This paper takes issue with the current view of R&D and industry structure according to which cooperation in R&D effort is Pareto improving over competition. We argue that this literature fails to capture the essence of the Western experience, and secondly, that it fails to capture the essence...

The idea that firms are subject to bandwagon or imitation influences occupies a key position as an explanatory variable in the literature on technology adoption and diffusion. This study examines whether bandwagon influences help to explain differences in the patterns of conversion to a new...

This paper builds on social network theory to understand technological development. Based on the empirical evidence of 367 research organisations in plant biotechnology over a nineteen-year period, we demonstrate how a structural analysis of the research network within the technological...

This paper sets out some microfoundations for Schumpeter' s theory of innovation-driven business cycles. A model is developed to represent these cycles, which incorporates two of the three main elements of Schumpeter's analysis: innovation and profit-seeking. The third element emphasized by...

Learning by using is introduced into an adoption model to explain why larger and more educated firms adopt earlier. Dynamic economies of scale arise in learning by using that speed up adoption. The empirical estimation of time of adoption using Tobit analysis integrates the concepts of adoption...

We use cluster analysis to describe the regional linkages that arise through funding of research contract networks in the EU. We find five significantly different kinds of networks, that we label: 1) Technological development, 2) Basic research, 3) Quasi-elite, 4) Elite and 5) Southern. These...