CEMI Letters 2005-2010
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September 2010 – New PhD student – S. Baruffaldi
In September, a new PhD student joined our research team.
Stefano Baruffaldi comes from Italy.
Welcome to CEMI!
August 2010 – Finalist, Best Dissertation Award – M. Bogers
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Marcel Bogers was selected and honored as the finalist in the Best Disseration Award at the Academy of Management (Technology and Innovation Managment Division) in Montreal on August 9, 2010.
July 2010 – Science and Public Policy – D. Foray / S. Lhuillery
The following paper has been accepted for publication in Science and Public Policy, Special issue on EU-US comparison of corporate R&D
“Structural changes in industrial R&D in Europe and the US: towards a new model?”
Authors: Dominique Foray, Stéphane Lhuillery
May 2010 – Paper Award Nomination – M. Bogers / S. Lhuillery
The following paper has been nominated for the CBS’s Presidential Award for Most Imaginative Paper at the Druid Summer Conference 2010:
“A Functional Perspective on Open Innovation: The Role of R&D, Manufacturing and Marketing in Learning and Innovation”
Authors: Marcel Bogers and Stephane Lhuillery.
May 2010 – Industry and Innovation – S. Lhuillery
The following paper has been recently accepted for publication in Industry and Innovation:
“Do firms know the scope of their R&D network? An empirical investigation of the determinants of network awareness on French survey data”
by Stéphane Lhuillery and Etienne Pfister
March 2010 – Handbook of the Economics of Innovation – D. Foray / F. Lissoni
The following chapter has been published in the book Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, volume 1, Brownwyn H. Hall (editor), chapter 6
“University research and public-private interaction“
by Dominique Foray and Francesco Lissoni
March 2010 – Participation in European Commission Panel – D. Foray
How can European innovation be measured?
Expert group put together by the European Commission.
High Level Panel member: Prof. Dominique Foray
November 2009 – Publication – Knowledge for Growth
“Knowledge for Growth – prospects for science, technology and innovation”
Selected papers from Research Commissioner Janez Potoènik’s Expert Group
Expert group held in Brussels
Chaired by Prof. Dominique Foray
September 2009 – New PhD students – M.Marino / M.Simeth
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Two new PhD students joined our research team at the beginning of September:
Marianna Marino comes from Italy Welcome to you both !
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August 2009 – Research Policy – S.Lhuillery / J.Raffo
The following paper has been recently accepted for publication in
“How to play the ‘Names game’:
Patent retrieval comparing different heuristics”
by Julio Raffo and Stéphane Lhuillery
August 2009 – Public defense – Annamaria Conti
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CEMI is very happy to announce the following public defense:
“University-Industry Technology Transfer and the Economics of Science” by Annamaria Conti August 24 / 16:00 |
July 2009 – Book – The New Economics of Technology Policy
“The New Economics of Technology Policy”
edited by Dominique Foray
The book comprehensively sheds light on the theory and practice of technological policies by employing modern analytical tools and economic techniques. This is a follow-up to the conference which took place in 2007 at Monte Verità.
July 2009 – Public defense – Intan M. Hamdan-Livramento
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CEMI is very happy to announce the following public defense:
“Examining how TRIPS implementation affects access to foreign technologies for developing countries” by Intan M. Hamdan-Livramento July 17 / 16:00 |
July 7, 2009 – Seminar
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CEMI is organising on July 7 a seminar on
University‐industry technology transfer: Speakers: July 7 / 14:00-15:45 |
June 2009 – DRUID Best Young Scholar Paper Award
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The DRUID Best Young Scholar Paper Award has been granted this year to a paper by Annamaria Conti and Patrick Gaulé:
Are the United States outperforming Europe in university technology licensing? |
June 25, 2009 – Knowledge for Growth Conference
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Final conference of the Expert Group Knowledge for Growth:
S&T policy in times of crisis: Prospects for the knowledge based economy June 25, 2009 |
June 24, 2009 – Swiss Roundtable: Experts’ lunch on Innovation
Dominique Foray has been invited to hold a presentation at the Swiss Roundtable: Experts’ Lunch on Innovation, an event organised by SwissCore in collaboration with economiesuisse:
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Swiss and EU innovation strategies in the global economy: What does really matter for success? June 24, 2009 |
The Roundtable wants to take stock of innovation policy developments of the last few years and to discuss the future global challenges of innovation, with a special focus on Switzerland and the EU.
June 23, 2009 – Web article – P. Gaulé and N. Maystre
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Article on “VOX” by Patrick Gaulé and Nicolas Maystre |
June 17, 2009 – EPFL-AvenirSuisse seminar
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CEMI organised on June 17 a special seminar jointly with Avenir Suisse:
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May 2009 – Public defense – M. Bogers
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CEMI is very happy to announce the following public defense:
“The Sources of process innovation in user firms: by Marcel Bogers May 18 / 17:30 |
May 2009 – Public defense – P. Gaulé
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CEMI is very happy to announce the following public defense:
“Three essays on access to knowledge” by Patrick Gaulé May 20 / 17:15 |
March 2009 – New PhD student – Viviana Muñoz Tellez
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A new PhD student joined our research team at the beginning of March. Her name is Viviana Muñoz Tellez and she comes from Colombia.
Welcome to you Viviana !
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March 2009 – public service review: Science & Technology
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“ERA: Entrepreneurial Regional Action”
In this article 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. |
February 2009 – Expert Group “Knowledge for Growth”
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The Expert Group “Knowledge for Growth” published at the end of 2008 an overview document providing brief policy related study results:
“European Issues and Policy Challenges” |
23.06.2009 – VOX
Web article by P. Gaulé and N. Maystre: “Is freely available research better disseminated?”
December 17, 2008 – Dominique Foray – Press release / Le Temps
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Article in the “Le Temps” newspaper by Dominique Foray L’effet de la crise sur la recherche et l’innovation |
December 2008 – CEMI report – A. Conti, P. Gaulé
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During the Summer CEMI conducted a survey of university technology transfer offices in Western European countries.
The first results have been summarised in a new report: “The CEMI survey of Technology Transfer Offices” by Annamaria Conti and Patrick Gaulé |
November 17, 2008 – Panel seminar – D. Foray
Dominique Foray has been invited by Commissioner J. Potocnik to participate in a prestigious panel seminar entitled: “The Effects of the Financial Crisis on European Research Policy”. Paul Romer, the primary developer of New Growth Theory, was among the other invited panelists.
November 5, 2008 – Dominique Foray – Press release / Le Temps
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Article in the “Le Temps” newspaper by Dominique Foray Succès majeur pour le Conseil Européen de la Recherche |
October 2008 – 3rd Annual Conference of the EPIP Association
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CEMI has recently organised the following conference:
3rd Annual Conference of the EPIP Association The event was supported by the European Patent Office and the World Intellectual Property Organisation. |
September 2008 – Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation
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A new research proposal has recently been approved for funding by the Swiss National Science Foundation:
“Health care costs and the diffusion of medical technologies: Evidence on Swiss data” The project will be a collaboration between CEMI and IEMS – University of Lausanne. |
August 2008 – Symposium at the AoM conference
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Marcel Bogers and Prof. Christopher Tucci (EPFL-CSI) organised a symposium on User Innovation and Firm Boundaries at the Academy of Management Meeting in Anaheim, USA. |
June 2008 – Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation
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A new research project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation started in June at CEMI:
“Selling university intellectual property or licensing? Evaluation of university technology transfer policies” |
January 2008 – New post-doc researcher
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A new post-doc researcher joined our research team in January. His name is Miguel Abraham Garcia-Torres and he comes from Spain. Before coming to Lausanne, Abraham has been writing his PhD at UNU-Merit in Maastricht.
Welcome to you Abraham ! |
December 2007 – Expert Group “Knowledge for Growth”
The European Commissioner for Research – J. Potocnik – chaired on November 7 a policy strategy seminar “Knowledge for Growth”.
The seminar was based on the three first reports and brief policy documents of the Expert Group. Invitees were other Commission services and outside experts.
The summary of the seminar and specific contributions from speakers and participants are available on the Expert Group website.
November 2007 – New appointment – Dominique Foray
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Congratulations to Dominique Foray who has been offered to be a member of the Advisory Board of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at the ETH Zurich. |
November 2007 – Press release / Welt Online – Exp. Gr. KfG
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Article in Welt Online by A. Friedrich von Thomas Europas Universitäten behindern Innovationen |
November 2007 – Press release/Science|Business – Exp. Gr. KfG
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Article in Science|Business by Richard L. Hudson |
Richard L. Hudson provides a glimpse of the debate that took place in Brussels on November 8. On that day a group of about 50 economists and Eurocrats met to compare notes about Europe’s R&D performance, and debate the policy implications. Among them were the members of the Expert Group “Knowledge for Growth”, lead by Dominique Foray.
November 2007 – Expert Group “Knowledge for Growth”
New documents are available:
– Smart specialisation in a truly integrated research area is the key to attracting more R&D to Europe
– What policies are needed to overcome the EU’s R&D deficit?
– Universities need to find their place in Europe’s innovation system
October 2007 – Article in IPR Helpdesk Bulletin – David Fischbach
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“Who is due the larger slice?”
by David Fischbach in IPR Helpdesk Bulletin, n°35, September-October 2007 How fairly split the loot of intellectual property rigths (IPRs) in order to satisfy all the project partners involved in a collaborative research project. A concrete Swiss example. |
September 2007 – New appointment – Dominique Foray
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Congratulations to Dominique Foray who has been elected as member of the National Council of Research of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
He will take part in the activities of the Division IV group (targeted research). |
August 2007 – Annamaria Conti
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Our PhD student Annamaria Conti has just left for the United States.
Annamaria will spend the academic year 2007/2008 at Georgia Tech under the supervision of Prof. Marie C. Thursby. We wish her a ll the best from Lausanne! |
June 2007 – Conference – Monte Verità – The Economics of Technology Policy
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CEMI organised a very successful international conference on
The Economics of Technology Policy |
May 21, 2007 – Dominique Foray – Press release / AGEFI
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Article in the AGEFI newspaper by Dominique Foray |
April 2007 – Dominique Foray – New appointment
Congratulations to Dominique Foray who has been offered the position of Vice-Chairman of the Expert group “Knowledge for growth”!
The group has been created and is chaired by Janecz Potocnik, European Commissioner for Science & Research.
January 2007 – Dominique Foray – Reflex
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In the first issue of the magazine Reflex…
“L’innovation version pop” Analysis of the growing importance of users by Dominique Foray and Xavier Comtesse. Article written by Pierre Grosjean. |
November 8, 2006 – Dominique Foray – TV interview
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“L’innovation, facteur du succès”
Interview of Dominique Foray |
November 2006 – New PhD student
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A new PhD student joined our research team from the beginning of November. His name is David Fischbach and he comes from the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland.
Welcome to you David ! |
September 2006 – Dominique Foray – Press release / ASPECTS
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“La Suisse dans l’économie de la connaissance”
published in the magazine of the Chambre France-Suisse pour le commerce & l’industrie, special issue on innovation and technology. |
26.04.2006 – Le Temps
Newspaper article by Prof. Dominique Foray: “La Suisse dans l’économie du savoir: quel message pour 2008-2011?”
November 2005 – PME Magazine / Le Temps
Supplement: “L’année de l’entreprise”
Interview of Prof. Dominique Foray: “Des start-up naissent. Peu grandissent.”
21.10.2005 – Le Temps
Newspaper article by Prof. Dominique Foray: “Tom Schelling, ou l’économiste errant”
25.01.2005 – Le Monde
Newspaper article by Prof. Dominique Foray: “Grands programmes: les leçons du passé”
28.12.2004 – L’Agefi
Interview of Prof. Dominique Foray : “Les entreprises suisses semblent déconnectées de la recherche” by Ghislaine Bloch
23.11.2004 – Le Monde
Interview of Prof. Dominique Foray : “Il faut concentrer les moyens sur la recherche privée”