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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
   KITeS Working Papers, KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2008)
3. What Makes an Economy Productive and Progressive? What Are the Needed Institutions?
   Staff Papers, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics View citations (1)
   Also in LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy (2006)

2006

4. 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, TUT Institute of Public Administration View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article in Oxford Development Studies (2008)
5. 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 (15)
6. 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
7. 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)
8. Vertical Integration and Dis-integration of Computer Firms: A History Friendly Model of the Co-evolution of the Computer and Semiconductor Industries
   KITeS Working Papers, KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy View citations (2)
   Also in Papers on Economics and Evolution, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group (2006) View citations (2)

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 (1)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2008)
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 Economics 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
    KITeS Working Papers, KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy View citations (3)
    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 (1)
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 (13)
    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, David K. Levine View citations (24)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (183)
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 (4)
    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 (39)
    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 for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (39)
    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
    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 for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (190)

1965

22. Investment in Humans, Technological Diffusion and Economic Growth
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (256)

Journal Articles

2008

1. Bounded rationality, cognitive maps, and trial and error learning
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 67, (1), 78-89 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2005)
2. Economic Development from the Perspective of Evolutionary Economic Theory
   Oxford Development Studies, 2008, 36, (1), 9-21 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2006)
3. Factors affecting the power of technological paradigms
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2008, 17, (3), 485-497 View citations (2)
4. Progress in Know-How: Its Origins and Limits
   Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, 2008, 3, (1), 101-117
5. Public policies and changing boundaries of firms in a "history-friendly" model of the co-evolution of the computer and semiconductor industries
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 67, (2), 355-380 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2007)
6. Thomas K. McCraw (ed): Profit of innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and creative destruction
   Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2008, 18, (1), 105-109
7. What enables rapid economic progress: What are the needed institutions
   Research Policy, 2008, 37, (1), 1-11 View citations (16)

2007

8. 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 View citations (1)
9. 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 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper (2003)
10. 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 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
11. On the Role of Randomized Clinical Trials in Medicine
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2007, 16, (5), 357-370
12. Public research institutions and economic catch-up
    Research Policy, 2007, 36, (10), 1512-1528 View citations (14)
13. Randomized Trials of Education and Medical Practices: Strengths and Limitations
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2007, 16, (5), 303-306 View citations (1)

2006

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

2005

18. Applying organizational routines in understanding organizational change
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2005, 14, (5), 775-791 View citations (10)
19. Argument, methodology, and fashion: reactions to a paper by Arora and Merges
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2005, 14, (6), 1235-1236

2004

20. The challenge of building an effective innovation system for catch-up
    Oxford Development Studies, 2004, 32, (3), 365-374 View citations (3)
21. The market economy, and the scientific commons
    Research Policy, 2004, 33, (3), 455-471 View citations (52)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
22. What do we know about innovation?
    Research Policy, 2004, 33, (9), 1253-1258
23. Why and how innovations get adopted: a tale of four models
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2004, 13, (5), 679-699 View citations (8)

2003

24. Obituary for Keith Pavitt: 13th January 1937 - 20th December 2002
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (8), iii-iii
25. Obituary: 13th January 1937 - 20th December 2002
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (9), iii-iii
    Also in Research Policy, 2003, 32, (10), iii-iii (2003)
26. Obituary; Keith Pavitt
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (7), iii-iii
    Also in Research Policy, 2003, 32, (3), iii-iii (2003)
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (6), iii-iii (2003)
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (2), iii-iii (2003)
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (5), iii-iii (2003)
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (4), iii-iii (2003)
27. On the uneven evolution of human know-how
    Research Policy, 2003, 32, (6), 909-922 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
28. 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

29. 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
30. Erratum to "Technology, institutions, and innovation systems" [Research Policy 31 (2002) 265-272]
    Research Policy, 2002, 31, (8-9), 1509-1509
31. Evolutionary Theorizing in Economics
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (2), 23-46 View citations (57)
32. On the nature and evolution of human know-how
    Research Policy, 2002, 31, (5), 719-733 View citations (8)
33. 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 (9)
34. Technology, institutions, and innovation systems
    Research Policy, 2002, 31, (2), 265-272 View citations (11)
35. The problem of market bias in modern capitalist economies
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2002, 11, (2), 207-244 View citations (3)
36. special issue: Bringing institutions into evolutionary growth theory
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2002, 12, (1), 17-28 View citations (10)

2001

37. 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 (7)
38. History-Friendly Models: an Overview of the Case of the Computer Industry
    Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2001, 4, (3), 6 View citations (7)
39. Las instituciones como factor que regula el desempeño económico
    Revista de Economía Institucional, 2001, 3, (5), 17-51
40. Making sense of institutions as a factor shaping economic performance
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2001, 44, (1), 31-54 View citations (79)
41. 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 (29)
42. 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 (43)

1999

43. The Asian Miracle and Modern Growth Theory
    Economic Journal, 1999, 109, (457), 416-36 View citations (69)
    See also Working Paper (1998)

1998

44. The Agenda for Growth Theory: A Different Point of View
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1998, 22, (4), 497-520 View citations (26)
45. The benefits and costs of strong patent protection: a contribution to the current debate
    Research Policy, 1998, 27, (3), 273-284 View citations (77)

1997

46. 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
47. Factors behind cross-industry differences in technical progress
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 1997, 8, (2), 205-220 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1996

48. 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
49. The Evolution of Comparative or Competitive Advantage: A Preliminary Report on a Study
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 1996, 5, (2), 597-617 View citations (3)

1995

50. On the sources and significance of interindustry differences in technological opportunities
    Research Policy, 1995, 24, (2), 185-205 View citations (137)
    See also Working Paper (1993)
51. Recent Evolutionary Theorizing about Economic Change
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1995, 33, (1), 48-90 View citations (163)

1994

52. American universities and technical advance in industry
    Research Policy, 1994, 23, (3), 323-348 View citations (141)
53. An Introduction to Evolutionary Theories in Economics
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 1994, 4, (3), 153-72 View citations (61)
54. Introduction: In honor of Nathan Rosenberg
    Research Policy, 1994, 23, (5), iii-v
55. 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 (47)

1993

56. In search of useful theory of innovation
    Research Policy, 1993, 22, (2), 108-108 View citations (3)
    Also in Research Policy, 1977, 6, (1), 36-76 (1977) View citations (124)

1992

57. 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 (37)

1991

58. Diffusion of Development: Post-World War II Convergence among Advanced Industrial Nations
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (2), 271-75 View citations (1)

1990

59. Capitalism as an engine of progress
    Research Policy, 1990, 19, (3), 193-214 View citations (21)
60. Introduction
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 1990, 1, (2), 203-206
61. U.S. technological leadership: Where did it come from and where did it go?
    Research Policy, 1990, 19, (2), 117-132 View citations (8)

1989

62. Industry growth accounts and production functions when techniques are idiosyncratic
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1989, 11, (3), 323-341 View citations (3)
63. 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

64. 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
65. 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 (12)

1987

66. Appropriating the Returns from Industrial Research and Development
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1987, 18, (3), 783-832 View citations (403)

1986

67. 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
68. Institutions Supporting Technical Advance in Industry
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (2), 186-89 View citations (28)

1984

69. Incentives for entrepreneurship and supporting institutions
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 1984, 120, (4), 646-661 View citations (2)
70. Production and innovation when techniques are tacit: The case of education
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1984, 5, (3-4), 353-373 View citations (7)

1982

71. The Role of Knowledge in R&D Efficiency
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1982, 97, (3), 453-70 View citations (30)
72. The Schumpeterian Tradeoff Revisited
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (1), 114-32 View citations (15)

1981

73. Assessing Private Enterprise: An Exegesis of Tangled Doctrine
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1981, 12, (1), 93-111 View citations (10)
74. Research on Productivity Growth and Productivity Differences: Dead Ends and New Departures
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1981, 19, (3), 1029-64 View citations (58)

1980

75. Firm and Industry Response to Changed Market Conditions: An Evolutionary Approach
    Economic Inquiry, 1980, 18, (2), 179-202 View citations (3)
76. 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 (3)

1978

77. Forces Generating and Limiting Concentration under Schumpeterian Competition
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1978, 9, (2), 524-548 View citations (19)

1977

78. Simulation of Schumpeterian Competition
    American Economic Review, 1977, 67, (1), 271-76 View citations (10)
79. 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 (2)

1976

80. Goldschmid, Mann, and Weston's Industrial Concentration: The New Learning
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1976, 7, (2), 729-732
81. Political Economy: Some Uses of the Exit-Voice Approach: Discussion
    American Economic Review, 1976, 66, (2), 389-91
82. Technical Change in an Evolutionary Model
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1976, 90, (1), 90-118 View citations (6)

1975

83. "An Evaluation of Consumer Protection Legislation: The 1962 Drug Amendments": A Comment
    Journal of Political Economy, 1975, 83, (3), 655-61
84. Factor Price Changes and Factor Substitution in an Evolutionary Model
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1975, 6, (2), 466-486 View citations (2)
85. Growth Theory from an Evolutionary Perspective: The Differential Productivity Puzzle
    American Economic Review, 1975, 65, (2), 338-44 View citations (4)

1974

86. Less Developed Countries-Technology Transfer and Adaptation: The Role of the Indigenous Science Community
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1974, 23, (1), 61-77 View citations (1)
87. Neoclassical vs. Evolutionary Theories of Economic Growth: Critique and Prospectus
    Economic Journal, 1974, 84, (336), 886-905 View citations (26)

1973

88. Recent Exercises in Growth Accounting: New Understanding or Dead End?
    American Economic Review, 1973, 63, (3), 462-68 View citations (25)
89. Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Economic Capabilities
    American Economic Review, 1973, 63, (2), 440-49 View citations (15)

1970

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

1959

92. The Economics of Invention: A Survey of the Literature
    The Journal of Business, 1959, 32, 101 View citations (21)
93. The Simple Economics of Basic Scientific Research
    Journal of Political Economy, 1959, 67, 297 View citations (198)

1957

94. Increased Rents from Increased Costs: A Paradox of Value Theory
    Journal of Political Economy, 1957, 65, 387 View citations (3)

Chapters

2011

1. Some Features of Research by Economists of Technological Change Foreshadowed by The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity
   A chapter in The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited, 2011, pp 35-41

1972

2. Issues and Suggestions for the Study of Industrial Organization in a Regime of Rapid Technical Change
   A chapter in Economic Research: Retrospect and Prospect Vol 3: Policy Issues and Research Opportunities in Industrial Organization, 1972, pp 34-58

1967

3. Aggregative Production Functions and Economic Growth Policy
   A chapter in The Theory and Empirical Analysis of Production, 1967, pp 479-499

1962

4. Introduction to "The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity: Economic and Social Factors"
   A chapter in The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity: Economic and Social Factors, 1962, pp 1-16 View citations (14)
5. The Link Between Science and Invention: The Case of the Transistor
   A chapter in The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity: Economic and Social Factors, 1962, pp 549-584 View citations (13)