Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Shiri Breznitz, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Public Policy; Visiting Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto
"Hitting the Target: Analyzing Technology Commercialization Factors" abstract Local and national governments are putting universities under constant pressure to promote economic growth. Commercialization of technology has been identified as the main mechanism by which universities can do this. The literature on technology transfer by universities focuses on internal and external factors that can positively affect…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Luciano Ciravegna, Royal Holloway School of Management, University of London
"Sustaining Industrial Competitiveness after the Crisis: Lessons from the Automotive Industry" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis")
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Zak Taylor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
"Why are Some Countries Better at Science and Technology than Others?" abstract In order to be effective, must a nation’s political-economic institutions “fit” the cultural values of the society in which they are situated? Many countries, especially in the developing world, adopt foreign institutions with mixed levels of success. Often these institutions are chosen based…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Dan Breznitz, Georgia Institute of Technology, Scheller College of Business; Visiting Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto
"Technology Standards and IPR Policy and Practice in China: An Early Investigation" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis")
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Gustavo Crespi, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
"Do Financial Constraints explain Innovation Shortfalls? New Evidence from Chile" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis, Sala Seminari)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Marco Corsino, Università di Bologna
"External collaborations, on-the-job autonomy and the propensity to use patents to create new firms" abstract We analyze patent spinoffs by looking at the organizational characteristics of the parent organization, i.e. the firm where the patented invention has occurred. Understanding the origin of new technology ventures is important because they are the engine of creative destruction…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Francesco Quatraro, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
"Persistence of innovation and knowledge structure: Evidence from a sample of Italian firms" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis, Sala Seminari)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Josh Whitford (Columbia University, New York)
"Pragmatism, practice, and the boundaries of organization" Abstract The article uses a longitudinal qualitative analysis of key transitions in the relationship between Fiat Auto and a major supplier to challenge conventional approaches to the study of activities at the boundary between organizations. It shows, in particular, that scholars focused on the importance of "modular" product…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Adam Jaffe, Brandeis University; NBER
"Technology policy and climate change"
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Stefano Lucarelli, University of Bergamo
"A stock-flow analysis of a Schumpeterian innovation economy" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis, Sala Seminari)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Andrea Goldstein, OECD, Paris
"Attractiveness for innovation: The case of Brazil" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis, Sala Seminari)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Muge Ozman, Telecom Ecole de Management, Paris
"Networks, innovation and new economic sociology: A unified perspective" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis, Sala Seminari)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Anthony Arundel, MERIT, Maastricht
"Understanding innovation in the public sector: Survey results from Europe"
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Ari Van-Assche, HEC Montréal
"The role of trade costs in global production networks: Evidence from China's processing trade regime"
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Roberto Gabriele, Università di Trento
"Evaluating the impacts of R&D subsidies: The effectiveness of a local intervention" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis, Sala Seminari)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Paolo Crosetto, DEAS – Università degli Studi di Milano; DPTEA – LUISS, Roma
"To patent or not to patent: an experiment on incentives to copyright in a sequential innovation setting" (at Dipartimento di Economia S. Cognetti de Martiis, Sala Seminari)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Alessandra Voena, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
"German-Jewish Emigres and U.S. Invention" abstract After Hitler took power in 1933, scientists who had at least one Jewish grandparent were dismissed from German universities. Many of them moved to the United States; their patents make it possible to trace research fields in which U.S. invention benefited from the arrival of German-Jewish émigrés. Difference-in-differences analyses compare changes…
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Marco Guerzoni, Università di Torino
"Innovation and market dynamics: A two-mode network approach to user-producer relations" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis)
Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Bruce Tether, Imperial College London
"Knowledge types and organizational architecture: Configuring space to compete in symbolic and synthetic knowledge-based services" (at Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis")