Please note that the reading is categorized by module. The Readings for module1 is under "Research, innovation and commercialization", Readings for module 2 are under "Innovation and sustainability ", and so on..
Also note: Some Reading is compulsory, some is not. See separate instructions under each module's title.
Introduction (week 5)
Mariana Mazzucato (2013), The Entrepreneurial State. London: Anthem Press. (see more information on this book at the bottom of the page)
Module 1: Research, innovation and commercialization (week 5-7)
(Compulsory readings are marked with an asterisk *)
*Abreu, M. & V. Grinevich (2012), The nature of academic entrepreneurship in the UK: Widening the focus on entrepreneurial activities, Research Policy.
Beise, M. & H. Stahl (1999), Public research and industrial innovations in Germany, Research Policy, 28(4): 397-422.
Bekkers, R. and I.M. Bodas Freitas (2008), Analysing knowledge transfer channels between universities and industry: To what degree do sectors also matter? Research Policy, 37 1837–1853.
*Bozeman, B. (2001), Technology transfer and public policy: a review of research and theory, Research Policy, 29:627-655.
Cohen, W.M., R.R. Nelson & J.P Walsh (2002), Links and impacts: the influence of public research on industrial R&D, Management Science, 48:1-23.
*Debackere, K. and R. Veugelers (2005), The role of academic technology transfer organizations in improving industry science links, Research Policy, 34:321–342.
*Etzkowitz, H. (1998), The norms of entrepreneurial science: cognitive effects of the new university–industry linkages, Research Policy, 27(8):823–33.
*Etzkowitz, H. & Loet Leydesdorff (2000), The dynamics of innovation: From National Systems and ‘Mode 2’ to a Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government relations, Research Policy, 29:109-123.
Fransman, M. (2001), Designing Dolly: interactions between economics, technology and science and the evolution of hybrid institutions, Research Policy, 30:263-273.
*Grimaldi, R., M. Kenney, D.S. Siegel & M. Wright, 2011, 30 years after Bayh-Dole: Reassessing academic entrepreneurship, Research Policy, 40:1045-1057
Gulbrandsen, M. (2005), ‘But Peter’s in it for the money’: the liminality of entrepreneurial scientists, VEST Journal for Science and Technology Studies, 18:49-75.
*Gulbrandsen, M. et al. (2015), Emerging hybrid practices in public-private research centres, Public Administration, 93:363-379.
Guston, D.H. (1999), Stabilizing the boundary between US politics and science: the role of the office of technology transfer as a boundary organization, Social Studies of Science, 29:87-111.
Larédo, P. & P. Mustar (2004), Public-Sector Research: a Growing Role in Innovation Systems, Minerva, 42:11-27.
*Larsen, M.T (2011), The implications of academic enterprise for public science: An overview of the empirical evidence, Research Policy, 40:6-19.
*Murmann, J.P. (2000), Knowledge and competitive advantage in the synthetic dye industry, 1850-1914: The coevolution of firms, technology and national institutions in Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, Enterprise & Society, 1:699-704.
*Perkmann, M. et al. (2013), Academic engagement and commercialisation: A review of the literature on university–industry relations. Research Policy, 42:423-442.
*Rosenberg, N. & R. Nelson, 1994, American universities and technical advance in industry, Research Policy, 23:323-348.
Tuunainen, J. (2005), Contesting a Hybrid Firm at a Traditional University, Social Studies of Science, 35:173–210.
*Vohora, A., M. Wright and A. Lockett (2004), Critical junctures in the development of university high-tech spinout companies, Research Policy, 33:147-175.
Whitley, R., 2002, "Developing innovative competences: the role of institutional frameworks", Industrial and Corporate Change, 11:497-528.
Module 2: Innovation and sustainability (week 8-10)
(Compulsory readings are marked with an asterisk *)
*Bergek, A., Jacobsson, S., Carlsson, B., Lindmark, S. & Rickne, A. (2008): Analyzing the functional dynamics of technological innovation systems: a scheme of analysis. Research Policy, 37 (3): 407-429.
*Bergek, A., Jacobsson, S., Sandén, B.A. (2008), “’Legitimation’ and ‘development of external economies’: two key processes in the formation phase of technological innovation systems”, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 20, p. 633-648.
Bergek, A., Hekkert, M., Jacobsson, S., Markard, J., Sandén, B., & Truffer, B. (2015). Technological innovation systems in contexts: Conceptualizing contextual structures and interaction dynamics. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 16, 51-64
*Caradonna, Jeremy L. (2014). Sustainability: A History. Oxford University Press, chapter 5 (pp. 136-175). Se Fronter, kapitteltittel "From concept to movement"
Christiansen, A. C. (2002). "New renewable energy developments and the climate change issue: a case study of Norwegian politics", Energy Policy, 235-243.
*Fagerberg, J. D. Mowery, B. Verspagen (2009): "The evolution of Norway's national innovation system", Science and Public Policy, 36 (6), 431-444.
*Geels, F.W. & Schot, J. (2007): Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways, Research Policy, 36: 399-417.
Hanson, J., Kasa, S., & Wicken, O. (2011). Energirikdommens paradokser: Innovasjon som klimapolitikk og n?ringsutvikling. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.
*Holden, E (2007) Achieving Sustainable Mobility: Everyday and Leisure-time Travel in the EU (Aldeshot: Ashgate), pp. 61-76. Se fronter, kapitteltittel "The sustainable mobility area"
Holden, E., Linnerud, K. and Banister, D. (2014). Sustainable Development: ‘Our Common Future’ revisited. Global Environmental Change 26: 130–139.
Jacobsson, S., & Lauber, V. (2006). The politics and policy of energy system transformation - explaining the German diffusion of renewable energy technology. Energy Policy, 34(3), 256-76.
*Markard, J. & Truffer, B. (2008): Technological innovation systems and the multi-level perspective: towards an integrated framework, Research Policy, 37 (4): 596-615.
Narula, R. 2002. "Innovation systems and ‘inertia’ in R&D location: Norwegian firms… from Research Policy
Smith, Vo?, Grin (2010). Innovation studies and sustainability transitions: The allure of the multi-level perspective and its challenges, Research Policy, Volume 39, Issue 4, May 2010
UN. 2015. Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015, A/RES/70/1. United Nations General Assembly.
Unruh, G. C. (2000). "Understanding carbon lock-in", Energy Policy, 28:817-830.
WCED. 1987. Our Common Future. World Commission on Environment and Development. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Module 3: How and Why Innovation Differs: Economics of Innovation and Heterogenous Performance (week 10-14)
(Compulsory readings are marked with an asterisk *)
*Abramovitz, M. (1986): “Catching-up, forging ahead and falling behind”, Journal of Economic History, 46: 385-406.
*Asheim, B.T., Gertler, M. (2005): “The geography of innovation: Regional innovation systems”, in Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D. and Nelson, R. (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Innovation.
*Bartelsman, E. J. and Doms, M. (2000): “Understanding productivity: lessons from longitudinal microdata”, Journal of Economic Literature, 38 (3): 569-594. Link
*Breschi and Lissoni (2001): “Knowledge spillovers and local innovation systems: A critical survey”, Industrial and Corporate Change, 10 (4): 975-1005. Link
*Castellacci, F. (2007): “Evolutionary and new growth theories. Are they converging?”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 21 (3): 585-627. Link
Castellacci, F. (2008a): "Technology clubs, technology gaps and growth trajectories", Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. Link
*Castellacci, F. (2008b): ‘Technological paradigms, regimes and trajectories: manufacturing and service industries in a new taxonomy of sectoral patterns of innovation”, Research Policy, 37, 978-994. Link
*Castellacci, F. (2011): "How does competition affect the relationship between innovation and productivity? Estimation of a CDM model for Norway", Economics of Innovation and New Technology. Link
*Cooke, P. (2001): “Regional innovation systems, clusters and the knowledge economy”, Industrial and Corporate Change, 10 (4): 945-974. Link
* Crepon, B., Duguet, E. and Mairesse, J. (1998): ‘Research, innovation and productivity: an econometric analysis at the firm level’, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 7 (2), 115-158. Link
*Fagerberg, J. (1994): “Technology and International differences in growth rates”, Journal of Economic Literature, 32: 1147-1175.
Fagerberg, J., and Srholec, M. (2008): “National innovation systems, capabilities and economic development”, Research Policy, 37: 1417-1435. Link
Lundvall, B.?. and Borràs, S. (2005): “Science, technology and innovation policies”, in J. Fagerberg, D. C. Mowery & R. R. Nelson (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
*Malerba, F. (2005): “Sectoral systems: How and why innovation differs across sectors”, in Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D. and Nelson, R. (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Innovation.
Miles, I. (2005): “Innovation in services”, in Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D. and Nelson, R. (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Innovation.
Pavitt, K. (1984): “Sectoral patterns of technical change: towards a taxonomy and a theory”, Research Policy, 13, 343-373. Link
*Wieser, R. (2005): “Research and development productivity and spillovers: empirical evidence at the firm level”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 19 (4): 587-621. Link
Module 4: Innovation in practice: management, policy and wrapping up the group work (weeks 15-17)
See fronter.
About the Mazzucato book (note from Magnus)
The book can be bought online in digital and print editions. A report which the book is closely based on is available for free at http://www.demos.co.uk/files/Entrepreneurial_State_-_web.pdf. Professor Mazzucato’s web page also contains various lectures including a TED talk. Read as much of the book as you can, depending on your interests. For some the summary, introduction and conclusion may be sufficient.