F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Thursday, 2 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


F-01
Time-Use, Entrepreneurship, and MNEs
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Session Organizers: Christopher Williams, Durham University Business School; Wendelien van Eerde, Amsterdam Business School

Participants:
Spillovers, Spin-Offs and the Creation of Knowledge-Intensive Local Suppliers in Mexico.
Oscar F. Contreras, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
A Time-Use Perspective on Entrepreneurial Initiatives in the Multinational Corporation
Christopher Williams, Durham University Business School; Wendelien van Eerde, Amsterdam Business School
Internal and External TIE Complementarity: Implications for Subsidiary Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
Nathan Lupton, Fordham University; Christopher Williams, Durham University Business School

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


F-02
Opportunities for and Constraints on Science and Innovation in Smaller States
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Session Organizers: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University; Matthew Allen, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester

Participants:
Small States and Cities: Interpersonal Networks and Economic Restructuring
Darius Ornston, University of Toronto
Science and Development: The Case of Costa Rica 1975-2014
Agustin Fallas-Santana, University of Costa Rica
Network and Learning: Constructing Cross-Cutting Ties in Taiwan's Decentralized Production System
Michelle F Hsieh, Academia Sinica
Creating Impactful Science and the Rise of Market Logic in Ireland
Jennifer Kutzleb, University of California, Davis

2:15 PM-3:45 PM


F-03
Relational Work and Network Interaction in Knowledge-Intensive Fields and Transactions
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Session Organizers: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University; Matthew Allen, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester

Participants:
Securing Commitment in Inter-Organizational Collaboration for Innovation: Governance and Functioning of Industry-University Strategic Partnerships
Steven Casper, KGI, Claremont; Marcela Miozzo, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Time to Go? the Impact of Leadership, Boundary Spanning, and Centrality Positions on Timing of Exit from Open Multipartner Alliances
Rand Gerges Yammine, EMLYON Business School
“Unregulated Opinions” or “Evaluation Culture”? the Reviewing of Restaurants By Ordinary Customers
Jean-Samuel Beuscart, University Paris Est - Marne-la-Vallee; Kevin Mellet, Orange Labs; Marie Trespeuch, Orange Labs

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


F-04
Explaining Innovation: Institutional, Organizational, and Social Capital Approaches
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Session Organizers: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University; Matthew Allen, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester

Participants:
Who's Winning Innovation? Institutional and Organizational Explanations of Patenting in the United States, 1963-2012
Eric Dahlin, Brigham Young University; Ben Gibbs, Brigham Young University; Dallan Flake, Brigham Young University
Innovation and Social Capital: A Multi-Level Analysis of Enterprise Innovation Performance in Developing Nations
Edward Lorenz, University of Nice/CNRS
Protecting Intellectual Property When the Law Will Not Do so: A Religious and Relational Approach
Amanda Budde-Sung, University of Sydney; Matthew Mitchell, Drake University

Friday, 3 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


F-05
Clustering Strategies in Theory and Practice
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Session Organizers: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University; Matthew Allen, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester

Participants:
Fablabs the Italian Way: Emerging Patterns in the Creation of “Local Collective Goods”
Cecilia Manzo, University of Teramo; Francesco Ramella, University of Torin
Localized Clustering of Entrepreneurship for Innovation: Social Capital and Institutional Determinants
Francisco J. Granados, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
Knowledge Transfer and Firm Learning in Developing Economy Clusters: Comparing the Role of Private and Public Intermediaries
Ian Clarke, University of Greenwich; Matias Ramirez, University of Sussex; Paloma Bernal, University of Sussex
The Operationalization of Smart Specialization in Estonia
Meelis Kitsing, MKM/EBS

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


F-06
Innovation, Innovation Policy, and Inequality
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Session Organizers: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University; Matthew Allen, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester

Participants:
The Innovation Problem, Innovation Policy, and Inequality
Jason Potts, RMIT University
Inequalities in the Research and Innovation Landscapes of EU Member States - State of the Affairs and Implications
Anita Pelle, University of Szeged
Analysing, Understanding and Shaping Social Innovation
Giesecke Susanne, Austrian Institute of Technology
Internet Connectivity and Income Inequality
Johannes M. Bauer, Michigan State University

2:15 PM-3:45 PM


F-07
Labor Regimes, Public Policies, and Innovation
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Session Organizers: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University; Matthew Allen, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester

Participants:
“When Does the Private Sector Make Use of Public Labs? New Data on Work for Others Agreements in the Department of Energy”
Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University
Barriers Against Innovation and Stable Employment: The Case of Video Games Development in Germany, Sweden, and Poland
Christina Teipen, Berlin School of Economics and Law
Firms' Strategies and Institutions: International Competition and the Fate of German Solar Photovoltaic Companies
Matthew Allen, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester; Maria Allen, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School
Do high dismissal costs lead to more innovation? Evidence from OECD panel data
Na Zou, Goethe University

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


F-08
Institutions, EcoSystems, and Innovation
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Session Organizers: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University; Matthew Allen, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester

Participants:
Policy Support for Intangible Assets: A Varieties of Capitalism Perspective
Fabian Bocek, Goethe-University Frankfurt; Alexander Ebner, Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt
The Social Fabrics of Innovation in Finance: An Analysis of Knowledge Eco-Systems in Financial Centres
Sabine Doerry, University of Oxford
Innovation in Times of Financialization - the Limited Freedom of Innovation Activities in German Industry Sectors
Katrin Hahn, TU Dortmund University
Varieties of Entreprenerial Ecosystems
Jan Peter van den Toren, Birch Research; Erik Stam, Utrecht University

Saturday, 4 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


F-09
Dilemmas of Creativity, Innovation, and Boundary-Spanning in Creative Fields
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Session Organizers: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University; Matthew Allen, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester

Participants:
Cooking Under Fire: Managing Paradoxes of Creativity and Innovation in Haute Cuisine
Christel Lane, University of Cambridge; Daniela Lup, LSE
Creative Artists in Academic and Practitioner Communities: Career Transitions, Role Identity Hybridization and Knowledge Brokering
Alice Lam, Royal Holloway University of London
The Transformation of the Germany Electricity System - a Field Perspective
Dr. Gerhard Fuchs, University of Stuttgart
Newsrooms As Sites of Knowledge Production: On Information Transfer and the ‘Translating' Role Played By Journalists in Two Brazilian Newspapers
Tomas Undurraga, University College London, STS Department

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


F-10
Innovative Firm Strategies, New Business Models, and Small Firm Growth
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Session Organizers: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University; Matthew Allen, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester

Participants:
Internationalization of Innovative SMEs, in Brazil: Challenges from the New Paradigm of Development
Sonia K Guimaraes, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS); Lucas R Azambuja, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
The ‘Soft Company' Business Model of High-Tech Growth
Jocelyn Probert, University of Cambridge; Andrea Mina, University of Cambridge; David Connell, University of Cambridge
The Global Competition for Advanced Technology: Market and Technology Risk in Scaling Start-Ups
Hiram Samel, University of Oxford
The Impact of 3D Printing Technologies on Business Model Innovation
Thierry Rayna, Novancia Business School Paris; Ludmila Striukova, University College London