Kenneth Younge
EPFL CDM MTEI-GE
ODY 2 02 (Odyssea)
Station 5
CH-1015 Lausanne
Web site: Web site: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/tis/
Fields of expertise
- Technology and Innovation Strategy
- Data Science
- Computational Law
- Intellectual Property
- Patenting
- Knowledge Spillovers
- Employee Mobility
- Data Science
- Computational Law
- Intellectual Property
- Patenting
- Knowledge Spillovers
- Employee Mobility
Biography
Kenneth is Associate Professor in Corporate Entrepreneurship and Chair of Technology and Innovation Strategy at EPFL. He is an applied economist and data scientist, using experimental economics and machine learning methods to examine the strategic importance of patent portfolios, knowledge spillovers, financial risk disclosure, computational law, and employee mobility. His work has been published in the top journals in economics and strategy, and he is the past winner of the Strategic Management Society’s Best Conference Paper Award, the Academy of Management’s BPS Outstanding Dissertation Award, and numerous teaching awards.
Prior to returning to academia, Professor Younge worked for 14 years in industry as a Chief Technology Officer, President, and Director of Development. He has co-founded four firms over the course of his career and his research aims to combine theoretical economics with real-world impact.
Prior to returning to academia, Professor Younge worked for 14 years in industry as a Chief Technology Officer, President, and Director of Development. He has co-founded four firms over the course of his career and his research aims to combine theoretical economics with real-world impact.
Publications
Other publications
Top Publications
RESTAT
Strategic Citation: A Reassessment (Accepted for Publication)
RESTAT
Motivating Innovation: The Effect of Loss Aversion on the Willingness to Persist.
RAND
Patent Citations Reexamined.
IEEE-ICLMA
Text Similarity in Vector Space Models: A Comparative Study.
JEBO
Competitive Pressure on the Rate and Scope of Innovation.
ACC Docket
Duty of Disclosure for Patent Applicants: Trends, Technologies, and Best Practices.
JEMS
The Value of Employee Retention: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.
NBER
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy.
SMJ
How Anticipated Employee Mobility Affects Acquisition Likelihood: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.
SSRN
Patent-to-Patent Similarity: A Vector Space Model.
NREL
Clean Energy Innovation: Sources of Technical and Commercial Breakthroughs.
DISSERTATION
Employee Mobility and the Appropriation of Value from Knowledge: Evidence from Three Essays.
Winner of the Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award
Strategic Citation: A Reassessment (Accepted for Publication)
RESTAT
Motivating Innovation: The Effect of Loss Aversion on the Willingness to Persist.
RAND
Patent Citations Reexamined.
IEEE-ICLMA
Text Similarity in Vector Space Models: A Comparative Study.
JEBO
Competitive Pressure on the Rate and Scope of Innovation.
ACC Docket
Duty of Disclosure for Patent Applicants: Trends, Technologies, and Best Practices.
JEMS
The Value of Employee Retention: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.
NBER
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy.
SMJ
How Anticipated Employee Mobility Affects Acquisition Likelihood: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.
SSRN
Patent-to-Patent Similarity: A Vector Space Model.
NREL
Clean Energy Innovation: Sources of Technical and Commercial Breakthroughs.
DISSERTATION
Employee Mobility and the Appropriation of Value from Knowledge: Evidence from Three Essays.
Winner of the Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Management of Technology
PhD Programs
Doctoral Program in Technology Management