Version 1.4 – January 18th
Programme for
the DRUID-DIME Academy Winter 2006 PhD Conference
January 26-28, 2006
At Hotel Comwell Rebild Bakker, Skørping, Aalborg
Introductory note to the programme
The programme will consist of 4 keynote addresses presented by seniors and approximately 55 PhD
presentations, which have been selected. The PhD presentation will be organised in a series of 5
parallel sessions. Each paper will be given 35 minutes: 15 minutes for the presentation, 5 min. for
the junior discussant, 5 minutes for the senior discussant and 10 minutes for general discussion and
answers from the PhD student.
A projector for power point presentation will be available in each parallel session.
Thursday 26th
14.00 – 15.00 Arrival and coffee
15.00 Welcome address by Bent Dalum
15.15 – 16.15 Keynote address by Alfonso Gambardella, "The Market for Patents
in Europe"
16.30 – 19.00 Five parallel PhD paper sessions (A-E)
Session A-Thursday
Chair: Peter Maskell
A.1: Marco Guerzoni
The Impact of Market Size and Users’ Sophistication on Innovation: The Patters of Demand
Discussants: Jens Kohler, Lars Bo Jeppesen
A.2: Jens Kohler
Transferring New Methods from Internal Service Units to the Users: A Three Step Approach
Discussants: Nathalie Van Hée, Lars Bo Jeppesen
A.3: Alexander Frenzel Baudisch
A Socially-conditioned Desire for Product Variety and its Implications for Industrial Organization.
The emergence of the global value chain for the U.S. footwear market
Discussants: Marco Guerzoni, Esben Sloth Andersen
A.4: Francesco Rullani
The Debate and the Community. The “Reflexive Identity” Concept and the FLOSS Community Case
Discussants: Jean-Michel Oudot, Esben Sloth Andersen
Session B-Thursday:
Chair: Bent Dalum
B.1: Franciszek Siedlok
The Evolution of Capabilities and Emergence of New Sectors in the Context of Industrial
Extinction: The Case of Subsea Technologies in the North East of England
Discussants: Raina König, Mark Lorenzen
B.2: Joris Knoben
The Effects of Firm Relocation on Firm Performance: A Literature Review
Discussants: Atle Hauge, Mark Lorenzen
B.3: Niels Bosma
Firm Dynamics and Regional Economic Development; An Application to the Netherlands
Discussants: Dagmara Störring, Michael S. Dahl
B.4: Camilla Lenzi
Workers’ Innovative Productivity and Job Mobility: Evidence from a Survey of Italian Inventors
Discussants: Rogier Van der Groep, Michael S. Dahl
Session C-Thursday:
Chair: Keld Laursen
C.1: Greg Spencer
Cognitive Diverity and Creative Advantage in City Regions
Discussants: Margeret Sigurdardottir, Maryann Feldman
C.2: Max-Peter Menzel
The Qualitative Difference of Knowledge Transfer in Geographical and Non-geographical Contexts
Discussants: Susanne Jensen, Maryann Feldman
C.3: Anne L. J. ter Wal
Knowledge Networks and the Impact on Innovative Performance in an Industrial District in the
South of Italy: The Case of the Footwear District of Barletta
Discussants: Max-Peter Menzel, Christian Ø. R. Pedersen
C.4: Kwok L. Shum
Innovation Cycle for ICT Enabled General Technology and its Implications to Co-evolution of
Technology and Institutions
Discussants: Max Rolfstam, Christian Ø. R. Pedersen
Session D-Thursday:
Chair: Henrik Sornn-Friese
D.1: Line Gry Knudsen
Determinants of Openness in R&D Collaboration – The Roles of Absorptive Capacity and
Appropriation
Discussants: Grid Thoma, Alfonso Gambardella
D.2: Hui Yan
The Discussion of 3G Mobile Systems in China – Technology, Standards and National Interests
Discussants: Carlos Sato, Alfonso Gambardella
D.3: Abraham Garcia
National System if Innovation: The Role of the Demand. A Comparison across European Countries
Discussants: Fernando Santiago Rodriguez, Morten Berg Jensen
Session E-Thursday:
Chair: René Nesgaard Nielsen
E.1: Maria Theresa Larsen
When Markets Fail: The Role of Public Science in the Development of Generic Technology
Discussants: Tanja Sinozic, Bengt-Åke Lundvall
E.2: Tanja Sinozic
Diagnostic Imaging Technologies, Knowledge Flows and Human Capabilities in Hospital Systems:
A Pilot Study
Discussants: Watu Wamae, Bengt-Åke Lundvall
E.3: Pun-Arj Chairatana
Conceptualising Innovation System: Can Developing Economies learn from Developed Economies?
Discussants: Semih Akcomak, Lee Davis
E.4: Mohammad Packniat
Functional or node-link analysis: Analyzing telecommunication sector in I. R. Iran
Discussants: Kari Kristinsson, Lee Davis
19.30 Dinner
Friday 27th
9.30 – 12.00 Four parallel PhD paper sessions (A-E)
Session A-Friday:
Chair: Bengt-Åke Lundvall
A.1: Izabela Kijenska
Barriers in Innovation and Technology Transfer in Poland – A Case of Economy in Transition
Discussants: Andréanne Léger, Birgitte Gregersen
A.2: Semih Akcomak
How do Social Capital and Government Support Affect Innovation ad Growth? Evidence from the
EU Regional Support Programmes
Discussants: Michele Mastroeni, Birgitte Gregersen
A.3: Andréanne Léger
Innovation Theories: Relevance and Implications for Developing Countries
Discussants: Pun-Arj Chairatana, Birgitte Gregersen
A.4: Michele Mastroeni
Shaping Innovation through Finance: The Realities of Path Dependence and Public Sector
Involvement
Discussants: Izabela Kijenska, Morten Berg Jensen
Session B-Friday:
Chair: Jesper Lindgaard Christensen
B.1: Kari Kristinsson
Emergence and Evolution of Sectoral Systems of Innovation
Discussants: Constance Von Horne, Henrik Sornn-Friese
B.2: Nathalie Van Hée
The Impact of Modularity on Knowledge Production in Innovation Networks
Discussants: Maria Theresa Larsen, Henrik Sornn-Friese
B.3: René Nesgaard Nielsen
Employment of Radically New Skills in Innovative and Transformative SMEs
Discussants: Ioanna Kastelli, Brian Loasby
B.4: Margeret Sigurdardottir
Co-existence of Institutional Logics – Empirical Study of Music Industry (work in progress)
Discussants: Greg Spencer, Brian Loasby
Session C-Friday:
Chair: Lee Davis
C.1: Susanne Jensen
What is the Role of Networks and Social Capital for Regional Industrial Development?
Discussants: Francesco Laforgia, Ed Steinmueller
C.2: Xosé-Luís Varela-Irimia
Entry Decisions in Differentiated Product Markets: The Spanish Car Industry
Discussants: Mohammad Packniat, Ed Steinmueller
C.3: Rekha Rao
Commercialisation Strategies of US Medical Devices Firms: Some Preliminary Analysis
Discussants: Alexander Frenzel Baudisch, Ed Steinmueller
C.4: Linda Gustavsson
Systems of Creation: Exploring the Dynamics of Distributed Innovation
Discussants: Victor Paulino, Lee Davis
Session D-Friday:
Chair: Michael S. Dahl
D.1: Atle Hauge
Gatekeepers and Knowledge Diffusion in the Fashion Industry
Discussants: Niels Bosma, Peter Maskell
D.2: Shaowei He
Clusters, Structural Embeddedness, and Knowledge
Discussants: Joris Knoben, Peter Maskell
D.3: Dagmara Störring
Mechanisms behind Cluster Emergence – Is there a Role for Policy? – The Case of the Biomedico
Initiative in Aalborg, North Denmark
Discussants: Shaowei He, Maryann Feldman
12.00 – 13.15 Lunch
13.30 – 14.45 Keynote address by Maryann Feldman, “Organizational Legacy and the Internal
Dynamics of Clusters”
14.45 – 17.00 Break and relaxation – A walk in the forest is highly recommended
17.00 – 17.15 Coffee
17.15 – 18.30 Keynote address by Nicolai Juul Foss, “Organizational Capabilities: A Construct
in Search of Micro-Foundations”
19.00 Dinner
Saturday 28th
Before 11.00 check out - Luggage can be stored in several rooms
9.45 – 11.45 Five parallel PhD paper sessions (A-E)
Session A-Saturday:
Chair: Morten Berg Jensen
A.1: Jean-Michel Oudot
Risk Allocation: Theoretical and Empirical Evidences. Application to the Defense Procurement
Sector
Discussants: Anne L. J. ter Wal, Nicolai Juul Foss
A.2: Fernando Santiago Rodriguez
Complementary Human Resource Management and Development Practices and Innovation in
Mexico: Preliminary Methodological Approach
Discussants: Abraham Garcia, Nicolai Juul Foss
A.3: Constance Van Horne
A Value Based Innovation Model
Discussants: Xosé-Luís Varela-Irimia, Nicolai Juul Foss
Session B-Saturday:
Chair: Pun-Arj Chairatana
B.1: Francesco Laforgia
What do you mean by Mobile? Multi-applicant Inventors in the European Biotech Industry and
their Impact of Knowledge Diffusion
Discussants: Devrim Goktepe, Jesper Lindgaard Christensen
B.2: Grid Thoma
Combinatorial Inventors and Performance in Nana Science and Technology
Discussants: Rekha Rao, Jesper Lindgaard Christensen
B.3: Devrim Goktepe
University Industry Technology Transfer: Identification of Academic Inventors and Patents
Discussants: René Nesgaard Nielsen, Jesper Lindgaard Christensen
Session C-Saturday:
Chair: Susanne Jensen
C.1: Abdul Azeez Erumban
Innovation, Obsolescence and Retirement: An Exploration Based on Data for Dutch Manufacturing
Firms
Discussants: Daniela Grieco, Keld Laursen
C.2: Watu Wamae
Understanding the Pervasive Process of Marginalisation using a Dynamic Non-linear Model
Discussants: Camilla Lenzi, Keld Laursen
C.3: Daniela Grieco
Excess Entry, Ambiguity Seeking, and Competence: An Experimental Investigation
Discussants: Abdul Azeez Erumban, Keld Laursen
Session D-Saturday:
Chair: Christian Ø. R. Pedersen
D.1: Raina König
Market Take-off in Systemic Industries – The Early Industry Life Cycle Stage in the Mobile
Payment Industry
Discussants: Kwok L. Shum, Bent Dalum
D.2: Max Rolfstam
Public Procurement and Institutions as External limiting Factors of Design for Innovation: The
Case of Innovative Procurement of Maritime Radio Technology
Discussants: Franciszek Siedlok, Bent Dalum
D.3: Carlos Sato
The Dynamics if Innovation and Capabilities in the Transition to Telecommunications Next
Generation Networks
Discussants: Hui Yan, Bent Dalum
Session E-Saturday:
Chair: Mark Lorenzen
E.1: Victor Paulino
Influence of Uncertainty of Firm Relationships and on Innovations within the Space Sector
Discussants: Francesco Rullani, Ina Drejer
E.2: Rogier Van der Groep
Global Change and Local Challenges Toward Flexibility in the Audiovisual Industry in the
Netherlands
Discussants: Linda Gustavsson, Ina Drejer
E.3: Ioanna Kastelli
Organizational Knowledge Creation in the Context of R&D Cooperation. The Role of Absorptive
Capacity
Discussants: Line Gry Knudsen, Ina Drejer
11.45 – 12.00 Coffee
12.00 – 13.00 Keynote address by Brian Loasby, “The Social Science of Economics”
13.00 – 13.15 End of Conference
13.15 – 14.00 Lunch