Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Department of Engineering and Public Policy
Adjunct Faculty
The H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Welcome to the Antonino Vaccaro's webpage at the Department of Engineering and Public Policy of Carnegie Mellon University.
Antonino has currently a double appointment in Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Engineering and Public Policy and in the Catholic University of Lisbon, School of Business and Economics where he serves respectively as Research Fellow and as Executive Director of the Center for Ethics, Business and Economics .
His research interests concern the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on firms, innovation capabilities and the ethical issues associated with the use of ICTs in organizations.
Antonino has worked on several projects of consultancy and applied research. Among others he has collaborated with: Sothern Company (Atlanta, Georgia, US) Artsana Group (Como, Italy), Tecnotre (Verona, Italy) , Volkswagen Autoeuropa (Lisbon, Portugal), Centro Ricerche Fiat (Turin, Italy) and the IN+ Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research (Lisbon, Portugal).
Antonino is currently working in several research projects with
Prof. Francisco Veloso (Carnegie Mellon University), Prof. Stefano
Brusoni (Bocconi University), Prof. Peter Madsen (Carnegie Mellon
University), Prof. Ronaldo Parente (Rutgers University), Prof. Dalia
Patio Echeverri (Duke University), Prof. Luciano Floridi (Oxford University), Hugo Horta (IST, Lisbon & Carnegie Mellon University) and Matteo Turilli (Oxford University).
Personal Information
Birth date: 15th November 1975
E-mail: vaccaro@andrew.cmu.edu
Mobile Phone Number (US): 001 412 320 1778
Education
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA
Research Fellow in Technology Policy and Management
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon) Lisbon, Portugal
Ph.D in Industrial Management and Policy
ISTUD/Università Master in Supply Chain Management and Global Economy.
Politecnico of Milan Milan, Italy
Master of Engineering (Laurea, 5-year degree)
Working Experience
Current Appointments
Carnegie Mellon University — Department of Engineering and Public Policy
Research Fellow
Carnegie Mellon University — Heinz School of Public Policy and Management
Adjunct Faculty
Catholic University of Lisbon — School of Business and Economics Executive Director and co-founder of the Center for Ethics, Business and Economics.
Teaching
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh USA
Lecturer at the H. J. Heinz School of Public Policy and Management. Course "Ethics and Information Networking" (Fall 2007)
Head of TAs & Invited Lecturer at the Tepper School of Business (Fall, 2006). Course "Statistics and Decision Making."
Teaching Assistant at the H.J. Heinz School of Public Policy and Management. Course "Computer, Ethics and Society"
Invited Lecturer in the courses of "Science and Technology Policy" (Prof. Francisco Veloso, Engineering and Public Policy, School of Engineering), "Ethical Issues in Management" (Prof. Peter Madsen, Heinz School of Public Policy), and "Ethical Judgements in Professional Life" (Prof. Peter Madsen).
Other Activities
Awards and Grants
- "A study on relationship transparency and public environmental awareness" ($35,000).
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia grant n. SFRH/BPD/27097/2007 for (157,000 euros) in collaboration with CESPRI, Bocconi University and the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Winner of the post-doctoral scholarship at the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Reference SFRH/BPD/27097/2006.
- Winner of the doctoral scholarship at the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, reference SFRH/BD/17214/2004.
- Winner of the doctoral scholarship of Politecnico of Turin, Bergamo University Doctoral program "Economy and Management of Technology".
- Winner of an EU scholarship to attend Masters program in Supply Chain Management and Global Economy, 1998.
- Winner of European Community Essay Competition — Internationalization and Development of the European Community.
Languages
Italian — native speaker
Proficient in English ( TOEFL 260/300)
Proficient in Portuguese
List of Publications
Technology and Innovation Management
Vaccaro, A., Brusoni S., Veloso F., The Impact of Virtual Technologies on Organization Knowledge Creation: an Empirical Study, forthcoming in Proceedings of HICSS-41 IEEE System Science 2008, pp. 1-10.
Vaccaro, A. Veloso F., Brusoni S. 2007. The Impact of Virtual Technologies on Knowledge-Based Processes: An Empirical Study, submitted to Research Policy.
Vaccaro, A. Veloso F., Brusoni S. 2007., Replication as Process: Simplification and Deepening in the Design Space of Hybrid Engines, submitted to Organization Science.
Vaccaro A., Veloso, F., Parente R. 2007. Virtual Knowledge Management, Innovation Capabilities, and Firm Performance, Submitted to MIS quarterly.
Vaccaro, A., Foglizzo P. 2004. La deregolamentazione del mercato elettrico in Italia (The Deregulation of the Energy Market in Italy) , Aggiornamenti Sociali, November, pp.539-550.
Vaccaro A. and F. Veloso, The role of ICT on technological knowledge based processes: an empirical investigation, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation, Lodz 6-8 July 2005.
Business and Information Ethics
Vaccaro A., Madsen P., Transparency: The new IT- Driven Ethics? In submission to Journal of Business Ethics.
Vaccaro A. Madsen, P. Information Technology, Transparency and Responsibility: an introductory paper from the special editors, forthcoming in Ethics and Information Technology (Special Issue on Transparency).
Vaccaro A., Madsen P., ICT, Non Governmental Organizations and Transparency: Ethical Concerns and Perspectives, Proceedings of CEPE 2007, pp. 410-423.
Madsen P., Vaccaro A., forthcoming. The Parmalat Case, forthcoming in Case studies in Business ethics, Eds. Donaldson T., Gini A., Prentice Hall.
Vaccaro, A. 2006. Privacy, Security and Transparency: ICT-related ethical perspectives and contrasts in contemporary firms. In D. Howcroft, E. Trauth , J. I. DeGross (Eds). Social Inclusion: Societal and Organizational Implications for Information Systems. New York. U.S.: Springer.
Vaccaro, A., P. Madsen. 2006. Firms. Information Transparency: Ethical questions in the Information Age. In J. Berleur (Eds.) Social Informatics: An Information Society for All? New York. U.S.: Springer.
Horta H., Vaccaro A. 2006. Transparency and ICT: accountability perspectives in the University Sector in "ICT, Transparency and Social Responsibility" Eds. (A. Vaccaro, P. Madsen, H. Horta), Philosophical Documentation Center.
Books
"ICT, Transparency and Social Responsibility" with P. Madsen, H. Horta, Philosophical Documentation Center, Forthcoming (2008).
Working Papers
Patinho Echeverri, D., Vaccaro, A. Relationship Transparency and Environmental Awareness: An empirical study of the North American population, Carnegie Mellon working paper n. #411110.
Vaccaro A., Turilli M., Floridi L. Network Neutrality: A new Ethical paradox? Carnegie Mellon Working Paper n. #411111
Vaccaro A., Veloso F., Brusoni S., The Virtualization of Knowledge Creation Processes: a longitudinal analysis of the Nonaka's temporal sequence, CESPRI Working Papers.
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