Dirk Meissner

• PhD
• Deputy Head at National Research University Higher School of Economics

Science, technology and innovation policy are topics that much has been written about in the last decades. However until today no common understanding has been articulated on what these policy fields are and how they are correlated with daily practice of policy making. The book thus pursuits a completely new approach which goes much beyond existing...

The paper touches upon the different sides of cutting-edge science, technology and innovation (STI) policy concepts such as clusters and smart specialization and STI management such as open innovation and foresight which are of great interest to researches, scientists and managers in course of building successful business and creating dynamic regio...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to develop a specific strategic foresight methodology and integrate this into roadmapping which is suitable for corporations. To date, reasonable practical experience has been accumulated, but there is a lack of a comprehensive conceptual approach for using strategic foresight and roadmapping to solve management p...

Although the concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EE) is inherently spatial, the actual spatiality of these productive structures has been largely assumed rather than defined based on its formative processes. The oversimplification of the spatiality of EE seems to be a function of empirical reliance on available data, a situation that has generat...

Innovation has long been a topic of interest in the fields of economics and management. As outlined by Schumpeter in his Theory of Economic Development, its pervasive role comprehends qualitative changes in the way firms organize their productive and managerial processes. In turn, innovation alters the way people and societies perform their activit...

Over recent years, the world has witnessed unexpected challenges - including the COVID-19 pandemic and significant geopolitical tensions. These events have had substantial impacts on both Global Value Chains and Regional Innovation Systems – two complementary analytical scopes that compose the complex geography of innovation. This has led governmen...

Purpose Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms (KIE) strongly rely on scientific and strategic research and development (R&D) capabilities to achieve higher performance levels. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to disentangle the effects of scientific capabilities and strategic R&D on KIE performance; and how the constituent elements of these...

Purpose Cyber-attacks that generate technical disruptions in organisational operations and damage the reputation of organisations have become all too common in the contemporary organisation. This paper explores the reputation repair strategies undertaken by organisations in the event of becoming victims of cyber-attacks. Design/methodology/approac...

Some African countries’ premier industries, such as textiles, garments, and agro-processing, which floundered in the face of market liberalisation and stiff competition from cheap imports, are now going through regenerative changes, with some beginning to tell a cautionary tale of a leap upwards. Focusing on the Ghana garment and textile (G&T) indu...

This article proposes a cross-situational specialization framework for what, at its introduction, was a newer generation personal computer (PC) device (a tablet computer). With use as the basis for continuance adoption as the theoretical lens, this article explores how the tablet coexists as a substitute- and a complement-in-use with incumbent PC(s...

This article investigates the determinants of research organizations’ performance. A theoretical construct is built based on the traditional “environment–conduct–performance” framework applied to industrial organizations and operationalized by using information from a recent extensive survey of research organizations. From an empirical point of vie...

This research aims at addressing the factors that constrain the flow of knowledge between universities and industry when these players are embedded in peripheral contexts. A multiple-case study was carried out in order to describe and understand the limitations of universities as agents of innovation in peripheral ecosystems. Twenty-two semi-struct...

The papers in this special section focus on cyberattacks, strategic cyber-foresight, and security applications. Reports of cyber-attacks against individuals, organizations, and businesses are on the rise. Attackers usually have a deliberate and malicious intent and may involve the criminals taking advantage of flaws in software code, using tricks t...

Drawing on technical change and technology transfer theories, we explore the Schumpeterian character of China in the information and communications technology (ICT) value chain in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using data collected from various online sources, including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and World Integrated Trade Solutions...

The scope, complexity and the “volume” of knowledge accumulated render producing an overview of the core themes of science, technology and innovation policies difficult. Reviews of this policy domain mostly either refer to general issues without deep immersion into details or focus on specific narrower aspects. The paper uses semantic analysis to i...

Growing importance has been attached to the concept of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE) as productive structures that encompass complex sets of interaction driving economic agents' competitive capabilities. Drawing from biomimetism, the EE approach dedicates attention to unraveling the mechanisms through which socioeconomic environments organize to...

In this article we pay attention to the different analytical layers that compose the managerial context of university-industry relationships-a cornerstone of entrepreneurial universities. Specifically, we address the dynamics of joint university-industry laboratories, a typical example of high-quality engagement between academia and industry. Joint...

The “entrepreneurial university” model goes far beyond intensive commercialisation and the creation of spin-offs. The knowledge triangle approach allows for observing and formalising the way universities apply their autonomy and resources to develop the three missions in accordance with the main education, science, and innovation trends within the...

During the last decade, the concept of the Knowledge Triangle (KT) in the form of change processes that foster greater interaction between education, research and innovation activities has left the academic community and diffused to the higher education and research policy arena. As a result, numerous policy measures have been developed and impleme...

The KT paradigm is a useful approach analysing universities and their role in the national innovation systems. However, applying the KT lens requires careful interpretation of universities activities and well designed and targeted STI policy intervention meeting the requirements. Among them is ‘Freedom of Science/Research and Teaching’ as a key fac...

STI policy finds itself often trapped in a dilemma: it is expected to design a future-oriented, forward-looking policy framework promoting science, technology, and innovation nationally, but at the same time, it is envisaged to draw on evidence for policy interventions and activities based on past experiences. However, given the quality of availabl...

Despite long-lasting discussions about Knowledge Triangle and Triple Helix universities missions have not changed much. Discussions about these concepts remain at aggregate level resulting in several approaches for measuring universities performance but are clearly less developed in terms of management concepts and practical applicability. Accordin...

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The new turn to Mass Innovation and Mass Entrepreneurship (MIME) initiatives in China mark a concrete step to reconfiguring and appropriating the western maker movement rhetoric to fit China’s context. In this paper, we explore the nascent China’s maker movement under the guidance of the state’s MIME initiative to identify the key issues, actions,...

Using digital technologies for technology roadmapping has the advantage of significantly extending the range of information sources used for the roadmap. Thus, a more solid evidence-based foundation for the integrated roadmap is provided, and the risk of biased individual judgements limited. The main challenge of extending the information base lies...

--some text from this Introductory chapter of the book: "The linkage from innovation to growth also means that if the process of building technological capabilities is not effective, long run economic growth itself will be derailed or slow. This book starts from the recognition that this is the case for some of emerging economies or many countries...

This book synthesizes and interprets existing knowledge on technology upgrading failures as well as lessons from successes and failures in order to better understand the challenges of technology upgrading in emerging economies. The objective is to bring together in one volume diverse evidence regarding three major dimensions of technology upgrading...

The globalisation trend of the past few decades, driven to a large extent by the proliferation of GVCs, has led to a set of significant changes in patterns of technology upgrading and new modes of interaction between domestic technology efforts and external sources of technological knowledge. Whether this new dynamic will lead to continuing increas...

Call for Papers at Technovation Overview This Special Issue aims at extending Innovation Management to an inclusive approach involving innovation practices and social and environmental sustainability. Like any management theory, new paradigms are needed to meet the challenges ahead of societies and economies. Thus, relatively separated fields of...

Addressing the effect of regional innovation strategies for smart specialization is beneficial. This study investigates the correlation between smart specialization innovation strategies and university-region collaboration. The findings of this study will help researchers and decision makers understand and strategically plan for linking education w...

The paper focuses on a key uniqueness of the simultaneous generation of social and business value ‑ across science, technology and society ‑ involving academics, businesses, policy makers, innovation intermediaries, NGOs and citizens that share and integrate assets in developing solutions to address economic and societal challenges. By contrasting...

The “policy mix” concept has gained popularity among science, technology and innovation policy communities over the past two decades in a context of growing policy complexity and need for policy evidence. Pressing societal challenges are also prompting governments to rethink policy making in order to better align public intervention across policy d...

This book helps readers understand how universities position themselves in the innovation landscape and the implications for national policies. It provides a scholarly discussion and best practice–based insights to help answer questions like: To what extent do funding and governance policies support activities within the knowledge triangle? How sho...

This special issue will focus on the interaction of the “local” and the “global” in the context of a rapidly changing international environment as described above. In particular, we call for theoretical and empirical papers that deal with the changing nature of international production and local adaptation. We welcome papers addressing the followin...

The article compares and contrasts different sets of patent-based indicators, traditionally used to assess countries' technological capacities and specialisation. By doing that, we seek to determine how a chosen metric might affect the results of such an analysis, sometimes causing misleading conclusions on technological profiling. This goal is ach...

This paper discusses the role of higher education institutions within the framework of the knowledge triangle between academic education, scientific research and innovation, as it has gained importance in recent years as a framework for innovation policies especially in the OECD and Europe. First, complementary concepts of universities’ outreach ac...

Three approaches are developed for assessment of different types of organizational ambidexterity proposed in the relevant literature. The new model for measurement of organizational ambidexterity using data envelopment analysis (DEA) is introduced. The DEA score based on innovation activity inputs and two different performance outputs acts as a pro...

The mirroring hypothesis highlights the correspondence of design characteristics across different architectural levels and in this paper, we consider how mirroring may impact the distribution of national and international innovation activities of firms. We identify incremental and modular innovations (as product architecture reinforcing innovations...

Purpose Based on an efficiency analysis of the Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI), the purpose was to demonstrate that the Key Performance Indicators’ analysis leads to a misinterpretation of the dynamics of National Systems of Entrepreneurship (NSEs). This might hamper the formulation of sound initiatives in other economies, with relevant implica...

In this Special Issue we expect contributions that address topics related to some relevant questions in the field of Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems: One important aspect concerning how to shape and foster innovation ecosystems as to connect technological evolution with the generation of knowledge-intensive ventures...

Until recently, the career prospects of engineers and researchers have changed considerably. The chances of getting a permanent job, of getting a good position at a university or research center depend not only on one’s academic degree but also on individuals’ experience, competencies, and portfolio. Skills received during the period of study at th...

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/technological-forecasting-and-social-change/call-for-papers/management-of-joint-university-industry-laboratories Technological Forecasting and Social Change Management of Joint University-Industry Laboratories Short title: Joint UI labs Over the last decade discussions about the third mission of universities, K...

For many years the transfer, exchange and collaboration of knowledge and technology be-tween academia and industry have been discussed as an important means of generating commercial value. The underlying rationale for such collaborations is that knowledge and technology from academia lead to firms’ competitive advantage. What has received less atte...

Purpose This paper aims to provide a detailed case study of a corporate foresight for innovation (CFI) project done by the Higher School of Economics’ (HSE) (Moscow, Russia) corporate foresight (CF) unit for a large state-owned Russian service company. It demonstrates how CFI methods lead to recommendations and how these recommendations result in d...

This book introduces readers to state-of-the-art cases and tools for managing innovation in today’s rapidly changing business environment. It provides a wealth of methodological knowhow and guidance on practical applications, as well as case studies that reveal various challenges in technology and innovation management. Written by a mix of academic...

The growing importance attributed to innovation as a mechanism of economic development has generated a large body of research that aims at understanding how agents and their respective patterns of interaction are related. Prior research has demonstrated that innovation relies on learning processes that are unevenly localized in space, thus producin...

The paper looks at cooperation models for science, technology, and innovation with clear aims at delivering value and progress in these fields. Such cooperation models have been established in various forms in many countries. One special form of cooperation is the public-private partnership which also comes in many different forms. The article is b...

Whereas national and corporate foresight are established instruments for anticipatory Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) policy and innovation strategy respectively, regional foresight is a rather new phenomenon in this arena. Placed in between national and corporate foresight, regional foresight can be considered to fulfill a bridging role...

Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) have been considered as the future vision for the automotive industry. An increasing number of concepts and prototypes have been introduced in the last decade. In parallel with the technological development, recent discussions about global warming and climate change bring public support for emission free vehicles...

Approaches to innovation have been thoroughly studied in the last decades. It’s well understood that an organizations’ culture is among the crucial factors for success and renewal of organizations. Yet culture is made by people and their attitudes. Innovation culture requires skills and competence by employees which are presumably beyond the tradit...

The mirroring hypothesis highlights the correspondence of design characteristics across different architectural levels and in this paper, we consider how mirroring may impact the distribution of national and international innovation activities of firms. We identify incremental and modular innovations (as product architecture reinforcing innovations...

Our S p e c i a l I s s u e C all for Papers on The rise of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Laboratories: Implication for Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Policy

The speed of technology development and adoption is ever-increasing. Besides all the opportunities provided by technologies, there are also challenging conditions related to technological features such as complexity, interdisciplinarity, and budget as well as time constraints; application features such as increased solutions’ reliability, multiple...

Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) have been considered as a future vision for the automotive industry to replace the vehicles with petrol engines. Manufacturers in the industry have been working on concepts and prototypes for more than a decade now while having advances in addressing the main technical challenges like battery life. In parallel wi...

Enhancing energy efficiency has been one of the top policy goals in many countries in the last decade. Innovative lighting solutions, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in particular, are among the very much promising opportunities to increase energy efficiency. A modern LED is a multilayer thin-film structure with the thickness of layers in the rang...

The chapter analyses the potential for development and the application of nanotechnologies in catalytic oil refining processes. Catalysts play a key role in most oil refining processes, so improving their properties or developing new catalyst types are seen as high-priority technological objectives, the achievement of which would have a major effec...

Emerging technologies are considered as enablers of sustainable economic development. Today, a number of leading countries in the world have rather precise view of the most important socio-economic and science and technology (S&T) priorities, which often include emerging technologies like nanotechnologies. The book provides a comprehensive overview...

There are many models of foresight program delivery. This chapter looks at how a University Foresight program was used to help an aviation company become more innovative. In Russia, much foresight activity (including research, teaching, projects, consulting) is delivered by the Foresight center which is part of the Institute for Statistical Studies...

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The paper compares and contrasts the patent-based indicators, traditionally used to assess a country's technological capacities and specialization. It seeks to determine how a chosen metric might affect the results of such an analysis, sometimes being misleading. Empirically, the paper is based on the statistical information on patent activity of t...

This special issue examines corporate foresight and innovation management in contemporary organising. Contributing to a growing body of research on the other-centeredness and interconnectedness of foresight and innovation, the papers in the issue examine the practice of corporate foresight, how it may lead to the identification of opportunities for...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the composition of skillsets in biotechnology from the perspective of employers and its relation to open innovation processes in the sector. It provides conclusions for HR management practice. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on job advertisements content analysis and in-depth interview...

This chapter explains the entrepreneurial university concept and its place and role in the triple helix in its entirety. It further elaborates on its implications for university management, departments, faculty members and supporting organizations. Moreover it reflects the meaning of the entrepreneurial university for stakeholders, i.e., university...

The chapter provides a substantial overview of features and channels of knowledge and technology transfer in light of achieving impact from science and research. A taxonomy of transfer channels is proved and levels of impact from science and technology on innovation is proposed. It’s found that there are different levels of value generated from STI...

During the last decades the number of universities extending their initial education and teaching missions towards the triple helix and knowledge triangle paradigms, e.g. knowledge and technology transfer and innovation has increased substantially. In line with this evolution the term ‘entrepreneurial university’ became increasingly popular however...

Innovation has become a frequently quoted and lived central missions of universities. This book demonstrates however that the mission is not constant. New challenges and opportunities emerge at different moments in history and there are currently a number of important strategic orientations that universities need to consider and balance. Universiti...

The main objective of the paper is to examine if 'Mode 3' universities represent a new and advanced type of an entrepreneurial university, perhaps transcending the entrepreneurial university, and identify the specific characteristics of 'Mode 3' universities. According to its definition, a 'Mode 3' university represents a type of organisation capab...

Developing policies for enhancing the productivity of university-industry linkages has been a central issue on the political agenda for decades. However, as reality shows there are pro and cons of any policy applied. In this study, we explore these policies based on the 'triple helix' (government-industry-university) and knowledge triangle (researc...

The article highlights the challenges of benchmarking the science, technology and innovation (STI) policy mix between countries. A benchmarking concept is developed to compare policies across countries, which takes account of country structural features, the way policies are embedded in the national STI policy context and the country’s development...

Regions are increasingly being viewed as eco-systemic agglomerations of organizational and institutional entities or stakeholders with socio-technical, socio-economic, and socio-political conflicting as well as converging (co-opetitive) goals, priorities, expectations, and behaviors that they pursue via entrepreneurial development, exploration, exp...

This paper considers the changes in the concept of innovation during recent decades and the degree to which such changes have been of significance to innovation policy. We observe that: (1) the notion of innovation in research, statistics, and policy is becoming increasingly broad; (2) while this broader notion is conceptually more adequate for und...

Purpose Foresight is frequently used to establish science and technology investment priorities and develop corresponding technology and innovation support programmes. In the light of technology and innovation policy, many individual Foresight studies are undertaken which are separate and little linked with the broader policy scope and ambition. Th...

The article identifies how the combination of concepts drawn from foresight and foresight networks can be used to help open innovation. We found that foresight can support open innovation by providing analysis that looks at key open innovation questions such as those around technology selection, identifying future customer needs and scanning for di...

This article provides a comprehensive review of the entrepreneurial university concept and its place and role in the triple helix of university, industry, and government. This is increasingly important because stake-holders' expectations towards universities are growing; this growth in turn leads to increased pressure on universities to move beyond...

Competencies and skills of the doctorate holders are frequently perceived a guarantee for professional careers in many occupations and a solid contribution to scientific excellence, country innovation capability, and economic and societal development. The assumption that doctorate holders are easily integrated in economic endeavors proves wrong whi...

There is broad consensus that economic development and society welfare correlate with the effectiveness and efficiency of countries’ science, technology, and innovation infrastructure. There is a broad range of actors active in all fields with diverging ambitions, missions, and aims striving for scientific, technological, and innovation excellence....

Purpose This paper aims to investigate three key factors (i.e. cognitive dimensions, the knowledge-driven approach and absorptive capacity) that are likely to determine the preference for informal inbound open innovation (OI) modes, through the lens of the OI model and knowledge-based view (KBV). The innovation literature has differentiated these...

Purpose This paper aims to provide a substantial overview of features and channels of knowledge and technology transfer in light of achieving impact from science and research. Design/methodology/approach The paper is conceptual with substantial desk research undertaken. A taxonomy of transfer channels is proved and levels of impact from STI propos...

There is a common agreement that innovation is driven by the people that form the heart of any company's innovation activity. Still, people perform innovation in a special institutional environment characterized by rules and regulations that might support or impede innovation. The open innovation paradigm expects companies to engage in external rel...

Technology Foresight (TF) became an increasingly popular approach for science, technology and innovation (STI) policymakers from the mid-1990s on. Achieving prominence in Japan and Western Europe, it attracted the attention of researchers and policy analysts in many parts of the world in subsequent decades. TF is often seen as a set of tools for in...

In line with the growing number and type of innovation sources and partners, companies’ institutional set up to manage the potential problems of multiple sources and partners for innovation is increasingly challenged to develop and maintain effective and efficient corporate innovation activities. The paper highlights recent developments of open inn...