Prof. Dominique ForayChaire en Economie et Management de l’Innovation (CEMI) E-Mail: dominique.foray@epfl.ch Webpage: http://cemi.epfl.ch |
1 - Short Academic Summary
D.Foray is full professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and holds the Chair of Economics and Management of Innovation (CEMI).
He is currently chairman of the expert group “Knowledge for Growth”; a group of prominent economists created to advise J.Potocnik (Member of the European Commission).
He is also a member of the National Research Council (Switzerland) and of the Advisory Board of the Swiss Economic Institute (KOF) and is a WEF fellow (World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council).
In 2009, he serves as President of the European Policy and Intellectual Property (EPIP) Association.
For the last four years (2004-2008), he served as Dean at the College of Management of Technology, EPFL.
D.Foray has recently published “The economics of knowledge” at MIT Press, paper edition, 2006
D.Foray research's interests include all topics and issues related to the economics and management of technology, knowledge and innovation at both the micro and macro levels. This broad field covers the economics of science and technology with a particular focus on high tech sectors, the management of large-scale technological projects, international comparisons of institutions, and systems of innovation within the context of the new economy. Intellectual property and competition policies, information technology and the new economy, capital market and entrepreneurship, national systems of innovation are fields of high relevance in his research.
D.Foray is recognized as one of the leading academic experts on the economics of innovation and knowledge and economic policy implications of the new knowledge-based economy and has presented many opening speeches and key note addresses in academic and policy conferences on these topics.
He has written numerous academic papers (see the bibliography) and has edited several books and special issues in these fields:
Technology and the Wealth of Nations (Pinter, 1992) with C.Freeman;
Technology Infrastructure Policy (Kluwer, 1996) with M.Teubal et al.;
Technology and the environment (a special issue of Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 1996) with A.Grübler;
Unemployment and Growth in the Knowledge-based Economy (OECD, 1996), with B.A.Lundvall;
Knowledge management and innovation (Kluwer, 2001), with J. de la Mothe ;
Knowledge economies and societies (a special issue of the International Social Science Journal , Basil Blackwell, 2002, with editions in French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabs, Russian)
Measuring knowledge management in the business sector: first steps (OECD, 2003) with F.Gault.
Random evaluation in education and medicine (a special issue of Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2006) with R.Murnane and R.Nelson
The Economics of knowledge (MIT press, 2004, paperback in 2006) with editions in France, Italy, Korea, China, Greece, Syria and Algeria
2 - Education
D.Foray received his Ph.D. in economics in 1984 and his "habilitation à diriger des recherches" in 1992 from the University Lumière of Lyon.
3 - Previous appointments and academic positions
In 1985, he joined the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) as a Research Fellow in economics.
In 1990, he joined the Ecole Centrale de Paris as professor of economic and taught in the program “ingénieur économiste”.
In 1993, he was nominated as Research Director at CNRS and joined the Institut pour le Management de la Recherche et de l'Innovation (IMRI) of the University of Paris-Dauphine.
In 2001-2004, he worked as Principal Analyst at the Center for Education, Research and Innovation of OECD (Paris).
He joined the EPFL as Full Professor in 2004.
He received the distinction of outstanding research in 1995 (médaille du CNRS).
He has been Research Fellow at ICER (International Center for Economic Research, Turin), Wissenschaftkolleg Berlin and IIASA (Laxenburg). He has been invited professor in Universities of Santiago de Compostella, Turin and Padova.
Short bibliography (last 15 years)
- D.Foray (with J.Callaert, B.vanLoy and K.Debackere), 2008, “Combining the production and the valorization of academic research: a qualitative investigation of enacted mechanisms”, in European Universities in Transition, (Mazza, Quattrone and Riccaboni), Edward Elgar
- D.Foray, 2007, “Enriching the indicator base for the economics of knowledge”, in Science, technology and Innovation Indicators, Paris: OECD
- D.Foray and T.Cook, 2007, “Building the capacity to experiment in schools: a case study of the Institute of educational Sciences in the U.S. department of Education”, in D.Foray, RR.Murnane and RR.Nelson (eds.), Randomized trials of education and medical practices: strengths and limitations, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, special issue
- D.Foray, RR.Murnane and RR.Nelson, 2007, Randomized trials of education and medical practices: strengths and limitations, Economics of Innovation and new technology, special issue
- D.Foray, 2007, “University-industry knowledge transfer in Switzerland”, in Yusuf and Nabeshima (eds.), How Universities promote economic growth, The World Bank
- D.Foray, 2007, “Tacit and codified knowledge”, in Hanusch and Pyka (ed.), Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing
- D.Foray, Thoron, S. and Zimmerman, JB., 2007, “Open software: knowledge openness and cooperation in cyberspace, in Brousseau and Curien (ed.), Internet and digital economics, Cambridge University Press
- D.Foray, 2006, “Caractériser les projets d’innovation fondés sur la connaissance: une approche sectorielle”, in Lièvre etal. (eds.), Management de projets, Hermes & Lavoisier
- D.Foray and L.Hilaire Perez, 2006, “The economics of open technology: collective organization and individual claims in the ‘fabrique lyonnaise’ during the old regime”, Frontiers in the economics of innovation: essays in honour of P.A.David, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
- C.Antonelli, D.Foray, B.Hall and W.E.Steinmueller, 2006 Frontiers in the economics of innovation: essays in honour of P.A.David, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
- D.Foray and B.Kahin, 2006, Advancing knowledge and the knowledge economy, Cambridge : MIT press
- D.Foray, 2006, “Optimizing the use of knowledge”, in D.Foray and B.Kahin (eds.), Advancing knowledge and the knowledge economy, Cambridge : MIT press
- D.Foray, 2005, “New models of innovation and the role of information technologies”, in Dutton et al. Transforming Enterprises, Cambridge: MIT press
- D.Foray, 2004, The Economics of Knowledge, Cambridge : MIT press (paperback edition, 2006)
- D.Foray and F.Gault, 2003, Measuring knowledge management in the business-sector, Paris: OECD
- D.Foray, 2003, “On the creation of fundamental knowledge: finding the right balance between the public and private domains”, in Granstrand (ed.), Economics, law and intellectual property, Kluwer
- D.Foray et D.Hargreaves, 2003, “The development of knowledge of different sectors : a model and some hypotheses”, London Review of Education, vol.1, 1,
- D.Foray et E.Steinmueller, 2003, « The economics of knowledge reproduction by inscription », Industrial and Corporate Changes, vol.12,2
- D.Foray et E.Steinmueller, 2003, “On the economics of R&D and technological collaborations”# # # # # # # # # # , Economics of Innovation and New technology, vol.12,1
- M.Cassier et D .Foray (2003), « Knowledge production and distribution and the economics of high-tech consortia », in S. Metcalfe and U. Cantner (eds.), Change, Transformation and Development, Physica- Verlag
- D.Foray (2002), « Complex systems and collective adoption », in de la Mothe & Link (eds.), Networks, Alliances and Partnerships in the Innovation Process, Kluwer
- D.Foray (2002), « On the provision of industry specific public goods: revisiting a policy process », in A.Geuna, A.Salter and E.Steinmueller (ed.), Science and Innovation. Rethinking the rationales for funding and governance
- P.A.David et D.Foray, 2002 Economic Fundamentals of the Knowledge Society, SIEPR discussion paper, n°01-14 (Stanford University)
- D.Foray, 2002,”New and old economics in the economy: a comment on K.Stiroh”, in Siebert (ed.), Economic Policy Issues of the New Economy, Heidelberg: Springer
- R.Cowan et D.Foray, 2002, “Evolutionary Economics and the counterfactual threat: on the nature and role of counterfactual history as an empirical tool in economics”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 12
- D.Foray et J.Mairesse (2002), « The knowledge dilemma and the geography of innovation », in Institutions and systems in the geography of innovation (M.Feldman and N.Massard (eds.), Kluwer
- D.Foray (2002), « On the French system of innovation : between institutional inertia and rapid changes », in S.Borras and P.Biegelbauer (eds.), Innovation paradigm : the impact of economic ideas on RTD policies
- R.Cowan et D.Foray (2001), « On the codifiability of knowledge : technical change and the structure of cognitive activities », in Economics and information in Pascal Petit, (ed.), Kluwer
- D.Foray (2001), « Continuities and ruptures in knowledge management practices », in D.Foray and J.de Lamothe (eds.), Knowledge management and innovation, Kluwer
- P.Cohendet, D.Foray, D.Guellec and J.Mairesse, (2001) « Public management of positive research externalities », in Lefebvre et al. (eds.), Doing business in the knowledge-based economy, Kluwer Academic Publishers
- D.Foray et J.B.Zimmerman (2001), « L’économie du logiciel libre : organisation coopérative et incitation à l’innovation », Revue Economique, vol.52, Octobre
- M.Cassier et D.Foray (2001), « Public knowledge, private property and the economics of high-tech consortia », Economics of Innovation and New Technology,
- R.Cowan, P.A.David et D.Foray (2000), The explicit economics of knowledge codification, Industrial and Corporate Change, vol 9, 2
- D.Foray (1999), “Science,Technology and the Market,” World Social Science Report Paris: Unesco
- D.Foray et J.Mairesse (1999), Innovations et Performances des Firmes, ed.EHESS
- J.M.Dalle et D.Foray (1998), "The Innovation vs. Standardization Dilemma: some insights from stochastic interaction models ”, Jahrbuch, Dunckler and Umblot, Berlin
- P.A. David, D.Foray et J.Michel Dalle (1998), "Marshallian externalities and the emergence and spatial stability of technological enclaves", Economics of Innovation and New Technology, special issue, vol 6 (n°2-3)
- J.P.Aubin et D.Foray (1998), The emergence of network organizations in processes of technological choices: a viability approach ”, in Cohendet et al. (ed.), The Economics of Network, Springer
- D.Foray, (1998), “ Errors and mistakes in technological systems: from potential regret to path-dependent inefficiency ”, in Lesourne et Orléans (eds.), Advance sin Self-Organization and Evolutionary Economics, Economica
- P.A.David, D.Foray et E.Steinmueller (1998), “ The research network and the new economics of science ”, in Gambardella et Malerba (eds.), The organization of innovative activities in Europe, Cambridge University Press
- D.Foray (1998), “ The economics of knowledge openness ”, in Lazaric et Lorenz (eds.), Trust and Economic Learning, Edward Elgar
- R.Cowan et D.Foray (1998), ”Economie de la codification et de la diffusion de la connaissance ”, in Petit (ed.), Economie de l’information, La Découverte
- D.Foray (1997), "The dynamics implications of increasing returns: technological change and path-dependence inefficiency", International Journal of Industrial Organization, n°4, vol.15
- M.Callon et D.Foray (1997), “ Nouvelle économie de la science ou socio-économie de la recherche scientifique ”, Revue d’Economie Industrielle, n°79
- D.Foray (1997), "Generation and distribution of technological knowledge: incentives, norms and institutions", in Edquist (ed.), Systems of Innovation, Cassel
- D.Foray (1997), "Codes informationnels, échanges électroniques de données et nouveaux dispositifs de coordination", in Garrouste (ed.), Les frontières de la firme, Economica
- R.Cowan et D.Foray (1996) "The Changing Economics of Technological Learning", in Metcalfe et Vence, Wealth from Diversity, Kluwer
- D.Foray et B.A.Lundvall (1996), "The knowledge-based economy: from the economics of knowledge to the learning economy", in Foray et Lundvall (eds.), Unemployment and growth in the knowledge-based economy, OCDE
- D.Foray et P.Llerena (1996), "Information Structures and Modes of Coordination in Technology Policies", Evolutionary Economics, vol.6, n°2
- M.Teubal, D.Foray, M.Justman et E.Zuscovitch (eds.) (1996), Technology Infrastructure Policy, Dordrrecht (NL) : Kluwer
- D.Foray et B.A.Lundvall (eds.) (1996) Employment and growth in the knowledge-based economy, Paris: OCDE
- D.Foray et A.Gruebler (eds.) (1996), Technology and Environment, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, special issue, vol.53, n°1
- P.A.David et D.Foray (1995), "Accessing and expanding the science and technology knowledge base", STI Review, n˚16
- R.Cowan et D.Foray (1995), "Quandaries in the Economics of Dual Technologies and Spillovers from Military to Civilian Research and Development", Research Policy, vol24(6)
- P.A.David et D.Foray (1995), "Dépendance du sentier et économie de l'innovation: un rapide tour d'horizon", Revue d'Economie Industrielle, n˚spécial: Les développements théoriques récents pour l'économie industrielle, dirigé par L.Benzoni, M.Mougeot et A.Torre
- D.Foray (1994), “Users, standards and the economics of coalition and committees”, Information Economics and Policy, 6
- D.Foray, P.Rutsuaert et L.Soete (1995), “Coherence and conflicts between competition, trade and industry policies: the case of telecommunication services”, in Buigues, Jacquemin et Sapir (eds.), European policies on competition, trade and industry, Edward Elgar
- D.Foray (1995), “Knowledge distribution and the institutional infrastructure: the role of intellectual property rights”, in Albach et Rosenkranz (eds.), Intellectual property rights and global competition, berlin:WZB publication
- P.A.David et D.Foray (1994), “Dynamics of competitive technology diffusion through local network structures”, in Leydesdorff et van den Besselaar (eds.) Evolutionary Economics and Chaos Theory, London: Pinter
- D.Foray, (1994), “Coalitions and committees: how users get involved in information technology standardization”, Hawkins, Mansell and Skea (eds.), Standards, Innovation and Competitiveness, Edward Elgar
- P.A.David et D.Foray (1993), “Percolation structures, Markov random fields and the economics of EDI standard diffusion”, in Pogorel (ed.), Global telecommunications strategies and technological changes, North-Holland
- D.Foray et C.Freeman, (1992), Technologie et Richesse des Nations, Economica, traduction anglaise Technology and the Wealth of Nations, London : Pinter publ.
Working papers, papers under revision
- D.Foray, B.Hall and J.Mairesse, 2007, Investing in research, CDM working paper
- P.Aghion, P.David and D.Foray, 2007, Linking policy research and practice in STIG systems: many obstacles, but some ways forward, SIEPR discussion paper series, Stanfiord University, forthcoming Research Policy
- D.Foray and F.Lissoni, “University-industry research relationships”, in Hall and Rosenberg (eds), Handbook of Economics of technical Change, Elsevier
