“Knowledge Value Alliances”: An Alternative to the R&amp;D Project Focus in Evaluation

Rogers, J. Daniel; Bozeman, Barry

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“…I use this approach because it provides an analytically useful way of summarizing the data. Nonetheless, as Bozeman has noted, "the production of scientific knowledge is by definition social, many of the skills are more social or political than cognitive" thus acknowledging that for any inventor, their human and social (local and cosmopolitan) capital are highly interdependent (Bozeman et al, 1999, p. 18;Rogers and Bozeman, 2001). Likewise if we reevaluate Merton's explanation for the Matthew effect in science, we find that human capital (the quality of particular ideas) is intimately connected to affiliations and positions early on in the career of scientists (Merton, 1973).…”

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The role of academic inventors in entrepreneurial firms: sharing the laboratory life

MURRAY¹

2004

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While science-based entrepreneurial firms are a key feature of the modern economy, our insights into their organization and productivity remain limited. In particular, our understanding of the mechanisms through which academic inventors shape entrepreneurial firms established to commercialize their scientific ideas is based upon a traditional perspective that highlights the importance of human capital. Based on a study of biotechnology firms and their academic inventors, this paper examines the extent and mechanisms through which academic scientists contribute not only human capital but also social capital to entrepreneurial firms. The paper makes two contributions to our understanding of the academic-firm interface: First, it establishes that the social capital of academic scientists is critical to firms because it can be transformed into scientific networks that embed the firm in the scientific community through a variety of mechanisms. Second, the paper argues that an academic inventor's career plays a critical role in shaping his social capital, thus scientific careers mediate the networks and potential for embeddedness that an academic inventor brings to a firm. Specifically, the foundations of an academic's social capital can be traced to two sources: The first element that the firm may leverage is the academic's local laboratory network-a network to current and former students and advisors established by the inventor through his laboratory life. The second form of social capital is a wider, cosmopolitan network of colleagues and co-authors established through the social patterns of collaboration, collegiality and competition that exemplify scientific careers. These findings suggest that scientific careers are central in shaping an academic's social capital which can be translated into critical scientific networks in which entrepreneurial firms become embedded.

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Section: Theme and Variations-three Dimensions Of Involvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of academic inventors in entrepreneurial firms: sharing the laboratory life

MURRAY¹

2004

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“…Such concepts are: 'knowledge value mapping', focusing on the collective relationships among knowledge producers and users; 'knowledge value collectives / alliances', i.e. a set of individuals connected by their uses of information for the creation of knowledge (Rogers and Bozeman, 2001); and 'technoeconomic networks' (Callon, et. al.…”

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Adaptive foresight in the creative content industries: anticipating value chain transformations and need for policy action

2010

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PREFACEFuture-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) provides a common umbrella for the foresight, forecasting and technology assessment communities. These closely related communities play an important role in guiding policy and decision making to anticipate and shape future developments. The "International Seville FTA Conference" is a unique occasion for them to meet and to mutually enrich their approaches.Building on the success of the 2004 and 2006 events, the third edition of the Conference will enable FTA experts, practitioners, and policy and decision makers to share their ideas and knowledge in order to make FTA more policy relevant. This focus on policy impact of FTA is reinforced in the third edition of the Conference as clearly indicated by its title: "Impacts and implications of FTA for policy and decision making."The rising importance of FTA and of the Seville FTA Conference is reflected in the interest for this third edition. 180 participants from all continents are expected to attend the Conference. Out of the 166 abstracts that were submitted (50 more than in 2006), the Conference Scientific Committee selected 56 papers in order to build a comprehensive Conference programme. In addition 27 posters will be presented. The Conference programme covers both FTA methodological aspects and application of FTA to policy fields, such as, research and innovation, security and sustainability. IPTS will publish the proceedings of the Conference and the best papers will be published in special issues of high level academic journals, as was the case for the previous editions of the Conference. The Conference is organised by the European Foresight Action of the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), an institute of the European Commission's JointResearch Centre (JRC). IPTS is known as a European reference centre on foresight, and its European Foresight Action is established as a major contributor to the structuring and enhancement of European foresight capabilities. The foresight support tools it has developed, such as the On-Line Foresight Guide, are widely recognised and used across Europe. European Foresight is part of the "Knowledge for Growth" unit of JRC-IPTS that focuses on EU research policy and its interfaces with certain related policies, in particular innovation, tertiary education and regional development.In line with its main mission, IPTS intends to apply the outcomes of the Conference to its policy support activities and translate them whenever possible into options for policy and decision making. FTA techniques are well suited to support research and innovation policies and, in particular, for application in the context of research coordination instruments aimed at developing the European Research Area. The European Foresight Action currently contributes with its foresight expertise to several FP7 multi-partner projects where it supports, for example, identification of future RTD priorities and of areas for future international collaboration in research.The final outcomes of the 2008 ...

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“…These network organizations often lack a strict hierarchy and a clear task division (Rogers and Bozeman 2001 ;Saari and Miettinen 2001 ). R&D covers a broad range of activities, and involves many different actors and institutions, working together in complex cooperative ventures (network organizations).…”

Section: Identifying Ethical Issues: Network Analysismentioning

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Early engagement and new technologies: Opening up the laboratory

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Poel³

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Philosophy of Engineering and Technology

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“Knowledge Value Alliances”: An Alternative to the R&D Project Focus in Evaluation

Cited by 54 publications

References 16 publications

The role of academic inventors in entrepreneurial firms: sharing the laboratory life

The role of academic inventors in entrepreneurial firms: sharing the laboratory life

Adaptive foresight in the creative content industries: anticipating value chain transformations and need for policy action

Early engagement and new technologies: Opening up the laboratory

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