Sonja Radas, PhD

Education

• Ph.D. (Business Administration, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, US, 1996)
• Ph.D. (Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, US, 1994)
• Magister degree (Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Croatia, 1988)
• Diploma (Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Croatia, 1984)

Employment and work experience

• From 2014 –  Senior Research Fellow in Permanent Position, Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• From April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2017 – seconded to Massachusetts Institute of Technology as Marie Curie IOF fellow.
• From 2009 to 2014 – Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• May 2003 – January 2004 – Acting Dean and then the Dean of the International Graduate Business School Zagreb
• From 2002–2009 – Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• From 1996–2002 – Assistant Professor of Marketing, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.

Visiting and other appointments

• From March 2017 – Research Affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, member of the Neuroeconomics Lab
• From August 2014 to April 2015 - Visiting Scholar at the Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, US
• August 2006 – July 2007 - Visiting Professor at the Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, US
• January 2003 – May 2003 - Visiting Scholar, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida

Research interests

• Economics of innovations
• Various elements of an innovation system
• Methodology for new product development
• Improvement of subjective data
• Diffusion of innovations
• New product marketing

Selected research grants

• Awarded IOF Marie Curie grant for 2015 – 2017, for project "Bayesian Truth Serum and its applications to conjoint analysis: a reliable way to assess user preferences for new products, services and policies (BayInno)"
• Vice chair of COST action IS0604 "Science and Technology Research in a Knowledge-based Economy (STRIKE)"; Chair: Reinhilde Veugelers, 25 countries involved, 2007 – 2011
• "Evaluation of the Innovation Programs Financed by World Bank in Croatia", project financed by the Croatian Ministry of Science Education and Sport, project leader, spring 2011
• "Diffusion Modeling of New Technology Adoption in Croatia", TEST research grant from Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology, project leader, duration of the grant 2002 – 2004
• "Incentives for Industry-Science Collaboration in Croatia", project financed by the Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology, project leader, duration February 2002 – October 2002

Selected bibliography

• Radas S.; Prelec D. (2021) Predicted preference conjoint analysis. PLoS ONE 16 (8), e0256010
• Srhoj, S., Škrinjarić, B.; Radas, S.; Walde, J. (2021) Small Matching Grants for Women,  Entrepreneurs: Lessons from the Past Recession, Small Business Economics,1-26.
• Radas, S., Mervar, A., Skrinjaric, B. (2020) Regional Perspective on R&D Policies for SMEs: Does Success Breed Success?, Sustainability 12(9), 3846.
• Cvitanić, J.; Prelec, D.; Radas, S. and Šikić, H. (2020) Incentive Compatible Surveys via Posterior Probabilities, Theory of Probability and Its Applications, 65(2), 292-321.
• Radas S.; Prelec D. (2019) Whose data can we trust: How meta-predictions can be used to uncover credible respondents in survey data. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0225432. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225432
• Srhoj, S.; Skrinjaric, B.; Radas, S. (2019) Bidding against the odds? The impact evaluation of grants for young micro and small firms during the recession, Small Business Economics, 1-21.  
• Cvitanić, J.; Prelec, D.; Radas, S. and Šikić, H. (2018) Game of Duels: Information-Theoretic Axiomatization of Scoring Rules. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 65(1), 530-537.
• Radas, S., Anić I.-D. (2016) Boundaries for the Retail Geographical Market and Factors Influencing Shoppers’ Mobility”,  Journal of Consumer Affairs, 50: 315–341.
• Radas, S., Anić I.-D., Tafro, A., Wagner, V. (2015) The effects of public support schemes on small and medium enterprises, Technovation, Vol.38, April, 15–30.
• Čaklović, L. and S. Radas (2014) “Application of Potential Method to Survey Analysis”, Mathematical Communications, 19(2), 397–415.
• Radas, S. and Božić, Lj. (2012) Overcoming failure:  abandonments and delays of innovation projects in SMEs, Industry and Innovation, 19(8), 649–669.
• Cvitanić, J., Radas, S. and H. Šikić. (2011) Co-development Ventures: Optimal Time of Entry and Profit-Sharing, Journal of Economic Dynamic and Control, 35(10). 1710–1730.
• Heilman, C., Lakishyk K., and S. Radas (2011) Empirical Investigation of In-Store Sampling Promotions, The British Food Journal, 113(10/11); 1252–1266.
• Anić, I.D., Radas, S. and Miller, J. C.(2011) Antecedents of consumers' time perceptions in a hypermarket retailer, The Service Industries Journal, 31(5-6); 809–828.
• Radas, S, and Božić, Lj. (2009) The Antecedents of SME Innovativeness in an Emerging Transition Economy, Technovation 29, 438–450.
• Radas, S, Roe, B and M. Teisl (2008) An Open Mind Wants More: Opinion Strength And The Desire For Genetically Modified Food Labeling Policy, Journal of Consumer Affairs, 42(3),  335–361.
• Radas, S, Roe, B and M. Teisl (2008) Struggles in optimal labeling: How different consumers react to various labels for genetically modified foods, International Journal Of Consumer Studies, 32, 447–456.
• Pazgal, A. and Radas, S. (2008) Comparison of customer balking and reneging behavior to queueing theory predictions: An Experimental Study, Computers & Operations Research, 35, 2537–2548.
• Radas, S. (2005). Competitive Rivalry and Competitive Strategy in Relation to Product and Process Innovation in Croatian Leading Firms, Economics and Business Review, 7(3), 195–216.
• Mahajan, J., Radas. S. and A. J. Vakharia (2002) Channel Strategies and Stocking Policies in Capacitated and Uncapacitated Supply Chains, Decision Sciences, 33(2).
• Mahajan, J., Radas. S. and A. J. Vakharia (2001) Multi-Product Stocking Policies in Capacitated and Uncapacitated Supply Chains, Proceedings, DSI Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 654–656.
• Radas, S. and Shugan, S. (1998) Seasonal Marketing and Timing New Product Introduction. Journal of Marketing Research, 35(3), 296–315.
• Radas, S. and Shugan, S. (1998) Managing Service Demand: Shifting and Bundling, Journal of Services Research, 1(1). 47–64.

• List of publications (Croatian Scientific Bibliography – CROSBI)

• Sonja Radas: CV