Franco Malerba

Vertical integration and disintegration of computer firms: a history-friendly model of the coevolution of the computer and semiconductor industries (2008)

Malerba, Franco, Nelson, Richard, Orsenigo, Luigi, Winter, Sidney

In this article, we present a history-friendly model of the changing vertical scope of computer firms during the evolution of the computer and semiconductor industries. The model is...

FORESIGHT, COMPLEXITY AND STRATEGY (2007)

David Lane, Robert Maxfield, Win Farrell, Dick Foster, John Hagel, Franco Malerba, ...

What is a strategy? The answer to this question ought to depend on the foresight horizon: how far ahead, and how much, the strategist thinks he can foresee. When the very structure of the firm's...

Vertical Integration and Dis-integration of Computer Firms : A History Friendly Model of the Co-evolution of the Computer and Semiconductor Industries (2006)

Malerba, Franco, Nelson, Richard, Orsenigo, Luigi, Winter, Sidney

In this paper we present a history-friendly model of the changing vertical scope of computer firms during the evolution of the computer and semiconductor industries. The model is "history friendly",...

Information, appropriability, and the generation of innovative knowledge four decades after Arrow and Nelson: an introduction (2006)

Dosi, Giovanni, Malerba, Franco, Ramello, Giovanni, Silva, Francesco

This introduction sets in context the works that follow, which are meant to take stock of the theoretical advances and also historical changes since the seminal Arrow (1962) and Nelson (1959). First,...

Information, appropriability, and the generation of innovative knowledge four decades after Arrow and Nelson: an introduction (2006)

Dosi, Giovanni, Malerba, Franco, Ramello, Giovanni B., Silva, Francesco

This introduction sets in context the works that follow, which are meant to take stock of the theoretical advances and also historical changes since the seminal Arrow (1962) and Nelson (1959). First,...

Innovation and market structure in the dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology: towards a history-friendly model (2002)

Malerba, Franco, Orsenigo, Luigi

This paper is a first attempt at modelling the long-term dynamics of market structure and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry in a history-friendly way. The model examines the relationships...

New Challenges for Sectoral Systems of Innovation in Europe’, Paper presented to the Druid Summer Conference 2002 (2002)

Franco Malerba

Sectoral systems are in continuous change and transformation. During the evolution of sectoral systems change and transformation may occur in the technological and learning regimes and in the...

Innovation and market structure in the dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology: towards a history-friendly model (2002)

Malerba, Franco, Orsenigo, Luigi

This paper is a first attempt at modelling the long‐term dynamics of market structure and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry in a history‐friendly way. The model examines the...

History-Friendly Models: an Overview of the Case of the Computer Industry (2001)

Malerba, Franco, Nelson, Richard, Orsenigo, Luigi, Winter, Sidney G.

This paper presents and discusses the methodological rationale, the basic structure and some first results of a new approach to the analysis of processes of industry evolution: "history-friendly"...

Is the Tendency to Variation a Chief Cause of Progress? (2001)

Cohen, Wesley M., Malerba, Franco

This paper briefly reviews the sources of the diversity of innovative activity within industries, and interprets the literature to suggest that there are three ways in which such diversity may...

Technological Regimes and Sectoral Patterns of Innovative Activities (1997)

MALERBA, FRANCO, ORSENIGO, LUIGI

This paper focuses on the relationships between observed patterns of innovative activities within a sector and the related context and underlying microeconomic processes that might account fur them....

Choice and Action (1996)

David Lane, Franco Malerba, Robert Maxfield, Michael Cohen, Jim Dickey, Stuart Dreyfus, ...

In this essay, we argue that rational choice (RC) provides an inadequate foundation for a theory of economic action. After defining RC sufficiently broadly to encompass much of the bounded...

The Dynamics and Evolution of Industries (1996)

MALERBA, FRANCO, ORSENIGO, LUIGI

The empirical evidence, the major stylized facts, the current explanations and the relevant unanswered questions concerning the dynamics and evolution of industrial structure are discussed in this...

Schumpeterian patterns of innovation (1995)

Malerba, Franco, Orsenigo, Luigi

Using patent data for four countries (Germany, France, United Kingdom and Italy) for the period 1968–1986, the authors find that the patterns of innovative activities differ systematically across...

Technological Regimes and Firm Bebavior (1993)

MALERBA, FRANCO, ORSENIGO, LUIGI

This paper examines the relationship between firm behavior (in terms of basic strategies and organization) and tecbnological regimes (defined in terms of opportunity, appropriability and...

Regularidades en las actividades de innovación: Una investigación preliminar para cuatro países europeos (1992)

Malerba, Franco

Este trabajo presenta los resultados de una investigación comparativa sobre las actividades de innovación. en base a las patentes registradas por cuatro países europeos: Alemania, Francia, Italia...

Innovation and the evolution of industries

Franco Malerba

The analysis of innovation and the evolution of industries evolution has witnessed major progress in several areas. Contributions at the empirical, appreciative, econometric and modelling levels have...

Demand, innovation and the dynamics of market structure: the role of experimental users and diverse preferences

Franco Malerba, Richard Nelson, Luigi Orsenigo

The history of a number of industries is marked by a succession of eras, associated with different dominant technologies. Within any era, industry concentration tends to grow. Particular eras are...

History-Friendly Models: an Overview of the Case of the Computer Industry

Franco Malerba, Richard Nelson, Luigi Orsenigo, Sidney G. Winter

This paper presents and discusses the methodological rationale, the basic structure and some first results of a new approach to the analysis of processes of industry evolution: "history-friendly"...

High tecnology and the evolution of the italian industrial system.

Camillo Bussolati, Franco Malerba, Salvatore Torrisi

This paper analyses the Italian industrial dynamics, both at the sectorial and at the corporate level. It also examines the evolution of particular firms or projects, determining what different...

Knowledge Flows, Structure of Innovative Activity and International Specialization

Franco Malerba, Fabio Montobbio

This paper is a first attempt towards the full inclusion of a group of variables greatly studied in the current literature on innovation and industrial economics -such as knowledge links and the...

Towards a History Friendly Model of Innovation, Market Structure and Regulation in the Dynamics of the Pharmaceutical Industry: the Age of Random Screening

Franco Malerba, Luigi Orsenigo

In this paper we present a model of the long term dynamics of market structure and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry in a history friendly way. Our results show a strong increase in...

Technological Regimes and Schumpeterian Patterns of Innovation.

Breschi, Stefano, Malerba, Franco, Orsenigo, Luigi

This paper proposes that the specific pattern of innovative activities in an industry can be explained as the outcome of different technological (learning) regimes. A technological regime is defined...

Learning by Firms and Incremental Technical Change.

Malerba, Franco

This article proposes that learning by firms lies at the root of incremental technical change in industry. Firms may, therefore, be seen as learning organizations for the acquisition, accumulation,...

Vertical Integration and Dis-integration of Computer Firms: A History Friendly Model of the Co-evolution of the Computer and Semiconductor Industries

Franco Malerba, Richard Nelson, Luigi Orsenigo, Sidney Winter

In this paper we present a history-friendly model of the changing vertical scope of computer firms during the evolution of the computer and semiconductor industries. The model is "history friendly",...

Sectoral systems of innovation: a framework for linking innovation to the knowledge base, structure and dynamics of sectors

Franco Malerba

This paper proposes a framework for examining factors that affect innovation in sectors: sectoral systems. Sectoral systems are based on three building blocks: knowledge and technologies, actors and...

Schumpeterian Patterns of Innovation.

Malerba, Franco, Orsenigo, Luigi

Using patent data for four countries (Germany, France, United Kingdom, and Italy) for the period 1968-86, the authors find that the patterns of innovative activities differ systematically across...

Information, appropriability, and the generation of innovative knowledge four decades after Arrow and Nelson: an introduction

Giovanni Dosi, Franco Malerba, Giovanni B. Ramello, Francesco Silva

This introduction sets in context the works that follow, which are meant to take stock of the theoretical advances and also historical changes since the seminal Arrow (1962) and Nelson (1959). First,...

Innovation and market structure in the dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology: towards a history-friendly model

Franco Malerba, Luigi Orsenigo

This paper is a first attempt at modelling the long-term dynamics of market structure and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry in a history-friendly way. The model examines the relationships...

Is the Tendency to Variation a Chief Cause of Progress?

Cohen, Wesley M, Malerba, Franco

This paper briefly reviews the sources of the diversity of innovative activity within industries, and interprets the literature to suggest that there are three ways in which such diversity may...

Knowledge, Innovation Activities and Industrial Evolution.

Malerba, Franco, Orsenigo, Luigi

We argue that the distinction between tacit and codified knowledge is indeed very important, but it constitutes only a part of the categorization of the dimensions of knowledge relevant for...

Technological Regimes and Sectoral Patterns of Innovative Activities.

Malerba, Franco, Orsenigo, Luigi

This paper focuses on the relationships between observed patterns of innovative activities within a sector and the related context and underlying microeconomic processes that might account for them....

Technological paradigms: past, present and future

Nick Von Tunzelmann, Franco Malerba, Paul Nightingale, Stan Metcalfe

The special issue is introduced and contextualised. “Technological paradigms” emerged as “science push” models of innovation were being displaced by “demand pull” models that justified a...

Public policies and changing boundaries of firms in a "history-friendly" model of the co-evolution of the computer and semiconductor industries

Malerba, Franco, Nelson, Richard, Orsenigo, Luigi, Winter, Sidney

In this paper, we explore the effects of alternative policies, ranging from antitrust to public procurement, open standards, information diffusion and basic research support on the dynamics of two...

Exploring factors affecting international technological specialization: the role of knowledge flows and the structure of innovative activity

Franco Malerba, Fabio Montobbio

We define international technological specialisation (ITS) as the technological performance of a country in a specific technology relative to its overall international technological performance. This...

Innovation and the evolution of industries

Franco Malerba

Technological change, Market structure, Firm strategy, Market performance, Industry studies, O3, L1, L6,

CESPRI Working Papers

Franco Malerba, Rodolfo Helg

It is a series of working papers in economics of innovation and international economics. It has been published since 1987. Up to 1996 only the print versions are available. From 1997 on all working...

Vertical Integration and Dis-integration of Computer Firms: A History Friendly Model of the Co-evolution of the Computer and Semiconductor Industries.

Franco Malerba, Richard Nelson, Luigi Orsenigo, Sidney Winter

In this paper we present a history-friendly model of the changing vertical scope of computer firms during the evolution of the computer and semiconductor industries. The model is “history...

Public Policies and Changing Boundaries of Firms in a "History Friendly" Model of the Co-evolution of the Computer and Semiconductor Industries.

Franco Malerba, Richard Nelson, Luigi Orsenigo, Sidney Winter

In this paper, we explore the effects of alternative policies, ranging from antitrust to public procurement, open standards, information diffusion and basic research support on the dynamics of two...

Innovation, international R&D Spillovers and the sectoral heterogeneity of knowledge flows.

Franco Malerba, Maria Luisa Mancusi, Fabio Montobbio

This paper analyses the relative effects of national and international, intra-sectoral and intersectoral spillovers on innovative activity in six large, industrialized countries (France, Germany,...

Choice and Action

David Lane, Franco Malerba, Robert Maxfield, Luigi Orsenigo

In this essay, we argue that the rational choice (RC) provides an inadequate foundation for a theory of economic action. After defining RC sufficiently broadly to encompass much of the bounded...

RESEARCH NETWORKS AS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION IN EUROPEAN REGIONS

Lorenzo Cassi, Nicoletta Corrocher, Franco Malerba, Nicholas Vonortas

This paper concentrates on the role of research network infrastructure in fostering the dissemination of innovation-related knowledge. It examines the structure of collaborative networks and of...

The Organization of Economic Innovation in Europe

Gambardella,Alfonso, Malerba,Franco

Within the literature on industrial economics and innovation there have been surprisingly few attempts to build analytical frameworks that are based on the distinctive features and institutional...

Perspectives on Innovation

Malerba,Franco, Brusoni,Stefano

Innovation has become a major field of study in economics, management, sociology, science and technology, and history. Case studies, empirical models, appreciative analyses and formal theories...

The Organization of Economic Innovation in Europe

Gambardella,Alfonso, Malerba,Franco

Within the literature on industrial economics and innovation there have been surprisingly few attempts to build analytical frameworks that are based on the distinctive features and institutional...

Perspectives on Innovation

Malerba,Franco, Brusoni,Stefano

Innovation has become a major field of study in economics, management, sociology, science and technology, and history. Case studies, empirical models, appreciative analyses and formal theories...