Sept. 2011 update.
I have delivered my PhD thesis, and I would hopefully defend it soon.
My Project
My current research deals with entrepreneurial dynamics and local/regional development. Here it is the university link to my main work. The study is part of a project that aims to economic develop the municipality of Frederikshavn (north Denmark) from diverse fronts. I use economic geography tools. An important issue in the research is to look at the concept of “Oplevelsesøkonomi” (experience economy) and its influence on Local Economic Development in Frederikshavn. I look at the entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, and the networks they are involved in. I also look at historical patterns in local development. The project seeks to be useful for current policy making, which could potentially advise a city like Frederikshavn.
View of the harbour of Frederikshavn. Summer 2008
Research keywords: Economic Geography, Local Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Evolutionary Economics, Rural vs. Urban, Innovation, Business, Governance, Policy Making, Social Justice, Systems of Innovation, Networks.
Geographic interests: Frederikshavn (Denmark), North Denmark (Nordjylland), Vallejo (San Francisco Bay Area), Madrid & Barcelona (Spain), Latin America. I like underdog regions.
Me
I’m a phd student, working as a research fellow at Aalborg University, Denmark. My PhD started in April 2008 and it’s supposed to finish in the Summer of 2011. I’m in the Geography group and people consider me an economic geographer.
I’m originally from Madrid, Spain. My background is in business studies with a focus on innovation, local development and public policy. I studied my undergrad and masters in Spain, USA and Denmark.
I have the experience of having started several small (but profitable!) busineses in Spain and Denmark. I have also worked as a business consultant in several positions in Spain, USA and Latin America.
I live in Aalborg (Denmark) with my wife and our little girl.
My full name in my home country is Lucio Carlos Freire García-Zarco. Sometimes people have referenced me as Freire, other times as García-Zarco. It’s a little confusing because of my Spanish roots. After my daughter was born in Summer 2009, we have decided to have the same last name all the family, so now I’m officially Lucio Carlos Freire-Gibb.
During the Spring 2010 I went to University of California, Berkeley as a Visiting Student Researcher. There I updated my bio
Contact
Office address:
Aalborg University
Department of Development and Planning
Fibigerstraede 13, Room 3
9220 Aalborg
Denmark
Email: carlos at plan.aau.dk
Phone: +45 9940 9089
August 19, 2008 at 01:22
hey there,
your link to the palm beach in Frederikshavn was very cool. Now that is experience economy thinking. Good on them.
March 2, 2009 at 19:31
hi , I am from Guatemala and found your pageweb. I got a MBA from INCAE and run a family bussiness. I found very good a couple of your articles and I think that those are very good and useful too.
congratulation and thank you.
buena suerte!!!!!!!!!!!!!