The technology transfer process between a public laboratory and a company has been the subject of many publications and has been widely discussed in economic theory. This paper highlights several newly identified asymmetries occurring between the different agents taking part in the process,...

We examine the diffusion of steam technology across British counties during the eighteenth century. First, we provide new estimates for the regional variations in the timing, pace and extent of usage of steam engines. Our main data source is an updated version of the list of steam engines...

The technology transfer process between a public laboratory and a company has been the subject of many publications and has been widely discussed in economic theory. This paper highlights several newly identified asymmetries occurring between the different agents taking part in the process,...

I<sc>ammarino</sc> S., P<sc>iva</sc> M., V<sc>ivarelli</sc> M. and <sc>von</sc> T<sc>unzelmann</sc> N. Technological capabilities and patterns of innovative cooperation of firms in the UK regions, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper focuses on the relationship between firms' technological capabilities and different forms of cooperation for...

[eng] The paper investigates the links between technology policy and macroeconomic policy, most explicitly for the EU. It uses a modified AS/AD framework to show how increases of aggregate demand in the form of (say) fiscal policy could feed through to induced gains in technology and growth. The...

This paper focuses on the relationship between firms’ technological capabilities and different forms of cooperation for innovation by combining the analysis of both micro and meso levels, i.e. the level of the firm and of the geographical region. Our findings, based on the Fourth UK Community...