EMAEE 2017: 10th European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics

"Creativity, Innovation and Economic Dynamics"

May 31 - June 3 2017 Université de Strasbourg

Conference Program

Wednesday May 31

13h-13h30 Registration

13h30-14h Introduction and Welcome

14h-15h30

Keynote M. Matt Evaluating the societal impact of public research in a challenge-oriented policy context

(Chair L. Bach) - GAM

15h30-16h Coffee break

16h-18h Session 1A - Room C9 Session 1B - Room C4 Session 1C - Room C5 Session 1D - Room C10

Thursday June 1

9h -10h30

Keynote M. Caniëls Developing organizational creativity – Does organizational creativity require constraints?

(Chair T. Burger-Helmchen) - GAM

10h30-11h Coffee break

11h-13h Session 2A - Room C9 Session 2B - Room C4 Session 2C - Room C5 Session 2D - Room C10

13h-14h Lunch break

14h-15h30

Keynote A. Roventini Climate change and economic dynamics: the Schumpeter meeting Keynes integrated assessment model

(Chair I. Ott) - GAM

15h30-16h Coffee break

16h-18h

Session 3A

Room C9

Session 3B

Room C4

Session 3C

Room C5

Session 3D

Room C10

Session 3E

Room C11

Friday June 2

9h -10h30

Keynote A. Coad New venture start-up size, growth, survival, learning and selection: evidence from entrepreneur´s bank

accounts

(Chair R. Cowan) - GAM

10h30-11h Coffee break

11h-13h Session 4A - Room C9 Session 4B - Room C4 Session 4C - Room C5 Session 4D - Room C10

13h-14h Lunch break

14h-15h30

Keynote M. Savona

Services Global Value Chains and Development: Implications for Industrial Policies

(Chair A. Lorentz) - GAM

15h30-16h Coffee break

16h-18h

Session 5A

Room C9

Session 5B

Room C4

Session 5C

Room C5

Session 5D

Room C10

Session 5E

Room C11

19h-

Social Dinner - Gürtlerhoft

Saturday June 3

9h-11h Session 6A - Room C9 Session 6B - Room C4 Session 6C - Room C4 Session 6D - Room C10

11h-11h30 Coffee break

11h30-13h

Roundtable G. Dosi, S. Metcalfe, L. Soete

(Chair U. Cantner) - GAM

13h-13h30 Wrapping-up and Farewell

Parallel Sessions

Wednesday May 31 16h00 - 18h00

Session 1A: Firm demography and business dynamism during the crisis (Chair: S. Bianchini) C9 M. Grazzi, C. Piccardo, C. Vergari Turmoil over the crises: entry and exit of Italian firms.

G. Dosi, X. Yu, Technological catching-up, sales dynamics and employment growth:

evidence from China's manufacturing firms.

F. Calvino, C. Criscuolo, C. Menon No Country for Young Firms? Start-up Dynamics and National Policies.

G. Domini, D. Moschella, Trade, productivity and employment growth during the Great Recession:

evidence from French manufacturing firms

Session 1B: University - Industry collaborations (Chair: J. Pénin) C4 I. Wanzenböck, M. Dünser, T.

Scherngell

Impacts of EU funded R&D networks on the generation of Key Enabling

Technologies: Empirical evidence from a regional perspective.

U. Rizzo, N. Barbieri, L. Ramaciotti, D.

Iannantuono

The division of labour between academia and industry for the generation of

radical inventions

R. Carraz What can we learn from academics about university-industry collaborations

in the field of materials science: a qualitative based approach.

Session 1C: Innovation, Employment and Labour Market Dynamics (Chair: A. Lorentz) C5 J. Holm, E. Lorenz, P. Nielsen Job Polarisation in Denmark? Changes in Employment Structure and Work

Organisation, 2006-2010

G. Capone, R. Gabriele Labour market flexibility, sectors heterogeneity and aggregate dynamics:

an evolutionary model

M. Goethner, S. Vannuccini Run away from Robots? Automation as driver of labor mobility

T. Ciarli, A. Marzucchi, E. Salgado, M.

Savona

Innovation, Employment, and Inequality

Session 1D: Eco-innovation and Green Technological Trajectories (Chair: M. Mueller) C10 T. Buchmann Breakthrough inventions in renewable energy technologies: Identification

and explanation

L. G. D. Faria, M. M. Andersen Eco-innovation dynamics and sectoral-specific patterns: an empirical

analysis based on patenting activity

F. Pudelko, T. Brenner Technological pathways: Spatio-temporal analysis of the developmental

trajectories of onshore and offshore wind energy

Thursday June 1

11h00 - 13h00

Session 2A: KIT-BETA: Long-run perspectives on Technological Changes (Chair: I. Ott) C9 M. Knell, M. Mueller, M. Kudic Transitioning between the ICT revolution and the sixth industrial revolution

H. Kitsikopoulos Steam Engine Efficiency and the Evolution of British Engineering skills

during the Watt era

E. Filippova, S. Vannuccini Finding Evidence of a GPT in the Making: the Case of Biotechnology

S. Bianchini, V. Korzinov Sustained high-growth patterns: myth or reality?

Session 2B: Thoughts on Evolutionary Economics (Chair: P. Llerena) C4 G. Dosi, M. Grazzi, L. Marengo, S.

Settepanella

Production theory: accounting for firm heterogeneity and technical change

R. Guichardaz, J. Pénin Why did Schumpeter neglect patents?

M. Knell Some reflections on Technical Change and Economic Theory and the Trieste

Summer School

Roundtable

Session 2C: Innovation, regional and international inequalities (Chair: A. Lorentz) C5 M. Yorga Permana, C. Castaldi, Ö.

Nomaler, F. Alkemade

Technological Variety and Income Inequality: Evidence from EU regions

M. Goethner, M. Zoellner The relationship between innovation and inequality across space: Evidence

for Germany

M. Grodzicki Between creation and extraction of value: global value chains, relative

prices and international inequalities

G.Dosi, A.Roventini, E. Russo Endogenous growth and global divergence in a multi-country agent-based

model

Session 2D: Transition to Sustainability: Institutional and Political Dimensions

(Chair: M. Valente)

C10

M. P. Schlaile, S. Urmetzer, M.

Mueller, A. Pyka

Dedicated innovation systems (DIS) for governing and accelerating global

transformations to sustainability

A. Sutrisno, Ö. Nomaler, F. Alkemade Analyzing the Resilience of Energy Systems in a Network Perspective

P. D’Orazio, M. Valente Financing the transition towards a sustainable economy: an ABM approach.

Thursday June 1

16h00 - 18h00

Session 3A: The Interaction between Innovation, Employment, Inequality, and the

Environment. Macro and Policy Agent Based Models - Part 1: Macro (Chair: F. Castellacci)

C9

M. Napoletano, M. Guerini, J-L.

Gaffard, L. Nesta

Be patient enough to wait what you deserve: banks’ time- horizons,

borrowing constraints and the evolution of industries.

M.E. Virgillito, G. Dosi, M. Pereira, A.

Roventini

Causes and Consequences of Hysteresis: Aggregate Demand, Productivity

and Employment

T. Ciarli, A. Lorentz, M. Savona, M.

Valente

Structural Changes and Growth Regimes

F. Lamperti (Discussant)

Session 3B: Academic Spin-Offs and Commercialization of Science (Chair: M. Matt) C4 F. Blandinières, M. Pellens Commercialization of academic research: implications for individual’s

scientific productivity and research agenda composition

U. Rizzo, F. Rentocchini, L. Ramaciotti The Integration of Market and Science Logics for the Development of

Academic Spin-offs

L. Brunnström Carrots Instead of Sticks - How Universities Support Commercialization in a

Non Bayh-Dole Context

S. Öcalan Özel, J. Pénin Invention Characteristics and the Degree of Exclusivity of University

Licenses? The Case of Two Leading French Research Universities

Session 3C: Innovation and Sectoral Dynamics (Chair: P. Llerena) C5 S. Lange The influence of explorative (exploitative) acquisitions on innovative output

characteristics in the biotechnology sector

T. Buchmann, Haering, Kudic,

Rothgang

Collective investments in lightweight solutions along automotive industry

value chains: New evidence from simultaneous and sequential public good

experiments

G. Capone, A. Morrison Spinoffs, Parents, and Cluster Dynamics: Evidence from the Italian

Motorcycle Industry

C. Castaldi, E. Giuliani, A. Martinelli

Emerging market Multinational Enterprises taking over US trademarks:

predating or leveraging?

Session 3D: Transition to Sustainability (Chair: ?) C10 J. Herrmann Is there a ’sailing-ship’ Effect for Fossil Fuels through Renewable Energies?

F. Pasimeni, A. Fiorini, A. Georgakaki

Geographical distribution of R&D expenditure: how European multinational

corporations globalise investments on climate change and mitigation

technologies

P. Zeppini, M. Finus Consumption patterns and green lifestyles

D. Li, G. Heimeriks, F. Alkemade

Radical inventions in renewable energy technologies: technological and

geographical differences

Session 3E: Industrial Dynamics (Chair: G. Domini) C11 N. Mathew First-Movers vs (Fast) Followers: Who performs better?

C. Granier, V. Revest, A. Sapio The growth of publicly listed companies in different varieties of capitalism

A. Coad Persistent heterogeneity of R&D intensities within sectors: Evidence and

policy implication

Friday June 2

11h00 - 13h00

Session 4A: Firm Growth - What explains the dynamics of firms and industries and how can

firms persistently grow? (Chair: S. Bianchini) C9

Dosi, Grazzi, Moschella, Pisano,

Tamagni

Persistence of Growth Revisited - An Exploratory Analysis of US Data

Coad, Mathew, Pugliese Firms’ innovation strategy and performances: why and to what effect do

firms innovate?

Barba-Navaretti, Castellani, Pieri

Performing Youth: have young CEOs been especially resilient to the Great

Recession?

Moschella, Tamagni, Yu Persistent high-growth firms in China's manufacturing

Session 4B: Geography of Knowledge and Science (Chair: P. Rondé) C4 M. Wuestman Spatial concentration of scientific recombination: a saga of spatial

clustering or a legend of local search?

L. Cassi, A. Morrison The Geography of Science in the South: is there a Latin American Research

Area?

M. Dosso, D. Lebert A geography of corporate knowledge flows across world regions: insights

from the world leading R&D investors

B. Bernela, C. Cañibano Integrating scientific mobility and evolutionary economic geography:

towards an “evolutionary economic geography of science”

Session 4C: Innovation and Trade (Chair: A. Lorentz) C5 F. de Lemos, M. Falk Exports, R&D Activities, and Labour Productivity of SMEs

M. Campi, M. Duenas Intellectual Property Rights, Trade Agreements, and International Trade

J. Yoon, J. Lee Simulating the emergence of the middle income trap

F. Bontadini Countries’ Trade Specialisation and Performance in Global Value Chains.

Session 4D: Knowledge dynamics and Innovation Networks (Chair: R. Cowan) C10 B. Markey-Towler Narratives and Chinese Whispers: Ideas and Knowledge in Bubbles, Diffusion

of Technology and Policy Transmission

B. Vermeulen, A. Pyka Innovation network topology and the spatial distribution and structure of

knowledge. A calibrated agent-based model study.

I. Savin Knowledge recombination, firm networks and diffusion of ideas

C. Gossart, M. Özman Spillover effects of digital social innovations

Friday June 2

16h00 - 18h00

Session 5A: The Interaction between Innovation, Employment, Inequality, and the

Environment. Macro and Policy Agent Based Models - Part 2: Policy (Chair: L. Soete) C9

F. Lamperti, G. Dosi, M. Mazzucato, M.

Napoletano, A. Roventini

The Entrepreneurial State and Mission-Oriented Policies: an agent-based

model

F. Pasimeni Adoption and diffusion of sustainable energy systems in consumers’

coalitions. An agent-based simulation

M. Valente, S. Sapio, T. Ciarli Distributed Energy Storage Systems: Effects on Demand Volatility

Mattia Guerini (Discussant)

Session 5B: Economics of Science (Chair: L. Cassi) C4 A. Martinelli, E. Romito When authors become inventors: an empirical analysis on patent-paper-

pairs in medical research

A. Rehs, D. Heinisch Husband and Wife Thrive? Performance of German Doctoral Couples in

Natural Sciences

N. Moratal How Bio-medical databases drive creativity. The example of pharmaceutical

industry

S. Bianchini, P. Llerena, S. Patsali Universities as Lead Users

Session 5C: Innovation and Regional Dynamics (Chair ?) C5 T. Brenner Scientific Activity and its Various Effect on National Growth

K. Hesse Dynamics of regional diversification: What affects the emergence of radical

innovations in regions?

J. Eberle, T. Brenner Universities as effective policy instrument to promote regional economic

development? An empirical analysis for German regions

A. Santoalha Smart Specialization in European regions: main logic and determinants

Session 5D: Selection, Survival and Industrial Dynamics (Chair: M. Grazzi) C10 G. Dosi, N. Mathew, E. Pugliese Growing wise: firms’ scope, coherence and performance in India

M. Campi, M. Duenas, L. Li Trade patterns of Chinese firms after trade liberalization

G. Dosi, I. Luna, N. Mathew, E.Y.H.

Netto, I. Savin, X. Yu

Productivity, market selection and corporate growth: Comparative evidence

from BRIC nations

Session 5E: Standards, Technological Change and Adoption (Chair: I. Almudi) C11 A. Coad, E. Giuliani Asbestos, leaded petrol, and other aberrations: Comparing countries’

regulatory responses to disapproved products and technologies

M. Agnoli Strategic Adoption of International ICT Standards: A Duration Data Analysis

F. Castellacci, M. Gulbrandsen, J.

Hildrum, E. Martinkenaite, E.

Simensen, V. Tveito

How Does Innovation Differ across Business Functions? Employee-level

Analysis of a Multinational Company

Saturday June 3

9h00 - 11h00

Session 6A: The Evolution of Selection: Pathways to extend the modeling of selection

dynamics in economics (Chair: S. Vannuccini) C9

I. Almudi, F. Fatas-Villafranca, L. R.

Izquierdo, J. Potts

Economics of citizenship: A co-evolutionary model of competing utopias

A. L. Wirkierman, T. Ciarli, M.

Mazzucato

An evolutionary agent-based model of innovation and the risk-reward

nexus

U. Cantner, H. Graf, E. Prytkova, S.

Vannuccini

The compositional nature of productivity slowdown

S. Metcalfe (Discussant)

Session 6B: IPR Strategies (Chair: J. Pénin) C4 G. de Rassenfossea, E. Raiteria, R.

Bekkers

Discrimination against foreigners in the patent system: Evidence from

standard-essential patents

H. Graf, F. Noseleit The Patent Litigation Network in IT: Between Appropriation and Competitive

Strategy

R. Bekkers, A. Martinelli, F. Tamagni The causal effect of including standards-related documentation into patent

prior art: evidence from a recent EPO policy change

S. B. Bruns, M. Kalthaus Flexibility in the Selection of Patent Counts: Implications for Policy

Recommendations and p-Hacking

Session 6C: Agent-Based Modelling, Methodology and Applications (Chair: I. Savin) C5 M. Mueller, M. Kudic, A. Pyka Ex-ante policy evaluation - Experience with the VISIBLE simulation model

K. Bogner, M. Mueller, I. Savin An agent-based model of knowledge recombination and technological

evolution

R. Seri, D. Secchi Power Analysis for Agent-Based Modeling

G. Ballot, T. Huynh Competences and persistence of alliances in vertical innovation coopetition:

An agent based model

Session 6D: Entrepreneurship and Innovative Behaviours (Chair: T. Burger-Helmchen) C10 E. Kulchina, P. Gjerløv-Juel Entrepreneur—a Jockey or a Horse Owner?

D. S. Hain, J. Lindgaard Christensen,

R. Jurowetzki

The Value of Human Capital Signals for Investment Decision Making under

Uncertainty: An analysis of foreign venture capital investments in Europe

and sub-Saharan Africa

P. F. Simmering, D. S. Hain Innovation and Imitation Strategies in the Age of the Upgrade – An Agent-

Based Simulation Model