The New Economics of Technology Policy (2009)
This innovative book comprehensively sheds light on the theory and practice of technological policies by employing modern analytical tools and economic techniques. The New Economics of Technology...
L'économie de la connaissance (2009)
A l'image de l'économie industrielle fondée en France vers 1820, au moment de l'avènement de la grande industrie, l'économie de la connaissance en tant que discipline se développe quand se...
ERA: Entrepreneurial Regional Action (2009)
Dominique Foray defines the concept of smart specialisation, how it can be managed, and reflects on how Europe is finding its own way toward the knowledge economy...
Overview on Knowledge for Growth: European issues and policy challenges (2008)
Foray, Dominique, Van Ark, Bart
This article presents the focus of discussion of the 'Knowledge for Growth (K4G) Group' and the issues it addresses on the complex relationships between science, technology, innvation capacities and...
* A preliminary version of this article was presented as an invited lecture to the (2007)
Nicolas Jullien, Dominique Foray, Richard Nelson, Edward Steinmuller
The article studies technological competition between open-source and proprietary software using a model from interaction theory. We argue that the organizational structure of open-source software,...
2 The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness by (2007)
Robin Cowan, Robin Cowan, Paul A. David, Paul A. David, Dominique Foray, Dominique Foray
This paper has been prepared under the EC TSER Programme's TIPIK Project, for presentation to the 3 rd TIPIK Workshop held in Strasbourg, at BETA, University of Louis Pasteur, 24 th April 1999....
Patents and development in the knowledge economy (2007)
This document refers to the relevance of IP in the knowledge economy, explaining the importance of the rapid dissemination of new and superior knowledge. However, we point out that rapid...
Patents and development in the knowledge economy (2007)
This document refers to the relevance of IP in the knowledge economy, explaining the importance of the rapid dissemination of new and superior knowledge. However, we point out that rapid...
Foray, Dominique, Cook, Thomas
This article is about building new research capacities to foster a fundamental shift in research methods. It examines in detail the new R&D policy of the US Department of Education, which is designed...
Academic Licensing: a European Study (2007)
Conti, Annamaria, Gaulé, Patrick, Foray, Dominique
This paper is an empirical analysis of the impact that different organisational forms of the Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) in Europe have on their licensing activity. Given the great diversity...
Patents and development in the knowledge economy (2007)
This document refers to the relevance of IP in the knowledge economy, explaining the importance of the rapid dissemination of new and superior knowledge. However, we point out that rapid...
Linking Policy Research and Practice in 'STIG Systems': Many Obstacles, but Some Ways Forward (2007)
Aghion, Philippe, David, Paul A., Foray, Dominique
This paper reflects on the relevance of "systems-theoretic" approaches to the interdependent policy issues bearing on the dynamics of science, technology and innovation in their relationship to...
Pitfalls in Estimating the Returns to Corporate R&D Using Accounting Data (2007)
Foray, Dominique, Hall, Bronwyn H., Mairesse, Jacques
Does R&D have an impact on firm growth, profits, and value? To most observers, the obvious answer is yes. However, the recent report by Booz-Allen-Hamilton (BAH 2006) seems to conclude that the share...
Enriching the indicator base for the economics of knowledge (2007)
This chapter addresses the issue of the development of indicators aimed at providing a measurement base with both breadth and depth from which research in the "economics of knowledge" can benefit....
Paul A. David, Dominique Foray, Paul A. David, Dominique Foray
economic and public policy issues. The SIEPR Discussion Paper Series reports on research and policy
Advancing knowledge and the knowledge economy (2006)
Kahin, Brian, Foray, Dominique
The revolution in information technology transforms not only information and its uses but, more important, knowledge and the ways we generate and manage it. Knowledge is now seen as input, output,...
Une région apprenante dans le tournoi mondial (2006)
Foray, Dominique, Lhuillery, Stéphane
Une région apprenante se caractérise par une forte capacité à former du personnel hautement qualifié, à créer de nouveaux savoirs et à favoriser l'innovation. Sur son territoire, on trouve à...
R&D internationalization is an important phenomenon. It involves the global allocation of a precious resource for national economies. The reason for this Report is that there is a strong feeling,...
Linking policy research and practice in 'STIG systems': Many obstacles, but some ways forward (2006)
Aghion, Philippe, David, Paul A., Foray, Dominique
This paper reflects on the relevance of systems thinking about the interdependent policy issues bearing on the dynamics of science, technology and innovation in their relationship to economic growth....
La Suisse dans une économie globalisée de la connaissance (2005)
Foray, Dominique, Lhuillery, Stéphane
Rapport préparé pour l'étude intitulée "Où en est la Suisse dans l'économie du savoir? Pôle d'excellence et pôle de croissance", commandée par l'Office Fédéral de la Formation...
Les enjeux économiques de l'innovation: bilan du programme CNRS (2004)
Encaoua, David, Foray, Dominique, Hatchuel, Armand, Mairesse, Jacques
Economic fundaments of the knowledge society, Policy Futures in Education - An e-journal (2003)
Paul A. David, Dominique Foray, Paul A. David, Dominique Foray, Paul A. David, Dominique Foray
Economic Herald of Rostov (Rostov State University) in Fall, 2002. Please refer to the English language version for purposes of quotation and citation. Acknowledgements This article draws upon...
The economics of knowledge reproduction by inscription (2003)
Foray, Dominique, Steinmueller, W. Edward
The focus of this paper is on how humans reproduce their knowledge and understanding, their know‐what and their know‐how, in forms outside of themselves through inscription. The paper...
Economic Fundamentals of the Knowledge Society (2002)
Foray, Dominique, David, Paul A.
SIEPR discussion paper, n°01-14 (Stanford University)
Economic Fundamentals of the Knowledge Society (2002)
Foray, Dominique, David, Paul A.
Oxford Economic Paper
Les enjeux économiques de l'innovation: un bilan scientifique du programme CNRS (2002)
Encaoua, David, Hatchuel, Armand, Mairesse, Jacques, Foray, Dominique
Public knowledge, private property and the economics of high-tech consortia (2002)
Maurice Cassier, Dominique Foray
The management of knowledge in research consortia raises new appropriability issues, such as copying with the tension between individual protection and data sharing which is required in any process...
L'économie du logiciel libre : organisation coopérative et incitation à l'innovation (2001)
Foray, Dominique, Zimmerman, Jean-Benoît
Un logiciel libre est un logiciel dont le code source est rendu ouvertement disponible et ne peut faire l'objet d'une appropriation privative. Le mode d'organisation coopérative du "bazar", qui...
Public management of positive research externalities (2001)
Cohendet, Patrick, Foray, Dominique, Guellec, Dominique, Mairesse, Jacques
Public dimensions of the knowledge-driven economy (2001)
David, Paul A., Mairesse, Jacques, Foray, Dominique
OECD working paper, CERI collection
Journée scientifique d'hommage à Marie-Christine Adam, Cahier de l'Université Libre de Bruxelle
Guichard, Renelle, Foray, Dominique
Cette étude porte sur l'évaluation économique d'une nouvelle procédure de politique technique mise en œuvre à la DGA depuis 1997 : le Programme d'Etude Amont (PEA). Il s'agit d'une nouvelle...
Guichard, Renelle, Foray, Dominique
Cette étude porte sur l'évaluation économique d'une nouvelle procédure de politique technique mise en œuvre à la DGA depuis 1997 : le Programme d'Etude Amont (PEA). Il s'agit d'une nouvelle...
Technological accidents: Learning from disaster (2000)
Cowan, Robin, Fauchart, Emmanuelle, Foray, Dominique, Gunby, Philip
Intellectual property and innovation in the knowledge-based economy (2000)
Les Cahiers de l'Innovation, Novembre
Technological Accidents: Learning from Disaster by (2000)
Robin Cowan, Emmanuelle Fauchart, Dominique Foray, Philip Gunby
Financial support from the program “Risques collectifs et situations de crise ” of CNRS is gratefully acknowledged. 1 2
The Economics of Codification and the Diffusion of Knowledge (1997)
COWAN, ROBIN, FORAY, DOMINIQUE
The process by which knowledge or information evolves and spreads through the economy involves changing its nature between tacit and codified forms. The process of codification includes three...
Technology Infrastructure Policy: An international perspective (1996)
Teubal, Morris, Foray, Dominique, Justman, Moshe, Zuscovitch, Ehud
Technology and the environment: an overview (1996)
Foray, Dominique, Gruebler, Arnulf
The article starts with a brief history of the debate on the interactions between technology and the environment. A short overview of each article of this special issue is then presented. Three...
An Introduction to the Economy of the Knowledge Society
Paul A. David, Dominique Foray
This introductory article reviews the main themes relating to the development of new knowledge-based economies. After placing their emergence in historical perspective and proposing a theoretical...
DOMINIQUE FORAY, EDWARD STEINMUELLER
Research collaborations involve co-production and exchange of knowledge across organisational boundaries. They involve governance of intellectual property rights and partners' use of collectively...
Chronique interdisciplinaire : Économie industrielle et histoire
Claire CHARBIT, Jean-Pierre DAVIET, Dominique FORAY, Robert SALAIS
Academic licensing: a European study
Annamaria Conti, Patrick Gaulé, Dominique Foray
This paper is an empirical analysis of the impact that different organisational forms of the Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) in Europe have on their licensing activity. Given the great diversity...
Linking policy research and practice in ‘STIG Systems’: Many obstacles, but some ways forward
Philippe Aghion, Paul A. David, Dominique Foray
This paper reflects on the relevance of “systems-theoretic” approaches to the interdependent policy issues bearing on the dynamics of science, technology and innovation in their relationship to...
Pitfalls in estimating the returns to corporate R&D using accounting data
Dominique Foray, Bronwyn H. Hall, Jacques Mairesse
Does R&D have an impact on firm growth, profits, and value? To most observers, the obvious answer is yes. However, the recent report by Booz-Allen-Hamilton (BAH 2006) seems to conclude that the share...
Thomas D. Cook, Dominique Foray
This article is about building new research capacities to foster a fundamental shift in research methods. It examines in detail the new R&D policy of the US Department of Education, which is designed...
The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness
Cowan,Robin, David,Paul, Foray,Dominique
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Morphological analysis, diffusion and lockout of technologies: Ferrous casting in France and the FRG
The dynamic implications of increasing returns: Technological change and path dependent inefficiency
Economic Fundamentals Of the Knowledge Society
Paul A. David, Dominique Foray
This article provides an introduction to fundamental issues in the development of new knowledge-based economies. After placing their emergence in historical perspective and proposing a theoretical...
Public Knowledge, Private Property and the Economics of High-tech Consortia
Maurice Cassier, Dominique Foray
The management of knowledge in research consortia raises new appropriability issues, such as copying with the tension between individual protection and data sharing which is required in any process...
The economics of knowledge reproduction by inscription
Dominique Foray, W. Edward Steinmueller
The focus of this paper is on how humans reproduce their knowledge and understanding, their know-what and their know-how, in forms outside of themselves through inscription. The paper develops the...
The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness.
Cowan, Robin, David, Paul A, Foray, Dominique
This paper attempts a greater precision and clarity of understanding concerning the nature and economic significance of knowledge and its variegated forms by presenting "the skeptical economist's...
The Economics of Codification and the Diffusion of Knowledge.
Cowan, Robin, Foray, Dominique
The process by which knowledge or information evolves and spreads through the economy evolves changing its nature between tacit and codified forms. The process of codification includes three aspects:...
Counterfactual conditional statements are ubiquitous in any scientific endeavour. This paper contains an analysis of the nature of counterfactual conditionals and the conditions under which they are...
Foray, Dominique, Llerena, Patrick
The main purpose of our paper is to present a model which allows a comparison of different types of technology policies to be made. It appears that there is a kind of model which is appropriate to...
Economic Fundamentals of the Knowledge Society
Paul A. David, Dominique Foray
December 2001- Revised February 2002 This article provides an introduction to fundamental issues in the development of new knowledge-based economies. After placing their emergence in historical...
The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness
Robin Cowan, Paul A. David, Dominique Foray
May 1999 This paper has been prepared under the EC TSER Programme's TIPIK Project, for presentation to the 3 rd TIPIK Workshop held in Strasbourg, at BETA, University of Louis Pasteur, 24 th April...
Renelle Guichard, Dominique Foray
Cette étude porte sur l’évaluation économique d’une nouvelle procédure de politique technique mise en œuvre à la DGA depuis 1997 : le Programme d’Etude Amont (PEA). Il s’agit d’une...
Advancing Knowledge and the Knowledge Economy
The revolution in information technology transforms not only information and its uses but, more important, knowledge and the ways we generate and manage it. Knowledge is now seen as input, output,...
The economics of knowledge is a rapidly emerging subdiscipline of economics that has never before been given the comprehensive and cohesive treatment found in this book. Dominique Foray analyzes the...
Aghion, Philippe, David, Paul A., Foray, Dominique
This paper reflects on the relevance of "systems-theoretic" approaches to the interdependent policy issues relating to the dynamics of science, technology and innovation and their relationship to...