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Working Papers

2007

1. Preface to the Japanese Translation of An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change
   LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
2. Public Policies and Changing Boundaries of Firms in a "History Friendly" Model of the Co-evolution of the Computer and Semiconductor Industries
   CESPRI Working Papers, CESPRI, Centre for Research on Innovation and Internationalisation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy

2006

3. Economic Development from the Perspective of Evolutionary Economic Theory
   The Other Canon Foundation and Tallinn University of Technology Working Papers in Technology Governance and Economic Dynamics, TTU Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences View citations
4. Institutions and Policies Shaping Industrial Development: An Introductory Note
   LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy View citations
5. Reflections on "The Simple Economics of Basic Research": Looking Back and Looking Forwards
   LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
6. The Roles of Research at Universities and Public Labs in Economic Catch-up
   LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy View citations
7. Vertical Integration and Dis-integration of Computer Firms: A History Friendly Model of the Co-evolution of the Computer and Semiconductor Industries
   CESPRI Working Papers, CESPRI, Centre for Research on Innovation and Internationalisation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy
   Also in
   Papers on Econonmics and Evolution, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group (2006)
8. What Makes an Economy Productive and Progressive? What Are the Needed Institutions?
   LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy

2005

9. Bounded Rationality, Cognitive Maps, and Trial and Error Learning
   LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy View citations
10. Improving the Performance of the Education Sector: The Valuable, Challenging, and Limited Role of Random Assignment Evaluations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See Also Journal Article in Economics of Innovation and New Technology (2007)

2004

11. Evolutionary Theories of Cultural Change: An Empirical Perspective
    Papers on Econonmics and Evolution, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group

2003

12. Demand, innovation and the dynamics of market structure: the role of experimental users and diverse preferences
    CESPRI Working Papers, CESPRI, Centre for Research on Innovation and Internationalisation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Evolutionary Economics (2007)
13. On the Complexities and Limits of Market Organization
    LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy View citations
14. On the Uneven Evolution of Human Know-How
    LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Research Policy (2003)
15. Physical and Social Technologies, and Their Evolution
    LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
16. Protecting Their Intellectual Assets: Appropriability Conditions and Why U.S. Manufacturing Firms Patent (Or Not)
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, UCLA Department of Economics
    Also in
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations
17. The Market Economy, and the Scientific Commons
    LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Research Policy (2004)

1998

18. The Asian miracle and modern growth theory
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1999)

1993

19. On the Sources and Significance of Interindustry Differences in Technological Opportunities
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Research Policy (1995)

1992

20. Factors Behind Cross-Industry Differences in Technical Progress
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (1997)

1988

21. Appropriating the Returns from Industrial R&D
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations

1965

22. Investment in Humans, Technological Diffusion and Economic Growth
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations

Journal Articles

2008

1. Progress in Know-How: Its Origins and Limits
   Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, 2008, 3, (1), 101-117
2. Thomas K. McCraw (ed): Profit of innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and creative destruction
   Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2008, 18, (1), 105-109
3. What enables rapid economic progress: What are the needed institutions
   Research Policy, 2008, 37, (1), 1-11

2007

4. Comment on: Dismantling Lamarckism: why descriptions of socio-economic evolution as Lamarckian are misleading, by Hodgson and Knudsen
   Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2007, 17, (3), 349-352
5. Demand, innovation, and the dynamics of market structure: The role of experimental users and diverse preferences
   Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2007, 17, (4), 371-399
   See Also Working Paper (2003)
6. Improving the Performance of the Education Sector: The Valuable, Challenging, and Limited Role of Random Assignment Evaluations
   Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2007, 16, (5), 307-322
   See Also Working Paper (2005)
7. On the Role of Randomized Clinical Trials in Medicine
   Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2007, 16, (5), 357-370
8. Public research institutions and economic catch-up
   Research Policy, 2007, 36, (10), 1512-1528
9. Randomized Trials of Education and Medical Practices: Strengths and Limitations
   Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2007, 16, (5), 303-306

2006

10. Commentary on Sidney Winter's "Toward a neo-Schumpeterian theory of the firm"
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2006, 15, (1), 145-149
11. Evolutionary social science and universal Darwinism
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2006, 16, (5), 491-510 View citations
12. Reflections of David Teece's "Profiting from technological innovation..."
    Research Policy, 2006, 35, (8), 1107-1109
13. Reflections on "The Simple Economics of Basic Scientific Research": looking back and looking forward
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2006, 15, (6), 903-917

2005

14. Applying organizational routines in understanding organizational change
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2005, 14, (5), 775-791 View citations
15. Argument, methodology, and fashion: reactions to a paper by Arora and Merges
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2005, 14, (6), 1235-1236

2004

16. The market economy, and the scientific commons
    Research Policy, 2004, 33, (3), 455-471 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2003)
17. What do we know about innovation?
    Research Policy, 2004, 33, (9), 1253-1258
18. Why and how innovations get adopted: a tale of four models
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2004, 13, (5), 679-699 View citations

2003

19. Obituary for Keith Pavitt: 13th January 1937 - 20th December 2002
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (8), iii-iii
20. Obituary: 13th January 1937 - 20th December 2002
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (9), iii-iii
    Also in
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (10), iii-iii (2003)
21. Obituary; Keith Pavitt
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (7), iii-iii
    Also in
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (2), iii-iii (2003)
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (3), iii-iii (2003)
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (4), iii-iii (2003)
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (6), iii-iii (2003)
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (5), iii-iii (2003)
22. On the uneven evolution of human know-how
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (6), 909-922 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2003)
23. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: Carlota Perez, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2002, 224 pp., Hardcover, ISBN: 1840649224
    The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2003, 32, (4), 467-469

2002

24. Erratum to "On the nature and evolution of human know-how" [Research Policy 31 (2002) 719-733]
    Research Policy, 2002, 31, (8-9), 1510-1510
25. Erratum to "Technology, institutions, and innovation systems" [Research Policy 31 (2002) 265-272]
    Research Policy, 2002, 31, (8-9), 1509-1509
26. Evolutionary Theorizing in Economics
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (2), 23-46 View citations
27. On the nature and evolution of human know-how
    Research Policy, 2002, 31, (5), 719-733 View citations
28. R&D spillovers, patents and the incentives to innovate in Japan and the United States
    Research Policy, 2002, 31, (8-9), 1349-1367 View citations
29. Technology, institutions, and innovation systems
    Research Policy, 2002, 31, (2), 265-272 View citations
30. The problem of market bias in modern capitalist economies
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2002, 11, (2), 207-244 View citations
31. Thoughts Stimulated by Reading Geoffrey Hodgson's Economics and Utopia
    Review of Social Economy, 2002, 60, (1), 109-13
32. special issue: Bringing institutions into evolutionary growth theory
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2002, 12, (1), 17-28

2001

33. Competition and industrial policies in a 'history friendly' model of the evolution of the computer industry
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2001, 19, (5), 635-664 View citations
34. History-Friendly Models: an Overview of the Case of the Computer Industry
    Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2001, 4 View citations
35. Las instituciones como factor que regula el desempeño económico
    Revista de Economía Institucional, 2001, 3, (5), 17-51
36. Making sense of institutions as a factor shaping economic performance
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2001, 44, (1), 31-54 View citations
37. Observations on the Post-Bayh-Dole Rise of Patenting at American Universities
    The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2001, 26, (1-2), 13-19 View citations
38. The growth of patenting and licensing by U.S. universities: an assessment of the effects of the Bayh-Dole act of 1980
    Research Policy, 2001, 30, (1), 99-119 View citations

1999

39. The Asian Miracle and Modern Growth Theory
    Economic Journal, 1999, 109, (457), 416-36 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)

1998

40. The Agenda for Growth Theory: A Different Point of View
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1998, 22, (4), 497-520 View citations
41. The benefits and costs of strong patent protection: a contribution to the current debate
    Research Policy, 1998, 27, (3), 273-284 View citations

1997

42. Bicycles, bakelites and bulbs: Toward a theory of sociotechnical change: Wiebe Bijker, (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1995). [UK pound]26.50, 290 + pp., ISBN 0 262 02376 8
    Research Policy, 1997, 26, (1), 138-139
43. Factors behind cross-industry differences in technical progress
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 1997, 8, (2), 205-220 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1992)

1996

44. Knowledge and frontiers: Wendy Faulkner and Jacqueline Senker, (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995) 265 pp., Price [UK pound]30, ISBN 0 19 828833 6
    Research Policy, 1996, 25, (4), 665-666
45. The Evolution of Comparative or Competitive Advantage: A Preliminary Report on a Study
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 1996, 5, (2), 597-617 View citations

1995

46. On the sources and significance of interindustry differences in technological opportunities
    Research Policy, 1995, 24, (2), 185-205 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1993)
47. Recent Evolutionary Theorizing about Economic Change
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1995, 33, (1), 48-90 View citations

1994

48. American universities and technical advance in industry
    Research Policy, 1994, 23, (3), 323-348 View citations
49. An Introduction to Evolutionary Theories in Economics
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 1994, 4, (3), 153-72 View citations
50. Introduction: In honor of Nathan Rosenberg
    Research Policy, 1994, 23, (5), iii-v
51. On limiting or encouraging rivalry in technical progress: The effect of patent scope decisions
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1994, 25, (1), 1-24 View citations

1993

52. In search of useful theory of innovation
    Research Policy, 1993, 22, (2), 108-108 View citations
    Also in
    Research Policy, 1977, 6, (1), 36-76 (1977) View citations

1992

53. The Rise and Fall of American Technological Leadership: The Postwar Era in Historical Perspective
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1992, 30, (4), 1931-64 View citations

1991

54. Diffusion of Development: Post-World War II Convergence among Advanced Industrial Nations
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (2), 271-75

1990

55. Capitalism as an engine of progress
    Research Policy, 1990, 19, (3), 193-214 View citations
56. Introduction
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 1990, 1, (2), 203-206
57. U.S. technological leadership: Where did it come from and where did it go?
    Research Policy, 1990, 19, (2), 117-132 View citations

1989

58. Industry growth accounts and production functions when techniques are idiosyncratic
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1989, 11, (3), 323-341
59. Technology and global industry: Companies and nations in the world economy: Bruce R. Guile and Harvey Brooks (Eds.), (National Academy Press, Washington, D.C, 1987)
    Research Policy, 1989, 18, (2), 114-115

1988

60. How institutions think: Mary Douglas, (Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, 1986) pp. xi + 139, $10.95 paper
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1988, 10, (1), 133-136
61. Modelling the Connections in the Cross Section between Technical Progress and R&D Intensity
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1988, 19, (3), 478-485 View citations

1987

62. Appropriating the Returns from Industrial Research and Development
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1987, 18, (1987-3), 783-832 View citations

1986

63. Explaining technical change: Jon Elster, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1983) 273 pp., $39.50 (hardcover), $12.95 (paperback)
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1986, 7, (3), 336-339
64. Institutions Supporting Technical Advance in Industry
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (2), 186-89 View citations

1984

65. Incentives for entrepreneurship and supporting institutions
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 1984, 120, (4), 646-661
66. Production and innovation when techniques are tacit: The case of education
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1984, 5, (3-4), 353-373

1982

67. The Role of Knowledge in R&D Efficiency
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1982, 97, (3), 453-70 View citations
68. The Schumpeterian Tradeoff Revisited
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (1), 114-32 View citations

1981

69. Assessing Private Enterprise: An Exegesis of Tangled Doctrine
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1981, 12, (1), 93-111 View citations
70. Research on Productivity Growth and Productivity Differences: Dead Ends and New Departures
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1981, 19, (3), 1029-64 View citations

1980

71. Firm and Industry Response to Changed Market Conditions: An Evolutionary Approach
    Economic Inquiry, 1980, 18, (2), 179-202
72. Production Sets, Technological Knowledge, and R & D: Fragile and Overworked Constructs for Analysis of Productivity Growth?
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (2), 62-67 View citations

1978

73. Forces Generating and Limiting Concentration under Schumpeterian Competition
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1978, 9, (2), 524-548 View citations

1977

74. Simulation of Schumpeterian Competition
    American Economic Review, 1977, 67, (1), 271-76 View citations
75. Technological change and factor mix over the product cycle: A model of dynamic comparative advantage
    Journal of Development Economics, 1977, 4, (1), 3-24 View citations

1976

76. Goldschmid, Mann, and Weston's Industrial Concentration: The New Learning
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1976, 7, (2), 729-732
77. Political Economy: Some Uses of the Exit-Voice Approach: Discussion
    American Economic Review, 1976, 66, (2), 389-91
78. Technical Change in an Evolutionary Model
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1976, 90, (1), 90-118 View citations

1975

79. "An Evaluation of Consumer Protection Legislation: The 1962 Drug Amendments": A Comment
    Journal of Political Economy, 1975, 83, (3), 655-61
80. Factor Price Changes and Factor Substitution in an Evolutionary Model
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1975, 6, (2), 466-486
81. Growth Theory from an Evolutionary Perspective: The Differential Productivity Puzzle
    American Economic Review, 1975, 65, (2), 338-44

1974

82. Less Developed Countries-Technology Transfer and Adaptation: The Role of the Indigenous Science Community
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1974, 23, (1), 61-77
83. Neoclassical vs. Evolutionary Theories of Economic Growth: Critique and Prospectus
    Economic Journal, 1974, 84, (336), 886-905 View citations

1973

84. Recent Exercises in Growth Accounting: New Understanding or Dead End?
    American Economic Review, 1973, 63, (3), 462-68 View citations
85. Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Economic Capabilities
    American Economic Review, 1973, 63, (2), 440-49 View citations

1970

86. New Dimensions in Natural Resources: Discussion
    American Economic Review, 1970, 60, (2), 127-28
87. The Effective Exchange Rate: Employment and Growth in a Foreign Exchange-Constrained Economy
    Journal of Political Economy, 1970, 78, (3), 546-64

1959

88. The Economics of Invention: A Survey of the Literature
    Journal of Business, 1959, 32, 101 View citations
89. The Simple Economics of Basic Scientific Research
    Journal of Political Economy, 1959, 67, 297 View citations

1957

90. Increased Rents from Increased Costs: A Paradox of Value Theory
    Journal of Political Economy, 1957, 65, 387