Jan Fagerberg

Articles

Fagerberg, J., Srholec, M. and Verspagen B. 2009. Innovation and Economic Development, TIK Working Paper on Innovation Studies No. 20090723, Centre for technology, innovation and culture, Oslo.

Fagerberg, J. and Verspagen, B. 2009. Innovation Studies – the emerging structure of a new scientific field, TIK Working Paper on Innovation Studies No. 20090104, Centre for technology, innovation and culture, Oslo. (This is a revised and extended version of TIK Working Paper on Innovation Studies No. 20060911, the paper is accepted for publication in the journal, Research Policy - date of acceptance 18 December 2008).

Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D. and Verspagen, B. 2008. Innovation-systems, path-dependency and policy: The co-evolution of science, technology and innovation policy and industrial structure in a small, resource-based economy, TIK Working Paper on Innovation Studies No. 20080624, Centre for technology, innovation and culture, Oslo.

Fagerberg, J. and Srholec, M. 2008. Technology and development: Unpacking the relationship(s), TIK Working Paper on Innovation Studies No. 20080623, Centre for technology, innovation and culture, Oslo.

Fagerberg, J. and Srholec, M. 2007. National innovation systems, capabilities and economic development, TIK Working Paper on Innovation Studies No. 20071024, Centre for technology, innovation and culture, Oslo. (A revised version is published as Fagerberg, J. and M. Srholec 2008. National innovation systems, capabilities and economic development, Research Policy, 37: 1417-1435).

Fagerberg, J. and Verspagen, B. 2006. Innovation studies - an emerging discipline (or what)? A study of the global network of innovation scholars, Paper presented at the SPRU 40th Anniversary Conference on "The Future of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy", University of Sussex, September 11 - 13, 2006.

Fagerberg, J. 2006. Innovation, technology and the global knowledge economy: Challenges for future growth, Paper presented at the "Green roads to growth" conference, Environmental Assessment Institute, Copenhagen March 1-2, 2006, pp. 90-119.

Fagerberg, J. and Srholec, M. 2005. Catching up: What are the Critical Factors for success?, Paper presented at UNIDO, Vienna, Wednesday, 23 November 2005

Fagerberg, J. 2004. What do we know about innovation? Lessons from the TEARI project, Paper presented at the TEARI final conference "Research, innovation and economic performance - What do we know and where are we heading?", Brussels, Oct. 2004. (A revised version is published as Fagerberg, J. 2006. What do we know about innovation and socio-economic change? Lessons from TEARI project, in Earl, L. and Gault, F. (eds.) National Innovation, Indicators and Policy, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2006, pp. 11-23)

Fagerberg, J. 2004. The dynamics of technology, growth and trade: A Schumpeterian perspective (A revised version will appear in Hanusch, H. and A. Pyka (eds.), Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2007)

Fagerberg, J., Knell, M. and Srholec, M. 2004.The Competitiveness of Nations: Economic Growth in the ECE Region, Paper prepared for presentation at the UNECE Spring Seminar, Competitiveness and Economic Growth in the ECE Region, Geneva, February 23, 2004.

Fagerberg, J. and M.M. Godinho, 2003. Innovation and catching-up, paper presented at the Workshop “The Many Guises of Innovations: What we have learnt and where we are heading”, Ottawa, October 23-24. 2003, organized by Statistics Canada. (A revised version is published in Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D., and Nelson, R. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004, chapter 20)

Fagerberg, J. 2003. Innovation: A Guide to the Literature, Paper to be presented at the Workshop “The Many Guises of Innovation: What we have learnt and where we are heading”, Ottawa, October 23-24.2003, organized by Statistics Canada. (A revised version is published in Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D., and Nelson, R. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004, chapter 1)

Fagerberg, J., 2002. A Layman's Guide to Evolutionary Economics, TIK Working paper no. 17, Centre for technology, innovation and culture, Oslo. (A revised and shortened version is published as Fagerberg, J. 2003. Schumpeter and the revival of evolutionary economics: an appraisal of the literature, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 13: 125-159)

Ernst, Dieter, Jan Fagerberg and Jarle Hildrum, 2002. Do Global Production Networks and Digital Informations Systems Make Knowledge Spatially Fluid? TIK Working paper no. 13/02, Centre for technology, innovation and culture, Oslo.

Cappelen, Aadne, Fulvio Castellacci, Jan Fagerberg and Bart Verspagen, 2002. The Impact of Regional Support on Growth and Convergence in the European Union, TIK Working paper no. 12/02, Centre for technology, innovation and culture, Oslo. (A revised and shortened version is published as Cappelen, A., F. Castellacci, J.Fagerberg and B. Verspagen, 2003. Regional Support, Growth and Convergence in the EU, Journal of Common Market Studies, 41 (4): 621-44).

Fagerberg, Jan and Bart Verspagen, 2001. Technology-gaps, Innovation-diffusion and Transformation: An Evolutionary Interpretation, TIK Working paper no. 11/01, Centre for technology, innovation and culture, Oslo. (A revised version is published as Fagerberg, J. and B. Verspagen 2002. Technology-gaps, innovation-diffusion and transformation: an evolutionary approach, Research Policy, 31: 1291-1304).

Fagerberg, Jan 2001. Benchmarking: A New and Useful Tool for Policy Learning?, Paper presented at the Conference "Learning by Comparing - US and European Experiences on Innovation and Competence Building", Lisbon, 21-23 June, 2001.

Fagerberg, Jan 2000. Europe at the Crossroads: The Challenge from Innovation-based Growth, ERC/METU International Conference in Economics IV, September 13-16, Ankara, Turkey. (This paper summarizes some of the main arguments from the book The Economic Challenge for Europe: Adapting to Innovation-based Growth (Edward Elgar, 1999), edited by Jan Fagerberg, Paolo Guerrieri and Bart Verspagen). (A revised version in Archibugi, D. and Lundvall, B.-Å. (eds.), The Globalizing Learning Economy, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 45-60)

Book Reviews

William J. Baumol 2002. The Free-Market Innovation Machine: Analyzing the Growth Miracle of Capitalism, Princeton University Press.

This book is, as the title indicates, devoted to an analysis of the growth miracle of capitalism. It is a blend of verbal discussion and formal analysis. Although the book also contains some material that is historical in character, considering for instance the question of why earlier (pre-capitalist) economic systems failed to generate growth comparable to that of capitalism today, the main focus is analytical...

Freeman, Chris and Francisco Louca 2001. As times goes by. From the Industrial Revolutions to the Information Revolution, Oxford University Press. (407 pages)

This is an unusual book, and a very important one too. It addresses "big issues" such as what the (theoretical) sources of the evolutionary approach are, and how this approach might be developed to be really helpful in understanding how the economy evolves through time. As if this was not enough it also offers a detailed analysis of how the global capitalist system has evolved from the times of the industrial revolution to the present...