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Pierre Desrochers
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Pierre Desrochers is an Associate Professor of geography born in 1969. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Montreal (1992), a master’s degree in urban studies from the National Institute of Scientific Research (1995), and a Ph.D in geography from the University of Montreal (2000). He is particularly interested and specialized in economic development, technological innovation, entrepreneurship, international trade, business-environment, business-university interactions, intellectual property and urban and housing policy. Career Pierre Desrochers is currently an Associate Professor of geography at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He has held several notable positions, such as Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the History of Political Economy (Duke University) in 2010, Julian Simon Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) in 2009, Research Director at the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) from 2001 to 2003, Post-doctoral Fellow and Senior Research Fellow for the W.P. Carey Programs on Entrepreneurship and Management (Johns Hopkins University) from 1999 to 2001, and Research Fellow at the PERC (Summer 1999), the Institute for Humane Studies (Summer 1998), and at the de l’Université de Toulouse (Summer 1996). Publications The complete archive of Pierre Desrochers’ publications is available on his website: http://epsem.erin.utoronto.ca/desrochers/ Here are some of his most recent publications: (2008-2010) *"The Division of Labor Needs Not Imply Regional Specialization" (with Samuli Leppälä), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 74, nos. 1-2 (May 2010), pp. 135-147. *"The environmental responsibility of business is to increase its profits (by creating value within the bounds of private property rights)." Industrial and Corporate Change, vol. 19, no 1 (February 2010), pp. 161-204. URL: http://icc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/1/161?eaf *"Victorian Pioneers of Corporate Sustainability." Business History Review, vol. 83, no. 4 (Winter 2009), pp. 703-729. URL: http://www.hbs.edu/bhr/83/4/ *"The Next Silicon Valley? On the Relationship between Geographical Clustering and Public Policy." International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, vol. 5, issue 3 (September 2009), pp. 285-299. URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/l1608286562j6014/?p09e0b8c12c7d42aeabdf12f5135301fa&pi3 *"Deconstructing The Population Bomb", Le Québécois Libre (September 2009), URL: http://www.quebecoislibre.org/09/090915-11.htm *"Sex, Science & Profits" (by Terence Kealey), Book Review by Pierre Desrochers, Le Québécois Libre (August 2009), URL: http://www.quebecoislibre.org/09/090815-8.htm *"The Post War Intellectual Roots of the Population Bomb. Fairfield Osborn's Our Plundered Planet and William Vogt's Road to Survival in Retrospect" (with Christine Hoffbauer). Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development, vol. 1, issue 3 (Summer 2009), pp. 73-97. URL: http://www.ejsd.org/docs/THE_POST_WAR_INTELLECTUAL_ROOTS_OF_THE_POPULATION_BOMB_-_FAIRFIELD_OSBORNS_OUR_PLUNDERED_PLANET_AND_WILLIAM_VOGTS_ROAD_TO_SURVIVAL_IN_RETROSPECT.pdf *"Does the invisible hand have a green thumb? Incentives, linkages, and the creation of wealth out of industrial waste in Victorian England." Geographical Journal, vol. 175, no. 1 (March 2009), pp. 3-16. URL: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121553265/abstract?CRETRY1&SRETRY0 *"Bringing Inter-Regional Linkages Back In: Industrial Symbiosis, International Trade and the Emergence of the Synthetic Dyes Industry in the Late 19th Century." Progress in Industrial Ecology, vol. 5, no. 5-6 (December 2008), pp. 465-481. URL: http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?actionrecord&rec_id23411&prevQuery&ps10&m=or *"Did the Invisible Hand Need a Regulatory Glove to Develop a Green Thumb? Some Historical Perspective on Market Incentives, Win-Win Innovations and the Porter Hypothesis." Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 41, no. 4 (December 2008), pp. 519-539. URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/tm12256378052jm4/?pecc0a78761984b59989d7982d3463338&pi4 *"Buy Global: The 'Food Mile' Perspective Severely Distorts the Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Production", Le Québécois Libre (November 2008), URL: http://www.quebecoislibre.org/08/081115-13.htm *"Entrepreneurial Policy: The Case of Regional Specialization vs. Spontaneous Industrial Diversity" (with Frédéric Sautet). Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, vol. 32, issue 5 (September 2008), pp. 813-832. URL: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121385274/abstract Other external links *Pierre Desrochers’ page: http://epsem.erin.utoronto.ca/desrochers/ *Pierre Desrochers’ articles on "Le Québécois Libre": http://www.quebecoislibre.org/apdesrochers.htm See Also
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