Dominique Foray

dominique.foray@epfl.ch +41 21 693 00 35 http://cemi.epfl.ch
Citizenship: French and Swiss
Fields of expertise
- Economics of innovation
- Science and technology indicators
- Technology policy
- Knowledge-based economy
- Innovation & development
- Smart specialization
- Science and technology indicators
- Technology policy
- Knowledge-based economy
- Innovation & development
- Smart specialization
Current work
In this section, I describe my main current research topics and my main recent publications as well as some works in progress related to each of these topics*SMART SPECIALISATION AND INNOVATION POLICIES IN THE EU AND BEYOND
-"Smart specialisation strategies: Insights from a unique European Policy experiment on innovation and industrial Policy designed", with M.Eichler and M.Keller, submitted to Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, 2020
-"In response to 'Six critical questions about smart specialization'", European Planning Studies, 2019
-"Smart specialisation strategies and industrial modernisation in European regions", Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2018
-"Smart specialisation strategies as a case of mission oriented policy - a case study on the emergence of new policy practices, Industry and Corporate Change, 2018
-"The policy space of smart specialisation", European Planning Studies, 2016
-Smart specialisation : opportunities and challenges for regional innovation policy, London: Routledge, 2015
-"From smart specialisation to smart specialisation policy", European Journal of Innovation Management, vol.17, 4, 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-09-20140096
-"Smart specialisation: the concept", Knowledge for growth, prospects for science, technology and innovation, ERA, EUR 24047, Brussels, with P.A.David and B.Hall, 2009
An important aspect of my work on this topic involves the preparation and development of a 12 weeks EPFL MOOC for executive education on "designing smart specialisation strategies" - in collaboration with BAKeconomics (Basel, CH).
*THE ROLE OF INNOVATION TO MEET GRAND CHALLENGES (CLIMATE, HEALTH, EDUCATION)
-"Public R&D and social challenges: what lessons from mission R&D programs?", Research Policy, vol.41/10, with D.C.Mowery and R.R.Nelson, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J;respol.2012.07.011
-"Can medical products be developed on a not-for-profit basis? Exploring product development partnerships for neglected diseases", Science and Public Policy, with V.Munoz, F.Visentin and P.Gaulé, 2014
-"The emergence of educational tool industry : opportunities and challenges for innovation education", Research Policy, with J.Raffo, 2014
-"Structuring a policy response to a 'Grand Challenge'", Knowledge for Growth, prospects for science, technology and innovation, ERA, EUR 24047, Brussels, 2009
-Building the capacity to experiment in schools: a case study of the Institute of Educational Sciences in the US Department of Education", Economics of Innovation and New Technology, vol.16, 5, with T.Coock, 2007
-Randomized trials of education and medical practices: strengths and limitations, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, vol.16, 5, with R.Murnane and R.Nelson, 2007
*INNOVATION@SWITZERLAND
"The formation of Coasean institutions to provide complementary capabilities for innovation - a case study and a statistical analysis about current trends in Switzerland, draft, with Martin Woerter, 2020
-"Die Schweiz - ein innovationsstarkes Land", "La Suisse : pays de l'innovation", Volkswirtschaft, La Vie Economique, special issue, April 2016
-"An assessment of the Innovation Union Scoreboard as a tool to analyse national innovation capacities: the case of Switzerland", Research Evaluation, with H.Hollanders, 2015
*NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY
-"On sector-non-neutral innovation policy : towards new design principles", Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2019
-"Why is it so difficult to translate innovation economics into useful and applicable policy prescriptions?", in The rate and direction of inventive activity revisited, Lerner and Stern eds., National Bureau of Economic Research, The University of Chicago Press, 2012
-The new economics of technology policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2009
-"Science, technology and innovation for economic growth: linking policy research and practice in 'STIG' systems", Research Policy, vol.38, issue 4, with P.Aghion and P.A.David, 2009
*INNOVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
-"Platform for economic discovery", in Technology and Innovation Report, UNCTAD, United Nations, 2018
-"From transfer of technology to innovation : the centrality of the discovery process and economic knowledge", chapter 7, in Transfer of Technology and Knowledge Sharing for Development, UNCTAD, Geneva: United Nations, 2014
-"Knowledge policy for development", in Innovation and the development agenda, OECD Innovation Strategy, Paris, 2010
*ECONOMICS OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
- "Economie de la Connaissance" - 3ème édition, La Découverte, Paris, 2018
- "The challenge of innovation in turbulent time", World Economic Forum paper, with E.Phelps, 2014
- "Patent-free innovation: a review of economic works including the analysis of a recent work in the field of experimental economics", Revue Economique, vol.64, 1, 2013
-"The fragility of experiential knowledge", in R.Arena, A.Festré and N.Lazaric (eds.), Handbook of Knowledge and Economics, Edward Elgar, 2012
-"The university research and public-private interactions", in B.Hall and N.Rosenberg (eds.), Handbook of Economics of Innovation, North Holland, with F.Lissoni, 2010
-"Structural changes in industrial R&D in Europe and the US", Science and Public Policy, 37(6), with S.Lhuillery, 2010
-"The economics of open technology: collective organization and individual claims in the 'fabrique lyonnaise' during the old regime", Frontiers in the economics of innovation: essays in honour of P.A.David, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, with L.Hilaire Perez, 2006
-Advancing knowledge and the knowledge economy, Cambridge: MIT Press, with B.Kahin (eds), 2006
-"The explicit economics of knowledge codification and tacitness", in Understanding Industry and Corporate Changes, G.Dosi, D.Teece and J.Chytri (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2005
-The economics of knowledge, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004 (paperback in 2006)
-"An introduction to the economy of knowledge society", International Social Science Journal, 171, with P.A.David, 2002
I am currently involved in the preparation and coordination of "The Economics of Knowledge" - as part of the "International Library of Critical Writings in Economics" series (Edward Elgar)
I am also currently preparing the third edition of my pocket book - "Economie de la Connaissance" - Edition La Découverte (Paris)
*SOCIAL INNOVATION
-"On the economics of social innovation : a conceptual Framework and first empricial study", Innovation - Organization & Management, with A.Cuntz and E.Mostovova, 2020
-"Common Innovation in the light of reflections on Mass Flourishing", Book review essay, Research Policy, 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.201504.006
*INDICATORS AND EVALUATION
-"How did medical technologies integrate new information technologies?", draft, with M.Coffano, 2015
-"Advanced postdoc.mobility fellowship (SNSF): a policy evaluation, Policy Brief, Institute of Technology & Public Policy, with S.Barrufaldi, M.Marino and F.Visentin, May 2015
-"Enriching the indicator base for the economics of knowledge", in Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators, Paris: OECD, 87-100, 2007
-"Pitfalls in estimating the returns to corporate R&D using accounting data", Knowledge for Growth, IPTS-EC/Sevilla, with B.Hall and J.Mairesse, 2007
- Measuring knowledge management in the business sector, Paris: OECD, with F.Gault (eds.), 2003
*POLICY PAPERS AND STATEMENTS
-"The future of the EU as an inclusive and sustainable innovation economy", D.Foray & G.Romme (leading authors), position paper co-signed by 12 Eurotech Professors in innovation and entrepreneurship, Eurotech Alliance, April 2016
Biography
1 - Current occupations and activitiesI am Full Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and hold the Chair of Economics and Management of Innovation (CEMI).
I am a member of the Swiss Council for Science (SWR); chairman of the Advisory Board of the Swiss Economic Research Institute (KOF); and a foreign member of the Center of Capitalism and Society (Columbia University, New York).
From 2007 to 2015, I served as a member of the Swiss National Research Council (Division IV - Large Scale Programs)
From 2013 to 2016, I was a member of the Expert Commission for Research and Innovation of Germany (E-FI) and a member of the Expert Group for the National Report on Research and Innovation (SBFI, Switzerland).
From 2008 to 2011, I served as chairman of the expert group Knowledge for Growth; a group of prominent economists created to advise Commissioner J. Potocnik (European Commission, DG research). This is during this service as member of this Group that I developed the concept of smart specialisation (together with P.A.David and B.Hall) that is now a key policy mechanism of the EU (cohesion policy).
My expertise includes the economics of innovation and knowledge and the economic policy implications of the new knowledge-based economy. I have presented many opening speeches and key note address in academic and policy conferences on these topics. I have written numerous academic papers as well as two books and have edited several books and special issues in these fields. Among these books,I like to highlight :
Technology and the Wealth of Nations (Pinter, 1992) ed.with C.Freeman;
Unemployment and Growth in the Knowledge-based Economy (OECD, 1996), ed. with B.A.Lundvall;
Knowledge economies and societies (a special issue of the International Social Science Journal, Basil Blackwell, 2002, with editions in French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabs, Russian);
The Economics of knowledge (MIT press, 2004, paperback in 2006) with editions in France, Italy, Korea, China, Greece, Syria and Algeria
The New Economics of Technology Policy(Edward Elgar)2009, ed.;
. Smart specialisation : opportunities and challenges for regional innovation policy(Routledge, 2015)
Since 2017, I regularly contribute to the Swiss Science Council blog: https://blog.wissenschaftsrat.ch/
2 Education, previous appointments and academic positions
- I received my Ph.D. in economics in 1984 and my "habilitation à diriger des recherches" in 1992 from the University Lumière of Lyon.
- In 1985, I joined the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) as a Research Fellow in economics.
- In 1990, I joined the Ecole Centrale de Paris as professor of economics, and taught in the program ingénieur économiste.
- In 1993, I was nominated as Research Director at CNRS and joined the Institut pour le Management de la Recherche et de l'Innovation (IMRI) of the University of Paris-Dauphine.
- In 2001-2004, I worked as a Principal Analyst at the Center for Education, Research and Innovation of OECD (Paris).
- I joined the EPFL as Professeur Ordinaire in 2004.
3 - Honours and awards
Best young economist award - City of Lyon (France)1986
Outstanding research in 1995 (médaille du CNRS)(France)
Futuris award in 2012 for his work on smart specialisation
Best paper award, EJIM, 2014
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Cluj Napoca, 2017
I was also elected as Research Fellow at ICER (International Center for Economic Research) in Turin, at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin and at IIASA in Laxenburg; and I was Invited Professor at the Universities of Santiago de Compostela, Torino and Padova.
4 - Consulting activities
I have done consulting work for the UNESCO, the OECD, WIPO, UNCTAD, UN/ECE, the European Commission, the Swiss Government and other public organisations. I am currently strongly involved into the "smart specialisation" debate in Europe, giving talks and providing advices in many countries and regions in Europe.
Publications
Infoscience publications
Publications
2022
The Economics of Incomplete Plan - on Conditions, Procedures and Design of Future Mission - Oriented Innovation Policies
Hacienda Publica Espanola-Review Of Public Economics. 2022-01-01. DOI : 10.7866/HPE-RPE.22.4.6.2021
Smart specialization strategies – insights gained from a unique European policy experiment on innovation and industrial policy design
Review of Evolutionary Political Economy. 2021. DOI : 10.1007/s43253-020-00026-z.The formation of Coasean institutions to provide university knowledge for innovation: a case study and econometric evidence for Switzerland
Journal Of Technology Transfer. 2021. DOI : 10.1007/s10961-020-09828-z.2020
Six additional replies - one more chorus of the S3 ballad
European Planning Studies. 2020-08-02. DOI : 10.1080/09654313.2020.1797307.On the economics of social innovation - a conceptual framework and its policy implications
Innovation - Organization & Management. 2020-03-23. DOI : 10.1080/14479338.2020.1735394.COVID-19 : Insights from innovation economists
Science and Public Policy. 2020. DOI : 10.1093/scipol/scaa028.2019
In response to ‘Six critical questions about smart spezialisation’
European Planning Studies. 2019-09-09. DOI : 10.1080/09654313.2019.1664037.On sector-non-neutral innovation policy: towards new design principles
Journal of Evolutionary Economics. 2019. DOI : 10.1007/s00191-018-0599-8.2018
Economie de la Connaissance
Paris: La Découverte Repères.Smart specialization strategies and industrial modernization in European regions – theory and practice
Cambridge Journal of Economics. 2018. DOI : 10.1093/cje/bey022.Smart specialization strategies as a case of mission-oriented policy – a case study on the emergence of new policy practices
Industrial and Corporate Change. 2018. DOI : 10.1093/icc/dty030.2017
Does inventor centrality foster regional innovation? The case of the Swiss medical devices sector
Regional Studies. 2017. DOI : 10.1080/00343404.2017.1329585.2016
On the policy space of smart specialization strategies
European Planning Studies. 2016. DOI : 10.1080/09654313.2016.1176126.2015
From transfer of technology to innovation : the centrality of the discovery process and economic knowledge
2015Should we let the Genie out of the bottle? On the new industrial policy agenda and the example of smart specialisation
Scienze Regionali. 2015.Can medical products be developed on a non-profit basis? Exploring product development partnerships for neglected diseases
Science And Public Policy. 2015. DOI : 10.1093/scipol/scu049.An assessment of the Innovation Union Scoreboard as a tool to analyse national innovation capacities: The case of Switzerland
Research Evaluation. 2015. DOI : 10.1093/reseval/rvu036.Transition economics meets new structural economics
Journal Of Economic Policy Reform. 2015. DOI : 10.1080/17487870.2015.1018691.Common Innovation (how we create the wealth of nations) in the light of reflections on Mass Flourishing (how grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change)
Research Policy. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.respol.2015.04.006.Smart Specialisation - Opportunities and Challenges for Regional Innovation Policy
Routledge.2014
From smart specialisation to smart specialisation policy
European Journal of Innovation Management. 2014. DOI : 10.1108/EJIM-09-2014-0096.The emergence of an educational tool industry: Opportunities and challenges for innovation in education
Research Policy. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.respol.2014.07.010.Product Development Partnerships for Neglected Diseases: Exploring a New Model of Pharmaceutical R&D
Science and Public Policy. 2014.2013
Patent-free Innovation: a review of economic works including the analysis of a recent work in the field of experimental economics
Revue Economique. 2013.2012
The fragility of experiential knowledge
Handbook Of Knowledge And Economics; Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012.Why is it so difficult to translate innovation economics into useful and applicable policy prescriptions?
The rate and direction of inventive activity revisited; University of Chicago: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012. p. 673-678.Public R&D and social challenges: What lessons from mission R&D programs?
Research Policy. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.respol.2012.07.011.2011
A la recherche d’une spécialisation intelligente des Régions Européennes
Futuris 2011 - La Recherche et l'Innovation en France; Paris: Odile Jacob, 2011.The knowledge and the rabbit: can we measure what is on the other side of the scales?
Güterabwägung bei der Bewilligung von Tierversuchen – Die Güterabwägung interdisziplinär kritisch beleuchtet; Zürich: Collegium Helveticum, 2011.Le levier de l’innovation en manque d’incitations
L’Economie, une science qui nous gouverne ?; Paris: Actes Sud / Institut des Hautes Etudes pour la Science et la Technologie, 2011.Knowledge economy and services’industries – a case study of the educational sector
Brain drain or brain gain?; Berlin: Sigma, 2011.Educational innovation: an Economist’s perspective
Rigour and relevance in educational research; Oslo: The Research Council of Norway, 2011. p. 35-44.Social Software and Strategy
Long Range Planning. 2011. DOI : 10.1016/j.lrp.2011.08.001.The challenge of innovation in turbulent times
2011Smart specialisation From academic idea to political instrument, the surprising career of a concept and the difficulties involved in its implementation
20112010
Avec les armes de la sociologie de l’innovation: critique d’un travail récent d’économie expérimentale sur l’innovation et la propriété intellectuelle
Débordements: Mélanges offerts à Michel Callon; Paris: Presses des Mines, 2010.Le positionnement et les perspectives stratégiques des nanotechnologies en France
2010Knowledge policy for development
Innovation and development agenda; Paris: OECD Innovation Strategy, 2010.University research and public-private interaction
Handbook of the Economics of Innovation; Elsevier, 2010. p. 275-314.Structural Changes in Industrial R&D in Europe and the US
Science and Public Policy. 2010. DOI : 10.3152/030234210X508606.A primer on patent and innovation
International Management. 2010. DOI : 10.7202/044290ar.La Révolution Numérique et ses conséquences
Cahiers Français. 2010.The challenge of innovation in turbulent times
20102009
Science, technology and innovation for economic growth: Linking policy research and practice in 'STIG Systems'
2009. 40th Conference on the Future of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Brighton, ENGLAND, Sep 11-13, 2006. p. 681-693. DOI : 10.1016/j.respol.2009.01.016.ERA: Entrepreneurial Regional Action
public service review: Science & Technology. 2009.L'économie de la connaissance
Paris: Éditions La Découverte.2008
Overview on Knowledge for Growth: European issues and policy challenges
Knowledge for Growth. European Issues and Policy Challenges; Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2008. p. 6-15.Economie de la connaissance
Dictionnaire de l'éducation; Paris: Presses Universitaires France, 2008. p. 187-191.Combining the production and the valorization of academic research: a qualitative investigation of enacted mechanisms
European universities in transition. Issues, models and cases; Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008. p. 133-153.2007
Tacit and codified knowledge
Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics; Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2007. p. 235-247.Enriching the indicator base for the economics of knowledge
Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators in a Changing World. Responding to Policy Needs; OECDpublishing, 2007. p. 87-100.Pitfalls in Estimating the Returns to Corporate R&D Using Accounting Data
2007Linking Policy Research and Practice in 'STIG Systems': Many Obstacles, but Some Ways Forward
2007Patents and development in the knowledge economy
ICTSD Selected Issue Briefs. 2007.Academic Licensing: a European Study
2007Open software: knowledge openness and cooperation in cyberspace
Internet and digital economics: Principles, methods and applications; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. p. 368-390.Randomized trials of education and medical practices: strengths and limitations
Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 2007. DOI : 10.1080/10438590600982194.Building the capacity to experiment in schools: a case study of the Institute of Educational Sciences in the U.S. department of Education
Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 2007. DOI : 10.1080/10438590600982475.University-industry knowledge transfer in Switzerland
How universities promote economic growth; Washington: The World Bank, 2007. p. 47-70.2006
Learning from disaster
Applied Evolutionary Economics and the Knowledge-based Economy; Edward and Elgar, 2006.Caractériser les projets d'innovation fondés sur la connaissance: une approche sectorielle
Management de projets; Hermes & Lavoisier, 2006.Optimizing the use of knowledge
Advancing knowledge and the knowledge economy; Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006. p. 9-16.Linking policy research and practice in 'STIG systems': Many obstacles, but some ways forward
2006Globalization of R&D: linking better the European economy to 'foreign' sources of knowledge and making EU a more attractive place for R&D investment
2006Une région apprenante dans le tournoi mondial
Le feu au lac; Zurich / Genève: NZZ Libro / Editions du Tricorne, 2006. p. 103-135.Advancing knowledge and the knowledge economy
Cambridge: MIT Press.The economics of open technology : collective organization and individual claims in 'fabrique lyonnaise' during the old regime
New frontiers in the economics of innovation and new technology; London: Edward Elgar, 2006.New frontiers in the economics of innovation and new technology: essays in honour of P. A. David
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.2005
La Suisse dans une économie globalisée de la connaissance
2005The explicit economics of knowledge codification and tacitness
Understanding industrial and corporate change; Oxford University Press, 2005.2004
The patent system and the dynamics of innovation in Europe
Science and Public Policy. 2004. DOI : 10.3152/147154304781779732.Les enjeux économiques de l'innovation: bilan du programme CNRS
Revue d'Economie Politique. 2004.New models of innovation and the role of information technologies in the knowledge economy
Transforming enterprise: The economic and social implications of information technology; MIT Press, 2004.L'économie fondée sur les savoirs
Cahiers français. 2004.The economics of knowledge
Cambridge: MIT Press.2003
Trois modèles d’innovation dans l’économie de la connaissance
Encyclopédie de l’Innovation; Economica, 2003.The development of knowledge in different sectors: a model and some hypotheses
London Review of Education. 2003. DOI : 10.1080/14748460306689.On the French system of innovation : between institutional inertia and rapid changes
Innovation Policies in Europe and the US: The New Agenda; Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003.On the provision of industry specific public goods: revisiting a policy process
Science and Innovation. Rethinking the rationales for funding and governance; London: Edward Elgar, 2003.Knowledge production and distribution and the economics of high-tech consortia
Change, Transformation and Development; Physica-Verlag, 2003.On the creation of fundamental knowledge: finding the right balance between the public and private domains
Economics, Law and Intellectual Property; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. p. 199-221.On the economics of R&D and technological collaborations
Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 2003. DOI : 10.1080/10438590303118.The economics of knowledge reproduction by inscription
Industrial and Corporate Change. 2003. DOI : 10.1093/icc/12.2.299.Measuring knowledge management
Paris: OECD.2002
Les enjeux économiques de l'innovation: un bilan scientifique du programme CNRS
2002Economic Fundamentals of the Knowledge Society
2002Economic Fundamentals of the Knowledge Society
2002On the codifiability of knowledge : technical change and the structure of cognitive activities
Economics and information; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. p. 155-165.The knowledge dilemma and the geography of innovation
Institutions and systems in the geography of innovation; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. p. 35-54.Ce que l'économiste néglige ou ignore en matière d'analyse de l'innovation
Approches interdisciplinaires de l'innovation; Paris: L'Harmattan, 2002.New and old economics in the economy: a comment on K. Stiroh
Economic policy issues of the new economy; Heidelberg: Springer, 2002.Intellectual property rights
International Encyclopedia of Business & Management; Thomson Learning, 2002.Complex systems and collective adoption
Networks, Alliances and Partnerships in the Innovation Process; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. p. 191-198.Innovation et concurrence dans les industries de réseau
Revue Française de Gestion. 2002.An introduction to economy of the knowledge society
International Social Science Journal. 2002.Evolutionary economics and the counterfactual threat: on the nature and role of counterfactual history as an empirical tool in economics
Journal of Evolutionary Economics. 2002. DOI : 10.1007/s00191-002-0134-8.The knowledge economy and society
International Social Science Journal. 2002.2001
La complémentarité entre le financement public et le financement privé de la recherche et de l'innovation : pistes pour évaluer les tendances actuelles
2001Public dimensions of the knowledge-driven economy
2001Public management of positive research externalities
Doing business in the knowledge-based economy; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001. p. 329-348.Science et économie : quelles régulations?
Les régulations sociales des sciences; Commission nationale suisse pour l'UNESCO, 2001.Continuities and ruptures in knowledge management practices
Knowledge management and innovation; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001. p. 43-52.Public Knowledge, Private Property and the Economics of High-tech Consortia
Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 2001. DOI : 10.1080/10438590210898.Facing the problem of unbalanced development of knowledge across sectors and fields: the case of the knowledge base in primary education
Research Policy. 2001. DOI : 10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00167-6.L'économie du logiciel libre : organisation coopérative et incitation à l'innovation
Revue Economique. 2001.Economie de la connaissance : le rôle des consortiums de haute technologie dans la production de bien public
Economie et Prévision. 2001.Knowledge management in the innovation process
Dordrecht: Kluwer.2000
Intellectual property and innovation in the knowledge-based economy
2000Technological accidents: Learning from disaster
2000Inertie institutionelle et performance technologique dans la dynamique des systèmes d'innovation
Innovations institutionnelles et territoires; Paris: L'Harmattan, 2000.The explicit economics of knowledge codification and tacitness
Industrial and Corporate Change. 2000. DOI : 10.1093/icc/9.2.211.L'économie de la connaissance
Paris: La Découverte Repères.Management et choix d'investissement dans les projets de forte rupture technologique
20001999
Science, technology and market
World Social Science Report; UNESCO/Elsevier, 1999.Normes et innovations dans la dynamique technologique
La rupture technologique; Economica, 1999.La régulation de la propriété intellectuelle dans les consortiums de recherche : les types de solutions élaborées par les chercheurs
Revue d'Economie Appliquée. 1999.Book Review: Technology and Global Change
Research Policy. 1999. DOI : 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00017-7.De la Coordination
Paris: Economica.Innovations et Performances des Firmes
Paris: EHESS.1998
The innovation vs. standardization dilemma : some insights from stochastic interactions models
Evolution and Self-Organization in Economics; Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1998. p. 147-182.Economie de la codification et de la diffusion de la connaissance
Economie de l'information; La Découverte, 1998.The economics of knowledge openness
Trust and Economic Learning; London: Edward Elgar, 1998.The research network and the new economics of science
The organization of innovative activities in Europe; Cambridge University Press, 1998.Errors and mistakes in technological systems: from potential regret to path-dependent inefficiency
Advances in Self-Organization and Evolutionary Economics; Economica, 1998.Quand les agents sont-ils décisifs (ou négligeables)?
De la coordination; Economica, 1998.The emergence of network organizations in processes of technological choices: a viability approach
The Economics of Network; Springer, 1998. p. 283-290.Marshallian externalities and the emergence and spatial stability of technological enclaves
Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 1998. DOI : 10.1080/10438599800000018.1997
Une introduction à l'économie fondée sur la connaissance
Économie de la connaissance et organisations; Paris: L'Harmattan, 1997. p. 16-38.Codes informationnels, échanges électroniques de données et nouveaux dispositifs de coordination
Les frontières de la firme; Economica, 1997.Generation and distribution of technological knowledge: incentives, norms and institutions
Systems of Innovation: Technologies, Institutions and Organizations; London: Pinter Publishers, 1997. p. 41-63.The economics of codification and the diffusion of knowledge
Industrial and Corporate Change. 1997. DOI : 10.1093/icc/6.3.595.Book Review: Economics of technology
Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 1997. DOI : 10.1080/10438599700000010.The dynamic implications of increasing returns: Technological change and path dependent inefficiency
International Journal of Industrial Organization. 1997. DOI : 10.1016/S0167-7187(97)00009-X.Nouvelle économie de la science ou socio-économie de la recherche scientifique
Revue d'Economie Industrielle. 1997.1996
The knowledge-based economy: from the economics of knowledge to the learning economy
Unemployment and growth in the knowledge-based economy; OCDE, 1996.The Changing Economics of Technological Learning
Wealth from Diversity; Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996. p. 75-101.Repères pour une économie historique du changement technique
Histoire Quantitative de l'Economie Française. 1996.Information structure and coordination in technology policy: a theoretical model and two case studies
Journal of Evolutionary Economics. 1996. DOI : 10.1007/BF01202592.Discovery in the context of application
Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 1996. DOI : 10.1016/S0040-1625(96)00097-2.Diversité, sélection et standardisation : les nouveaux modes de gestion du changement technique
Revue d'Economie Industrielle. 1996. DOI : 10.3406/rei.1996.1619.Technology and the environment: an overview
Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 1996. DOI : 10.1016/0040-1625(95)00064-X.Employment and growth in the knowledge-based economy
Paris: OCDE.Technology Infrastructure Policy: An international perspective
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.1995
Knowledge distribution and the institutional infrastructure: the role of intellectual property rights
Intellectual property rights and global competition; Berlin: WZB Publication, 1995.Coherence and conflicts between competition, trade and industry policies: the case of telecommunication services
European policies on competition, trade and industry; London: Edward Elgar, 1995.Des fourmis et des hommes: modèles stochastiques d'interactions et rationalité individuelle active en économie du changement technique
Cahiers d'Economie et Sociologie Rurales. 1995.Dépendance du sentier et économie de l'innovation: un rapide tour d'horizon
Revue d'Economie Industrielle. 1995.Quandaries in the Economics of Dual Technologies and Spillovers from Military to Civilian Research and Development
Research Policy. 1995. DOI : 10.1016/0048-7333(94)00802-7.Accessing and expanding the science and technology knowledge base
STI Review. 1995.1994
Coalitions and committees: how users get involved in information technology standardization
Standards, Innovation and Competitiveness; Edward Elgar, 1994.Dynamics of competitive technology diffusion through local network structures
Evolutionary Economics and Chaos Theory; Londres: Pinter, 1994.Users, standards and the economics of coalition and committees
Information Economics and Policy. 1994. DOI : 10.1016/0167-6245(94)90005-1.1993
Percolation structures, Markov random fields and the economics of EDI standard diffusion
Global telecommunications strategies and technological changes; North-Holland, 1993.1992
Technologie et Richesse des Nations
Economica.1991
Repères pour une économie des organisations de R&D
Revue d'Economie Politique. 1991.Dynamique économique et nouvelles exigences de l'investigation historique : « learning to love multiple equilibria »
Revue Economique. 1991.1990
L'intégration de la R&D industrielle : nouvelles perspectives d'analyse
Revue Economique. 1990.1985
Innovation majeure et transformation des structures productives : une étude de cas, le procédé de coulée en moule plein en fonderie
Revue Economique. 1985.Research
Research
See the section "current work"
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Management of Technology
Past EPFL PhD Students
Aouinait Camille Marguerite , Ayoubi Charles Chadi , Baruffaldi Stefano Horst , Bednyagin Denis , Bogers Marcellus , Coffano Monica , Conti Annamaria , Cristelli Gabriele , Gaulé Patrick , Hamdan Livramento Intan Maizurah , Marino Marianna , Munoz Tellez de Kieffer Viviana Carolina , Pellegrin Claudia , Simeth Markus ,Courses
Technologie, économie et politique: en face des crises
This course deals with the role of innovations as essential responses to the big potential crises of our time - the so-called Grand Societal Challenges. The course alternates theoretical presentations - based on micro-economic analysis - and case studies.
Transitions, sustainability and technology policy
This course addresses the issue of designing innovation strategies and technology policies to support transitions towards sustainable development goals.
Economics of Innovation and Technological Change
This year, the course will be held at Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby/Copenhagen,
8 to 12 May 2023.
Please contact the EDMT Administration for more information.
Technology and Public Policy - Technology and innovation policies for grand and global challenges
This course addresses the design of policies for Grand Challenges. It aims at providing a policy toolkit - about innovation, economic regulation and societal inclusion - while supporting students about writing the first pillars of a roadmap to address one specific Grand Challenge.