ANNALS OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS

NUMBER 115 / 116 – JULY / DECEMBER 2014

Special issue on knowledge capital in nanotechnology and other high technology industries

INTRODUCTION

Melding Economic and Social to Understand Evolution and Impact of High Technology
Lynne G. ZUCKER, Michael R. DARBY and Richard B. FREEMAN – page 13

INNOVATION AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF KNOWLEDGE

Nanotechnology and the Emergence of a General Purpose Technology
Stuart J. H. GRAHAM and Maurizio IACOPETTA – page 25

Cross-Pollination in Science and Technology: Concept Mobility in the Nanobiotechnology Field
Stine GRODAL and Grid THOMA – page 57

Prototypes of Emerging Metropolitan Nanodistricts in the United States and Europe
Philip SHAPIRA, Jan YOUTIE and Stephen CARLEY – page 81

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DRIVERS OF INNOVATION

Exploring Creative Research in Emerging Research Domains. Worldwide Longitudinal Evidence for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Thomas HEINZE and Gerrit BAUER – page 107

Movement of Star Scientists and Engineers and High-Tech Firm Entry
Lynne G. ZUCKER and Michael R. DARBY – page 125

The Role of Geographic and Organizational Boundaries in Nanotechnology Collaboration
Mariko SAKAKIBARA – page 177

NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE EVOLUTION OF INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES

Institutional Entrepreneurship Dynamics: Evidence from the Development of Nanotechnologies
Claire A. AUPLAT and Lynne G. ZUCKER – page 197

Defacto and Deeded Intellectual Property: Knowledge-Driven Co-Evolution of Firm Collaboration Boundaries and IPR Stragtegy
Lynne G. ZUCKER and Michael R. DARBY – page 221

MAKING DATA PUBLIC: ENABLING COMMUNITY-WIDE RESEARCH AND REPLICATION

Taking a Proactive Approach Towards Responsibility: Indications of Nano Policy-Making Around the World, 2001-2008
Kelly LAAS and Vivian WEIL – page 255

Communitywide Database Designs for Tracking Innovation Impact: Comets, Stars and Nanobank
Lynne G. ZUCKER, Michael R. DARBY and Jason FONG – page 277

Feature articles

For Whom are Permanent Jobs off Limits? A Markov-Chain-Based Analysis of Individual Labor Market Dynamics
Magali BEFFY, Elise COUDIN and Roland RATHELOT – page 315

Aggregation with Cournot Competition: the Le Chatelier Samuelson Principle
Bertrand KOEBEL and François LAISNEY – page 343

All-Pay Auctions with Polynomial Rewards
Olivier BOS and Martin RANGER – page 361

Education and the Political Economy of Environmental Protection
Natacha RAFFIN – page 379

Publisher’s Announcements and Piracy-Monitoring Devices in Software Adoption
Eric DARMON, Alexandra RUFINI and Dominique TORRE – page 409