Cesare A.F. Riillo

Professional experience

• Senior Researcher - STATEC Research (current).
• Senior market intelligence analyst –LuxInnovation, Luxembourg.
• Researcher - STATEC Research, Luxembourg.
• Researcher - ANEC/STATEC, Luxembourg.
• R&D Engineer / Economist - Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg.
• High School Teacher of Financial Mathematics in Scuola Media Superiore “Leonardo da Vinci” Buje, Croatia.

Education

• PhD (Dottore di Ricerca) with mention of “Doctor Europeus” in “Human, Territorial and Social Science–Scienze dell’ uomo, del territorio e della società”. University of Trieste, Italy.
• Master (Laurea Vecchio ordinamento) - “International Economy and Monetary Markets”, University of Trieste, Italy.

Funding

• FNR COVID-19 Grant funding the research project “Support In Luxembourg For App-based Contact Tracing Of Covid-19” . (grant number FNR-14844092), Principal Investigator - Fonds National de la Recherche, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
• Visiting fellowship at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany.

Publications

• Riillo, C. A. F.  and Jakobs K.(2023) Luring European SMEs into ICT Standardization: Problems, Issues, and a Potential Way Forward, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, online first.
• Riillo, C. A. F. and Jakobs K. (2023) Too many or too few Standards Setters? Evidence from the Performance of Firms engaged in Standardization, The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48, pp.2106–2131.
• Riillo, C. A. F. Mijatovic I. and de Vries Henk J. (2022) Certification to compensate gender prejudice – Analysis on impact of management system certification on export: Applied Economics, Applied Economics, 54(33), pp. 3777-3794
• Riillo C. A. F., Allamano-Kessler R.; Asnafi N., Fomin V.V. and van de Kaa G. (2022) Technological Uncertainty and Standardization Strategies: A Coopetition FrameworkIEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2022.3145240
• Sarracino F., Riillo C.A.F (2022) Facing the challenge of globalisation: the role of confidence in institutions, Science and Peace, 13(1), pp. 85-136.
• Schork J., Riillo, C. A. F. and Neumayr J. (2021) Survey Mode Effects on Objective and Subjective Questions: Evidence from the Labour Force Survey, Journal of Official Statistics, 37(1), pp. 213–237.
• de Vries, H., Jakobs, K., Egyedi, T. M., Eto, M., Fertig, S., Kanevskaia, O., Klintner, L., Koch, C., Mijatovic, I., Mirtsch, M., Morone, P., Orviska, M., Riillo, C.A.F. , & Scaramuzzino, G. (2018) Standardisation: Towards an Agenda for Research. International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR), 16(1), 52-59.
• Sarracino F., Riillo C.A.F: and Mikucka M. (2017) Comparability of web and telephone survey modes for the measurement of subjective well-being Survey Research Methods, 11(2), pp. 141-169.
• Blind K., Peterson S. and Riillo C. A. F. (2017) The Impact of Standards and Regulation on Innovation in Uncertain Markets, Research Policy, 46(1), pp. 249–264
• Riillo C.A.F., (2017), Beyond the question “Does it pay to be green?”: How much green? and when?, Journal of Cleaner Production, 141, pp. 626-640.
• Peroni C., Riillo, C. A. F. and Sarracino F. (2016) Entrepreneurship and immigration: evidence from GEM Luxembourg, Small Business Economics, 46(4), pp. 639-656.
• Mangiarotti G. and Riillo, C.A.F. (2014) Standards and innovation in manufacturing and services: the case of ISO 9000, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 31(4), pp. 435 – 454.
• Riillo C.A.F. (2014) Quality Management and Innovation: A Review of Quantitative Studies, International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, Vol. 14(4), pp. 441-456
• Riillo C.A.F. (2014) Is ISO 9000 good for business? - A review of large quantitative studies- Issues of Business and Law, 8, pp. 30-57.
• Riillo C.A.F. (2014) Quality management standard and innovation: A multiple-case study in Luxembourg, International Journal of Quality and Innovation, 2(3–4), pp. 228-244.
• Mangiarotti G. and Riillo, C.A.F. (2013) A Signalling Framework for Drivers of ISO 9000 Certification in Services and Manufacturing, International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, (3), pp. 287 – 310.
• Riillo C.A.F. (2013), Profiles and Motivations of Standardization Players, International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research, 11(2), pp. 17-33.

GEM Luxembourg reports

• Peroni, C., Riillo C.A.F. , and M. Pettinger (2024), Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2023/2024, Report, , STATEC.
• Peroni, C., Riillo, C.A.F., and Pettinger M. (2023), Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2022/2023, STATEC, Luxembourg.
• Peroni C. and C. A. F., (2021 June) Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2020/2021, STATEC, Luxembourg.
• Peroni C. and C. A. F., (2020) Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2019/2020, STATEC, Luxembourg.
• Peroni C. and C. A. F., (2019a December) Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2018/2019, STATEC, Luxembourg.
• Peroni C. and C. A. F., (2019b January) Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2017/2018, STATEC, Luxembourg.
• Peroni C. and C. A. F., Rodrigues B. (2017) Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2016/2017, STATEC, Luxembourg.
• Ben Aoun-Peltier  L., Höck P., Peroni C, Riillo, C. A. F. (2016) Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2015/2016, STATEC, Luxembourg.
• Ben Aoun-Peltier  L., Höck P., Peroni C, Riillo, C. A. F. (2014) Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2014 STATEC, Luxembourg.
  

Other reports

• Riillo, C. A.F. (2024), country profile: Luxembourg, Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2024. An OECD scoreboard, forthcoming.
• Riillo, C. A. F., Luxembourg country profile for the OECD score Board on Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs: 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. OECD Publishing, Paris.
• Riillo, C. A. F., (2013) Le choix de la normalisation: Pourquoi les entreprises s’engagent in the Bilan Compétitivité 2013 Perspectives de politique économique, Ministère de l’Economie et du Commerce extérieur du Luxembourg, pp. 196-202.
• Peroni C. and C. A. F., (2019) Main results from the Luxembourg Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2018/2019 in Bilan Compétitivité 2019, Minister de l’ Économie Grand-Duché de Luxembourg.
• Riillo, C. A. F., (2009) Standard and Innovation: Preliminary Results from Community Innovation Survey 2006 and ISO 9000 certification, Bilan Compétitivité 2009: Préparer l’après-crise (2009) Perspectives de politique économique, Ministère de l’Economie et du Commerce extérieur du Luxembourg N. 12, October 2009, pp. 183-199.

Book chapters

• Riillo, C. A. F., (2018) Who Would Like to Develop ICT Standards?: Insights From Community Survey on ICT Usage. In Jakobs, K. (Ed.). Corporate and Global Standardization Initiatives in Contemporary Society. (pp. 1-20). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
• Riillo, C. A. F., and Mijatovic I. (2018) Diffusion vs Knowledge Protection When Participating in ICT Standardization. In Jakobs, K. (Ed.). Corporate and Global Standardization Initiatives in Contemporary Society. (pp. 71-85). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Recent working papers and conferences

• O'Connor, K.J., Riillo, C. A.F. and Slater, G. (2024), Dissatisfied employees are three times more likely to quit: Evidence from the Luxembourg Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, ECOSTAT, 137 05/2024, STATEC.
• Riillo, C. A. F.,  Peroni C. (2022) From an Official Survey to a Probability-based Online Panel: the Drivers to Opt-in an Online Panel CIPHER 2022.
• Riillo, C. A. F., Peroni C. (2021) Acceptability of COVID-19 Contact-tracing apps in Luxembourg: a Panel Analysis 126/2021 ECOSTAT STATEC.
• Riillo, C. A. F., Peroni, C., and Sarracino F. (2020) Determinants of Acceptability of Contact Tracing Apps for COVID-19: Initial Results from Luxembourg 117/2020 ECOSTAT STATEC.