Dr. Raquel Insa Ciriza Av. Diagonal, 690 Barcelona 08034 Tel: + 34 93. 403 47 43     Fax: + 34 93.  402 45 73    Email: raquel.insa@ub.edu

European PhD in Economic Sciences by the University of Barcelona (2002).
MSc in "Urban and Regional Planning" by the London School of Economics (1999). BSc in Economic Sciences by the University of Barcelona (1995), BA in Economic and Business Sciences by the University of Barcelona (1993). 

Lecturer in the Political Economy Department at the University of Barcelona from 1999
Researcher collaborator from 1999 of the London School of Economics, London.
From July 2000 visitant lecturer of the Templeton College at Oxford University, Oxford.
Grant holder FPI (Education and training of teaching and researching staff) from "Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (Spain)"  1995-99.

Research interest: Empirical analysis of concentration and competition particularly in retailing in Spain and the United Kingdom. Globalization and international business in Regional and Economic area. From her stage at the Harvard University interest in Corporate Governance in China.

Recent papers:

Insa, R (2001) 'eCommerce and mCommerce in Southern Europe', European Retail Digest,  Issue 32, December. Oxford University, Oxford.
Insa, R (2000) 'Emanuele S. Savas, Privatization and public-private partnerships', Gestión y Análisis de Políticas Públicas , nº 19, Sep-Dic.
Insa, R (2000) 'Organic food in Spain, producers but not consumers', European Retail Digest,  Issue 27, October. Oxford University, Oxford.
Insa, R (2000) 'Retail mergers: The power struggle in Spain', European Retail Digest,  Issue 25, March. Oxford University, Oxford.
Insa, R (1999) 'Out-of-town or Town Centres, Can regulation answer the question?', London School of Economics .
Insa, R (1998) 'Spatial behaviour of the new forms of distribution: A comparative analysis of the metropolitan areas of        Barcelona and Madrid', 38th European Congress of the Regional Science Association, Viena.
Insa, R i Chasco, C (1998) 'Hispano-Lusitanian Market Areas in 1997', Vth National Meeting of APDR Coimbra (Portugal).
Insa, R (1998) 'La estructura empresarial en China' VIII Congreso Nacional ACEDE, Las Palmas.
Insa, R (1997) 'Aplicación de la Taxonomía Borrosa a la localización de las grandes superficies comerciales', Documents de Treball del Grup de Recerca de Qualitat Anàlisi i Avaluació de Polítiques Públiques, Núm. 1197.
Insa, R (1997) 'New forms of distribution and regional development', Business and Economics Society International Conference.
 

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