The research Wilfred Dolfsma is involved in focuses on the
perspectives, purview and perils of cooperation for innovation. When and
why is cooperation needed to innovate? What kind of cooperation is
suitable? How does cooperation stimulate innovation, how might
cooperation be shaped, and when will cooperation break down?
Research interests:
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Technology, technological change & innovation (including service industries)
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Knowledge, communication & (in)formal organization
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The Management & economics of media / cultural industries (especially music industry)
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Law & Economics (IPR)
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Consumption
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Institutional, Evolutionary, Social Economics
Corresponding Editor, Review of Social Economy
Recent publications (Articles, peer reviewed; selection):
“Policy Conflicts: Market-Oriented Reform in Health Care”(with R. Mcmaster)
Journal of Economic Issues 40(2), forthcoming.
“Patent Strategizing” Journal of Intellectual Capital/, 12(2), April 2011.
“Appropriability, Services and Reputation” Technology Analysis and
Strategic Management, 2011, forthcoming.
"Identifying Institutional Vulnerability: The Importance of Language,
and System Boundaries"
(with J. Finch & R. McMaster), 2011, Journal
of Economic Issues 40(3).
“Government Failure” Journal of Economic Issues 40(4), 2011.
“Social Systems Evolving” Journal of Evolutionary Economics 20(2): 313-9,2010.
"The Citation Field of Evolutionary Economics" (with Loet Leydesdorff) Journal
of Evolutionary Economics 20(5): 645-664, 2010.
“Sen on Public Policy: Private Incentives, Public Virtues?” (with J. Clary &
H. Jensen) Review of Social Economy 68(2): 227 - 236, 2010.
“Lock-in & Break-out from Technological Trajectories Modeling and policy
implications” (with L. Leydesdorff) Technological Forecasting and Social
Change 76(7): 932-941, September 2009.
"What’s in a name? Understanding the language of the credit crunch"
(with K.J. McCarthy) Journal of Economic Issues 38(2), June 2009.
“On a Source of Social Capital: Gift Exchange”(with R. van der Eijk, A. Jolink),
Journal of Business Ethics 89(3): 315-329, 2009.
“Path dependence, initial conditions, and routines in organizations: the Toyota
Production System re-examined” (with H. van Driel) Journal of Organizational
Change Management 22(1): 49-72, 2009.
“Social Systems Evolving” Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2009.
“How To Be Better Prepared For A Paradigm Shift in Economic Theory,
And Write Better Articles In The Meantime” (with P. Welch) American
Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2009.
“Paradigms and Novelty in Economics: The
History of Economic Thought
as a Source of Enlightenment” (with P. Welch) American Journal of Economics
and Sociology 68(5): 1085-1106, November 2009.
“Structure, Agency and the Role of Values in Processes of
Institutional Change” (with R. Verburg), Journal of Economic Issues
42(4): 1031-1054, 2008.
“History and Significance of the Allied Social Science Associations
(ASSA-II): a symposium” American Journal of Economics and Sociology
67(5): 969-71, November 2008.
“Knowledge Dynamics: concepts, evidence and governance: Introduction
to special issue” (with C. Chaminade, J. Vang) Research Policy 37(1), 2008.
“Sub-currents in the Innovations River - Explaining Innovativeness
using New Product Announcements” (with G. van der Panne) Research Policy
37(10), 2008.
“Appropriability, Communication and Social Welfare in a Knowledge
Economy” Information and Communications Technology Law 17(forthcoming,
2008).
“'Medium-tech' may be of greater importance to a local economy than
'high-tech' firms:new methods for measuring the knowledge base of an
economic system” (with L. Leydesdorff) Medical Hypotheses 71: 330-334, 2008.
"Journals as Constituents of Scientific Discourse: Economic
Heterodoxy" (with L. Leydesdorff) On The Horizon (Special Issue)16(4),
December 2008.
“Silent Trade and the Supposed Continuum between OIE and NIE” (with A. Spithoven)
Journal of Economic Issues 42(2) June 2008.
"Making Knowledge Work – Intra-firm networks, Gifts and Innovation”
Knowledge Organization, 2008.
“Revisiting Institutionalist Law and Law and Economics – The Inadequacy
of the Chicago School: the Case of Personal Bankruptcy Law” (with R.
McMaster) Journal of Economic Issues 41(2): June 2007.
"IPRs, Technological Development and Economic Development." Journal of
Economic Issues 40(2): 333-342. June 2006.
"Media & Economics: Uneasy Bedfellows?" (with R. Nahuis) De Economist –
Netherlands Economic Review 154(1): 107-124. March 2006.
"Accounting as Applied Ethics: Teaching a Discipline." Journal of
Business Ethics 63(3): 209-15, February 2006.
"Collective Consuming: Consumers as Subcontractors on Electronic
Markets." The Information Society 22(3): 177-183, 2006.
"Measuring the ‘Knowledge Base of an Economy in terms of Relations among
‘Technology, Organization, and Territory’." (with L. Leydesdorff & G.
van der Panne) Research Policy 35(2): 181-199, March 2006. [Reprinted]
"Towards a Dynamic (Schumpterian) Welfare Theory." Research Policy 2005,
34(1): 69-82.
"Market and Society: (how) do they relate, and contribute to welfare?"
(With J. Finch & R. McMaster, Journal of Economic Issues 39(2): 347-356,
June 2005.
"Technology-Push, Demand-Pull and the Shaping of Technological Paradigms
– The development of computing technology." (with J. van den Ende)
Journal of Evolutionary Economics 2005, 15(1): 83-99.
"The Process of New Service Development – Issues of Formalization and
Appropriability." International Journal of Innovation Management, 8(3):
319-337, September 2004.
"Consuming Pop Music / Constructing a life world – The advent of pop
music." International Journal of Cultural Studies 7(4): 421-440, 2004.
"Radio & Magazines: Valuing Pop Music in the Netherlands (1955-1965)."
Media History 10(1): 29-42, April 2004.
"Paradoxes of Modernist Consumption." Review of Social Economy 62(3):
351-364, September 2004. [Reprinted.]
"The Odd Role of Proximity in Knowledge Relations – High-tech in the
Netherlands." (with G. van der Panne) Journal of Economic and Social
Geography, 94(4): 453-462, 2003.
"Technological Regimes: Taking stock, looking ahead. (with I. van de
Poel and M. Fransen) International Journal of Technology, Policy and
Management 2(4): 482-495, 2002.
"Dynamics of the Dutch Health Care System – A discourse analysis." (with
K. Grit), Review of Social Economy, special issue, 60(3), September
2002, pp. 377-401.
"Mediated Preferences - How institutions affect consumption." Journal of
Economic Issues 36(2): 449-457, June 2002.
"Metaphors of Knowledge in Economics." Review of Social Economy, 59(1):
71-91, 2001. [Hellen Potter Award - Best article in the Review of Social
Economy, 2001.]
"How Will the Music Industry Weather the Globalization Storm?"
FirstMonday - Peer Reviewed Journal on the Internet 5(5) May 2000
(Chicago: University Library, University of Illinois at Chicago, ISSN
1396-0466). [Reprinted twice.]
"The Consumption of Music and the Expression of VALUES – A social
economic explanation for the advent of pop music." American Journal of
Economics and Sociology 58(4): 1019-46, October 1999.
"Consumers as Subcontractors on Electronic Markets." FirstMonday – Peer
Reviewed Journal on the Internet 4(3) March 1999 (Chicago: University
Library, University of Illinois at Chicago, ISSN 1396-0466).
"Internet: An Economist’s Utopia?" Review of International Political
Economy 5(4): 712-20, Winter 1998.
"Labor Relations in Changing Capitalist Economies – The Meaning of Gifts
in Social Relations." Journal of Economic Issues 32(2), June 1998, pp.
631-8.
Book (Special Issues):
Understanding Mergers and Acquisitions in the 21^st Century: A
Quest for the Holy Grail of Finance, Economics, and Strategic
Management (with K. McCarthy) Palgrave Macmillan. 2011.
Kenneth Boulding – the quintessential interdisciplinary
economist. (ed., with S. Kesting) London & New York: Routledge, 2011.
The Nature of the New Firm: Beyond the Boundaries of Organizations and
Institutions. (ed. With K. McCarthy and M. Fiolet) Cheltenham: Edward
Elgar, 2011.
Institutions, Communication and Values. Houndsmills: Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.
MNCs from Emerging Economies – in search of innovation and
sustainability. Ed. with G. Duysters, I. Costa. Cheltenham: Edward
Elgar, 2009.
The History and Significance of the Allied Social Sciences Association
(ASSA-II), guest editor, symposium, American Journal of Economics and
Sociology 67(5), November 2008.
Knowledge Dynamics out of balance: knowledge biased, skewed and
unmatched. special issue, Research Policy, 37(1), 2008, co-guest edited
with C. Chaminade & J. Vang.
Knowledge Economies: Innovation, Location, and Organization. London:
Routledge, 2008.
The Elgar Handbook of Social Economics (ed., with J. Davis). Cheltenham:
Edward Elgar, 2008.
REPRINTED: The Elgar Handbook of Social Economics (ed., with J. Davis).
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008.
"Outstanding Academic Title for 2009, Choice Magazine. Paperback, 2010.
Fighting the War on File Sharing. (with A. Schmidt and W. Keuvelaar)
T.M.C. Asser Press & Cambridge UP (IT and Law Series, #14), 2007.
Ethics and the Market. Insights from Social Economics. (ed., with J.
Clary and D.M. Figart), London & New York: Routledge, 2006.
Understanding the Dynamics of a Knowledge Economy. (ed., with L. Soete)
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2006.
Media & Economie: Markten in Beweging en een Overheid die stuurt zonder
Kompas. Preadviezen van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor de
Staatshuishoudkunde, 2005 (ed. with R. Nahuis). Den Haag & Amsterdam:
BNG & KVS.
Consuming Symbolic Goods: Identity and Commitment, special issue, Review
of Social Economy, September 2004. [Reprinted as: Consuming Symbolic
Goods: Identity & Commitment, Values and Economics. London & New York:
Routledge, 2008.]
Institutional Economics and the Formation of Preferences: The Advent of
Pop Music. Edward Elgar, June 2004. [Gunnar Myrdal Prize 2006.]
Innovation in Service Firms Explored. (with J. de Jong, A. Bruins and J.
Meijaard) January 2003, Zoetermeer: EIM.
Globalisation, Inequality and Social Capital – Contested Concepts,
Contested Experiences (ed. with C. Dannreuther) Cheltenham: Edward
Elgar, March 2003.
I&I: Nieuwe Media in Perspectief (Otto Cramwinkel publishing,
Amsterdam), member, editorial board 2002-4 (issn 0167-9740).
Valuing Pop Music – Institutions, VALUES, and Economics. Delft: Eburon,
1999 (PhD thesis).
Recent publications (Dutch articles; selection):
“Merton in het Laboratorium: Netwerken of Gunstenuitruil?” (with R. van der Eijk)
Maandblad voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie 85(4), april 2011.
“Industriebeleid en Marktdynamiek”
Economisch Statistische Berichten/95(4595): 373, 15 Oktober 2010.
“Regulering en Innovatie op de zoetwarenmarkt” (met R. van der
Eijk, K.J. McCarthy en J. Boukes) Economisch Statistische Berichten
95(4585):316-7, 14 mei 2010.
“Innovatie - Kennistransfer & Netwerken” in J.P. van den
Toren (ed.) Connecting Global Ambitions: de Nederlandse manier van
samenwerken. Den Haag: Innovatieplatform, 2010.
“Van onderzoeksinput naar –output”(met Loet Leydesdorff)
Economisch Statistische Berichten 94(4564): 426-7, 10 juli 2009.
“Investeringen van Sovereign Wealth Funds” (met R. van der
Eij k, E. Sojli en H. Yassine) Economisch Statistische Berichten
94(4560): 301-2, 15 mei 2009.
“Economie en Bedrijfskunde Evalueren” (met Loet Leydesdorff)
Economisch Statistische Berichten 94(4559): 280-2, 1 mei 2009.
“Innovatie, toetreding en bedrijfsgrootte” (met Gerben van
der Panne) Economisch Statistische Berichten 93(4537): pp.333-4, June
13, 2008.
“Het Nederlandse Innovatie Systeem” (met Loet Leydesdorff) Economisch
Statistische Berichten 93(4532): , april 2008.
“Prikkels voor Economen” Economisch Statistische Berichten 93(4531):
176, 21 maart 2008.
“De Innovatievoucher nader bekeken” Economisch Statistische Berichten
92(4515): 476, 27 juli 2007.
“Overheidsfalen in een Beregelde Economie” Economisch Statistische
Berichten 92(4513): 411, 29 juni 2007.
“Regels maken Vlegels” Economisch Statistische Berichten 91(4500): 669,
15 december 2006.
“Innovatie: MKB belangrijker dan Grootbedrijf” (met G. van der Panne)
Economisch Statistische Berichten 91(4494): 474-5, 22 september 2006.
“Wet Schuldsanering en Economische Dynamiek” Economisch Statistische
Berichten 91 (4492): 411, 25 augustus 2006.
“De kenniseconomie de maat genomen” (met L. Leydesdorff en G. van der
Panne) Economisch Statistische Berichten 90(4469): 366-8, 26 augustus 2005.
“Media in een Digitale Maalstroom” Vrijetijdsstudies 22(1): 47-54, maart
2004.
“Grenzen aan de verklaringkracht van ‘kennis’” (met H. van Driel)
Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, 2004, 1(1): 111-6.
“3:83(3) BW en de Kenniseconomie” Economisch Statistische Berichten,
88(4419): 542-3, 14 november 2003.
“Technologie Valleys in een globaliserende economie” (with G. van der
Panne) Maandschrift Economie 67(5): 353-368, oktober 2003.
“Toe-eigening en Communicatie in een Kenniseconomie” Maandschrift
Economie June 2003, 67(3): 177-187.
“De Vaste Boekenprijs in Perspectief” Boekman - Kwartaalschrift voor
Kunst, Onderzoek en Beleid 55, maart 2003, pp. 93-96 (special issue
“Beroep: Schrijver”).
“Kennis op Markten – Verkenning en betekenis voor overheidsbeleid” (with
L. Soete) in: H. Dijstelbloem & C.J.M. Schuyt (eds.) De Publieke
Dimensie van Kennis. WRR Voorstudie en achtergronden v110, 2002. Den
Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, pp.117-170.
“Grenzen in aan Globalisering” in: A. Witteveen, M. Zegveld & A. van
Witteloostuijn (red.) De Grote Lijn – Trends in Strategie en Management.
Schiedam: Scriptum, 2002, pp.70-79.
“Boeken zonder kennis, Markten zonder regels?” Tijdschrift voor
Politieke Ekonomie, 24(2): 75-79, 2002.
"Napster & KaZaA: Auteursrecht & Mededinging – Een kort commentaar" IER
- Intellectueel Eigendom en Reclamerecht 18(4): 178-180, Augustus 2002.
(Translated into German).
“Regio’s in een Globaliserende Wereld – De economische geografie van
Technologie Valleys” in: L. Peeters, P. Matthyssens & L. Vereeck (red.,
2002) Stakeholder Synergie. Leuven: Garant, pp. 793-810.
"Over de Samenhang tussen Cultuur en Economie: Giften en Grappen in
Arbeidsrelaties" M&O: Tijdschrift voor Management & Organisatie 56(1):
40-50, 2002.
“Hightech door Nederland” (with G. van der Panne) in Economisch
Statische Berichten, 86(4318) 13 juli 2001, pp. 584-6.
"Onderzoek en Ontwikkeling Activeren" Economisch Statistische Berichten
86(4304): 330-1, 13 april 2001.
"Mensen op de Balans - voetbalorganisaties als voortrekker?" MAB
-Maandblad voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie, 75(4): 134-141, april
2001.
"Consumenten als onderaannemers op elektronische markten" Bedrijfskunde,
73(4): 38-43, 2001.
“'Content' op het Internet - Een economische verkenning" Koninklijke vereniging
voor de Staatshuishoudkunde, Preadviezen 2000, L. Soete (red.) ICT in de nieuwe
economie. Utrecht: Lemma, pp.177-205.
“Kennis in de Economie: Conceptualiseren en Organiseren” in: R.
Weehuizen (red.) Toekomst@work.nl - Reflecties of Economie, Technologie
en Arbeid, Den Haag: Stichting Toekomstbeeld der Techniek, STT 63, 2000,
pp.54-65. (ISBN 90 804496 4 4).
“Wie zoet is krijgt lekkers” Economisch Statistische Berichten 84(4232), December 3, 1999, pp. 897-8.
“Belasting zonder grenzen” (with K. Jonkheer) Economisch Statistische
Berichten February 26, 1999, 84(4191): 149-151.
“Internet: De Perfecte Economische Markt?” Economisch Statistische
Berichten 83(4157), June 19, 1998, pp. 500-2.
“De Lachende Economie ” Nijenrode Management Review 3(10), pp. 20-3, 1998.
Book Review in (a.o.):
Academische Boekengids, De Economist – Netherlands Economic Review,
Economisch Statistische Berichten, Erdkunde, European Economic Sociology
Newsletter, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought,
Feminist Economics, I&I: Nieuwe Media in Perspectief, Journal
of Cultural Economics,Journal of Economic Issues, Journal of Economic Psychology,
Journal of Socio-Economics, Land Economics, Review of Political Economy, Review of
Radical Political Economy, Review of Social Economy, Tijdschrift voor
Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis.
Scientific publications, Book Chapters, non-Dutch (selection):
“Measuring the knowledge base of an economy in terms of triple-helix relations”
(with L. Leydesdorff & G. van der Panne) in: R. Viale & H. Etzowitz, eds. (*2010*)
The Capitalization of Knowledge – A Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government.
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp.291-311.
"Government Failure" in: L. Mommers, H. Franken, J. van den
Herik, F. van der Klaauw, G.-J. Zwenne (eds) Het binnenste buiten -
Balanceren op het snijvlak van technologie, recht en economie. Liber
amicorum t.g.v. het emiritaat van prof. dr. Aernout H.J. Schmidt*.
*Leiden: RUL, 2010.
“Path dependence and metaroutines: the genesis and
development of the Toyota Production System” (with H. van Driel) in The
Hidden Dynamics of Path Dependency: Institutions and Organisations
eds.G. Schreyögg & J. Sydow, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
“Knowledge Development and Coordination via Market, Hierarchy
and Gift Exchange” (with Rene van der Eijk) in: J. Davis (ed.) Global
Social Economy: Development, Work and Policy. London & New York:
Routledge, 2010, pp.58-78.
“Social Networks: structure & content” (with R. Aalbers) pp.
390-405, in: J. Davis & W. Dolfsma (eds.) Companion to Social Economics.
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008.
“Social Economics: An Introduction and a View of the Field”
(with J. Davis) pp. 1-7 in: J. Davis & W. Dolfsma (eds.) Companion to
Social Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008.
“Measuring the Knowledge Base of an Economy in terms of
Triple-Helix Relations” in: R. Viale & H. Etzkowitz (eds.) The
Capitalization of Knowledge: A Triple Helix of
University-Industry-Government. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010.
“The Economics of P2P in Music” Part III in A. Schmidt, W.
Dolfsma and W. Keuvelaar: Fighting the War on File Sharing. The Hague:
T.M.C. Asser Press (IT and Law Series, #14), distributed by Cambridge
UP, 2007, pp.63-92.
“Knowledge, the Knowledge Economy and Welfare Theory.” In: W.
Dolfsma & L. Soete (eds.) Understanding the Dynamics of a Knowledge
Economy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 200-21, 2006.
“Some Economics of Internet content.” In: L. Soete and B. ter Weel
(eds.) The Economics of the Digital Society. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar,
pp. 200-218, 2005.
“Gifts.” in: Encyclopedia of Political Economy. Ed. P. O’Hara et
al. London & New York: Routledge, 1999, Vol. I, pp. 398-400.
“The Global Gender Division of Labor.” (With H. Hoppe) in: P. O’Hara
(ed.) Global Political
Economy and the Wealth of Nations: Performance, Institutions,
Problems and Policies.London & New York: Routledge, 2004, pp.188-207.__
“Contested Boundaries: Globalisation, Inequality and Social
Capital.” (With C. Dannreuther),pp.176-183, in: Globalisation, Inequality and Social Capital.
(Edited by W. Dolfsma & C. Dannreuther) Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003.
“Financing museums with the help of the private financial sector.”
(with T. van der Burg) in: A. Prinz, A.E. Steenge & A. Vogel (eds.) Public Finance across
Borders, Hamburg, Münster & London: LIT Verlag, 2003, pp.199-218.
