Programme (Version 3) for the

DRUID Academy Winter 2003 PhD Conference
Hotel Comwell Rebild Bakker
Aalborg, Denmark
January 16-18

 

 

Introductory note to the programme

The programme will consist of 5keynote adresses presented by seniors and approximately 35 PhD presentations which have now been selected. The PhD presentation will be organised in a series of 3 parallel sessions. Each paper will be given 40 minutes: 15 minutes for the presentation, 5 min. for the junior discussant, 5 minutes for the senior discussant and 15 minutes for general discussion and answers from the PhD student.

 

Nearly all papers are available at http://www.druid.dk/conferences/winter2003/papergal.htm

 

 

Thursday 16th


14.00-15.00 Arrival and coffee

15.00 Welcome address by Bent Dalum

15.15-16.15 Keynote address by Stefano Breschi, CESPRI, Bocconi University Mobility and Social Networks: Localised Knowledge Spillovers Revisited


16.15-18.45 3 Parallel PhD paper sessions

Session 1 Chair: Toke Reichstein
1.1 Aage, Tine
Absorptive Capacity in Industrial Districts
Discussants: Elisabet Hauge, Mark Lorenzen

1.2 Giuliani, Elisa
Knowledge in the Air and its Uneven Distribution: A Story of a Chilean Wine Cluster
Discussants: Andrea Morrison, Mark Lorenzen

1.3 Hauge, Elisabet
The Dynamics of SME Development - Two Case Studies of the Internationalisation Process
Discussants: Tine Aage, Bent Dalum

1.4 Morrison, Andrea
New Experiences of Industrial Districts in Southern Italian Regions: A Critical Re-view
Discussants: Elisa Giuliani, Peter Maskell


Session 2 Chair: Paul Nightingale
2.1 Balzat, Markus
The Theoretical Basis and the Empirical Treatment of National Innovation Systems
Discussants: Michelle Di Maio, Anker Lund Vinding

2.2 Högselius, Per
Can East European Countries Innovate?
Discussants: Markus Balzat, Bengt-Åke Lundvall

2.3 Di Maio, Michele
Explaining Technological Change: A Survey
Discussants: Leila Kebir, Esben Sloth Andersen


Session 3 Chair: Mammo Muchie
3.1 Cassi, Lorenzo
Information, Knowledge and Social Networks: Is a New Buzzword coming up?
Discussants: Aziza Laguecir, Ed Steinmueller

3.2 Husman, Tina Brandt
Long Live the "Hybrid": What Transactions Costs Economics Left Unseen.
Discussants: Paul Muller, Ed Steinmueller

3.3 Laguecir, Aziza
Practices of Cost Planning and Management Tools in NPD Process: A Comparative Method
Discussants: Lorenzo Cassi, Jesper Lindgaard Christensen

3.4 Muller, Paul
The Role of Authority in the Governance of Knowledge Communities
Discussants: Tina B. Husman, Jesper Lindgaard Christensen

19.00 Dinner


Friday 17th

09.00-11.30 3 Parallel PhD paper sessions


Session 4 Chair: Bent Dalum
4.1 Dahl, Michael S. and Pedersen, Christian
Inherited Firm Capabilities and the Evolution of Regional Clusters
Discussants: Piergiuseppe Morone, Stefano Breschi

4.2 Wibe, Mona Domass
The Importance of Geographical Space in the Globalising Knowledge-based Econ-omy: A Brief Literature Review
Discussants: Alexander Cole, Stefano Breschi

4.3 Morone, Piergiuseppe
Knowledge Diffusion and Inequality: The Case of the Greater Santiago Metropolitan Area in Chile
Discussants: Mona Domass Wibe, Peter Maskell


Session 5 Chair : Ina Drejer
5.1 D'Alessandro, Simone and Drago, Francesco
Natural Limits to Economic development: Endogenous Growth or Panacea?
Discussants: Jojo Jacob, Esben Sloth Andersen

5.2 Jacob, Jojo
Structural Change, Liberalisation and Growth: The Indonesian Experience in an In-put-Output Perspective
Discussants: Pietro Vertova, Ina Drejer

5.3 Vertova, Pietro
On Foreign Debt Sustainability of Developing Countries: A Long-run Approach for Development
Discussants: Lonrenzo Cassi, Toke Reichstein

5.4 Belloc, Marianna
Public Investment and Growth in Highly Indebted Countries: An Empirical Assess-ment
Discussants: Per Högselius, Mammo Muchie


Session 6 Chair: Bengt-Åke Lundvall
6.1 Freier, Ines
Looking at Environmental Management Systems from a Meso Level Perspective
Discussants: Jan Nill, Birgitte Gregersen

6.2 Nill, Jan
Windows of Sustainability Opportunities - Determinants of Techno-economic Time Windows and Conditions under which Environmental Innovation Policy Can Utilise Them
Discussants: Ines Freier, Birgitte Gregersen

6.3 Teixeira, Aurora Amélia Castro
Fission Risk or Inertia? Towards and Evolutionary-ecological Model of Human Capi-tal Decisions
Discussants: Imad Rherrad, Jesper Lindgaard Christensen

6.4 Rherrad, Imad
Innovation and Social Sciences: Empirical Study
Discussants: Aurora Teixeira, Anker Lund Vinding

11.30-11.45 Coffee

11.45-12.45 Keynote address by Bengt-Åke Lundvall, DRUID, Aalborg University, The University in the Learning Economy.

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-16.00 Relaxation - a walk in the forest

16.00-16.15 Coffee

16.15-17.15 Keynote address by Paul Nightingale, SPRU, University of Sussex, Industrialisation of R&D in the Pharmaceutical Industry

17.30-18.30 Keynote address by Mammo Muchie, Middlesex University, The Value of Systems of innovation as an Independent variable for mobilising Economic Development and Performance in Developing countries

19.00 Dinner


Saturday 18th

09.00 - 11.30 3 Parallel PhD paper sessions


Session 7 Chair : Bent Dalum
7.1 Frederiksen, Lars
Experimental Music: Innovation, Projects and Dynamic Capabilities in the Pop Mu-sic Industry
Discussants: Christophe Cariou, Stefano Breschi

7.2 Cariou, Christophe
The Ba Cluster: Interorganizational and Coevolutive Platform for Knowledge Crea-tion
Discussants: Lars Frederiksen, Mark Lorenzen

7.3 Kebir, Leïla
Objects and Production Systems: Opening the Resource Black Box
Discussants: Christian Pedersen, Ina Drejer

7.4 Sedita, Silvia Rita
Is the Concept of "Commutity of Practice" Helpful to Understand the Dynamics of Industrial Districts Knowledge Creation and Sharing?
Discussants: Simone D'Alessandro, Bent Dalum

Session 8 Chair: Jesper Lindgaard Christensen
8.1 Lacasa, Iciar Domingues
Understanding Technology Adoption in the German Pharmaceutical Industry
Discussants: Sébastien Plociniczak, Paul Nightingale

8.2 Keetharuth, Anju
Impact of Privatisation of the Telecommunications Industry. A Case Study of Mauri-tius
Discussants: Marianna Belloc, Mammo Muchie

8.3 Plociniczak, Sébastien
From Bilateral Enforcement to Structural Enforcement in Economic Transactions: The Network Effect
Discussants: Francesco Drago, Anker Lund Vinding


Session 9 Chair: Toke Reichstein
9.1 Hovhannisian, Karén
Satisficing, Deliberate Experimentation and Designing Without Final Goals: Model-ing Innovation-related Business Strategy Choice through Simulation Analysis
Discussants: Lorenzo Zirulia, Toke Reichstein

9.2 Hopkins, Michael
What happens when the Emergence of New Medical Technologies is not Dependent on Industry?
Discussants: Sheen S. Levine, Peter Maskell

9.3 Levine, Sheen S.
Knowledge, Networks and Cooperation in a Professional Service Firm
Discussants: Michael Hopkins, Ed Steinmueller

9.4 Zirulia, Lorenzo
R&D Networks in an Artificial Industry
Discussants: Karén Hovhannisian, Esben Sloth Andersen

11.30-11.45 Coffee

11.45-12.45 Keynote address by Ed Steinmueller, SPRU, University of Sussex, The Role of Technical Standards in Co-ordinating the Division of Labour in Complex Sys-tem Industries

12.45-13.00 End of Conference

13.00-14.00 Lunch

15.00 Transportation to Skørping Railway station and Aalborg Airport

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