Gothenburg, Sweden, May 31, 2006. Organised by RIDE.
Workshop on Technological Knowledge and Opportunities in Competition, Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Entrepreneurship and Opportunities

• 9:30-10 : Michael S. Dahl, Christian Pedersen & Bengt Dalum - DRUID-IKE and Center for TeleInFrastructure (CTIF)
  "Entrepreneurial Founder Effects in the Growth of Regional Clusters: How Early Success is a Key Determinant"
  [Abstract], [Full paper]
• 10-10:30 : Joakim Björkdahl (RIDE),
  "Growing in a business through diversification: Examples from ICT"
  [Abstract]
• 10:30-11 : Rögnvaldur J. Sæmundsson (Reykjavik University) & Magnus Holmen (RIDE),
  "The dynamics of entrepreneurial Opportunities: new capital goods and Changes in Knowledge-Barriers To Entry"
  [Abstract], [Full paper]
• 11:30-12 : Tariq Malik (University of London, Birkbeck)
  "Entrepreneurial structural dynamics"
  [Abstract], [Full paper]
• 12-12:30 : Wladyslaw Richard Switalski (University of Warsaw),
  "Mystique of innovation (facts, models, understanding)"
  [Abstract], [Full paper]
• 13:15-14:00 : Introduction: Maureen McKelvey (RIDE),
  Guest Speaker: Phil Cooke (Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University) & Carla de Laurentis
  "Do clusters enhance firm performance?: evidence from UK ICT and biotechnology."
  [Abstract], [Full paper]
• 14:15-14:45 : Mattias Johansson (RIDE),
  'Corporate spin-offs and the relative value of founders personal relations'
  [Full paper]
• 14:45-15:15 : Henrik Berglund (Chalmers University of Technology), Tomas Hellstrom (University of Oslo) & Sören Sjölander (Chalmers University of Technology)
  "A model of Entrepreneurial Learning – the Exploitation of Technology Based Opportunities"
  [Abstract], [Full paper]
• 15:15-15:45 : Ivo Zander & Mikael Scherdin (University of Uppsala)
  "The roots of the domain of entrepreneurship research"
  [Abstract], [Full paper]
• 15:45-16:30 : Guest Speaker: Brian Loasby (University of Stirling)
  "Micro foundations of Capabilities"
  [Full paper]

Firms and Technological Opportunities

• 9:30-10 : Michel Callois (GREDEG-CNRS),
  "Dual technological knowledge and firm’s trade-off between civilian and military markets"
  [Abstract], [Full paper]
• 10-10:30 : Victor Paulino (DEMOS/GREDEG-CNRS,
  "How do firms manage uncertainty and cost offailure within innovating activities? An application to the space sector"
  [Abstract], [Full paper]
• 10:30-11 : Ludmila Striukova (University College London),
  "Using company’s technological knowledge: corporate value creation through patents"
  [Abstract], [Full paper]
• 12-12:30 : Bulat Sanditov (University of Bocconi/CESPRI),
  "University-invented patents in France, Italy, and Sweden: Results from the KEINS database"
  [NA]
• 14:15-14:45 : Victoria Kravtsova (University of Maastricht),
  "Innovative Capability in MNC Subsidiaries: Evidence from Four European Transition Eonomies"
  [Full paper]
• 14:45-15:15 : Johan Brink &Maureen McKelvey (RIDE),
  "The struggling biotech firm (technical opportunities in small firms)"
  [Abstract], [Full paper]
• 15:15-15:45 : Thierry Rayna (Univ. Bristol/GREQAM)
  "iTunes vs. Napster: Selling or Renting Music, Which is the Winner?"
  [Abstract], [Full paper]