F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Friday, June 24, 2016

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10:45 AM-12:15 PM


F-01
Cultures of Innovation and Knowledge Creation
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Moderator: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University

Participants:
Media Makes Entrepreneurs? the Inspirational Effect of Exposure to Media on Entrepreneurial Engagement in China, 2003-2012
Yueran Zhang, Harvard University
Field Formation in Intellectual Networks: the Emergence of the Life Sciences in Germany, 1770-1890
Jacob Habinek, University of California, Berkeley
Meanings of Fostering Innovation in a Field Under Construction
Mauricio Reinert, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies; Fernanda Yumi Tsujiguchi, Maringa State University
Does the Middle Conform or Compete? Risk and Audience Response As a Scope for Mid-Status Conformity
Anthony Vashevko, Stanford GSB

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


F-02
Innovation Policy in the US: Causes, Mechanisms, and Consequences
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Moderator: Matthew Allen, Alliance Manchester Business School

Participants:
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act As Networked Developmental Policy
Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University
Growing Innovative Companies to Scale: How Does Massachusetts Measure up?
Richard Lester, MIT; Elisabeth Reynolds, MIT; Charles Sodini, MIT; Max Luke, MIT; Amaya Arcelus, MIT
Embedded Innovation: Public-Private Collaborations at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Marian Negoita, Social Policy Research Associates
Hybrid Rule in Innovation Policies: Recasting Public-Private Relations in the Reagan Era
Shelley Hurt, California Polytechnic State University

4:15 PM-5:45 PM


F-04
Author Meets Critics: "The Rise and Fall of Urban Economics: Lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles" by Michael Storper (SUP, 2015)
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Book Authors: Michael Storper, Sciences Po; Thomas Kemeny, University of Southampton; Naji Makarem, UCL IRIS; Taner Osman, UCLA
Critics: AnnaLee Saxenian, University of California, Berkeley; Christopher Williams, Durham University Business School; Matthew Allen, Alliance Manchester Business School

Saturday, June 25, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


F-05
Managing Risk and Knowledge in Innovative Fields
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Moderator: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University

Participants:
Innovating to Manage an Never Occurred Risk: Plant Pathologists and Their Assessment of Agro-Terrorist Threats
Vincent Cardon, CURAPP-ESS (University of Amiens-CNRS)
The Knowledge Management Model for Cost Reduction and Marketing Practices of Farmers of the Rice Seed Centres in the North of Thailand: The Power of Knowledge in Less Competitive Agricultural Market
Nattachet Pooncharoen, Naresuan University
The Power of Modern Agricultural Knowledge and Formal Education Vs the Power of Traditional Agricultural Knowledge and Nonformal Education for Development of Innovation
Atchara Sriphan, Naresuan University

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


F-06
Innovation, Publicly Funded Research, and Sustainability
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Moderator: Matthew Allen, Alliance Manchester Business School

Participants:
The Role of the Public Research Infrastructure in the Brazilian Nation Innovation System.
Flavia Schmidt, IPEA
Capabilities and Compatibilities: An Industry-Level Comparison of Trajectories of Developmental Learning Under Pressure in Mexico and Brazil
Seth Pipkin, University of California, Irvine; Alberto Fuentes, Georgia Institute of Technology

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


F-07
Clusters, Research Collaboration and Institutions
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Moderator: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University

Participants:
Do Knowledge Externalities Lead to Growth in Economic Complexity? Empirical Evidence from Colombia.
Navroop Kaur Sahdev, Harvard University
The Role of Labor Market Rigidity in University - Industry R&D Collaboration
Christopher Williams, Durham University Business School; Gayle Allard, IE Madrid
How, When and Why Does Colocation of Innovation and Production Matter? a Research Synthesis
Vladi Finotto, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia; Giulio Buciuni, University of Toronto
Geography of Corporate Venture Capital Investment
Dadao Hou, Texas A&M University

4:15 PM-5:45 PM


F-08
Theorizing Networks and Network Effects across Contexts
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Moderator: Matthew Allen, Alliance Manchester Business School

Participants:
Innovation Systems and FDI: Firms' Market Entry Modes and Subsidiary Autonomy
Matthew Allen, Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester; Maria Allen, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School; Marcela Miozzo, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Simon and Critical Realists on Knowledge and Social Systems
Rouslan Koumakhov, NEOMA Business School; Adel Daoud, University of Gothenburg
Social Networks and Macro-Social Change
Emily Erikson, Yale University
The Knowledge Based Economy University: Between a Frictionless Tale and Conflictual Experiences
Adria Alcoverro, Sodertorn's University

Sunday, June 26, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


F-09
Strategies for Forging Network Collaborations in Comparative Context
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Moderator: Matthew R. Keller, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University

Participants:
Leveraging Silicon Valley Linkages: Taiwan's New Policies to Nurture the Med-Tech Innovation Ecosystem
Momoko Kawakami, Institute of Developing Economies
Policy Regimes, Shifts, and Networks of Innovation: The Experience of Photovoltaics in Japan
Maki Umemura, Cardiff University
Harnessing the Power of Age-Diverse Innovation Teams – Examples from Singapore
Thomas Menkhoff, Singapore Management University; Jeff Chin, DingGo
Market, Hierarchy, and Community As Organizing Principles in Product Development: An Empirical Analysis of Product Development Work in Japanese Firms
Norio Tokumaru, Nagoya Institute of Technology

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


F-10
Technology Transfer and the Consumption of Innovations
F: Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation

Moderator: Matthew Allen, Alliance Manchester Business School

Participants:
The Dynamics of VALUE in the Adoption of NOVEL Practices: A Study of OPEN Access Self-Archiving in Academic Institutions
Shahzad (Shaz) Ansari, University of Cambridge; Trin Thananusak, University of Cambridge
Is This Innovation Disruptive? A Case from Japanese Contact Lenses Market
Hisanaga Amikura, Sophia University
Local Institutional Mechanisms in Knowledge Creation and Diffusion: Case Studies of Video Game Clusters
Bibiana Pulido, University of Montreal