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CURRICULUM VITAE SIMONE GITTO
UNIVERSITY ADDRESS
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa
Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”
via del Politecnico, 1
00133 Rome Italy.
SIMONE GITTO
Personal
Born on March 9, 1982 in Milazzo (ME). Italian Citizen.
Current position
Research fellow, Department of Enterprise Engineering, University of Rome “Tor
Vergata” (Jan. 2009 - current).
Research interests
Efficiency, productivity and economic growth.
Efficiency and productivity in the air transport industry.
Efficiency measures: parametric and non-parametric.
Investment in human capital and growth.
Health-care efficiency.
Demand forecasting.
E-mail: simone.gitto@uniroma2.it
Skype: simone.gitto-act
URL:
www.disp.uniroma2.it/users/mancuso/gitto.html
Education
Ph.D. in Business and Management Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.
Thesis Advisors: Prof. Paolo Mancuso, Prof. Paul W. Wilson. Thesis title: “The
measurement of productivity and efficiency: theory and applications” (Dec. 2008).
M.B.A. in Enterprise Organization and Management, University of Rome “Tor
Vergata” (Dec. 2006).
Laurea in Management Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Oct. 2005),
Summa con Laude. Dissertation thesis: “Un’analisi di produttività totale dei fattori
nel settore del trasporto aereo in Italia: un modello basato sui numeri indice”.
Thesis Advisors: Prof. Paolo Mancuso, Dr. Elisabetta Bergamini.
Undergraduate Laurea in Management Engineering, University of Rome “Tor
Vergata” (Nov. 2003), Summa con Laude. Dissertation thesis: “La valutazione di
un impianto di cogenerazione attraverso il metodo delle opzioni reali”. Thesis
Advisor: Prof. Paolo Mancuso.
Professional experience
Scientific consultant, research project: “Technological districts in Lazio”. Filas (Oct.
2010 - Jun. 2011).
Principal Investigator, ACTsolutions; Research Project: “Statistical software for
forecasting” (Apr. 2009 - Jun. 2010).
Research scholar, The John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson
University, US; under the supervision of Prof. Paul W. Wilson (Mar. - Oct. 2008).
Scientific consultant, project: “Aci informatica e l’innovazione applicata”. Best
Pratice Lab 2007, Consel. (Mar. - Jun. 2007).
Departmental and university service
Member, University Committee on Management Control, University of Rome “Tor
Vergata” (May 2010- current).
Tutor, Master of Arts in “Human Resource Management”, Faculty of Engineering,
University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Sep. 2006 - Ago. 2007).
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Teachings
Teaching assistant in Engineering Economics and Microeconomics. Undergraduate
course, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (2011 - 2013).
Teaching assistant in Industrial Organization. Graduate course, Faculty of
Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (2011 - 2013).
Lecturer in Engineering Economics and Microeconomics. Undergraduate course,
Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (2008-09, 2009-10 and
2010-11).
Teaching assistant in Engineering Economics and Microeconomics. Undergraduate
course, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (2006 - 2008).
Teaching assistant in Industrial Organization. Graduate course, Faculty of
Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (2006 - 2008).
Lecturer in Project Management. Master in “Project Financing and General
Contracting”. (Dec. 2007).
Publication summary
THOMSON-ISI (October 2013): number of articles: 7, number of citations: 20, h-
index: 3.
SCOPUS (October 2013): number of articles: 10, number of citations: 49, h-index:
4.
Google scholar-Publish or Perish (October 2013): number of articles: 26, number
of citations: 119, h-index: 7. URL:
http://scholar.google.it/citationsuser=RKe5dUkAAAAJ&hl=it
Journal publications
[1] Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2013), “The contribution of physical and human capital
accumulation to Italian regional growth: a nonparametric perspective”, Journal of
Productivity Analysis, forthcoming.
[2] De Nicola A., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2013), “Airport Quality and Productivity
Changes: A Malmquist Index Decomposition Assessment”, Transportation
Research Part E, forthcoming.
[3] De Nicola A., Gitto S., Mancuso P., Valdmanis V. (2013), “Healthcare reform in
Italy: an analysis of efficiency based on nonparametric methods”, The
International Journal of Health Planning and Management, forthcoming.
[4] De Nicola A., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2013), “Evaluating Italian public hospital
efficiency using bootstrap DEA and CART”, International Journal of Applied
Decision Sciences, vol.6, n.3, pp. 281-292.
[5] De Nicola A., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2012), “Uncover the predictive structure of
healthcare efficiency applying a bootstrapped data envelopment analysis”. Expert
System with applications, vol.39, n.12, pp. 10495-10499.
[6] Gitto S., Mancuso P., (2012), “The two faces of airport business: a nonparametric
analysis of the Italian airport industry”. Journal of Air Transport
Management, , vol.20, pp.39-42.
[7] Ceccobelli M., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2012), “ICT capital and labour productivity: a
non-parametric analysis of 14 OECD countries”. Telecommunication Policy,
vol.36, n.4, pp. 282-292.
[8] Mancuso P., Gitto S. (2012), “Bootstrapping the Malmquist indexes for Italian
airports”. International Journal of Production Economics, vol.135, n.1, pp.403-
411.
[9] Ceccobelli M., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2011) “ICT e crescita: un’analisi DEA per 14
paesi OCSE”, L’industria, n.3, pp.435-454.
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[10] Curi C., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2011), “New evidence on the efficiency of Italian
airports: a bootstrapped DEA analysis”. Socio-Economic Planning Science, vol.45,
n.2, pp. 84-93.
[11] Curi C., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2010), “The Italian airport industry in transition: a
performance analysis”. Journal of Air Transport Management, vol.16, n.4, pp.
218-221.
[12] Bergamini E., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2010), “Restructuring the Alitalia business
model”. Journal of Air Transport Management, vol.16, n.1, pp. 16-19.
[13] Campisi D., Capece G., Gitto S. (2009), “The Strategic Use Of E-Learning For HR
Training”. International Journal of Economics and Business Research, vol.1, n.3,
pp. 369-380.
[14] Curi C., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2008), “Un’applicazione della Data Envelopment
Analysis (DEA) per la misurazione dell’efficienza degli aeroporti italiani dopo la
privatizzazione del settore”. L’Industria, n.4, pp. 689-712.
[15] Campisi D., Capece G., Gitto S. (2008), “Beyond the learning frontier and the
human capital development: new and old technological opportunities for the
competence-based enterprises”. Knowledge and Process Management, vol. 15, n.
4, pp. 270-279.
Books and books chapters
[16] Gitto S. (2010), “Measuring the performance through nonparametric techniques.
Methodology and applications to air transport”. VDM Verlang Dr.Muller. ISBN:
978-3-639-24616-2.
[17] Bergamini M., Gitto S., Longo G., Mancuso P. (2008), “Aci Informatica e
l’innovazione applicata”. In L. Fumagalli, F. Limone, U. Papagni (Eds), Best
Practice Lab: quaderni di knowledge management, Franco Angeli, Milano.
Invited Papers Presented at Conferences
[18] De Nicola A., Gitto S., Mancuso P., “Linking quality and productivity: an analysis
of the Italian airports”. Invited paper at GAP Final Workshop, Berlin School of
Economic and law, Berlin, Germany, June 20, 2012.
[19] Bergamini E., Gitto S., Mancuso P., “Restructuring the Alitalia business model”.
Invited paper at GAP Final Workshop, Berlin School of Economic and law, Berlin,
Germany, June 20, 2012.
Papers presented at conferences
[20] Ancarani A., Ayach A., Di Mauro C., Gitto S., Mancuso P., “Do cultural differences
in health team composition affect efficiency Evidence from Dubai”. XXIV
Riunione Scientifica Annuale Associazione Italiana di Ingegneria Gestionale (RSA
AiIG 2013). Milan, Italy, 17-18 October 2013.
[21] Bilotkach V., Gitto S., Jovanovic R., Mueller J., Pels E., “Cost-Efficiency
Benchmarking of European Air Navigation Service Providers: Problem, Past
Efforts and a Way Forward”. 17th ATRS World Conference. Bergamo, Italy, June
26-29, 2013.
[22] Ancarani A., Ayach A., Di Mauro C., Gitto S., Mancuso P., “The impact of multicultural
workgroups on the efficiency of hospital care in Dubai”. 4th Annual
Conference of the European Decision Science Institute (EDSI). Budapest,
Hungary, June 16-19, 2013.
[23] Gitto S., Mancuso P., “Determinants of labor productivity growth across Italian
regions”. XII European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
(EWEPA). Verona, Italy, June 22-24, 2011.
[24] De Nicola A., Gitto S., Mancuso P., “Two-stage procedure based on data
envelopment analysis to evaluate the efficiency of the Italian health system”. XII
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European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (EWEPA). Verona,
Italy, June 22-24, 2011.
[25] Ceccobelli M., Gitto S., Mancuso P., “The Impact of ICT on Labor Productivity: a
Non-parametric Application to OECD Countries and Industries”. Sixth North
American Productivity Workshop 2010 (NAPW2010). Rice University, Houston,
Texas, US, June 2-5, 2010.
[26] Wilson P.W., Gitto S., Mancuso P., “Evaluating Italian public hospital productivity
change: a robust non-parametric approach”. XI European Workshop on Efficiency
and Productivity Analysis (EWEPA). Pisa, Italy, June 23-26, 2009.
[27] Campisi D., Capece G., Gitto S., “The Strategic Use Of E-Learning For HR
Training”. 2008 Business & Economics Society International Conference. Lugano,
Switzerland, July 15-19, 2008.
[28] Gitto S., Capece G., Campisi D., “Beyond the learning frontier and the human
capital development: new and old technological opportunities for the competence
- based enterprises”, eBMS Young Scholar Best Paper Award 2007. 9 th session on
Perspectives on Technological Entrepreneurship. Ostuni, Italy, July 11-14, 2007.
[29] Campisi D., Capece G., Gitto S., “Human capital and information technology
beyond standardized teaching: the present and the future of on and offline
learning”. 2 nd Forum on Knowledge Assets Dynamics, IFKAD. Matera, June 22-23,
2007.
[30] Curi C., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2006), “Un’applicazione della Data Envelopment
Analysis (DEA) per la misurazione dell’efficienza degli aeroporti italiani dopo la
privatizzazione del settore”. XVII Riunione Scientifica AiIG. Roma, October 2006.
[31] Curi C., Gitto S., Mancuso P., “An Application of Robust Nonparametric Methods
to Measure the Efficiency of Italian Airports after Privatization”. Liberalisation of
Air Transport, Airport regulation and Benchmarking, G.A.R.S. Workshop. London,
England, November 2006.
[32] Bergamini E., Gitto S., Mancuso P., “The Performance of Italian Airports”.
Workshop on EU Liberalization of Air Transport, G.A.R.S. Amsterdam, Netherland,
June 2006.
Other publications
[33] Ananda J., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2013), “Ownership, Productivity Change in the
Australian Urban Water Sector: a Bootstrap Malmquist indices approach”.
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata",
Roma. MPRA Paper No. 50834. http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/50384/
[34] De Nicola A., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2011), “A two-stage DEA model to evaluate
the efficiency of the Italian health system”. Dipartimento di Ingegneria
dell’Impresa, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma. MPRA Paper No. 39126.
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/39126/
[35] Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2010), “Airport efficiency: a DEA two stage analysis of the
Italian commercial airports”. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa, Università
di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma. MPRA Paper No. 34366. http://mpra.ub.unimuenchen.de/34366/
[36] Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2009) “Productivity change in Italian airports”.
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata",
Roma. MPRA Paper No. 34367. http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/34367/
[37] Curi C., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2009), “Managerial assessment of Italian airport
efficiency: a statistical DEA approach”. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa,
Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma. Dspace:
http://hdl.handle.net/2108/899.
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[38] Gitto S. (2008), “The measurement of productivity and efficiency: theory and
applications”. Ph.D. Thesis. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa, Università
degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”. Dspace: http://hdl.handle.net/2108/835.
[39] Bergamini E., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2008), “La produttività totale dei fattori di
Alitalia dopo la liberalizzazione del trasporto aereo in Italia”. Dipartimento di
Ingegneria dell’Impresa, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma. Dspace:
http://hdl.handle.net/2108/416.
[40] Bergamini E., Gitto S., Mancuso P. (2006), “The Performance of Italian Airports”.
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata",
Roma. MPRA Paper No. 35790. http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/35790.
Journal submissions
Gitto S., Mancuso P., Wilson, P.W., “Performance of Italian hospitals in the postreform
era”, submitted to Journal of Productivity Analysis.
Working papers
De Nicola A., Gasbarro C., Gitto S., “I distretti tecnologici (DT) nel quadro delle
politiche dell'innovazione della regione Lazio”. Report di ricerca.
Applied Econometric Work
Demand forecasting: Before!, ACTSolutions.
http://www.actsolutions.eu/Products/Before.html
Referee activities (2011-2013)
Health Care Management Science, Journal of Air Transport Management (3), European
Journal of Operational Research (3), Telecommunication Policy (3), International
Journal of Production Economics (2), Economic Inquiry, Applied Mathematical
Modelling, Knowledge-Based Systems.
Other professional activity
Discussant, XXIII Riunione Scientifica Annuale dell'Associazione italiana di
Ingegneria Gestionale, Matera, Italy, 10-11 October 2012.
Courses and seminars
Summer School AiIG XV edition. “Entrepreneurship, growing of the firms and the
economic environment”. Bressanone, Italy, September 10-14, 2007.
Course of econometric CIDE “Simultaneous equations models. Time-series models.
ARCH and GARCH models, Value at Risk”. Lecturers: Prof. G. Calzolari, Prof. G. M.
Gallo, Prof. G. Boero. Bertinoro, Italy, June 25– July 7, 2007.
Summer School CIDE “A Unified Framework for Defining and Identifying Causal
Effects”. Lecturer: Prof. H. White. Bertinoro, Italy, June 11-16, 2007.
Summer School CIDE “A Unified Framework for Nonparametric and Semiparametric
Econometrics with Mixed Data”. Lecturer: Prof. J. Racine. Bertinoro, Italy, June 11-
16, 2007.
Seminar on Applied Statistical Analysis. Lecturer: Prof. L. Simar. Scuola Superiore
Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, November 20-21, 2006.
Summer School AiIG XIV edition. “The impact of the new information and
communication technologies”. Bressanone, Italy, September 2006.
Course of “Management of Excellent in Transport Service”, University of Rome “Tor
Vergata”. Rome, Italy, 2005.
Professional organizational membership
Associazione Italiana Ingegneria Gestionale (AiIG).
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Research funding
District of Rome, Grant on “Technology Promoters for Innovation – Statistical
software for forecasting” (Principal Investigator, 2009 - 2010).
Awards and Honors
eBMS Young Scholar Best Paper Award 2007.
Additional information
Computer skills.
Statistical Software: R, Stata, Eviews, SPAD, SPSS, Excel.
Decision Support Software: DPL, Expert Choice, Office Project.
Modelling software: Arena, ADONIS CE, Design/IDEF, BPwin.
Other: Latex, Power Point, MySQL, Oracle sqldeveloper.
Modelling language: IDEF0, IDEF3, BPMN.
Language Skills: good written and spoken knowledge of English.
References
Prof. Paolo Mancuso (+39)06-72597793
Associate Professor of Industrial Organization
paolo.mancuso@uniroma2.it
and Applied Economics
http://www.disp.uniroma2.it/users/mancuso
Facoltà di Ingegneria
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy
Prof. Paul W. Wilson 1-864-656-2032
Professor of Economics
pww@clemson.edu
The John E. Walker Department of Economics
Clemson University, SC, USA
Updated October 2013.
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