sector)
Fellowships and Awards
2007.
Industry Studies Doctoral Dissertation Award, A.P. Sloan Foundation, New
York.
2005. Prof.
Michael B. Teitz Fellowship for Doctoral
Students in Urban Planning. Berkeley, CA (USA).
Academic Year 2005-06. Dean's Normative Time Fellowship.
Graduate Division, University of California, Berkeley.
Academic Years 2003-04
and 2004-05. Fondazione IRI Fellowship for Doctoral
Students in Management. Fondazione IRI, Rome (Italy).
Academic Year 2003-04.
Award for outstanding Graduate Student Instructor. UC Berkeley.
Fall
2002 & Spring 2003. Department Grant.
Dept. of City Planning University of California, Berkeley.
2001-02. William H. Read Award for outstanding
Graduate Student.
School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
Spring,
Summer, Fall 2001 & Spring 02. Graduate Research Assistant Out of State
Tuition Waiver, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech.
2001.
Outstanding Graduation Fellowship awarded by the University of Pisa, Italy.
1996-2001. Four years
Scholarship.
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa).
1994-96. Two years
International Scholarship for the United World College
of the Adriatic.
The
Italian Commission of the United World Colleges, Rome, Italy.
Associational / Voluntary
Interests
2005-2003. Member of the International House Student
Council, and International House Board of Directors, at UC Berkeley.
Since
1997. Member of the Recruiting Team of the UWC Italian Committee, for
the organization of regional and national selections for admission to the
United World Colleges.
Since 2004. Member of the International Italian Student
Association @ UC Berkeley (IISA).
2001-02. Teacher of Italian as a second language, at the Student Center of
the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.
2000-1999. Student Delegate at the School of Economics Council at the
University of Pisa.
1998.
Member of AIESEC (international association of student in economics).
