Using a unique survey of scientists at a large public research organization, this paper examines the effects of industry interactions on academic patenting. Two types of collaborations, industrial cooperation and consulting, are considered. Results show that both cooperation and consultancy...

In this paper, I reconstruct some of the key steps which characterise the way in which technology has been considered and studied since the times of ancient Greece. Within this reconstruction, I will highlight the evolution of the mechanical arts into the predominant technology which took centre...

In reality, complexity science provides a general mathematical basis not only for evolutionary economics, but also for evolutionary thinking as a whole. It offers an understanding of inherent, irreducible uncertainty and of limits to knowledge and prediction. Although these are usually...

This opening address at the Festschrift in Honor of Stanley Metcalfe examines his major contributions concerning evolutionary theory, innovation and Schumpeterian dynamics, competition and innovation systems. Metcalfe's broad intellectual framework is first presented: the use of complementary...

We analyse the location decisions of 7931 foreign affiliates in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector established in the European Union (EU) over the period 1998--2008. Our results suggest that, on average, the location probability of foreign-owned firms in ICT industries...

We examine empirically the relationship between workplace atmosphere and innovation activities. A generalized method of moments estimator of Poisson regression is applied to a set of 5574 observations in French firms. Our estimation results show that firms in which employees report good...

The information and communication technology (ICT) network of the last two European Research Framework Programmes (FPs) is deeply influenced by two distinct groups of organizations: a small group of hubs (3% of the participants) hold the key to keeping the network together and a second group of...

This analysis examines whether potential spillover pools for R&D based on technological and/or geographical proximity have a positive impact on firm productivity for Danish firms, and the importance of absorptive capacity for spillover effects. Knowledge spillovers are constructed based on the...

The quality of academic research and research undertaken at public laboratories is an important determinant of successful technology transfer. Corporate innovativeness may benefit considerably from scientific discoveries at universities or public laboratories and from the availability of locally...