David Jacobson B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Economics

Associate Dean for Research
Dublin City University Business School

CONTACT DETAILS

• Telephone: + 353 1 700 5218
• Fax: +353 1 700 5446
• E-Mail: david.jacobson@dcu.ie
• Address: DCU Business School, Dublin 9, Ireland
• Office: Q104

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

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

These interests were actively pursued in 2007/8.  In particular, I worked on:

1) HILAS project – Human Interaction in the Lifecycle of Aviation Systems (with Dr Bernard Musyck, Nicosia, Cyprus)

2) Follow-on to the PILOT project - Policy and Innovation in Low Tech Industries (with Kevin Heanue, Rural Economy Research Centre, Athenry)

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

5) Some problematic aspects of the Celtic Tiger (with Peadar Kirby and Deiric O’Broin)

6) Economic geography approaches to industrial location in the computer industry (with Dr Chris van Egeraat)

7) Aspects of Innovation in Industrial Districts (with Richard Langlois and Paul Robertson).

(See also other research projects below)

CURRENT TEACHING INTERESTS

This year, 2008/9, I am teaching:

• EF410 Globalisation (EPL) 1^st semester.
• EF558 Economics of Health and Safety at Work (GDSH) 2^nd semeseter.
• EF301 Industrial Economics (BBS, etc.) 2^nd semester.

Please note that outlines for the above courses, presentations and relevant reading are or will be available in Moodle.

CURRENT/RECENT PREFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• 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

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• HILAS – Human Interaction in the Lifecycle of Aviation Systems (with Dr B. Musyck), EU 6^th FP project led by Dr Nick McDonald, TCD
• Tourism and the Cyprus problem (with Dr B. Musyck, S. Orphanides and Dr C. Webster)
• 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)
• Supervision of “Evolutionary perspectives on the Furniture Industry in Ireland”, PhD research by Kevin Heanue
• Supervision of “Aspects of Household Expenditure in Cyprus”, PhD research by Christos Minas

RECENT PUBLICATIONS (since 1994)

BOOKS

Hirsch-Kreinsen, H. and D. Jacobson (eds.) (2008) Innovation in Low-Tech Firms and Industries, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA.

Jacobson, David, Peadar Kirby and Deiric O’Broin (eds.) (2006) Taming the Tiger: Social Exclusion in a Globalised Ireland, tasc/New Island, Dublin.

Andréosso-O’Callaghan, Bernadette 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 Lang, Frankfurt/New York/Oxford.

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

Heanue, Kevin P. and David Jacobson (2008) “Embeddedness and innovation in low and medium tech rural enterprises”, Irish Geography, Vol.41, No.1, pp.113-137.

Egeraat, Chris van, and David Jacobson (2006) “Geography of Production Linkages in the Irish and Scottish Microcomputer Industry: the Role of Information Exchange” Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie/Journal of Economic and Social Geography), Vol. 97, No. 4, pp.405-417.

Hirsch-Kreinsen, Hartmut, David Jacobson and Paul Robertson (2006) “‘Low-Tech’ Industries: Innovation and Development Perspectives – A Summary of a European Research Project” Prometheus, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp.3-21.

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, pp.283-301.

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

Hirsch-Kreinsen, Hartmut, Katrin Hahn and David Jacobson (2008) “The Low-Tech Issue”, in Hirsch-Kreinsen and Jacobson (eds.) pp.3-24.

Jacobson, David and Bernard Musyck (2008) “LMT Innovations in a High-Tech Environment: Human-Factor ‘Tools’ for the Airline Industry”, in Hirsch-Kreinsen and Jacobson (eds.) pp.118-139.

Jacobson, David and Helen McGrath (2006) “Localising Economic Development in North Dublin – Lessons from Three Industrial Sectors”, in Jacobson, Kirby and O’Broin (eds.) pp.139-153.

Jacobson, David and Peadar Kirby (2006) “Globalisation and Ireland”, in Jacobson, Kirby and O’Broin (eds.) pp.23-44.

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, Kevin Heanue and Chris van Egeraat (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, David (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.

OTHER RESEARCH PAPERS

Robertson, Paul L., David Jacobson and Richard N. Langlois, “Innovation Processes and Industrial Districts”, University of Connecticut Department of Economics Working Paper Series, Working Paper 2008-03, January 2008.