Michela Giorcelli

Michela Giorcelli

Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Administration

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Michela Giorcelli is a visiting Professor in the strategy unit for Harvard Business School. Along with being a visiting Professor, Michela Giorcelli is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Faculty Affiliate at the California Center for Population Research. Before joining Harvard Business School, she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California - Los Angeles. While at the University of California – Los Angeles, Michela Giorcelli was able to teach Economic History of Western Europe, Economic History of the United States, Development of Economic Institutions in Western Europe, The Americanization of Europe After WWII, and Economics of Innovation, Ideas, and Growth.

Her interests lie at the intersection of Economic History, Productivity, and Economics of Innovation. Her research focused on the development and diffusion of management and technology innovations and their impact on firm productivity. In the past four years, Michela Giorcelli has published seven papers on various economic journals, including the American Economic Review and the Journal of Political Economy, and currently working on four more. Additionally, she has three projects that are in the works.

She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in 2016. In 2010, she received her Masters in Economics from the University of Tornio in Italy, Summa Cum Laude, and Dignity of Print. Additionally, in 2010, Michela Giorcelli received her Masters of Science in Economics from the Collegio Carlo Alberto with distinction.

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Recipient of a UCLA Faculty Research Grant in 2021.
Recipient of a UCLA Faculty Research Grant in 2020.
Winner of the 2020 Global Economic Affairs Award at Kiel Institute for the World Economy at UCLA.
Recipient of a 2020 UCLA Burkle Center Faculty Research Grant.
Recipient of a 2020 PSL Grant for Research on Women and Science at Dauphine Université Paris.
Recipient of a UCLA Faculty Research Grant in 2019.
Winner of the 2018 Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award at UCLA.
Recipient of a California Center for Population Research SEED Grant in 2018.
Recipient of a UCLA Faculty Research Grant in 2017.
Winner of the 2017 Alexander Gerschenkron Prize, awarded by the Economic History Association for the Best Dissertation in non-US or Canadian Economic History, for her dissertation “Economic Recovery and the Determinants of Production and Innovation: Evidence from Post-WWII Italy” (Stanford University, 2016).
Recipient of an Innovation Policy Research Grant from the National Bureau of Economic Research in 2017.
Recipient of a 2020 Arthur H. Cole Grant from the Economic History Association.
Awarded the 2016 Claire and Ralph Landau Prize for the Best Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) Discussion Paper for “The Long-Term Effects of Management and Technology Transfer: Evidence from the US Productivity Program.”
Recipient of a 2016 Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) Graduate Student Fund Fellowship.
Recipient of a 2015 Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) Graduate Student Fund Fellowship.
Recipient of a Summer Research Fellowship at the John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics at Stanford Law School in 2015.
Recipient of a 2015 Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Travel Grant for the Business History Conference.
Recipient of a Graduate Dissertation Fellowship from the Economic History Association in 2015.
Recipient of a 2015 Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Award.
Recipient of a 2014 Graduate Student Grant from The Europe Center at Stanford University.
Recipient of a 2014 Graduate Student Grant from The Europe Center at Stanford University.
Recipient of a 2014 Graduate Research Opportunities (GRO) Award from the School of Humanities and Science at Stanford University.
Recipient of a 2014 Department of Economics Fellowship at Stanford University.
Recipient of a 2012 Department of Economics Fellowship at Stanford University.
Recipient of a 2012 “Giovanna Crivelli” Scholarship from the Unicredit and Universities Foundation.
Recipient of a 2012 “Marco Fanno” Scholarship from the Unicredit and Universities Foundation (declined).
Awarded the 2012 Gold Medal for the Best Dissertation in Economics from Università degli Studi di Torino.
Awarded the 2011 Optime Prize for outstanding graduates of Università degli Studi di Torino.
Awarded the 2011 Laureato dell’Anno Prize for the best graduate of the Economics Department at Università degli Studi di Torino.
Recipient of a 2010 “Giovanna Crivelli” Scholarship from the Unicredit and Universities Foundation.
Recipient of a 2010 “Marco Fanno” Scholarship from the Unicredit and Universities Foundation (declined).
Recipient of a 2010 Allievi Scholarship for honour students, from Collegio Carlo Alberto.
Awarded Honorable Mention for the 2009 Optime Prize for outstanding graduates of Università degli Studi di Torino.
Recipient of a 2008 Allievi Scholarship for honour students, from Collegio Carlo Alberto.
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