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Program and conference papers

Keynote speakers
Giovanni Dosi (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
Dominique Foray (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Franco Malerba (KITeS, Bocconi University)
Pascal Petit (Université de Paris 13, CEPN-CNRS)
Rehinilde Veuglers (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Guidelines for presentation
Plenary sessions: 30 minutes each presentation
Parallel sessions: 20 minutes each presentation + 1 discussants and Q&A (10 minutes)


Please, see the FINAL program in attachment (.pdf) for last changes, rooms and schedules


Monday, September 7, 2009

8:30 9:00 > Registration (Velodromo - Ground Floor)

9:00 9:15 > Welcome (Franco Malerba)

Plenary Session 1:

Chair: Franco Amatori

9:15 9:45 > Dominique Foray

Knowledge for Growth: insights from the K4G expert group

9:45 10:15 > Franco Malerba

What do we know about knowledge intensive entrepreneurship and innovation systems in Europe?

10:15 10:35 > Pascal Petit

Discussant for Plenary Session 1 and Q&As

10:35 11:00 > Coffee break

Parallel Session 1a: Industrial Dynamics

11:00 11:30 > Margherita Balconi and Roberto Fontana

Entry and innovation in the semiconductor fabless business

Discussant: Moritz Muller

11:00 11:30 > Elena Cefis and Mihaela-Livia Ghita

Post Merger Innovative Patterns in Small and Medium Firms

Discussant: Roberto Fontana

12:00 12:30 > Zakaria Babutsidze

Knowledge Dynamics and Size Distribution of Firms

Discussant: Mihaela-Livia Ghita

12:30 13:00 > Moritz Muller, Robin Cowan, Geert Duysters and Nicolas Jonard

Knowledge Structures

Discussant:Zakaria Babutsidze

Parallel Session 1b: Pharma-Biotech Industry

11:00 11:30 > Michele Meoli, Stefano Paleari and Silvio Vismara

Completing the Technology Transfer process: the IPOs and M&As of Biotech spin-offs

Discussant: Alenka Guzman

11:30 12:00 > Christian Garavaglia, Franco Malerba, Luigi Orsenigo and Michele Pezzoni

A History-Friendly Model of the Evolution of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Discussant: Silvio Vismara

12:00 12:30 > Pavla Zízalová

Spatiality and dynamics of knowledge networks: the case of the biotechnology industry in metropolitan region of Prague, Czech Republic

Discussant: Christian Garavaglia

12:30 13:00 > Alenka Guzman

Paths on innovation in Latin-American Pharmaceutical industry

Discussant: Pavla íalová

Parallel Session 1c: International firms

11:00 11:30 > Lorenzo Casaburi and Valeria Gattai

Why FDI? An Empirical Assessment Based on Contractual Incompleteness and Dissipation of Intangible Assets

Discussant: Yanghua Huang

11:30 12:00 > Davide Castellani and Giorgia Giovannetti

Productivity and the international firm: dissecting heterogeneity

Discussant: Valeria Gattai

12:00 12:30 > Sergio Mariotti, Lucia Piscitello and Stefano Elia

Spatial agglomeration of MNEs: The role of information externalities and knowledge spillovers

Discussant: Davide Castellani

12:30 13:00 > Yanghua Huang

Is Rent seeking Always So Costly to Growth? Give a Chance to F. List and J. Schumpeter

Discussant: Lucia Piscitello

Parallel Session 1d: Organizations and innovation

11:00 11:30 > Danneels, Provera and Gianmario Verona

(De-)Institutionalizing organizational competence: Olivetti's transition from mechanical to electronic technology

Discussant: María García-Vega

11:30 12:00 > Francesco Bogliacino, Giulio Perani, Mario Pianta, Stefano Supino

Innovation in Developing Countries. The evidence from innovation surveys

Discussant: Gianmario Verona

12:00 12:30 > Paolo Zeppini and Jeroen Van den Bergh

Optimal Diversity in Investments with Recombinant Innovation

Discussant: Francesco Bogliacino

12:30 13:00 > María García-Vega and Elena Huergo

International and national R&D outsourcing: Complements or substitutes as determinants of innovation?

Discussant: Paolo Zeppini

13:00 14:00 > Lunch break

Parallel Session 2a: Organization and management

14:00 14:30 > Antonella Zucchella and Stefano Denicolai

Network Best Practices and Evolution of Organizational Capabilities

Discussant: Cristina Rossi Lamastra

14:30 15:00 > Antonio García Sánchez and Molerò Jose

Inside the factors affecting innovation:differences by sectoral technological dynamism, type of innovation and mode of ownership

Discussant: Stefano Denicolai

15:00 15:30 > Bart Leten, Stijn Kelchtermans and Rene Belderbos

The Impact of Internal and External Basic Science on Research Productivity in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Discussant: Antonio García Sánchez

15:30 16:00 > Georg Von Krogh and Cristina Rossi Lamastra

Phenomenon-based research in management and organization science: towards a Research Strategy

Discussant: Bart Leten

Parallel Session 2b: Public Policies (a)

14:00 14:30 > Emilie-Pauline Gallié and Renelle Guichard

Economic impacts of public subsidies on young innovating SME's performances: The case of the French National Competition for creation of New Technology-based Firms

Discussant: Primi Annalisa

14:30 15:00 > Christian Garavaglia, Franco Malerba, Michele Pezzoni and Luigi Orsenigo

Innovation, Patent Protection and the Dynamics of Pharmaceuticals: a History-Friendly Model

Discussant: Renelle Guichard

15:00 15:30 > Uwe Cantner and Sarah Kösters

R&D subsidies to start-ups: effective drivers of patent activity and employment growth?

Discussant: Luigi Orsenigo

15:30 16:00 > Kattel Rainer and Primi Annalisa

The periphery paradox in innovation policy: latin america and eastern europe compared?

Discussant: Sarah Kösters

Parallel Session 2c: Patents

14:00 14:30 > Roberto Patuelli, Andrea Vaona and Christoph Grimpe

Poolability and Aggregation Problems of Regional Innovation Data: An Application to Nanomaterial Patenting

Discussant:Andrea Vezzulli

14:30 15:00 > Francesco Lissoni and Fabio Montobbio

Inventorship and authorship in patent-publication pairs: an inquiry into the economics of scientific credit

Discussant: Andrea Vaona

15:00 15:30 > Sergio Ciceri, Daniele Daminelli and Giancarlo Giudici

The patenting activity of firms going public: evidence from Italy

Discussant: Francesco Lissoni

15:30 16:00 > Claudio Cozza, Franco Malerba, Maria Luisa Mancusi, Giulio Perani and Andrea Vezzulli

Innovation, profitability and growth in medium and high-tech manufacturing industries: evidence from Italy

Discussant: Sergio Ciceri

16:00 16:30 > Coffee break

Plenary Session 2:

Chair: Carlo Salvato

16:30 17:00 > Giovanni Dosi

Idiosyncratic learning, market selection and corporate growth: the evidence from the Italian and French industry

17:00 17:30 > Pascal Petit

Technology and development in an era of growing internationalisation and inequality

17:30 17:50 > Rehinilde Veuglers Discussant for Plenary Session 2 and Q&As

20:00 > Social Dinner

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

8:45 9:15 > Registration

Plenary Session 3:

Chair: Franco Malerba

9:15 9:45 > Mario Pianta

Profits, R&D and Innovation

9:45 10:15 > Rehinilde Veuglers

Young Innovative Companies, access to finance and the crisis

10:15 10:35 > Franco Malerba Discussant for Plenary Session 3 and Q&As

10:35 11:00 > Coffee break

Parallel Session 3a: Innovation and Technology

11:00 11:30 > Maryam Nasiriyar, Lionel Nesta and Ludovic Dibiaggio

Technological Platforms and Business Diversification

Discussant: Liangke Xia

11:30 12:00 > Mark Knell and Martin Srholec

Novelty of innovation: Who, where and how much in Europe?

Discussant: Maryam Nasiriyar

12:00 12:30 > Elena Novelli

The Co-evolution between GPT and Firm's horizontal scope

Discussant:Mark Knell

12:30 13:00 > Liangke Xia

How R&D investments influence TFP growth: Evidence from China's Large and Medium-sized Industrial Enterprises

Discussant: Elena Novelli

Parallel Session 3b: Regional Innovation System and Networks

11:00 11:30 > Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol and Josep Lladós Masllorens

The role of scientifc based cooperation in business success: a case study of small and micro firms in a non university environment

Discussant: Claudio Cozza

11:30 12:00 > Faber Jan and Poot Tom

It takes two to Tango: dual structural and temporal dynamics in inter-organizational network evolution within the Dutch life sciences industry

Discussant:Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol

12:00 12:30 > Nobuya Fukugawa

Assessing the impact of science parks on knowledge interaction in the regional innovation system

Discussant: Faber Jan

12:30 13:00 > Claudio Cozza, Daniele Paci and Giulio Perani

Ownership and execution of corporate R&D: the case of Italian regions

Discussant:Nobuya Fukugawa

Parallel Session 3c: Human capital, entrepreneurship and innovation

11:00 11:30 > Fernanda Llussá

Financial Development, Gender and Entrepreneurship

Discussant:Maximilian Goethner

11:30 12:00 > Julio Raffo and Stéphane Lhuillery

The external market as driver of innovation in developing countries: Micro-evidence from Argentinean firms

Discussant: Fernanda Llussá

12:00 12:30 > Uwe Cantner, Maximilian Goethner and Michael Stuetzer

Disentangling the effects of venture team heterogeneity on venture success

Discussant:Julio Raffo

Parallel Session 3d: R&D, financing and Innovation

11:00 11:30 > Maria Luisa Mancusi and Andrea Vezzulli

R&D, innovation and liquidity constraints

Discussant: Mariela Borell

11:30 12:00 >Christian Schroder

Financial System and innovations - determinants of early stage venture capital in Europe

Discussant:Maria Luisa Mancusi

12:00 12:30 > Elisa Ughetto

Assessing the contribution to innovation of private equity investors: a study on european buyouts

Discussant: Christian Schroder

12:30 13:00 > Mariela Borell, Tereza Tykvová and Claus Schmitt

Why do private equity investors prefer certain industries over others?

Discussant: Elisa Ughetto

13:00 14:00 > Lunch break

Parallel Session 4a: Public Policies (b)

14:00 14:30 > Tarmo Kalvet

Assessing impact of the R&D financing programme on the business enterprise sector

Discussant: Bianca Potì

14:30 15:00 > Andrea Filippetti and Daniele Archibugi

Is the crisis striking innovation?

Discussant: Tarmo Kalvet

15:00 15:30 > Iris Beckmann and Christian Schubert

Entrepreneurship policy- a positive puzzle wrapped in a normative enigma?

Discussant: Andrea Filippetti

15:30 16:00 > Bianca Potì and Giovanni Cerulli

The differential impact of privately and publicly funded R&D: the Italian case

Discussant: Iris Beckmann

Parallel Session 4b: Knowledge and intagible assets

14:00 14:30 > Vincent Delbecque and Laurence Nayman

Measuring Intangible Assets: an Application to French data

Discussant: Carolina Castaldi

14:30 15:00 > Stelios Karagiannis and Aristotelis Spiliotis

Knowledge-Intensive Services, Innovation and Economic Performance: a Firm-Level Analysis.

Discussant: Vincent Delbecque

15:00 15:30 > Massimo Colombo, Evila Piva and Cristina Rossi Lamastra

Delegation of Authority in Firms Doing Business out of Open Source. The Case of Employees' Empowerment

Discussant: Stelios Karagiannis

15:30 16:00 > Carolina Castaldi, Jan Faber and Roel Muskens

How venture capitalists help high-tech start-ups: a knowledge-based view

Discussant: Massimo Colombo

Parallel Session 4c: Knowledge creation and regional innovation

14:00 14:30 > Jaime A. Olavarría, Mauricio Garcia, Christian Felzensztein, Cristian Monsalvez and Yerko Moreno

Innovative Performance and networking in wine clusters in Central South Chile

Discussant: Frank van Oort

14:30 15:00 > Margherita Balconi, Giada Palamara, Pier Paolo Saviotti and Antonella Zucchella

The role of cognitive and of geographic distance in the networks of Italian biotechnology firms

Discussant: Jaime A. Olavarría

15:00 15:30 > Riccardo Cappellin

Knowledge Creation and Innovation in Medium Technology Clusters

Discussant: Margherita Balconi

15:30 16:00 > Otto Raspe and Frank van Oort

Localized knowledge externalities and firms: an intrinsic multilevel issue

Discussant: Riccardo Cappellin

16:00 16:30 > Coffee break and closing remarks by Franco Malerba (Room N 1.3)

Format:

Rooms: Velodromo building, first floor

Presenting authors are underlined

Plenary sessions: 30 minutes each presentation

Parallel sessions: 20 minutes each presentation + 1 discussants and Q&A (10 minutes)

Round Table (in Italian):

Innovazione e sviluppo della conoscenza per uscire dalla crisi

Chair:

Alberto Grando, Alfonso Gambardella, Franco Malerba,Salvio Vicari

16:30 18:00

Participants: TBA

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Last updated November 16, 2009