SYLLABUS FOR THE SUMMER EXAM 2009
INDUSTRIAL AND INNOVATION POLICY
Obligatory Course Reading
Amable, B , The diversity of modern capitalism, ch. 1.1, 2.1.2, 3.1 – 3.3, Oxford 2003
Aoki, M, Schumpeterian innovation in institutions (in Malerba, F, Brusoni, S (eds.), Perspectives
on innovation), Cambridge, 2007
Asheim, B, Gertler, M, The geography of innovation: Regional Innovation Systems (in
Fagerberg, J, Mowery, D, Nelson, R (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Innovation), Oxford 2006
Audretsch, D, Agglomeration and the Location of Innovative Activity, Oxford Review of
Economic Policy, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1998.
Audretsch, D, Innovation and industry evolution, Cambridge 1995, ch. 3-4, 6-7 (112 p.)
Audretsch, D, Industrial policy and international competitiveness (in Nicolaides, P (ed),
Industrial Policy in the European Community: A necessary response to economic integration,
Dordrecht 1993, ch. 4 ( 30 p)
Blomström, M, Globerman, S, Kokko, A, Regional integration and foreign direct investment:
Some general issues (sections 1-3 in chapter 5 in Dunning, J, H (ed.), Regions, globalization and
the knowledge-based economy, Oxford 2000) (10 p.)
Brander J, Rationales for Strategic Trade and Industrial Policy (i Krugman, P (ed), Strategic
Trade Policy and the New International Economics, Cambridge 1986) ( 22 p)
Cappelen, A, Castellacci, F, Fagerberg, J, Verspagen, B (2003), The impact of EU regional
support on growth and convergence in the European Union, Journal of Common Market Studies
vol. 41 nr. 4, 621-644
Cohesion policy in support of growth and jobs: Community Strategic Guidelines, 2007 – 2013,
Communication from the Commission, ch. 2 – 3, 2005
Cohen, W, Levinthal, D, Innovation and Learning: The Two Faces of R&D, The Economic
Journal, Vol. 99, No. 397, September 1989.
Cortright, J, Making sense of clusters: regional competitiveness and economic development,
Discussion Paper Prepared for the The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program,
March 2006
Facing the challenge. The Lisbon strategy for growth and employment. Report from the High
Level Group chaired by Wim Kok, ch. 1, 2004
Ferguson, P R, Ferguson, G J, Industrial Economics. Issues and perspectives, London 1994, kap
1 - 2, 6 ( 62 p)
Gerybadze, A, The implementation of industrial policy in an evolutionary perspective (in
Audretsch, D (ed), Industrial Policy and Competitive Advantage, Volyme I, Cheltenham 1998)
(21 p)
Gunnarsson, J, Wallin, T, An evolutionary approach to regional systems of innovation, Work in
Progress 2007
Itoh, M m. fl., Economic Analysis of Industrial Policy, San Diego 1991, kap 4 ( 15 p)
Krugman, P, Venables, A, Integration and the competitiveness of peripheral industry, Centre of
Economic Policy Research, Disc. Pap. 363, 1990 (29 p)
Matthews, R C, Darwinism and economic change (in Witt, U (ed), Evolutionary Economics,
Aldershot 1993) (25 p)
Metcalfe, S, Evolutionary concepts in relation to evolutionary economics (in Dopfer, K (ed.),
The evolutionary foundations of economics), Cambridge 2005
Moore, M, Suranovic, S, Lobbying and Cournot-Nash competition, Journal of International
Economics 1993 (10 p)
Navaretti, G B, Venables, A J, Multinational firms in the world economy, New Jersey 2004, ch.
9 (22 p)
Poyago-Theotoky, J, Beath, J, Siegel, D S, Universities and fundamental research: reflections on
the growth of university-industry partnerships, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 18,1 2002
Sharp, M, Santos Pereira, T, Research and technological development (in Hall, R, Smith, A,
Tsoukalis, L (eds), Competitiveness and cohesion in EU policies, Oxford 2001)
Witt, U, Economic policy making in evolutionary perspective, Journal of Evolutionary
Economics, 2003 13:77 - 94
Yong S, Lee, The Sustainability of University-Industry Research Collaboration: An Empirical
Assessment, Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2000.
Suggested Supplementary Reading
Arora, A, Fosfuri, A, Gambardella, A, Markets for technology. The economics of innovation and
corporate strategy, ch. 1.1-1.2, 9, ch. 10, Cambridge 2001
Audretsch, D, Entrepreneurship Policy and the Strategic Management of Places (in Hart, D (ed.),
The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Policy), Cambridge 2003
Audretsch, D, Industrial and trade policies for the emerging market economies (in Audretsch, D
(ed), Industrial Policy and Competitive Advantage, Volyme III, Cheltenham 1998) (21 p.)
Brown, R, Raines, P, The changing nature of foreign investment policy in Europe: from
promotion to management (ch. 17 in Dunning, J H (ed), Regions, globalization and the
knowledge-based economy, Oxford 2000) (24 p)
Cowling, K, Oughton, C, Sugden, R, A reorientation of industrial policy? Horizontal policies and
targeting ( kap. 2 i Cowling, K (ed), Industrial policy in Europe. Theoretical perspectives and
practical proposals), London 1999
DiMaggio P J, Powell, W W, The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective
rationality in organizational fields ( in Powell, W W, DiMaggio P J (eds), The new
institutionalism in organizational analysis, Chicago 1991)
Fosfuri, A, Rønde, T, High-tech Clusters, Technology Spillovers and Trade Secret Laws (in
International Journal of Industrial Organization 22 (2004)), Sections 1 – 2, 5 (8 pp)
Fosfuri, A, Motta, M, Rønde, T, Foreign Direct Investment and Spillovers through workers’
mobility (in Journal of International Economics 53 (2001)), pages 205 – 210, 220 (6 pp)
George, S, Multi-level governance and the European Union (in Bache, I, Flinders, M (eds.),
Multi-level governance), Oxford 2004
Gunnarsson, J, Local Business Alliances and Regional Empowerment in EU Policy Networks (in
Perspectives on European Politics and Society volume 4, no 3, 2003) (24 pp)
Gunnarsson, J, Industrial Policy & European Regions. An institutional approach with empirical
evidence from the Baltic rim, Copenhagen 2001
Hall, B H, The assessment: technology policy, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 18,1 2002
Hall, P, Soskice (eds), Varieties of Capitalism. The Institutional Foundations of Comparative
Advantage, Oxford 2001
Higher Education and Regions: Globally Competitive, Locally engaged, OECD 2007
Marks, G, Hooghe, L (2003), Contrasting visions of multi-level governance (in Bache, I,
Flinders, M (eds.), Multi-level governance), Oxford 2004
Morgan, E J, Crawford, N K, The European network of Regional Technology Advisory Centres:
service provision to the smaller firm (in Buckley, P J et. al. (ed), The strategy and organization of
international business, Houndmills 1998)
Lechner,C, Dowling, M, The evolution of industrial districts and regional networks: The case of
the Biotechnology Region Munich/Martinsried, Journal of Management and Governance 1999
(26 p)
Myant, M, Are the transformations complete? (in Myant, M (ed), Industrial Competitiveness in
East-Central Europe), Cheltenham 1999
Pages, E, Freedman, D, Bargen, P, Entrepreneurship as a State and Local Economic
Development Strategy (in Hart, D (ed.), The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Policy), Cambridge
2003
Patel, P, Pavit, K, The Wide (and Increasing) Spread of Technological Competences in the
World’s Largest Firms: A Challenge to Conventional Wisdom (in Chandler, A D et. al. (eds),
The Dynamic Firm. The Role of Technology, Strategy, Organization and Regions), Oxford
1998)
Porter, M, Locations, Clusters and Company Strategy (ch. 13 in Clark, G, Feldman M P, Gertler,
M S (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography), Oxford 2000
Romer, P, Implementing a national technology strategy with self-organizing Industry Investment
Boards (pages 369-370, 381-388 are not included) (in Audretsch, D (ed), Industrial Policy and
Competitive Advantage, Volyme I, Cheltenham 1998) (47 p)
Stigler, GJ, The theory of economic regulation, The Bell Journal of Economics and Management
Science, 1971