Valentina Tartari

Presentation

I have received a PhD in Management from Imperial College London with a thesis titled “The Microfoundations of University-Industry Interaction” and a Master of Science degree with first class honors in Economics and Management of New Technologies from Bocconi University. I spent several months working at UN offices in Geneva and at the DG Research of the European Commission in Brussels. I have also been a visiting researcher at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC, USA). My research interests include: analysis of university-industry collaboration, technology transfer, economics and management of innovation, patent analysis and appropriability strategies, and analysis of social influence on individuals.

Primary research areas

• University-industry interaction
• Academic entrepreneurship
• Role of universities and science in innovative activities
• Social influence mechanisms
• Innovation

Courses

• HA E129 – Innovation
• CM MI20 – Innovation and Knowledge
• Foundations of Entrepreneurship (INO PhD course)