Research Policy

1971 - 2025

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Volume 40, issue 10, 2011

The mobility of economists and the diffusion of policy ideas: The influence of economics on national policies pp. 1307-1320

Bruce Kogut and J. Muir Macpherson

Recombinant search and breakthrough idea generation: An analysis of high impact papers in the social sciences pp. 1321-1331

Melissa A. Schilling and Elad Green

Getting cited: Does open access help? pp. 1332-1338

Patrick Gaulé and Nicolas Maystre

How medical know-how progresses pp. 1339-1344

Richard Nelson, Kristin Buterbaugh, Marcel Perl and Annetine Gelijns

Are you too young for the Nobel Prize? pp. 1345-1353

John Baffes and Athanasios Vamvakidis

What motivates academic scientists to engage in research commercialization: ‘Gold’, ‘ribbon’ or ‘puzzle’? pp. 1354-1368

Alice Lam

‘Impact’ in the proposals for the UK's Research Excellence Framework: Shifting the boundaries of academic autonomy pp. 1369-1379

Simon Smith, Vicky Ward and Allan House

Is Italian science declining? pp. 1380-1392

Cinzia Daraio and Henk F. Moed

How do men and women differ in research collaborations? An analysis of the collaborative motives and strategies of academic researchers pp. 1393-1402

Barry Bozeman and Monica Gaughan

On the contractual governance of research collaborations: Allocating control and intellectual property rights in the shadow of potential termination pp. 1403-1411

Claudio Panico

Innovation as a social bubble: The example of the Human Genome Project pp. 1412-1425

Monika Gisler, Didier Sornette and Ryan Woodard

Highly innovative small technology firms, industrial clusters and firm internationalization pp. 1426-1437

Dirk Libaers and Martin Meyer

Openness, knowledge, innovation and growth in UK business services pp. 1438-1452

James H. Love, Stephen Roper and John R. Bryson

The effects of knowledge management on innovative success – An empirical analysis of German firms pp. 1453-1462

Uwe Cantner, Kristin Joel and Tobias Schmidt

Volume 40, issue 9, 2011

Systems thinking, market failure, and the development of innovation policy: The case of Australia pp. 1145-1156

Mark Dodgson, Alan Hughes, John Foster and Stan Metcalfe

Innovation across Europe: How important are institutional differences? pp. 1157-1169

Natália Barbosa and Ana Faria

US biopharmaceutical finance and the sustainability of the biotech business model pp. 1170-1187

William Lazonick and Öner Tulum

Spatial collocation and venture capital in the US biotechnology industry pp. 1188-1199

Christos Kolympiris, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes and Douglas Miller

Incorporating technical risk in compound real option models to value a pharmaceutical R&D licensing opportunity pp. 1200-1216

Danny Cassimon, M. De Backer, Peter-Jan Engelen, Martine van Wouwe and V. Yordanov

To explore or to exploit? An empirical investigation of acquisitions by large incumbents pp. 1217-1225

Marcus Wagner

Inside multi-disciplinary science and engineering research centers: The impact of organizational climate on invention disclosures and patents pp. 1226-1239

Emily M. Hunter, Sara Jansen Perry and Steven C. Currall

Linking induced technological change, and environmental regulation: Evidence from patenting in the U.S. auto industry pp. 1240-1252

Jaegul Lee, Francisco M. Veloso and David A. Hounshell

Environmental policy vs. public pressure: Innovation and diffusion of alternative bleaching technologies in the pulp industry pp. 1253-1268

David Popp, Tamara Hafner and Nick Johnstone

The impact of funding on research collaboration: Evidence from a developing country pp. 1269-1279

Diego Ubfal and Alessandro Maffioli

Self-organization of industrial clustering in a transition economy: A proposed framework and case study evidence from China pp. 1280-1294

Zheng He, Lez Rayman-Bacchus and Yiming Wu

A functionalist framework to compare research systems applied to an analysis of the transformation of the Chinese research system pp. 1295-1306

Koen Jonkers

Volume 40, issue 8, 2011

30 years after Bayh-Dole: Reassessing academic entrepreneurship pp. 1045-1057

Rosa Grimaldi, Martin Kenney, Donald S. Siegel and Mike Wright

The Bayh-Dole Act and scientist entrepreneurship pp. 1058-1067

T. Aldridge and David Audretsch

Changes to university IPR regulations in Europe and the impact on academic patenting pp. 1068-1076

Aldo Geuna and Federica Rossi

Has the Bayh-Dole act compromised basic research? pp. 1077-1083

Jerry Thursby and Marie Thursby

The impact of entrepreneurial capacity, experience and organizational support on academic entrepreneurship pp. 1084-1093

Bart Clarysse, Valentina Tartari and Ammon Salter

Public science and public innovation: Assessing the relationship between patenting at U.S. National Laboratories and the Bayh-Dole Act pp. 1094-1099

Albert Link, Donald S. Siegel and David Van Fleet

Does inventor ownership encourage university research-derived entrepreneurship? A six university comparison pp. 1100-1112

Martin Kenney and Donald Patton

Complements or substitutes? The role of universities and local context in supporting the creation of academic spin-offs pp. 1113-1127

Riccardo Fini, Rosa Grimaldi, Simone Santoni and Maurizio Sobrero

The effectiveness of university knowledge spillovers: Performance differences between university spinoffs and corporate spinoffs pp. 1128-1143

Karl Wennberg, Johan Wiklund and Mike Wright

Volume 40, issue 7, 2011

In memory of Chris Freeman: Founding Editor of Research Policy, 1971-2003 pp. 895-896

Ben Martin and Martin Bell

Christopher Freeman: social science entrepreneur pp. 897-916

Jan Fagerberg, Morten Fosaas, Martin Bell and Ben Martin

China's innovation policies: Evolution, institutional structure, and trajectory pp. 917-931

Feng-chao Liu, Denis Fred Simon, Yu-tao Sun and Cong Cao

Do linkages between farmers and academic researchers influence researcher productivity? The Mexican case pp. 932-942

René Rivera-Huerta, Gabriela Dutrénit, Javier Mario Ekboir, José Luis Sampedro and Alexandre O. Vera-Cruz

Shared inventions and the evolution of capabilities: Examining the biotechnology industry pp. 943-956

Theodore A. Khoury and Erin G. Pleggenkuhle-Miles

Commercial science, scientists' values, and university biotechnology research agendas pp. 957-968

Leland L. Glenna, Rick Welsh, David Ervin, William B. Lacy and Dina Biscotti

The market value of R&D, patents, and trademarks pp. 969-985

Philipp G. Sandner and Joern Block

Structural modeling of the value of patent pp. 986-1000

Jun Suzuki

An empirical study on the determinants of essential patent claims in compatibility standards pp. 1001-1015

Rudi Bekkers, René Bongard and Alessandro Nuvolari

Does patenting help high-tech start-ups? pp. 1016-1027

Christian Helmers and Mark Rogers

Venture capital financing and the growth of high-tech start-ups: Disentangling treatment from selection effects pp. 1028-1043

Fabio Bertoni, Massimo G. Colombo and Luca Grilli

Volume 40, issue 6, 2011

International scientist mobility and the locus of knowledge and technology transfer pp. 791-805

Jakob Edler, Heide Fier and Christoph Grimpe

Users as service innovators: The case of banking services pp. 806-818

Pedro Oliveira and Eric von Hippel

A failure trichotomy in knowledge exploration and exploitation pp. 819-831

Robin Gustafsson and Erkko Autio

Creating advantage in peripheral regions: The role of publicly funded R&D centres pp. 832-841

Nola Hewitt-Dundas and Stephen Roper

Managing university technology development using organizational control theory pp. 842-852

William H.A. Johnson

Job satisfaction patterns of scientists and engineers by status of birth pp. 853-863

Meghna Sabharwal

The impact of NIH postdoctoral training grants on scientific productivity pp. 864-874

Brian A. Jacob and Lars Lefgren

Performance impact of research policy at the Chinese Academy of Sciences pp. 875-885

Daqun Zhang, Rajiv D. Banker, Xiaoxuan Li and Wenbin Liu

Using patent citation patterns to infer innovation market competition pp. 886-894

Darshak Patel and Michael Ward

Volume 40, issue 5, 2011

Entrepreneurs, Jacks of all trades or Hobos? pp. 637-649

Thomas Astebro and Peter Thompson

Co-opetition between giants: Collaboration with competitors for technological innovation pp. 650-663

Devi R. Gnyawali and Park, Byung-Jin (Robert)

The R&D-growth paradox arises in fast-growing sectors pp. 664-672

Olof Ejermo, Astrid Kander and Martin Svensson Henning

Competence-creating overlaps and subsidiary technological evolution in the multinational corporation pp. 673-686

Philip Kappen

When 'national innovation system' meet 'varieties of capitalism' arguments on labour qualifications: On the skill types and scientific knowledge needed for radical and incremental product innovations pp. 687-701

Andrea M. Herrmann and Alexander Peine

Reconceptualising the 'policy mix' for innovation pp. 702-713

Kieron Flanagan, Elvira Uyarra and Manuel Laranja

Subsidy and networking: The effects of direct and indirect support programs of the cluster policy pp. 714-727

Junichi Nishimura and Hiroyuki Okamuro

Determinants of R&D cooperation in Japanese start-ups pp. 728-738

Hiroyuki Okamuro, Masatoshi Kato and Yuji Honjo

Innovation capacity and innovation development in small enterprises. A comparison between the manufacturing and service sectors pp. 739-750

Helena Forsman

Establishment of higher education institutions and new firm entry pp. 751-760

Rui Baptista, Francisco Lima and Joana Mendonça

Opening the black box: The adoption of innovations in the voluntary sector--The case of Indonesian civil society organisations pp. 761-777

Yanuar Nugroho

Changing the view of wind power development: More than "bricolage" pp. 778-789

Chris Hendry and Paul Harborne

Volume 40, issue 4, 2011

How medical practice evolves: Learning to treat failing hearts with an implantable device pp. 511-525

Piera Morlacchi and Richard Nelson

Agency in national innovation systems: Institutional entrepreneurship and the professionalization of Taiwanese IT pp. 526-538

Shih-Chang Hung and Richard Whittington

Engaging excellence? Effects of faculty quality on university engagement with industry pp. 539-552

Markus Perkmann, Zella King and Stephen Pavelin

Entrepreneurial effectiveness of European universities: An empirical assessment of antecedents and trade-offs pp. 553-564

Bart Van Looy, Paolo Landoni, Julie Callaert, Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potter, Eleftherios Sapsalis and Koenraad Debackere

Costs and benefits of inter-departmental innovation collaboration pp. 565-575

Maarten Cuijpers, Hannes Guenter and Katrin Hussinger

Open source in the firm: Opening up professional practices of software development pp. 576-587

Bertil Rolandsson, Magnus Bergquist and Jan Ljungberg

The strength of strong ties in the creation of innovation pp. 588-604

Katja Rost

Conveying quality and value in emerging industries: Star scientists and the role of signals in biotechnology pp. 605-617

Matthew J. Higgins, Paula E. Stephan and Jerry Thursby

The Jatropha biofuels sector in Tanzania 2005-2009: Evolution towards sustainability? pp. 618-636

Henny A. Romijn and Marjolein Caniëls

Volume 40, issue 3, 2011

Stakeholder interaction within research consortia on emerging technologies: Learning how and what? pp. 341-354

Anneloes Roelofsen, Wouter P.C. Boon, Roy R. Kloet and Jacqueline E.W. Broerse

Coordination modes in public funding systems pp. 355-367

Benedetto Lepori

Growing where you are planted: Exogenous firms and the seeding of Silicon Valley pp. 368-379

Stephen B. Adams

What determines knowledge sourcing from host locations of overseas R&D operations?: A study of global R&D activities of Japanese multinationals pp. 380-390

Jaeyong Song, Kazuhiro Asakawa and Youngeun Chu

Analysis of sources of innovation, technological innovation capabilities, and performance: An empirical study of Hong Kong manufacturing industries pp. 391-402

Richard C.M. Yam, William Lo, Esther P.Y. Tang and Antonio K.W. Lau

A framework for analysis of multi-mode interaction among technologies with examples from the history of alternative transport fuels in Sweden pp. 403-414

Björn A. Sandén and Karl M. Hillman

Project risk management and design flexibility: Analysing a case and conditions of complementarity pp. 415-428

Nuno Gil and Bruce Tether

Proactive R&D management and firm growth: A punctuated equilibrium model pp. 429-440

Ram Mudambi and Tim Swift

Ownership and firm innovation in a transition economy: Evidence from China pp. 441-452

Suk Bong Choi, Soo Hee Lee and Christopher Williams

Knowledge spillovers through human mobility across national borders: Evidence from Zhongguancun Science Park in China pp. 453-462

Igor Filatotchev, Xiaohui Liu, Jiangyong Lu and Mike Wright

Factors associated with disciplinary and interdisciplinary research collaboration pp. 463-472

Frank J. van Rijnsoever and Laurens K. Hessels

Mapping the importance of the real world: The validity of connectivity analysis of patent citations networks pp. 473-486

David Barberá-Tomás, Fernando Jiménez-Sáez and Itziar Castelló-Molina

Academic discipline and risk perception of technologies: An empirical study pp. 487-499

Ursula Weisenfeld and Ingrid Ott

Does a different view create something new? The effect of employee diversity on innovation pp. 500-509

Christian Østergaard, Bram Timmermans and Kari Kristinsson

Volume 40, issue 2, 2011

Innovation in times of crisis: National Systems of Innovation, structure, and demand pp. 179-192

Andrea Filippetti and Daniele Archibugi

Schumacher meets Schumpeter: Appropriate technology below the radar pp. 193-203

Raphael Kaplinsky

Professional networks, scientific collaboration, and publication productivity in resource-constrained research institutions in a developing country pp. 204-216

Marcus Antonius Ynalvez and Wesley M. Shrum

Evaluating the impact of R&D tax credits on innovation: A microeconometric study on Canadian firms pp. 217-229

Dirk Czarnitzki, Petr Hanel and Julio Miguel Rosa

Evaluating research efficiency within National R&D Programmes pp. 230-241

Fernando Jiménez-Sáez, Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, José Zofío and Elena Castro-Martínez

Demand articulation in emerging technologies: Intermediary user organisations as co-producers? pp. 242-252

Wouter P.C. Boon, Ellen H.M. Moors, Stefan Kuhlmann and Ruud E.H.M. Smits

Determinants of Internet standards adoption: The case of South Korea pp. 253-262

Anat Hovav, Martin Hemmert and Yoo Jung Kim

Normative contestation in transitions 'in the making': Animal welfare concerns and system innovation in pig husbandry pp. 263-275

Boelie Elzen, Frank W. Geels, Cees Leeuwis and Barbara van Mierlo

Team intuition as a continuum construct and new product creativity: The role of environmental turbulence, team experience, and stress pp. 276-286

Mumin Dayan and C. Anthony Di Benedetto

Exploration versus exploitation in alliance portfolio: Performance implications of organizational, strategic, and environmental fit pp. 287-296

Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Haibin Yang and Lin, Zhiang (John)

The bumpy road of technology partnerships: Understanding causes and consequences of partnership mal-functioning pp. 297-308

Boris Lokshin, John Hagedoorn and Wilko Letterie

Electricity sector liberalisation and innovation: An analysis of the UK's patenting activities pp. 309-324

Tooraj Jamasb and Michael Pollitt

Cheaper patents pp. 325-339

Tom Nicholas

Volume 40, issue 1, 2011

Introduction to the special section: Heterogeneity and university-industry relations pp. 1-5

Magnus Gulbrandsen, David Mowery and Maryann Feldman

The implications of academic enterprise for public science: An overview of the empirical evidence pp. 6-19

Maria Theresa Larsen

Faculty participation in licensing: Implications for research pp. 20-29

Jerry Thursby and Marie Thursby

Gaining from interactions with universities: Multiple methods for nurturing absorptive capacity pp. 30-40

Kate Bishop, Pablo D'Este and Andy Neely

Breaking the Ivory Tower: Academic Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences in UK and Germany pp. 41-54

Carolin Haeussler and Jeannette A. Colyvas

The impact of academic patenting on university research and its transfer pp. 55-68

Gustavo Crespi, Pablo D'Este, Roberto Fontana and Aldo Geuna

Divergent paths to commercial science: A comparison of scientists' founding and advising activities pp. 69-80

Waverly Ding and Emily Choi

The mechanisms of collaboration in inventive teams: Composition, social networks, and geography pp. 81-93

Janet Bercovitz and Maryann Feldman

Inventor moral hazard in university licensing: The role of contracts pp. 94-104

Emmanuel Dechenaux, Jerry Thursby and Marie Thursby

Information-sharing in academia and the industry: A comparative study pp. 105-122

Carolin Haeussler

Is the US outperforming Europe in university technology licensing? A new perspective on the European Paradox pp. 123-135

Annamaria Conti and Patrick Gaulé

Do competitively acquired funds induce universities to increase productivity? pp. 136-147

Thomas Bolli and Frank Somogyi

The European university landscape: A micro characterization based on evidence from the Aquameth project pp. 148-164

Cinzia Daraio, Andrea Bonaccorsi, Aldo Geuna, Benedetto Lepori, Laurent Bach, Peter Bogetoft, Margarida F. Cardoso, Elena Castro-Martinez, Gustavo Crespi, Ignacio Fernandez de Lucio, Harold Fried, Adela Garcia-Aracil, Annamaria Inzelt, Ben Jongbloed, Gerhard Kempkes, Patrick Llerena, Mireille Matt, Maria Olivares, Carsten Pohl, Tarmo Raty, Maria J. Rosa, Cláudia S. Sarrico, Leopold Simar, Stig Slipersaeter, Pedro Teixeira and Philippe Vanden Eeckaut

Rickety numbers: Volatility of university rankings and policy implications pp. 165-177

Michaela Saisana, Béatrice d'Hombres and Andrea Saltelli