Themes and papers for DRUID's Conference on National Innovation Systems, Industrial Dynamics and Innovation Policy, Rebild, June 9-12, 1999

Last update: 8 June 99

Preliminary list of conference themes

  1. A Methodological and Historical Discussion of Innovation Systems
  2. Knowledge, Learning and Institutions
  3. Organizational Learning within National Innovation Systems
  4. Interindustry and Interfirm Linkages within National Innovation Systems
  5. Issues of Growth and Industrial Renewal
  6. National Innovation Systems in Developing Countries
  7. Regional Approaches to Innovation Systems
  8. Globalisation and the National Innovation Systems
  9. National Innovation System Policy

Thematically organised list of papers

THEME 1: A Methodological and Historical Discussion of Innovation Systems
  • Bo Carlsson, Staffan Jacobsson, Magnus Holmen & Annika Rickne: Innovation Systems: Analytical and Methodological Issues
  • Franco Malerba: Sectoral Systems of innovation
    • THEME 2: Knowledge, Learning and Institutions
  • Birgitte Andersen & Ian Miles: Complex Socio-Economic Distributed Innovation Systems in The Knowledge-Based Service Economy: The Music Industry
  • Bengt-Åke Lundvall & Jesper Lindgaard Christensen: Extending and deepening the analysis of innovation systems - with empirical illustrations from the DISKO-project
  • Robin Cowan, Paul A. David & Dominique Foray: The explicit economics of knowledge codification and tacitness
  • Bernard Guilhon: The Dynamics of Knowledge in the Pharmaceutical

    • Industry. A Microeconomic Illustration
  • John Mathews: From National Innovation Systems to National Systems of Economic Learning: The Case of Technology Diffusion Management in East Asia
  • Richard R. Nelson: Knowledge and Innovation Systems
  • Jorge Niosi: National Systems of Innovation are x-efficient
  • Frank Skov Kristensen: The Performance of Different Organisations under Different Market Conditions: An Empirical Analysis of the Organisational Structure and Performance of 1900 Danish Firms
  • Olman Segura: Systems of Innovation and Learning from Natural Capital
    • THEME 3: Organizational Learning within National Innovation Systems
  • Benjamin Coriat & Olivier Weinstein: Organization and Institutions in the Innovation Generation - Towards a Theory of "Corporate Systems of Innovation"
  • Allan Næs Gjerding: The evolution of the flexible firm. New concepts and a Nordic comparison
  • Alice Lam: Tacit Knowledge, Organisational Learning and Societal Institutions: An Integrated Framework
  • Bart Nooteboom: Discovery and organization: Priorities in the theory of innovation
  • Raykun R. Tan: Environment, Critical Success Factor, Strategic Response, and Firm Size/R&D Intensity: An Exploratory Firm Level Study of the Electrical and Electronic Industry in Taiwan
    • THEME 4: Interindustry and Interfirm Linkages within National Innovation Systems
  • Chris DeBresson: An Entrepreneur Cannot Innovate Alone: Networks of Enterprises are Required
  • Ina Drejer: Technological Interdependence in National Systems of Innovation: An International Comparison of Embodied R&D Linkages
  • Juliana Hsuan: Modularization in New Product Development: A Mathematical Modeling Approach
  • Keld Laursen & Valentina Meliciani: The Importance of Technology Based Inter-Sectoral Linkages for Market Share Dynamics
  • Bart Verspagen: The Role of Large Multinationals in the Dutch Technology Infrastructure: A Patent Citation Analysis
  • Anker Lund Vinding & Preben Sander Kristensen: Importance of collaboration partners in product development
    • THEME 5: Issues of Growth and Industrial Renewal
  • Bruno Amable & Pascal Petit: On Institutions, Innovation and Growth
  • Esben Sloth Andersen: National Innovation Systems in the Context of Multisectoral Growth and Development
  • Staffan Jacobsson, Cecilia Sjöberg & Marie Wahlström: Alternative specifications of the institutional constraint to economic growth - or why is there a shortage of computer and electronic engineers and scientist in Sweden?
  • Tarmo Lemola & Christopher Palmberg: Innovations and Industrial Renewal in Finland: Back to Basics in Innovation Studies
  • Keld Laursen, Volker Mahnke & Per Vejrup-Hansen: The Process of Firm Growth From a Knowledge Structure Perspective
  • Stan Metcalfe: Competitive and Comparative Advantage: (Rough) Notes Toward an Evolutionary Approach to Growth and Foreign Trade
  • Pier Paolo Saviotti: Growth, production and qualitative change
    • THEME 6: National Innovation Systems in Developing Countries
  • Rodrigo Arocena & Judith Sutz: Looking at National Systems of Innovation from the South
  • José Cassiolato & Helena M.M. Lastres: Local, National and Regional Systems of Innovation in the Mercosur
  • J.Y.Choung, H.R.Hwang & H.Y.Hwang: Co-evolution of technology and institution in the developing countries
  • Shulin Gu: Concepts and Methods of NIS Approach in the Context of Less-developed Economies
  • Scott Tiffin: Applying the Learning and Innovation System Paradigm To Design an IDRC Research Funding Program in Latin America
  • Poh-Kam Wong: National Innovation Systems for Rapid Technological Catch-up: An analytical framework and a comparative analysis of Korea, Taiwan and Singapore
  • Klaus Lindegaard & Leiner Vargas: Are the Central American Export Specialisation Patterns "Sticky"? - The National Systems of Innovation Approach
    • THEME 7: Regional Approaches to Innovation Systems
  • Aadne Cappelen, Jan Fagerberg & Bart Verspagen: Lack of regional convergence
  • Bent Dalum, Magnus Holmén, Staffan Jacobsson, Mette Præst, Annika Rickne & Gert Villumsen: Changing the Regional System of Innovation
  • Mette Præst: An Empirical Study of Regional Differences in the Danish Innovation System
  • Gerd Schienstock: Regional Competitiveness, Co-operation and Innovation: A Comparative Study of Eight European Regions
    • THEME 8: Globalisation and the National Innovation Systems
  • Dieter Ernst: How Globalization Reshapes the Geography of Innovation Systems. Reflections on Global Production Networks in Information Industries
  • Lynn Mytelka: Globalization and investment: A learning and innovation perspective
  • Pari Patel & Keith Pavitt: National Systems of Innovation under Strain: The Internationalisation of Corporate R & D
  • Michael Storper & Yun-chung Chen: Globalization, Localization, and Knowledge Flows
    • THEME 9: National Innovation System Policy
  • Esben S. Andersen & Morris Teubal: The Transformation of Innovation Systems: Towards a Policy Perspective
  • Barry Bozeman, Michael Crow  & Chris Tucker: Federal Laboratories and Defense Policy in the U.S. National Innovation System
  • Charles Edquist: Innovation Policy - A Systemic Approach
  • Keith Smith: Innovation, Growth and Industrial Structure: Issues for Policy
  • Patrick Llerena and Mireille Matt: Technological Cooperation and Dynamic Performance of Industries: Towards an Evolutionary Foundation of Technology Policies

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