- PhD Candidate in Strategic Management at Rotman School of Management - University of Toronto
Currently visiting the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences at Harvard (IQSS)
http://www.iq.harvard.edu/people/christian_catalini
Academic advisor: Ajay Agrawal - July 2006 Master of Science in Economics and Management of International Markets and New Technologies, Bocconi University (Milan) : 110/110 cum laude
- Fall 2005 – Exchange student at Stockholm School of Economics. Ranked first in the Bocconi’s MSc exchange students selection.
- July 2004 undergraduate Degree in Economics of international markets and new technologies, Bocconi University (Milan): 110/110 cum laude
- July 2001 High School Diploma Maturità Scientifica, Liceo Scientifico Luigi di Savoia, (Ancona) 100/100
Publications
- Stefano Breschi and Christian Catalini "Tracing the linkages between science and technology: An exploratory analysis of the research networks among scientists and inventors" (Research Policy, 2010 - Vol 39 - Issue 1, pp. 14-26)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2009.11.004
Working Papers
- "Entrepreneurship and the Arts", with Ajay Agrawal and Avi Goldfarb (June, 2009)
- "Intellectual Property and the Diffusion of Formal Standards", with Timothy Simcoe (June, 2009)
- "Authors-inventors: life on the boundary between science and technology" with Stefano Breschi (February, 2009)
Research projects
- Since June 2009: "Disagreements, Employee Spinoffs, and Solipsism", with Peter Thompson (FIU) and Jing Chen (FIU).
- Since April 2008: "Markets Making Music", with Ajay Agrawal and Avi Goldfarb.
- Since March 2008: Standard Setting Organizations - patents and disclosures, with Timothy Simcoe (Boston University).
- January 2006 to August 2007: CESPRI Bocconi (Centre for Research on Innovation and Internationalization): European Project “Highly Cited Patent and scientific articles"
Presentations
- Stefano Breschi and Christian Catalini, "Tracing the linkages between science and technology: An exploratory analysis of the research networks among scientists and inventors" - 25th DRUID Celebration Conference 2008 on Entrepreneurship and Innovation, CBS Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
- Christian Catalini and Lorenzo Novella, "EPO Patents as a source of relational data: exploring the link between science and technology using references to non-patent literature (NPL)" - European Patent Academy 2006, St.Gallen, Switzerland
Awards
- 3M Canada Incorporated Scholarship, 3M Canada Inc., 2007
- Doctoral Fellowship, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, 2007 to present
- GSEF - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management Award, 2008
Languages
- Italian: native speaker; English: proficient; German: proficient; French: basic skills
- Operating systems: Linux; Mac; Windows
- Scientific applications: R, Stata, SAS
- Programming: Python, Perl, SQL, PHP



PhD Candidate in Strategy at the Rotman School of Management and technology enthusiast, I wrote my undergraduate degree thesis on the economics of open source development and my MSc final dissertation on "The link between science and technology: exploring the network of inventors and scientific authors in the semiconductor industry". After working at KITES-CESPRI Bocconi on the European research project “Highly cited patent”, I've started my PhD in Strategic Management at Rotman. Current projects include "Markets Making Music", with Ajay Agrawal; "Intellectual Property and the Diffusion of Formal Standards", with Timothy Simcoe; "Authors-inventors: life on the boundary between science and technology", with Stefano Breschi. 