Dr Paulina Ramirez

Department of Management
Lecturer in International Business and Innovation

Contact details

Telephone: + 44 (0) 121 414 4948
Fax: + 44 (0) 121 414 2982
Email: p.ramirez@bham.ac.uk

Address: Birmingham Business School
University House
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Paulina joined Birmingham University in August 2005. Before coming to Birmingham University she worked as Research Fellow at the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC) at the National University of Ireland - Galway and Research Associate at UMIST and the University of Sheffield.

Qualifications

BSc Economics (University College London)
PhD (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology)

Teaching

Paulina is module leader and teaches in the following courses:

Knowledge and Innovation Systems (MSc International Business)
Knowledge, Learning and Global Business (BSc Business Management)
Critical Analysis in Management (BSc Business Management)

Postgraduate supervision

I am interested in supervising PhDs that examine any of the following areas:

The dynamics of national and regional business and innovation systems
The emergence of and knowledge transfer within multinational corporations (MNCs) and global innovation networks (GINs)
The impact of GINs of national and regional innovation and business systems
Global knowledge flows

I prefer to supervise qualitative research methods.

Research

Paulina’s research interests are in the areas of comparative national and regional innovation and business systems and the global political economy. This includes studying the relationship between the rise of global research and innovation networks and value chains, international knowledge flows, and innovation and business systems. How national and regional institutional systems shape the creation and diffusion of new technologies is another area of interest.

At present Paulina is working on an EU funded Horizon 2020 project ‘Smart Manufacturing for EU growth and prosperity’ (MAKERS) looking at how national and regional business and innovation systems and global innovation networks shape the creation and diffusion of new manufacturing technologies associated with Industry 4.0.

Publications

Journal Articles

Edwards, P. and Ramirez, P., 2016, ‘When Should Workers Embrace or Resist New Technology?’, Forthcoming in New Technology, Work and Employment

Ramirez. P, Love, J.H., and Vahter. P.,2016, Industry–academic links: A new phase in Ireland’s FDI-led industrialisation strategy, European Urban and Regional Studies. Online first 29, July, 2013, 0969776413493632, 2013 as doi:10.1177/0969776413493632 (Journal ranked 3 in ABS 2010)

Rainbird, R and Ramirez, P., 2012, Bringing Social Institutions into global Value chain analysis: The case of salmon farming in Chile, Work Employment and Society,

Ramirez and Rainbird, 2010, Making the connections: Bringing skills formation into global value chain analysis, Work, Employment and Society, 14 (4), pp 699-710

Tylecote, A and Ramirez, P, 2008, Finance, Corporate Governance and the New Techno-Economic Paradigm, Louvain Economic Review, Vol 74 (4), pp 583-613.

Paulina Ramirez, 2006, The Globalisation of Research in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Case of Uneven Development, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, Vol 18, No 2, pp 143-167.

Tylecote. A., and Ramirez, P., 2006, Corporate Governance and Innovation: The UK compared with the US and 'insider' economies, Research Policy, 35, No 1, pp 160-180.

Ramirez. P., and Tylecote. A, 2004, Hybrid Corporate Governance and Its Effects on Innovation: A Case Study of AstraZeneca,Technological Analysis and Strategic Management, Vol. 16 No 1, 115-137, March

Chapters in Edited Books

Tylecote, A., and Ramirez, P., 2015, ‘The need for an engaged, expert and inclusive Britishcapitalism’, in Hay, C., and Green, J. (Eds), The British Growth Crisis, Palgrave

Ramirez, P., 2014, ‘National systems of innovation and learning, upgrading and innovation in services GVCs: Lessons from India, Ireland and Eastern Europe', In Hernandez, R., Mulder, N., Fernandez-Stark, K., Sauve, P., Lopez Giral, D., and Muñoz Navia, P., (Eds) 'Latin America’s emergence in global services: A new driver of structural change in the region?, United Nations (ECLAC) Santiago, Chile, ISBN-978-92-1-121844-2

Ramirez, P., Scott, M., and Golden, W., (2005), Innovation and the Information Society: Policy Coherence and Governance in Ireland, in OECD, Governance of Innovation Vol 3: Case Studies in Cross-Sectoral Policy, OECD Paris forthcoming

Walsh, V., Ramirez, P. and Tampubolon, G., (2000), Lamondalialisation de l’innovation dans l’industrie pharmaceutique, in M.Delapierre, P. Moati and E.M. Mouhoud (Eds) Technologie et Connaissancedans la Mondialisation, Economica, Paris

Richards, A., Walsh, V., Ramirez, P. and Watts, W., (1997),Technological Inertia in the Pharmaceutical Industry, in P. Bye and D.Hayton (eds), Industrial History and Technological Development in Europe, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg

Policy Papers

Michele Bernini, Rebecca Riley, Ana Rincón Aznar, Michele Barbera, Andrey Bratus, Nicola Sambin, Simon Adderley, Rachel Mulhall, Max Nathan, Paulina Ramirez, 2015, Industrial Clusters in England, Report for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills

Ramirez, P., 2013, The New Modes and Geography of Pharmaceutical R&D: The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity, European Union Policy Brief, April 2013

Ramirez, P., Scott, M., and Golden, W., 2004, Innovation and the Information Society: A Study of Policy Coherence and Governance in Ireland, Report for the OECD MONIT network

Ramirez, P., 2003, Report on Industry Sectors, report commissioned by the Western Development Commission, Ireland, September

Ramirez, P., 2003, Medical Technology and Devices Industry in the West of Ireland: An industry-based case study, report commissioned by the Western Development Commission, Ireland, September

Ramirez, P. and Tylecote.A, 2001‘Corporate Governance and Product Innovation: A Case Study of AstraZeneca’, paper presented to the European Commission (DGXII) for TSER project,

Ramirez, P, Tylecote, A, Maczulaitis, B. and Schmidt, R, 2001, ‘The Effects of Corporate Governance on product Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence from the UK and Germany’, paper presented to the European Commission (DGXII) for TSER project.

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