Pr David Jacobson

Dublin City University Business School , Ireland

Liens vers :  Pr G. Benayoun - Pr S. Ghose  -  Pr J. Pelzmann

• Telephone: + 353 1 700 8062

• Fax: +353 1 700 5446

• E-Mail: david.jacobson@dcu.ie

• Address: DCU Business School , Dublin 9, Ireland

• Office: QG26

Industrial Economics,  Industrial Agglomeration, Industrial Policy,  Political Economy, European Integration. These

interests were actively pursued in 2003/4, as I was on research leave.  In particular, I worked on:

1) second edition of the text book, Industrial Economics and Organization

2) PILOT project - Policy and Innovation in Low Tech Industries (with Kevin Heanue)

3) ADAMS2 - economic evaluation of proposals for improvement of Aircraft Despatch and Maintenance Systems

(with Wayne Dignam), now complete

4) Cluster Development in North Dublin (with Helen McGrath)

5) CISC project on systems of innovation (with Fiona Whitney)

(See also other research projects below)

              This year, 2004/5, I am teaching:

•  International Political Economy (MAIR). 

•  International Political Economy (MAIR Part-Time).

•  New Theories of the Firm. 

•  ndustrial Economics.

•  International Trade and Business.

• Member, Occupational Safety and Health Institute of Ireland

• Member, European Association of Evolutionary Political Economists (EAEPE)

• Member, American Economics Association

• Member, Economic and Social History Society of Ireland

• Member, Regional Science Association International

• ADAMS2, EU Fifth Framework Project, evaluating Human Centred Operations in Aircraft Dispatch and Maintenance Systems

(with Sarah Ingle and Wayne Dignam) (Completed July 2004)

• PILOT, EU Fifth Framework Project on Policy and Innovation in Low Tech industries.  We (Jacobson and Heanue) are leading

the policy part of the project as well as contributing case studies on Irish firms and networks to other parts of the project.

• The evolution of networks around subsidiaries of sofware multinationals in Ireland (ongoing research)
• The economics of industrial districts and application to selected sub-sectors in Ireland , ongoing research (ongoing research)
• Following successful completion of Chris van Egeraat's PhD, New High Volume Production, Production Linkages and Regional

Development: The Case of the Microcomputer Hardware Industry in Ireland and Scotland, now working with Chris on publications

drawing on material in the thesis

• Following successful completion of Rachel Hilliard's PhD, Learning To Change: The Role of Organisational Capabilities in Industry

Response to Environmental Regulation, now working with Rachel on publications drawing on material in the thesis

• Following successful completion of Phil Mulvaney’s PhD, Sectoral Systems of Innovation: New Perspectives on Technological

Innovation and Industrial Transformation in a Declining Industry, now working with Phil on publications drawing on material in the

thesis

• Supervision of "Evolutionary perspectives on the Furniture Industry in Ireland ", PhD research by Kevin Heanue.

BOOKS

Andréosso-O’Callaghan, B. and David Jacobson (2005) Industrial Economics and Organization: A European Perspective, second edition, McGraw-Hill, London .

Bender, G., H. Hirsch-Kreinsen, D. Jacobson and S. Laestadius (eds.) (2005) Low-Tech Innovation in the Knowledge Economy, Peter Lanng, Frankfurt /New York/Oxford, forthcoming.

Jacobson, David, Terrence McDonough and Keith Warnock, (2001) Mind Your Own Business: Economics at Work, Oak Tree Press, Dublin .

Kirby, Peadar and  David Jaobson (eds.),  (1998) In the Shadow of the Tiger:  New approaches to combating social exclusion,  DCU Press, Dublin .

Jacobson, David and Bernadette Andréosso-O'Callaghan, (1996) Industrial Economics and Organization: A European Perspective, McGraw-Hill, London .

REFEREED ARTICLES

Egeraat, Chris van, and David Jacobson (2005) “Geography of Production Linkages in the Irish and Scottish Microcomputer Industry: the Role of Logistics”, Economic Geography, Vol. 81, No. 2, forthcoming.

Egeraat, Chris van, and David Jacobson (2004) "The Rise and Demise of the Irish and Scottish Computer Hardware Industry", European Planning Studies, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp.800-834.

Heanue, Kevin and David Jacobson, (2001-2) "Organizational Proximity and Institutional Learning: The Evolution of a Spatially Dispersed Network in the Irish Furniture Industry" International Studies of Management and Organization: Special Issue on Clustering, Capabilities and Coordination, Vol. 31, No. 4, Winter.

Jacobson, David and Ziene Mottiar, (1999) "Globalization and Modes of Interaction in Two Sub-Sectors in Ireland ", European Planning Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4, Aug., pp.429-444.

Jacobson, David and Ziene Mottiar, (1998) "Legal Implications of the Economics of Occupational Health and Safety", Irish Law Times, Vol.16, No.20, pp.309-313.

Mack, Richard and David Jacobson, (1996) "The Impact of Peripherality upon Trade Patterns in the European Union", European Urban and Regional Studies, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp.364-369.

Mack, Richard and David Jacobson, (1996) "Core-Periphery Analysis of the European Union: A Location Quotient Approach", Regional Analysis and Policy, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 3-22.

Jacobson, David and Ziene Mottiar, (1995) "The Introduction of Programmes to Prevent Accidents at Work: A Strategic Analysis", IBAR - Irish Business and Administrative Research, Vol. 16, pp.115-122.

Jacobson, David and David O'Sullivan, (1994) "Analysing an Industry in Change: the Irish Software Manual Printing Industry", New Technology, Work and Employment, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp.103-114.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Hilliard, Rachel and David Jacobson (2003) "Organisational Capabilities and Environmental Regulation: The Case of the Pharmaceutical Sector in Irish Regions" in E. O’Leary (ed.) Irish Regional Development: A New Agenda, The Liffey Press: Dublin

Mottiar, Ziene and David Jacobson (2002) "The importance of place, space and culture in the development of an industrial agglomeration in Ireland: the furniture industry in Co. Monaghan", in C. O hOgartaigh and K. Theile (eds.) International New Enterprise Developments, Shaker Verlag, Aachen, Germany.

Jacobson, David et al (2001) "Industrial Agglomeration", in W. Lazonick, ed. IEBM Handbook of Economics, Thomson International. (Also published in M. Warner, ed. International Encyclopedia of Business and Management, second edition, Thomson, and IEBM Online.)

Jacobson, David et al (2001) "Industrial Districts and Networks: Different Modes of Development of the Furniture Industry in Ireland ?", in D. Felsenstein et al (eds.) Public Investment And Regional Economic Development, Edward Elgar.

Jacobson, David and Terrence McDonough, (1998) "Trade and Integration:  The Prospects for Irish Industry", in Eamon O’Shea and Michael Keane (eds.), Core Issues in European Integration, Oak Tree Press, Dublin .

Jacobson, David and Ziene Mottiar, (1998) "Innovation and Modes of Interaction Among Small Firms in Ireland ", in Markku Virtanen, (ed.) Growth and Job Creation in SMEs: Proceedings of a Conference, Helsinki School of Business and Economics, Mikkeli , Finland .

Jacobson, David, (1998) "Shared Governance and Globalisation", in Rory O'Donnell and Joe Larragy, (eds.), Negotiated Economic and Social Governance and European Integration, Cost A7  - Official Publication of the European Communities, Luxembourg .

Jacobson, D., (1994) "The Technological and Infrastructural Environment", Chapter 7 in M. Nugent and R. O'Donnell, (eds.), The Environment of Business in Europe, Macmillan, pp.199-251.

DCUBS RESEARCH PAPERS

Leavy, Brian and David Jacobson, "Innovation - The Case for Multi-Level Research" DCUBS Research Paper No.30, November 1997.

Jacobson, David and Terrence McDonough, "Irish Industry, International Trade and European Integration", DCUBS Research Paper No.27, June 1997.

Jacobson, David and Ziene Mottiar, "The Costs of Poor Safety in the Workplace", DCUBS Research Paper No.21, April 1997.

Jacobson, David, "New Forms of Work Organisation in Ireland: An Annotated Bibliography", DCUBS Research Paper No.9, May 1996.

Jacobson, David S. and Richard S. Mack, "Core-Periphery Analysis: A Tale of Two Nations", DCUBS Research Paper No.8, January 1996.