Monday 7^th April 2003

14.30 - 15.45

Registration Desk opens:
Foyer of Manchester School of Management, UMIST

16.45

Public Lecture by Lord Sainsbury, Science Minister,
Manchester Federal School Lecture Theatre

Tuesday 8^th April 2003

08.30

Registration Desk opens:
Foyer of Manchester School of Management, UMIST

09.15 - 09.30

Introduction to Conference by Ken Green, in Manchester School of Management Building, Room B10

09.30 - 10.30

Keynote Speaker:

Professor Luc Soete

Chair: Stan Metcalfe

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 - 12.45

Session 1

Instituted Economic Processes - A1

Chair: Rod Coombs

Robert Tijssen (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
The Marketisation of Corporate Research and its Effect on Public Knowledge Production: a View of Recent Worldwide Trends in Corporate Basic Research Outputs

Discussant: Jeremy Howells

Andrew McMeekin (CRIC, University of Manchester, UK)
Sally Randles (CRIC, University of Manchester, UK)
Alan Warde (CRIC, University of Manchester, UK)
Professions, Firms and the Evolution of Knowledge: The Case of Market Research

Discussant: Elizabeth Shove

Eric Jolivet
Philippe Laredo
Elizabeth Shove (Lancaster University, UK)
Managing Breakthrough Innovations: Theoretical Implications from (and for) the Sociology of Science and Technology

Discussant: Ron Johnston

Innovation Systems - B1

Chair: Vivien Walsh

Jessika Kersting (Ministry of Affairs, The Netherlands)
Jelte Theisens (Ministry of Affairs, The Netherlands)
International Knowledge and National Policy

Discussant: Rajendra Prasad

Tony Fu-Lai Yu (University of New South Wales, Australia)
National Capabilities and Economic Development: A Subjectivist View

Discussant: Beth Perry

Naubahar Sharif (Cornell University, Ithaca)
The Role of Firms in the National Innovation System framework: Examples from Hong Kong

Discussant: Tony Yu

Environment & Sustainability - C1

Chair: Philip Vergragt

Marcela Miozzo (Manchester School of Management, UK)
Ken Green (CROMTEC, UMIST, Manchester, UK)
Paul Dewick (CROMTEC, UMIST, Manchester, UK)
Globalization and the Environment: The Long Term Effects of Technology on the International Division of Labour

Discussant: Paul Ekins

Jaco Quist (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Regime Shifts and Sustainability: the STD Programme Revisited

Discussant: Tim Foxon

Katarina Larsen (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Science Parks and Integration of Environmental Policy

Discussant: Boelie Elzen

Biotech - D1

Chair: Maureen McKelvey

Margarida Fontes (Instituto Nacional de Engenharia e, Portugal)
Distant Networking? The "out-cluster" Strategies of New Biotechnology Firms

Discussant: Elizabeth Garnsey

Elizabeth Garnsey (St John's College, Cambridge)
Selection Processes and the Development of Biotechnology Ventures

Discussant: Finn Valentin

Finn Valentin (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
Rasmus Lund Jensen
New Science and Old Industries: The Adoption of Biotechnology in European Food Companies

Discussant: Margarida Fontes

Technology Policy and SMEs- E1

Chair: Katherine Barker

Diana Hicks (CHI Research Inc.,USA)
Serial Innovators in the Markets for Technology

Discussant: Silvia Massini

Kieron Flanagan (PREST, University of Manchester, UK)
Chasing the Leading Edge: from Research Infrastructure Policy to Policy for Infrastructure-Intensive Research - Findings from a Comparative Study of the Purchase, Management and Use of Large-Scale Research

Discussant: Magnus Karlström

Magnus Karlstöm (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Björn Andersson (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Assessing and Selecting Strategic Niches: the Case of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Systems

Discussant: Marko Hekkert

Tools - F1

Chair: Stan Metcalfe

Masaaki Hirooka (Kyoto, Japan)
Nonlinear Dynamism of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer
(Paper without Figures)

Discussant: Stuart MacDonald

Dimitris Assimakopoulos (Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France)
Stuart Macdonald (Sheffield University Management School, UK)
Personal Networks in IT Innovation within the Esprit and IST Programmes: Some Evidence from the UK

Discussant: Luca Berchicci

Knowledge Economy - G1

Chair: Paolo Saviotti

Richard Joseph (Murdoch Business School, UK)
The Knowledge Worker: Getting the Organisational and Informational Balance Right

Discussant: David Rooney

Nicola De Liso (Universita degli Studi di Lecce, Italy)
Of Internet and Digital Division of Labour

Discussant: Ian Miles

Mark Dodgson (University of Queensland, Australia)
David Gann (Imperial College, London)
Ammon Salter (Imperial College, London)
Craft and Code: Intensification of Innovation and Management of Knowledge

Discussant: Bruce Tether

12.45 - 14.00

Lunch

14.00 - 15.45

Session 2

Instituted Economic Processes - A2

Chair: Luke Georghiou

Harro van Lente (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Role Finding and Positioning Theory: How Intermediary Organisations Operate in Innovation Systems

Discussant: Jessica Kersting

Francesco Quatraro (University of Bari, Italy)
An Ethno-linguistic Approach to the Role of Services in Knowledge Transfer: the Evidence of Innovation Relay Centre of Southern Italy

Discussant: Marcela Miozzo

Désiré Vencatachellum (Cirano & HEC Montreal, Canada)
Bruno Versaevel (GATE,UMR CNRS, & E.M. Lyon, France)
R & D Outsourcing in Duopoly with Spillovers

Discussant: Laurens Rook

Innovation Systems - B2

Chair: Andrew Tylecote

Tone Haraldsen (University of Oslo, Norway)
Local Interactions, National and International Connections - the Sources of Competitiveness of the Kongsberg Industry

Discussant: tba

Beth Perry (University of Salford, UK)
Is UK Science and Innovation Policy Region-Blind? A View from the English Regions

Discussant: Naubahar Sharif

Song Wang (Coventry Business School, UK)
Hiro Izushi (Coventry Business School, UK)
An Evolutionary Approach to Understanding External Linkages for Innovation: Case of firms in British Industrial Heartland

Discussant: Sally Davenport

Environment & Sustainability - C2

Chair: Ken Green

Robert van den Hoed (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Philip J. Vergragt (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Mechanisms for Technological Change in Established Industries

Discussant: Paul Dewick

Björn Andersson (Chalmers University, Sweden)
Technology Path Assessment

Discussant: Adrian Smith

Fabiana Scapolo (European Commission, Spain)
Anton Geyer (European Commission, Spain)
European Manufacturing in Transition: the Challenge of Sustainable Development - Scenarios for 2020

Discussant: Katarina Larsen

Biotech and Innovation Systems - D2

Chair: Margarida Fontes

Ellen Moors (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Christien Enzing (TNO Strategy, Delft, The Netherlands)
Annelieke van der Giessen (TNO Strategy, Delft, The Netherlands)
Ruud Smits (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
User-Producer Interactions in Functional Genomics Innovations

Discussant: Maureen McKelvey

Technology Policy - E2

Chair: Kieron Flanagan

Katherine Barker (PREST, University of Manchester, UK)
Deborah Cox (PREST, University of Manchester, UK)
Luke Georghiou (PREST, University of Manchester, UK)
The Evolution of Public Sector Laboratories in Europe

Discussant: Jelte Theisens

Stefano Brusoni (SPRU, Brighton)
The Premature Obituary of the Master Manufacturer: Cognition and Authority in the Modular Age

Discussant: Virginia Acha

Ruud Smits (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Stefan Kuhlmann (ISI-Fraunhofer Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
The Rise of Systemic Instruments in Innovation Processes and Systems

Discussant: Diana Hicks

Innovation, Growth Development & Growth I - F2

Chair: Jeremy Howells

Elaine Franco (University of Oxford, UK)
Identifying Patterns of Technological Efforts of Transnational Corporations Affiliates in Brazil

Discussant: Robert Tijssen

Gindo Tampubolon (CRIC, University of Manchester, UK)
Ronnie Ramlogan (CRIC, University of Manchester, UK)
Regional Patterns of Technological Development: Perspectives on Developing Countries

Discussant: Paulina Ramirez

Dominique Jolly (CERAM Sophia Antipolis, France)
Sino-foreign Joint Ventures as Exogamic Partnerships

Discussant: Vivien Walsh

Knowledge Economy - G2

Chair: Bruce Tether

Ian Miles (PREST, University of Manchester, UK)
Khaleel Malik (PREST, University of Manchester, UK)
Steve Glynn (PREST, University of Manchester, UK)
Jeff Butler (PREST, University of Manchester, UK)
Developing Policies for the Knowledge Economy in Europe

Discussant: Richard Joseph

David Rooney
Bernard McKenna
Greg Hearn
The Knowledge-Based Economy: Savant or Sage?

Discussant: Nico de Liso

Daniel Coronado (Universidad de Cadiz, Spain)
Manuel Acosta MaDolores Leon
Scientific Knowledge use in Spain: Private Applications of Science Analysed from Patent Data

Discussant: Hugh Cameron

15.45 - 16.15

Coffee Break

16.15 - 18.00

Session 3

Instituted Economic Processes - A3

Innovation Systems - B3

Nassef Hmimda (Laboratoire Stratégie & Technologie, Ecole Centrale Paris)
Staffan Hultén (Laboratoire Stratégie & Technologie, Ecole Centrale Paris)
Nicolas Pasquet (Laboratoire Stratégie & Technologie, Ecole Centrale Paris)
Bifurcation of Technological Trajectories - the Role of Events

Chair: Sally Davenport

Rajendra Prasad (CSIR, New Delhi)
Transformation of National Innovations Systems towards Knowledge Economy in Globalised World with Special Reference to Key Industrial Sectors in India

Discussant: Andrew Tylecote

Gil Avnimelech (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Morris Teubal (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Evaluating Venture Capital Policies: Methodological Lessons from the Israeli Experience

Discussant: Vivien Walsh

Environment & Sustainability - C3

Chair: Boelie Elzen

J Kohler (University of Anglia, UK)
Technological Change and Long Waves: Insights for Climate Change Modelling

Discussant: Rod Coombs

Dr Adrian Smith (University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
Alternative Technology Niches and Sustainable Development

Discussant: Fred Steward

F W Geels (Eindhoven University, The Netherlands)
Processes and Mechanisms in Technological Transitions

Discussant: Ron Johnston

Intellectual Property - D3

Chair: Hugh Cameron

Victor Gilsing (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)
Theo Roelandt (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)
Marianne van der Steen (Directorate-General for Innovation Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands)
The Evolution of Intellectual Property Regimes in the Knowledge-Based Economy; Balancing Knowledge Production and Knowledge Diffusion

Discussant: Christiano Antonelli

Christiano Antonelli (Universita di Torino, Italy)
The Economics of Governance: the Role of Localized Knowledge in the Interdependence Among Transaction, Coordination and Production

Discussant: Joaquin Azagra Caro

Joaquin M Azagra Caro (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)
Patrick Llerena (Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France)
Types of Contractual Funding and University Patents: from Analysis to a Case Study

Discussant: Victor Gilsing

Technology Policy - E3

Innovation Global Development & Growth - F3

Chair: Luke Georghiou

Hiro Izushi (Coventry University, UK)
R & D-Based Economic Growth in Europe

Discussant: Frederic Tournemaine

Frederic Tournemaine (GREMAQ, Toulouse, France)
Knowledge, Human Capital, Rising Population and Growth

Discussant: Hiro Izushi

Adam Holbrook (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada)
Monica Salazar (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada)
Regional Innovation Systems within Federal Nations: are there any Particularities to Address?

Discussant: Kate Barker

Knowledge Economy - G3

Chair: Ian Miles

Jeremy Howells (PREST, University of Manchester, UK)
Innovation, Consumption and Knowledge

Chair: Mark Dodgson

Silvia Massini (CROMTEC, UMIST, Manchester, UK)
Arie Y. Lewin (Fuqua School of Business, USA)
Henrich R. Greve (Norwegian School of Management, Norway)
Comparison Groups and Adaptation Patterns of Organizational Routines

Discussant: Fabio Montobbio

Diego Iribarren
From Economic Activity to Understanding Spaces

Discussant: Paolo Saviotti

19.30

Conference Dinner in the Whitworth Hall, University of Manchester

Wednesday 9^th April 2003

09.15 - 10.45

Session 4

SME's - A4

Chair: Stan Metcalfe

Christine Divry (Universite de Technologie de Compiegne)
Ieda Tacla
Helio-Gilberto Amaral
From the Boundaries of BA to the Boundaries of Firm: The Role of the Industrial Designer in an Innovative Process. Learning from the Experience of a Large Supermarket Chain

Discussant: Elizabeth Chell

Elizabeth Chell (UMIST, Manchester, UK)
Ray Oakey (Manchester Business School, UK)
Knowledge Creation, its Transfer, and the Role of Science Enterprise Education in Prompting this Progress

Discussant: Bill Sutherland

Sally Davenport (Victoria Management School, New Zealand)
SME Access to Technological Knowledge: Perhaps Proximity Doesn't Matter?

Discussant: Christine Divry

Innovation Processes - B4

Chair: Vivien Walsh

Maureen McKelvey (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Innovative Search Activities and Dynamic Selection Regimes

Discussant: Philip Vergragt

John Howells (Aarhus School of Business, Denmark)
The Response of Old Technology Incumbents to Technological Competition - Does the Sailing Ship Effect Exist?

Discussant: Harro van Lente

Davide Consoli (CRIC, University of Manchester, UK)
Frozen Couples an Rugged Patterns: the Coevolution of Technology and Services in Retail Banking

Discussant: John Howells

Environment & Sustainability - C4

Chair: tba

Rob Raven (Eindhoven University, The Netherlands)
Geert Verbong (Eindhoven University, The Netherlands
Technological Regimes and Rules

Discussant: Jaco Quist

Satish Kumar Beella (Delft University of Technology,The Netherlands)
J.C Brezet (Delft University of Technology,The Netherlands)
J.C Diehl (Delft University of Technology,The Netherlands)
Innovation, Sustainability and Quality of life of New Delhi

Discussant: Rob Raven

Industrial Ecology - D4

Chair: Sally Randles

Murat Mirata (Lund University, Sweden)
A review of Industrial Symbiosis Networks and Experiences gained from Programmes in the UK

Discussant: Kieron Flanagan

Joe Ravetz (School of Planning & Landscape, University of Manchester, UK)
Regional Industrial Ecology and Resource Productivity - New Approaches to Analysis and Communication

Discussant: Sally Randles

Richard Pearce
Industrial Symbiosis in the UK

Discussant: Steven Glynn

James Baldwin (University of Sheffield, UK)
Belinda Winder
Keith Ridgway
Simulating the Complex Cladistic Evolution of Manufacturing: A Tool for Sustainable Re-Engineering?

Discussant: Ian Miles

Technology Policy - E4

Chair: tba

Staffan Hultén (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden)
Anna Nyberg (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden)
Lamia Chetioui (Laboratoire Stratégie & Technologie, Ecole Centrale Paris)
Consumers and Suppliers as Co-producers of Technology and Innovation in Electronically Mediated Banking

Discussant: Giovanna Vertova

Riccardo Leoncini (University of Bologna and IDSE-CNR, Milan, Italy)
Sandro Montresor (University of Bologna, Italy)
Giovanna Vertova (University of Bergamo, Italy)
Dynamic Capabilities: Evolving Organisations in Evolving (Technological) Systems

Discussant: Staffan Hultén

Networks - F4

Chair: Hugh Cameron

Michael W Zhang (Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK)
The Roles of Knowledge and Technology Played in the Process of Industrialisation: An East Asian Perspective

Discussant: Morris Teubal

Laurens Rook (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Holland)
Nachoem Wijnberg (University of Groningen, Holland)
Jan van den Ende (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Holland)
Bandwagons and Networks: Origins of and Approaches to Herd Behavior

Discussant: Michael Zhang

KIBS - G4

Chair: Marcela Miozzo

Derek Bosworth (Manchester School of Management, UK)
Silvia Massini (CROMTEC, UMIST, Manchester, UK)
Laura Stanciu (Manchester School of Management, UK)
Changes in the Global Concentration of R & D, Invention and New Product Launch Activity: An Empirical Study

Discussant: Diego Iribarren

Pier Paolo Saviotti
Marie Angele de Looze
Lionel Nesta
Nanette Mauperthuis
The Knowledge Base of the Firm in Biotechnology based Sectors: Properties and Performance

Discussant: Stefan Brusoni

10.45 - 11.15

Coffee Break

11.15 - 13.00

Session 5

Governance - A5

Chair: Andrew McMeekin

Ivan Hernandez (National University of Colombia, South America)
Structural Change and the Nature of Innovative Activity: Legal form and Firm Performance in the Manufacturing Industry of Colombia.

Discussant: Ellen Moors

Paulina Ramirez (CROMTEC, UMIST, Manchester, UK)
Andrew Tylecote
The Globalisation of Innovation and Corporate Governance in Pharmaceuticals: The Shift of European Investment to the USA

Discussant:Ruud Smits

Duo Wang (Manchester School of Management, UK)
Marcela Miozzo (CROMTEC, UMIST, Manchester, UK)
Corporate Governance and Innovation in China

Discussant: Dominique Jolly

Innovation Processes - B5

Chair: Ron Johnston

Dinesh Abrol (National Institute of Science, India)
Design of Innovation Intensive Environments in Dual Economies: Lessons from the Indian Experience of S&T for Weaker Sections

Discussant: Jeff Butler

Nicoletta Corrocher (CESPRI, Universita Bocconi, Italy)
Franco Malerba (CESPRI, Universita Bocconi, Italy)
Fabio Montobbio (CESPRI, Universita Bocconi, Italy)
How do New Technologies Emerge? A Patent-Based Analysis of ICT-related New Industrial Activities

Discussant: Ricardo Leoncini

Francisco Fatás-Villafranca (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
Dulce Saura Bacaicoa (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
Understanding the Demand Side of Economic Change

Discussant: Franco Malerba

Environment & Sustainability - C5

Energy - D5

Chair: Ken Green

Denis Anderson (Imperial College Centre for Energy, Policy and Technology)
Tim Foxon (Imperial College Centre for Energy, Policy and Technology)
Dynamic Modelling of Energy Systems

Discussant: Frank Geels

Marko Hekkert (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Roald Suurs (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Evert Nieuwlaar (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Marius Meeus (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
An Actor Oriented Approach for Assessing Technological Transitions of Energy Systems

Discussant: Philip Vergragt

Virginia Acha (University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
John Finch (University of Aberdeen, UK)
The Path to Deep-Water in the Petroleum Upstream Industry

Discussant: Mark Winskel

Networks - F5

KIBS - G5

Chair: Ian Miles

Emily Leung Suk Man
Managing Technology and Innovation across the Boundaries of Firms: A Case Study of Third Party Logistics

Discussant: Satish Kumar Bella

Stefano Brusoni (SPRU -University of Sussex, UK)
Paola Criscuolo (SPRU & MERIT, University of Maastricht, NL)
Aldo Geuna (SPRU -University of Sussex, UK)
The Knowledge Bases of the World's Largest Pharmaceuticals Groups: What do Patent Citations to Non-patent Literature Reveal?

Discussant: Derek Bosworth

Luca Berchicci (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Sacha Silvester (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Mapping Networks

Discussant: Robert van den Hoed

13.00 - 14.00

Lunch

14.00

Panel: The Future of Innovation Studies

15.30

Tea and Close