ATLC 2015: ATLANTA CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND INNOVATION POLICY
PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, September 16th Thursday, September 17th Friday, September 18th Saturday, September 19th

Wednesday, September 16th

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Thursday, September 17th

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10:30-12:00 Session 5A: Higher Ed
10:30
Infrastructure for research: theoretical foundations and national experiences ( abstract )
10:45
Impact of recent Higher Education Reforms on the Optimal Size of Operations in German Universities ( abstract )
11:00
Science Policy Goals and the Impact of the German Excellence Initiative on the German University and Research System ( abstract )
11:15
Institutional Context and Growth of New Research Fields. Comparison between State Universities in Germany and the United States ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 5C: Emerging Technology #1
10:30
What is an emerging technology? ( abstract )
10:45
Putting Emerging Technologies in Context: Interdisciplinarity and the Dynamics of Emergence ( abstract )
11:00
Is emergence a novelty, or is it simply migration? ( abstract )
11:15
Design, Understanding and Operationalization of Responsible Research and Innovation in an Emerging Technology: Synthetic Biology ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 5D: China's Trajectory
10:30
“The Icing on the Cake”? Assessing China’s Efforts to Achieve Academic Brain Gain at the High End ( abstract )
10:45
China’s Science and Technology Policy – Can It Succeed? ( abstract )
11:00
Patterns of Science and Technology Policymaking in China: Policy Entrepreneurs and Policy Windows ( abstract )
11:15
An Explorative Study of Scientific Misconduct in China ( abstract )
11:30
Towards a State-led Innovation? China’s Evolving National High-tech Industrial Development Zones and Their Implications for China’s Innovation Trajectory ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 5E: Risky Business
10:30
Science to tackle global risk: Institutional mediation of avian influenza research priorities ( abstract )
10:45
Biology, Big Data, and International Security ( abstract )
11:00
Contested Inputs for Scientific Research: Why Access to Biological Materials Is Blocked ( abstract )
11:15
Ethical Controversy and STEM Education: Understanding Doctoral Students’ Experiences with Ethically Contentious Research ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 5F: Science Policy Community
10:30
The field of evaluative bibliometrics as academic sector of professional research evaluation? ( abstract )
10:45
Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research in the context of Latin-American Countries ( abstract )
11:00
Analysing the impacts of a high-level research and innovation policy council – Conceptual framework and a case study ( abstract )
11:15
Building bridges between Science and Innovation Policy and International Relations ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 7A: Academic Entrepreneurship
13:30
Entrepreneurial Exposure to University Research: Evidence from Europe ( abstract )
13:45
Universities as Research Partners: Exploring the Influence of Universities on Research Joint Venture Performance ( abstract )
14:00
A Trajectory of Spinoff Success: Conceptualizing ‘Optimality’ within an Entrepreneurial University Ecosystem ( abstract )
14:15
On the Geographic Distribution of Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship: An Evaluation of the State of São Paulo, Brazil ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 7B: Innovation Policy Theory
13:30
Time Perception, Time Horizons, and S&T Policy ( abstract )
13:45
Innovation Policy Learning: Three types of lessons from existing evidence ( abstract )
14:00
Policy coordination mechanisms in centralized and decentralized countries ( abstract )
14:15
Innovation policy, technological dynamics and economic performance: In search of a useful theoretical framework ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 7C: Technology Forecasting
13:30
Solar Photovoltaic Innovation in China ( abstract )
13:45
Can citation patterns be used to identify new technologies at very early stage? ( abstract )
14:00
Text Analytics for Retrospective Technology Tracing: The Helios Project on Photovoltaics Innovation ( abstract )
14:15
Validating Emerging Technology Forecasts: Revisiting Earlier Analyses on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 7D: Leiden Manifesto: Metrics in Research Evaluation
13:30
The Leiden Manifesto: Towards guiding principles for metrics informed research evaluation ( abstract )
13:45
The 2015 Hefce review on review of the role of metrics in research assessment ( abstract )
14:00
Researcher meets Indicator: Effects of evaluative metrics on research groups ( abstract )
14:15
Complementary indicators of research performance and impact ( abstract )
14:30
Exploring biases and potential effects of S&T indicators in peripheral spaces ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 7E: Effects of STI Funding
13:30
Getting what you measure? Effects of performance-based research funding systems ( abstract )
13:45
Quality and equity: The perceived impact of public-sector research funding streams on the level of academic production in the Nordic higher education systems. ( abstract )
14:00
Funding data: Collection, Coding, and Caveats from a Study of Cancer Research in the United Kingdom ( abstract )
14:15
Influence of non-public research funding on academic productivity in China’s universities ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 7F: Country Studies
13:30
Productive and innovative system of software and Brazilian IT services: competitive dynamics and public policy support (2003-2010) ( abstract )
13:45
Panacea or diagnosis? “Imaginaries of Innovation” and the adoption of the “MIT model” in three countries ( abstract )
14:00
The Creative Class in a social and geographical unequal developing country: The Case of Chile ( abstract )
15:30-17:00 Session 9A: Systems Tools
15:30
Assessing Innovation Potential for Social Impact, A Systems Approach ( abstract )
15:45
Journal Portfolio Analysis for Countries, Cities, and Organizations: Maps and Comparisons ( abstract )
16:00
Intentions, frameworks, and practices in public technology strategy and foresight exercises: insights from policymakers and strategy developers ( abstract )
15:30-17:00 Session 9B: Moral Fiber: Responsible Innovation #1
15:30
Nascent Narratives of Responsibility in the Governance of Genetically Modified Trees ( abstract )
15:45
Governing Transgenic Trees: Rooting Responsible Innovation in Environmental Justice ( abstract )
16:00
Anticipatory Governance and Responsible Innovation: Technological and Regulatory Futures of Genetically Modified Trees ( abstract )
16:15
The American Chestnut: Engineering a New Conceptualization of Biotechnology Governance ( abstract )
15:30-17:00 Session 9C: Developing Careers in Science
15:30
The effect of temporary employment on job satisfaction of recent PhD graduates from five Dutch universities ( abstract )
15:45
INTERGENERATIONAL DYNAMICS OF PRODUCTION OF SCIENCE AND SCIENTIST ( abstract )
16:00
Friends in High Places: Institutional prestige and the social capital of academic scientists in STEM ( abstract )
16:15
Push or Pull? Market Determinants of Scientists' Occupational Choices ( abstract )
15:30-17:00 Session 9D: Innovation, Regions, and Economies
15:30
Employment Effects of Innovation over the Business Cycle: Firm-Level Evidence from European Countries ( abstract )
15:45
Have you been served? The impact of university service level on firm success ( abstract )
16:00
Regional Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) dynamics in a centralized developing country: The case of Chile ( abstract )
15:30-17:00 Session 9E: Evaluating STI
15:30
A Better Framework for Assessing Large Scale Research Infrastructure ( abstract )
15:45
Evaluating a Federal STEM Research Program: A Novel Approach to Constructing A Comparison Group ( abstract )
16:00
An Evaluation of the NSF SBIR/STTR Supplement for Membership in Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRC): Synergistic Effects from Bridging Two S&T Programs ( abstract )
18:00-19:30 Session 10: Poster and Wine Reception -- World of Coke
18:00
Building Bioeconomy in South Africa : A Case Study of Institutional Intermediaries ( abstract )
18:00
A Study on the Problems of Funds Management in National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ( abstract )
18:00
Social Construction of Nuclear Risks and the Role of Islam Jurisprudence: Indonesia’s Nuclear Power Controversy ( abstract )
18:00
Public, private and personal priorities, and the impact of energy business models ( abstract )
18:00
Standards in Support of Technological Innovation: Case of Photovoltaic Technology ( abstract )
18:00
Academic or Non-Academic Career Paths: Factors that Influence this Decision ( abstract )
18:00
Understanding Country-Level Innovative Performance ( abstract )
18:00
E-Government in U.S. Cities: Enabling Engagement or Reinforcing Tradition ( abstract )
18:00
Innovation Across Industries: Application of Hydraulic Fracturing Innovations for Enhanced Geothermal Systems ( abstract )
18:00
Innovation of lighting technologies: the effects of incandescent light bulbs ban ( abstract )
18:00
Factors affecting Green Entrepreneurship activities in South Africa. ( abstract )
18:00
Exploring the impacts of technology roadmaps: the case of the US Department of Energy's roadmap for solid-state lighting ( abstract )
18:00
International Scientific Relations ( abstract )
18:00
What is Novel in China’s New R&D Institutes? From Mission-Management-Governance Perspective ( abstract )
18:00
Research on applying scientometric methods in the proof analysis in S&T policy-makings ( abstract )
18:00
Government's Role in Clean Energy Technology Innovation: Carbon Capture and Storage Development in China and the United States ( abstract )
18:00
Which framework for International Cooperation Policies? Analysis of a funding agency policies. ( abstract )
18:00
Network Trend Analysis of Related Search Words by Country ( abstract )
18:00
Innovation policy mix in a multi-level context: challanges for coordination ( abstract )
18:00
Effect and Impact Review on “100-talents” policy of Chinese Academy of Sciences ( abstract )
18:00
Meta-analysis and its application in the research on the development status of atomic clocks ( abstract )
18:00
Debating Formal and Informal Innovation ( abstract )
18:00
Art and Science of Science and Technology: a Workshop Review ( abstract )
18:00
The Key Factors of Establishing Academia-Industry Collaboration in an Emerging High-Tech Sector ( abstract )
18:00
Birds of a feather: Patterns of sex homophily and heterophily in STEM Networks ( abstract )
18:00
Overcoming barriers to emerging technologies: classification framework and implications for policy action ( abstract )
Friday, September 18th

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08:30-10:00 Session 11A: The Value of Innovation
08:30
Partners for Exploration and Partners for Exploitation in the R&D Value Chain: An Event Study of Joint Patenting in the Pharmaceutical Industry ( abstract )
08:45
Organizational Innovation for Product Imitation and Innovation -- Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms ( abstract )
09:00
R&D Investment and Related Policies as Determinants of Green Patenting: A Cross-National Assessment ( abstract )
09:15
Back to Basics: Heterogeneity in Scientific Disclosure and Firm Value in the Semiconductor Industry ( abstract )
08:30-10:00 Session 11B: Collaboration, Teams & Networks
08:30
Teams in R&D: Evidence from US Inventor Data ( abstract )
08:45
The Anatomy of Teams: Division of Labor in Collaborative Knowledge Production ( abstract )
09:00
The emergence of molecular biology in the diagnosis of cervical cancer: A network perspective ( abstract )
09:15
The role of macroculture in industrial renewal – networking and cluster policy perspective ( abstract )
08:30-10:00 Session 11C: Star Scientists
08:30
Nobel Prize awarded research and commercialization – The role of the Laureates ( abstract )
08:45
How do star scientist make high performance? : Destructive innovation in pharmaceutical industry ( abstract )
09:00
The Effect of Holding a Research Chair on Scientists’ Productivity ( abstract )
09:15
Environments encouraging Radical discoveries – the Nobel Laureates and their career path ( abstract )
08:30-10:00 Session 11D: Bibliometric Techniques
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08:30
Analyzing the Strategy and Impact of Funding Organizations with Funding Acknowledgements ( abstract )
08:45
Map of Science based on unsupervised learning ( abstract )
09:00
The Characteristics of Global R&D Cooperation of Influenza Virus Vaccine Based on Scientometrics Analysis ( abstract )
09:15
The global technology map: tracking patterns of related and unrelated technological invention by multinational firms. ( abstract )
08:30-10:00 Session 11E: Innovation Policy and Governance
08:30
Is it time for innovation or stricter standardization? China’s air purifiers and the eco-innovation framework ( abstract )
08:45
Cultural Correlates of National Innovative Capacity: A Cross-National Study of Non-Institutional Dimensions of Innovation ( abstract )
09:00
Tensions of STI policy in Mexico: analytical models, institutional evolution, national capabilities and governance ( abstract )
08:30-10:00 Session 11F: Policy Decision Making
08:30
Of Mice and Reagents: Standardization, Variation, and Quality of Care ( abstract )
08:45
Do Policymakers think about Disruptive Innovations? The Case of Congress and Autonomous Vehicles ( abstract )
09:00
Credibility and Use of Scientific and Technical Information in Environmental Committee Reports of the National Research Council ( abstract )
09:15
The shifting mission and associated tensions of NASA in the creation of a Low-Earth Orbit economy: of public agencies and the creation of markets. ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 13A: Inclusive Innovation #1
10:30
Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for inclusive development: the analysis of ongoing policy experiments in Latin America. ( abstract )
10:45
Technology policy for social inclusion: agendas, cultures and governance constraints ( abstract )
11:00
Inclusive innovation and multi-regime dynamics: The case of mobile money in Kenya ( abstract )
11:15
Inclusive development dynamics: a case study on STI management bridging scale, sustainability and user participation in biotechnology in Argentina ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 13B: Patent Policy
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10:30
Evolution of creative imitation under the TRIPS compliant patent regime: Development of biosimilar capabilities in the Indian pharmaceutical sector ( abstract )
10:45
International transfer of technology and intellectual property rights: the case of the Brazilian system of innovation ( abstract )
11:00
Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: MNCs in Pharmaceutical Industry in India after TRIPS ( abstract )
11:15
Individual versus Institutional Ownership of University-discovered Inventions ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 13C: Emerging Technology #2
10:30
EI2 – Emergence Indicator -- Second Order ( abstract )
10:45
The Internet of Things and the Economics of Innovation ( abstract )
11:00
A framework for building a search term strategy in an emerging technology: The case of synthetic biology ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 13D: Science Careers and Gender
10:30
The Academic Advantage: Gender disparities in patenting ( abstract )
10:45
A close look at the work-family conflict in science: Evidence from a scientist survey ( abstract )
11:00
Women and STEM entrepreneurship ( abstract )
11:15
Influence and Inclusion: Sex homophily in academic STEM networks ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 13E: Mapping and Measuring Science
10:30
Scientometrics for Portfolio Assessment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture ( abstract )
10:45
Mapping Engineering & Development Excellence in the UK ( abstract )
11:00
Testing technology-industry concordance schema using linked micro-level data on patents and firms ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 13F: Labs and Systems
10:30
Innovation catch-up: role of state-owned enterprises as national agents for innovation development (case of Russia) ( abstract )
10:45
How did the industrial research laboratory emerge and how has it changed? Revisiting explanations from business history, economic sociology, and research policy. ( abstract )
11:00
Technology Transfer good practices in a developing country: The case of the Technology Development Unit (UDT) in Chile ( abstract )
11:15
China’s State Key Labs: Building Blocks of China’s Innovation Ecosystem ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 15A: Science and the Public
13:30
From the Cosmos to the Legislative Chambers – how scientists can inform state policy ( abstract )
13:45
Do it quickly and not worse – a study on the crowdsourcing governance structure for quality control ( abstract )
14:00
Participation dynamics in crowd-based knowledge production: The scope and sustainability of interest-based motivation ( abstract )
14:15
PARTICPATORY TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: PUBLIC VALUES AND RATIONALES ON NASA’S ASTEROID INITIATIVE ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 15B: Career Age and Stage in Science
13:30
Emerging Scholars: An Analysis of Strategic S&E Departments in Research Funding Attainment ( abstract )
13:45
The effects of scientific age, oversea experience in research productivity? An analysis of Distinguished Young Scholars in China ( abstract )
14:00
Age and the Trying Out of New Ideas ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 15C: International Collaboration
13:30
Evolutionary convergent patterns of international scientific collaboration ( abstract )
13:45
How to measure the level of S & T International Cooperation ( abstract )
14:00
Spatial dynamics of international collaboration in science ( abstract )
14:15
Bilateral and multilateral coauthorship and citation impact: intenrational collaboration in the Fourth Age of research ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 15D: Evaluation of Broader Impacts
13:30
Altmetrics: Tools for Measuring Impact or Enabling Serendipity? ( abstract )
13:45
Mechanisms of Societal Impact of Publicly Funded Research: Models and Evidence ( abstract )
14:00
Philosophical Issues Surrounding ‘Impact’ ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 15E: Responsible Innovation #2
13:30
Principles to frame Responsible Innovation ( abstract )
13:45
An Intervention Research Approach to Responsible Innovation ( abstract )
14:00
Addressing the Community Engagement Gap in Engineering Education: A Short-Course Approach ( abstract )
14:15
Changing Perspectives on the Role of Science and Engineering in Society: Science Outside the Lab ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 15F: University Industry Ties #1
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13:30
Differences in Science Based Innovation by Technology Life Cycles: The case of solar cell technology ( abstract )
13:45
Innovation, skills, and creativity in Norwegian enterprises ( abstract )
14:00
The virtue of industry-science collaborations ( abstract )
Saturday, September 19th

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10:30-12:00 Session 21A: The Scientific Career
10:30
Academic promotion: the consequences of decentralized, centralized and accreditation systems ( abstract )
10:45
Belonging in Science: Gender, Values, Priorities, and Satisfaction in STEM Occupations ( abstract )
11:00
A quantitative study on the impact of postdoctoral experience to career development of Chinese researchers ( abstract )
11:15
Career Trajectories and Time to Promotion for Researchers Affiliated With the Argentine National Research Council (CONICET) ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 21B: Patent Metrics in STI
10:30
How does compulsory licensing impact the patenting behavior of licensors and licensees? A study of the US Department of Energy’s solid-state lighting research program. ( abstract )
10:45
Impact of patent-paper pairs on the quality of biotechnology and nanotechnology patents in Quebec ( abstract )
11:00
Input- or output-side changes? The impact of the financial crisis on the patenting activity of firms ( abstract )
11:15
Patent nonuse: are patent pools a possible solution? ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 21C: Governance of Emerging Technology
10:30
Science Policy and Technology Innovation in the Context of Large-Scale Implementation: The Co-Evolution of Policy, Markets, and Technologies for Wind Power Integration ( abstract )
10:45
Disruptive technologies, constructive regulation ( abstract )
11:00
A conceptual framework for analyzing Governance in Nanotechnology Innovation networks ( abstract )
11:15
Policy-induced technology adoption: A case of plug-in electric vehicle adoption in California ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 21D: Science Policy Decision Makers
10:30
Presidential Science and Technology Policymaking via Executive Order ( abstract )
10:45
Why IRB's Fail as Guardians of Science Ethics: An Explanation from Bureaucratic Red Tape Theory ( abstract )
11:00
The Role of Trustees in University Innovation ( abstract )
11:15
Does It Matter Who Leads? Women in U.S. Science and Technology Policy ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 23A: STI Funding
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13:30
A Punctuated Equilibrium Theory of Investment in High-Performance Computing ( abstract )
13:45
Return to R&D subsidy: financial and real frictions explaining firm behaviour in R&D adjustment decisions. ( abstract )
14:00
Approximating Exogenous Variation in R&D: SBIR Projects and State Matching Funds ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 23B: National Policy
13:30
Uruguayan public policy reform: is there a policy mix for health innovation? ( abstract )
13:45
Size and performance for research grants: examining the role of size for centers of excellence ( abstract )
14:00
Institutional challenges for designing strategic and long term innovation policies in Mexico. ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 23C: STEM and the Student Experience
13:30
Impact of Center and Non-center training on the professional social capital of U.S. and International Science & Engineering students in United States Universities ( abstract )
13:45
Reframing Participation in Postsecondary STEM Education with a Representation Metric ( abstract )
14:00
What Happened? Student Perceived Outcomes of Undergraduate Research Participation ( abstract )
14:15
Wearable Technologies & E-Textiles: Mobilizing Girls into the World of STE(A)M ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 23D: University Industry Ties #2
13:30
University-Industry-Government Collaboration for Innovation to Tackle Societal Challenges: Functions and Mechanisms of Stakeholder Platforms on Smart Cities ( abstract )
13:45
Origins and Outcomes: Success of Spin-Offs from Universities, Firms, and Government Research Centers and Laboratories ( abstract )
14:00
Government Regulation of Science-Industry Linkages in Russia ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 23E: Economic Modeling
13:30
Toward an Ecological Theory and Policy for Digital Innovations ( abstract )
13:45
Strategic Behavior of Authentic Producers and Counterfeiters: Evidence from the Indian Pharmaceutical Sector ( abstract )
14:00
Efficiency And Impact Assessment Of Innovation Policy: A DEA Appoach ( abstract )
13:30-15:00 Session 23F: Societal Impact
13:30
Exploring (mis)alignments between science supply and societal demand: research portfolios on rice and obesity ( abstract )
13:45
The societal impact-focused and quality-focused evaluator: Balancing evaluator views about the assessment of the societal impact of health and medical research ( abstract )
14:00
Societal impact evaluation: Exploring evaluator perceptions of the characterization of impact under the UK’s 2014 Research Excellence Framework ( abstract )
15:30-17:00 Session 25A: Analytical Metrics
15:30
Combining SAO semantic analysis and morphology analysis to identify technology opportunities: a case in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ( abstract )
15:45
The scientific and technological impact of interdisciplinary research ( abstract )
16:00
Accounting for the Heterogeneity of Subject Categories in the Evaluation of Universities ( abstract )
16:15
Cities and Ideas ( abstract )
15:30-17:00 Session 25B: Collaboration: Crossing Boundaries
15:30
Formation and persistence of research communities in Middle Income Countries: the case of South Africa ( abstract )
15:45
How innovation policies can shape collaboration networks: A Case Study of Complex International Science, Technology and Innovation Partnerships ( abstract )
16:00
How does self-organization work? Evidence from international research collaborations ( abstract )
16:15
Environmental Science and Policy: A Meta-synthesis of Case Studies on Boundary Organizations and Boundary Spanning Processes ( abstract )
15:30-17:00 Session 25C: Policy Integration
15:30
The role of science, technology and innovation policy in the Central American integration process ( abstract )
15:45
Scientific Europe or Scientific USA coming together? ( abstract )
16:00
The Triple Challenge: The economy, Climate Change and Governance ( abstract )
15:30-17:00 Session 25D: Inclusive Innovation #2
15:30
Responsible Research and Innovation in practice – early insights from the UK’s new synthetic biology research centres ( abstract )
15:45
Innovation for Development: mechanisms, opportunities and tools for addressing global inequality and poverty ( abstract )
16:00
Strategic Priorities in STI Policies in Developing Countries ( abstract )
16:15
Grassroots innovation in the Russian context: Prospects and implications ( abstract )
15:30-17:00 Session 25E: Innovation Policy and Strategies
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15:30
Government and innovation: a comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore ( abstract )
15:45
State Energy Policies, Learning Process and Technological Change in the US Wind Industry ( abstract )
16:00
Innovation strategies in Brazil: public policy as a bridge between planning and implementation ( abstract )