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Cisalpino Institute for Comparative Studies in Europe

Introduction

The CISAlpino Institute for Comparative Studies in Europe (CCSE) is an international, nonprofit and independent institute dedicated to the commercial, social and political relevance of the cisalpino regions. Having strong common historical roots, these regions have a great deal in common and play a leading role in their countries, strongly influencing the European development.

 

The CCSE is based on a co-operative agreement between the University of Bergamo and the University of Augsburg aimed at fostering scientific collaboration, also by intensifying the exchange of researchers. The agreement welcomes new partners willing to share the strategic view of the Institute and its purposes. Other universities in the cisalpino regions are expected to join, with the aim to act as a facilitator of high value-added relations among the organizations and institutions present in the territory.

The CCSE brings together academics, policy makers and practitioners from all over the world for discussions to exchange knowledge and ideas, to improve our understanding of European countries, recognizing the importance of cooperation among different communities. Being located in the heart of the European Union, the regions on the two sides exhibit the highest growth rates, welfare and well being in Europe. This makes the cisalpino region one of the most attractive and the CCSE, by fostering comparative studies within countries and regions in Europe, tries to improve our understanding both of the common features of these areas and of how and why countries and regions in Europe differ, how regions are shaped by these differences and how we can learn from each other to shape our common future in the best ways.

Objectives

Guidelines

 

The guiding mission is to study the performance of markets and institutions in different Countries and regions within Europe and their interrelation within the context of a global economy. The comparative approach is the distinctive characteristic of the CCSE, with a prospective open to various competences and fields of study.

The CCSE applies a plurality of methodologies, with a clear focus on theory based empirical research, and favors cross-national comparison methodologies, which are advantageous in uncovering the unique features and unconscious assumptions that possess our vision when we study only a single Country.

 

Our goals

 

To conduct high quality applied research

The CCSE acts as an intermediary between university research and the general public by applying theoretical knowledge to practical policy based on high quality empirical research.

  • To train junior researchers and students
    As a part of its academic research, the CCSE devotes great effort to the training of highly qualified researchers and students, providing mobility opportunities and access the international job market.

  • To provide policy and managerial advising
    As regarding itself as a think-tank for politics, administration and economics, the CCSE aims to provide exceptional advising, consulting and/or guide-lines.

  • To foster cooperation
    The CCSE stimulates cooperation opportunities at a broad level in the area of knowledge-based economy, higher education and researchers’ mobility.

  • To substantiate knowledge transfer
    CCSE research findings are disseminated and distributed national and international wide. Knowledge transfer is guaranteed by publications in academic journals, workshops and conferences but also reports in the mass media.

Research Areas

Globalization and Regionalization are antecedents within the ongoing process of the increasing interrelation of markets, politics, institutions and society. Globalization leads to multilevel systems of interaction, whose actors are International organizations, the European Union, National and Regional governments. The role of non state and private actors is also noteworthy. While multinational enterprises drive globalization, their strategy is toward regionalization and entrepreneurial firms, hiring most of their employees within their host country or host region, operating on a multinational level. Global competition, indeed, takes place mainly among top regional and sub-national systems, that are better able to intercept and foresee the needs and expectations and to aggregate the strengths of the respective territories.

The most advanced large scale economic and social systems are often based on a few smaller scale systems, which drive their competitiveness matching local and global interests. In this context, "the role of regional economies appears to be a key factor in responding to the world economic and financial crisis as well as in designing new rules for governance and cooperation among leading countries" (World Region Forum, 2011). There is indeed an ongoing and irreversible trend towards a concentration of political decisions at the top of the European Union, which reduces the leeway of national governments and politics. At the same time as nations lose more and more autonomy towards a European perspective, regions within countries obtain more and more importance and are more and more involved in the decision-making process. Regions are therefore more and more expected to play a major role as a link between local actors and the national and international communities: global competition is about regional competition.

 

 

 

The CCSE tries to cope with these developments and changes. To improve regional competitiveness and growth, decision-makers in politics, economics and administration should be aware of how and why regions differ in their institutional arrangements, performance and endowments. The guiding mission is to study the performance of markets and institutions in different countries and regions within Europe and their interrelation within the context of a global economy.

The CCSE applies a plurality of methodologies, with a clear focus on theory-based empirical research. It closely co-operates with diverse scientific disciplines to address new research questions. In this context the CCSE distinguishes itself in the analysis of internationally comparable questions in the European context. In this sense the CCSE is concerned in the creation of data bases as an essential basis for scientific research on comparative empirical studies. The CCSE favors cross-national comparison methodologies, which are particularly advantageous in uncovering the unique features and unconscious assumptions that possess our vision when we study only a single country (Clark and Burton, 1983). The comparative approach is the distinctive characteristic of the CCSE, with a prospective open to various competences and fields of study. The shared view is that sustainable development encompass both economic, socio-cultural and environmental dimensions.

Publications

 

  • Audretsch, D.B, Bonser, C.F, Lehmann E.E. & Vismara, S. (Eds.).(2015). Globalization, Policy Challenges and Solution: The European Approach. Basel: Springer international Publishing.
  • Audretsch, D.B, Lehmann, E.E., Meoli, M. & Vismara, S. (Eds.).(2016). University Evolution, Entrepreneurial Activity and Regional Competitiveness, Basel: Springer international Publishing.
  • Cattaneo, M., Civera, A., Meoli, M. & Paleari, S. (2020). Analysing policies to increase graduate population: do tuition fees matter? European Journal of Higher Education, 10(1), 10-27.
  • Cattaneo M., Horta H., Malighetti P., Meoli M. & Paleari S. (2017). Effects of the financial crisis on university choice by gender, Higher Education, 74(5), 775-798.
  • Cattaneo M., Horta H., Malighetti P., Meoli M. & Paleari, S. (2019). The relationship between competition and programmatic diversification. Studies in Higher Education, 44(7), 1222-1240.
  • Cattaneo M., Horta H., Malighetti P., Meoli M. & Paleari S. (2019). Universities’ attractiveness to students: The Darwinism effect, Higher Education Quarterly.
  • Cattaneo M., Horta H. & Meoli M. (2020). Dual appointments and research collaborations outside academia: evidence from the European academic population, Studies in Higher Education, 44(11), 2066-2080.
  • Cattaneo M., Malighetti P., Meoli M. & Paleari S. (2017). University Spatial Competition for Students: The Italian Case, Regional Studies, 51(5), 750-764.
  • Cattaneo M., Meoli M. & Paleari S. (2017). Financiación de las universidades: la experiencia italiana en contexto europeo. Nueva revista de política, cultura y arte, 163, 271-289.
  • Cattaneo M., Meoli M. & Signori A. (2016). Performance-based funding and university research productivity: the moderating effect of university legitimacy. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 41(1), 85-104.
  • Civera, A., Cattaneo, M., Meoli, M., Paleari, S. & Seeber, M. (2021). Universities’ responses to crises: The influence of competition and reputation on tuition fees. Higher Education, 82, 61-84.
  • Civera, A., Donina, D., Meoli, M. & Vismara, S. (2020). Fostering the creation of academic spinoffs: does the international mobility of the academic leader matter? International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 16, 439-465.
  • Civera, A., Lehmann, E.E., Paleari, S. & Stockinger, S.A. (2020). Higher education policy: Why hope for quality when rewarding quantity? Research Policy, 49(8), 104083.
  • Civera, A., Lehmann, E.E. & Meoli, M. (2022). The importance of team diversity for academic spinoff performance. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 14(4-5), 472-496.
  • Civera, A. & Meoli, M. (2023). Empowering female entrepreneurs through university affiliation: evidence from Italian academic spinoffs. Small Business Economics, 1-19.
  • Civera, A., Meoli, M. & Paleari, S. (2021). International student mobility: onset for a future career or an experiential opportunity? International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1-20.
  • Civera, A., Meoli, M. & Paleari, S. (2021). When austerity means inequality: the case of the Italian university compensation system in the period 2010–2020. Studies in Higher Education, 46(5), 926-937.
  • Civera, A., Meoli, M. & Vismara, S. (2017). Policies for the provision of finance to science-based entrepreneurship. Annals of Science and Technology Policy, 1(4), 317-469.
  • Civera, A., Meoli, M. & Vismara, S. (2019). Academic entrepreneurship: Between myth and reality. In A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (pp. 40-54). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Civera, A., Meoli, M. & Vismara, S. (2019). Do academic spinoffs internationalize? The Journal of Technology Transfer, 44, 381-403.
  • Civera, A., Meoli, M. & Vismara, S. (2020). Engagement of academics in university technology transfer: Opportunity and necessity academic entrepreneurship. European Economic Review, 123, 103376.
  • Cumming, D., Meoli, M. & Vismara, S. (2021). Does equity crowdfunding democratize entrepreneurial finance? Small Business Economics, 56(2), 533-552.
  • Daraio C., Heitor M., Meoli M. & Paleari S. (2019). Policy turnaround: Towards a new deal for research and higher education. Governance, evaluation and rankings in the big data era (Editorial). Higher Education Quarterly, 73(1), 3-9.
  • Donina D. & Meoli M. (2014). Gli effetti della riforma sull’autonomia istituzionale. In Paleari S. (Ed.), Il futuro dell'università italiana dopo la riforma, 123-144. Torino: Giappichelli Editore.
  • Donina D. & Meoli M. (2014). I nuovi statuti. In Paleari S. (Ed.), Il futuro dell'università italiana dopo la riforma, 145-164. Torino: Giappichelli Editore.
  • Donina D. & Meoli M. (2014). La nuova distribuzione dei poteri ed i meccanismi di coordinamento. In Paleari S. (Ed.), Il future dell'università italiana dopo la riforma, 99-122. Torino: Giappichelli Editore.
  • Donina D., Meoli M. & Paleari S. (2014). Università tra riforma e crisi economica. In Lisimberti C. & Viganò R., ET2020: Agenda, Systems, People, 21-33. Milano: EDUCatt.
  • Donina D., Meoli M. & Paleari S. (2015). Higher education reform in Italy: Tightening regulation instead of steering at a distance. Higher Education Policy, 28(2), 215-234.
  • Donina D., Meoli M. & Paleari S. (2015). The new institutional governance of Italian state universities: what role for the new governing bodies? Tertiary Education and Management, 21(1), 16-28.
  • Horta H., Cattaneo M. & Meoli M. (2018). PhD funding as a determinant of PhD and career research performance, Studies in Higher Education, 43(3), 542-570.
  • Horta H., Cattaneo M. & Meoli M. (2019). The impact of PhD funding on time to Ph.D. completion, Research Evaluation, 28(2), 182-195.
  • Horta, H., Meoli, M. & Santos, J.M. (2021). Academic inbreeding and choice of strategic research approaches. Higher Education Quarterly, 76(1), 76-101.
  • Horta H., Meoli M. & Vismara S. (2016). Skilled unemployment and the creation of academic spin-offs: a recession-push hypothesis. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 41(4), 798-817.
  • Horta, H., Meoli, M. & Vismara, S. (2022). Crowdfunding in higher education: evidence from UK Universities. Higher Education, 83(6), 1-29.
  • Hülsbeck M., Lehmann E.E. & Starnecker A. (2013). Performance of technology transfer offices in Germany, Journal of Technology Transfer, 38, 199-215.
  • Hülsbeck M. & Pickavé E.N. (2014). Regional knowledge production as determinant of high-technology entrepreneurship: empirical evidence for Germany, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 10, 121-138.
  • Lehmann E.E., Braun Th.V. & Krispin S. (2012). Entrepreneurial human capital, complementary assets, and takeover probability, Journal of Technology Transfer, 37(5), 589-608.
  • Lehmann, E.E., Meoli, M. & Paleari, S. (2021). Innovation, entrepreneurship and the academic context. Industry and Innovation, 28(3), 235-246.
  • Lehmann, E.E., Meoli, M. & Paleari, S. (Eds.). (2021). Special Issue on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Academia. Taylor & Francis.
  • Lehmann E.E., Meoli M., Paleari S. & Stockinger S. (2018). Approaching effects of the economic crisis on university efficiency: a comparative study of Germany and Italy, Eurasian Business Review, 8(1), 37-54.
  • Lehmann E.E., Meoli M., Paleari S. & Stockinger S. (2020). The role of higher education for the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems (Editorial), European Journal of Higher Education, 10(1), 1-9.
  • Lehmann, E.E., Paleari, S., Santarelli, E. & Vismara, S. (2018). Special issue on comparative entrepreneurship. Eurasian Business Review, 8(1), 33-35.
  • Meoli M., Migliorati K., Paleari S. & Vismara S. (2012). The Cost of Going Public: a European Perspective, International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering, 2(2), 1-10.
  • Meoli M., Paleari S. & Vismara S. (2013). Completing the Technology Transfer Process: M&As of Science-based IPOs, Small Business Economics, 40(2), 227-248.
  • Paleari S., Meoli M. & Donina D. (2014). Il Sistema universitario italiano: uno sguardo d’insieme. In Paleari S. (Ed.), Il future dell'università italiana dopo la riforma, 1-30, Torino: Giappichelli Editore.
  • Porta F., Cattaneo M., Donina D. & Meoli M. (2015). Funding Mechanisms of Five Higher Education Systems in Europe: A Comparative Study. Scuola democratica, 6(1), 103-122.
  • Seeber M., Cattaneo, M., Meoli M. & Malighetti P. (2019). Self-citations as strategic response to the use of metrics for career decisions, Research Policy, 48(2), 478-491
  • Seeber M., Meoli M. & Cattaneo M. (2020). How do European higher education institutions internationalize? Studies in Higher Education, 45(1), 145-162.
  • Vismara S., Paleari S. & Ritter J.R. (2012). Europe's Second Markets for Small Companies, European Financial Management.

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