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Programme (Version 5) for the

DRUID Academy Winter 2004 PhD Conference
Hotel Comwell Rebild Bakker
Aalborg, Denmark
January 22-24

Introductory note to the programme

The programme will consist of 4 keynote adresses presented by seniors and approximately 55 PhD presentations which have now been selected. The PhD presentation will be organised in a series of 5 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.business.auc.dk/druid/conferences/winter2004/

Thursday 22nd

14.00-15.00 Arrival and coffee

15.00 Welcome address by Bent Dalum

15.15-16.15 Keynote address by Ed Steinmueller, SPRU, University of Sussex, ICTs and Social Capital

16.15-18.45 Five parallel PhD paper sessions (A-E)

Session A-Thursday. Chair: Michael Dahl
A.2 Coulon, Fabrice
The Creation and Diffusion of Global Industry Standards: The Case of Mobile Operating Systems
Discussants:, Bent Dalum

A.3 Pedersen, Christian Ø.R.
Can Regional ICT Lighthouses be built? – The Experience from Digital North Denmark
Discussants: Anet Weterings, Peter Maskell

A.4 Prasad, Rajeev
Wireless Local Area Network: A Case of Information Cascade
Discussants: Fabrice Coulon, Ed Steinmueller

Session B-Thursday. Chair: Henrik Sorrn-Friese
B.1 Merkerk, Rutger van
Trading Emerging Irreversibilities in Nanotechnology: The case of nantubes
Discussants: Mark Sellenthin, Finn Valentin

B.2 Szogs, Astrid
The Role of Intellectual Property Rights for Biotechnology Innovations
Discussants: Dagmara Størring, Finn Valentin

B.3 Gürtler, Martin
Problem Solving Effectiveness in Research of Dedicated Biotechnology Firms
Discussants: Tessa van der Valk, Maryann Feldman

B.4 Larsen, Maria Theresa
The Two Faces of Science: Extending the Rationale for the Role of Public Science
Discussants: Frida Wennerström, Maryann Feldman

Session C-Thursday. Chair: Jens Frøslev Christensen
C.1 Christensen, Jesper Lindgaard
How National are National Innovation Systems
Discussants: René Nesgaard Nielsen, Bengt-Åke Lundvall

C.2 Frenz, Marion
The Impact of Multinationality on the Propensity to Innovate: An Analysis of the UK Community Innovation Survey
Discussants: Umut Gür, Jesper Lindgaard Christensen

C.3 René Nesgaard Nielsen
Universities as Institutions of Knowledge and Learning in the National Systems of Innovation
Discussants: Jens Frøslev Christensen

Section D – Thursday. Chair: Keld Laursen
D.1 Cassi, Lorenzo
Social Networks as Option and the Creation and Diffusion of Knowledge
Discussants: Abraham Garcia-Torres, Morten Berg Jensen

D.2 Ciarli, Tomaso
Firms Interactions and industrial Development: A Simulation Model
Discussants: Lorenzo Cassi, Toke Reichstein

D.3 Zirulia, Lorenzo
The Evolution of R&D Networks
Discussants: Tommaso Ciarli, Toke Reichstein

D.4 Garcia-Torres, Abraham
Consumer Behaviour: Utility Maximisation and the Seek of Novelty
Discussants: Lorenzo Zirula, Morten Berg Jensen

Section E – Thursday. Chair: Anker Lund Vinding
E.1 Mikkel Overby (et al.)
Make and By of IT-enabled Innovation: The Influence of Strategic Postures and Technological Regimes
Discussants: Arne Fevolden, Anker Lund Vinding

E.2 Frederiksen, Lars
Innovative Users in a Firm-Established User Communit: The Characteristics of Users Co-Developing ”Computer-Controlled Music Instruments”
Discussants: Max Rolfstam, Ina Drejer

E.3 Sigurdardóttir, Margret
Environment of Creativity: The Case of Bad Taste Ltd.
Discussants: Lars Frederiksen, Ina Drejer

19.00 Dinner

Friday 23rd

09.00 – 11.30 Five parallel PhD Paper Sessions (A-E)

Session A-Friday. Chair: Michael Dahl
A.5 Taeube, Florian
Proximity and Innovation: Evidence from the Indian IT Industry in Bangalore
Discussants: Rajeev Prasad, Bent Dalum

A.6 Weterings, Anet
The Spatial Evolution of the Dutch Software Sector: Open Windows of Locational Opportunity?
Discussants: Christian Ø.R. Pedersen, Peter Maskell

A.7 Consoli, Davide
Tehcnological Cooperation and Product Substitution in UK Retail Banking: The Case of Customer Services
Discussants: Giampalo Garzarelli, Ed Steinmueller

A.8 Garzarelli, Giampaolo
Capability Coordination in Modular Organization: Voluntary FS/OSS Production and the case of Debian GNU/Linux
Discussants: Davide Consoli, Ed Steinmueller

Session B-Friday. Chair: Peter Abell
B.5 Valk, Tessa van der
Partnering among Biopharmaceutical Companies: Toward an Explanatory Theoretical Model
Discussants: Maria Theresa Larsen, Finn Valentin

B.6 Sellenthin, Mark O
Universities in Innovation Networks: The Impact of Supporting Infrastructure on the Incentives of Researchers
Discussants: Rutger Merkerk, Birgitte Gregersen

B.7 Göktepe, Devrim
Understanding of University-Industry Relations: A Comparative Study of Organizational and Institutional Practices of Lund University, Sweden
Discussants: Martin Gürtler, Maryann Feldman

B.8 Wennerström, Frida
Cooperation in a Research Project: The Case of Swedish Winter Oats
Discussants: Astrid Szogs, Birgitte Gregersen

Session C – Friday. Chair: Bengt-Åke Lundvall
C.5 Gür, Umut
The Development of a Domestic Capital Goods Industry: A Diffusion Perspective
Discussants: Elan Harison, Keld Laursen

C.6 Iizuka, Michiko
Organizational Capability and Export Performance: The Salmon Industry in Chile
Discussants: Andreas Böhringer, Keld Laursen

C.7 Harison, Elad
Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: Introducing Economic Rationale into Legal Regimes
Discussants: Michiko Iizuka, Markus Reitzig

C.8 Böhringer, Andreas W.O.
Barriers to Innovation in the Process of Innovation
Discussants: Marion Frenz, Markus Reitzig

Session D – Friday. Chair: Toke Reichstein
D.5 Freitas, Isabel
Organisational Change in Policy Programmes to Support Management Capabilities in Firms
Discussants: Tina Brandt Husman, Jesper Lindgaard Christensen

D.6 Husman, Tina Brandt
Exploring Benefits of the Interfirm Projects
Discussants: Jekaterina Novikova, Ina Drejer

D.7 Sedita, Silvia
The Unexplored Combinative Effect of Skills and Technology on Firms' Performance
Discussants: Isabel Freitas, Anker Lund Vinding

D.8 Novikova, Jekaterina
The Impact of Internal Corporate Governance System on Firms Innovative Activities
Discussants: Silvia Sedita, Jesper Lindgaard Christensen

Session E – Friday. Chair: Morten Berg Jensen
E.5 Penin, Julien
Why do Firms Publish? An Explanation by using the Adverse Selection Literature
Discussants: Serden Özcan, Bjørn Johnson

E.6 Rolfstam, Max
Innovation in the Scania Region
Discussants: Julien Penin, Bjørn Johnson

E.7 Fevolden, Arne
Why We Don’t Share Time Anymore – From Heights to Depths in Computer Capacity Utilization
Discussants: Mikkel Overby, Morten Berg Jensen

11.30 – 11.45 Coffee

11.45 – 12.45 Keynote address by Keld Laursen, IVS, Copenhagen Business School, Open for Innovation: The Role of Openness in Explaining Innovation Performance among UK Manufacturing Firms. Joint paper with Ammon Salter

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.15 – 16.15 Relaxation – A walk in the forest

16.15 – 16.30 Coffee

16.30 – 17.30 Keynote address by Maryann Feldman, Rothman School of Business, University of Toronto, Industrial Clustering and the Returns to Inventive Activity: Candian Biotechnology Firms, 1991-2000. Based on a joint paper with Barak Aharonson and Joel Baum.

19.00 Dinner

Saturday 24th

09.00 – 11.30 Four Parallel PhD Paper Sessions

Session A – Saturday. Chair: Jesper Lindgaard Christensen
A.9 Zinovyeva, Natalia
Multi-Poulation Thinking: Glance at the History and the Use of the Concept in Economics
Discussants: Nassef Hmimda, Toke Reichstein

A.10 Rejal, Seena
Reconceptualising Production: Understanding the Significance of Production Capability to Firm and Region
Discussants: Rebecca De Coster, Jens Frøslev Christensen

A.11 Hmimda, Nassef
Escaping from the Dominant Paradigm in Food Mass Distribution Industry in France
Discussants: Natalia Zinovyeva, Toke Reichstein

A.12 Coster, Rebecca De
Factors Affecting Innovation in Technology Based Small Firms
Discussants: Seena Rejal, Jesper Lindgaard Christensen

Session B – Saturday. Chair: Henrik Sorrn-Friese
B.9 Nygaard, Stian
Emerging Technology and the Evolution of Industry: The Case of Fuel Cell Technology
Discussants: Susanne Jensen, Anker Lund Vinding

B.10 Dagmara Størring
The Role of Institutions in the Emergence and Evolution of Sectoral Systems on the Example of Wind Turbine Industry Development in Denmark
Discussants: Nina Foster, Henrik Sorrn-Friese

B.11 Foster, Nina
The Opportunities for entrepreneurship, Innovation and Knowledge-Building at Blue IQ in Gauteng and Dube Tradeport in Kwazulu-Natal
Discussants: Stian Nygaard, Anker Lund Vinding

B.12 Jensen, Susanne
The Role of Cooperation and Institutional Knowledge for the Development of the Danish Tourism Industry
Discussants: Devrim Göktepe, Henrik Sorrn-Friese

Session C – Saturday. Chair: Ina Drejer
C.9 Wolter, Kerstin
The Rise and Fall of Regional Agglomerations – Structure, Internal Dynamics and Change
Discussants: Serden Özcan, Peter Maskell

C.10 Özcan Serden
Institutions, Institutional Innovation and Institutional Change in Clusters
Discussants: Kerstin Wolter, Bent Dalum

C.11 Morrison, Andrea
Do Leading Firms Feed Industrial Districts? Evidence from an Italian Furniture Cluster
Discussants: Tine Aage, Peter Maskell

C.12 Aage, Tine
Acquisition of External Information by Industrial Districts
Discussants: Andrea Morrison, Ina Drejer

Session D – Saturday. Chair: Michael Dahl
D. 9 Parhi, Mamata
Geographical Proximity and Adoption of Advanced Manufacturing Techniques (AMTs): Evidence from Indian Autocomponent Industry
Discussants: Kevin Fang, Bengt-Åke Lundvall

D.10 Lenger, Aykut
MNCs and Productivity Spillovers
Discussants: Julia Stradi, Keld Laursen

D.11 Stradi, Julia
The Evolution of Alliances Relevance in USA
Discussants: Aykut Lenger, Bengt-Åke Lundvall

D.12 Fang, Kevin Liang-Yuan
Accelerating Firm’s Innovation through Inter-organization Knowledge Co-evolution: In Sectoral
Discussants: Mamata Parhi, Morten Berg Jensen

11.30 – 11.45 Coffee

11.45 – 12.45 Keynote address by Peter Maskell, IVS, Copenhagen Business School, Firms & Markets,
Networks & Clusters Traditional & Creative industries , Joint paper with Mark Lorenzen

12.45 – 13.00 End of Conference

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

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