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=Technology Dynamics And Firm Strategy=

PHDBA 279C - Technology Dynamics And Firm Strategy is a class offered to doctoral students at UC Berkeley, and is a field requirement for PhDs in BPP at the Haas School of Business. This page details the course as it was taught by David Mowery and Ernesto Dal Bo, Rui deFigueiredo, and Steve Tadelis in the Fall of 2009. The course was broken into two parts: "The Economics Of Technological Innovation" and "Topics in Firm Strategy".

==Part 1 - The Economics Of Technological Innovation==

The Economics Of Technological Innovation was taught by David Mowery ([mailto:mowery@haas.berkeley.edu email] and [http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/bpp/faculty/mowery/ webpage]). The class and paper list (note that class zero was an introduction with no readings) was as follows:

1.) '''Invention of the art of invention: when, why, and so what?'''

*Schumpeter, J.A. (xxxx), "The Theory of Economic Development", Chaps. 2, 4, 6.

*Schumpeter, J.A. (1950), "Capitalism, Socialism & Democracy", pp. 81-163. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Schumpeter%20(1950),%20Capitalism%20Socialism%20and%20Democracy.pdf pdf]

*Lamoreaux, N. and K. Sokoloff (2005), "Decline of the Independent Inventor: A Schumpeterian Story", NBER working paper #11654. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Lamoreaux%20Sokoloff%20(2005)%20-%20Decline%20of%20the%20Independent%20Inventor.pdf pdf]

*Langlois, R.N. (2003), "The vanishing hand: The changing dynamics of industrial capitalism", Industrial & Corporate Change. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Langlois%20(2003)%20-%20The%20vanishing%20hand.pdf pdf]

2.) '''The economics of science, R&D, and innovation'''

*Nelson, R.R. (1959), "The Simple Economics of Basic Scientific Research", Journal of Political Economy 67, 297-306. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Nelson%20(1959)%20-%20The%20Simple%20Economics%20of%20Basic%20Scientific%20Research.pdf pdf]

*Arrow, K.J. (1958), "Economic Welfare and the Allocation of Resources for Innovation" in idem., Essays in the Theory of Risk Bearing. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Arrow%20(1959)%20-%20Economic%20Welfare%20and%20the%20Allocation%20of%20Resources%20for%20Invention.pdf pdf]

*Kline, S.J. and N. Rosenberg (1986), "An Overview of Innovation" in Ralph Landau and Nathan Rosenberg, eds., The Positive Sum Strategy: Harnessing Technology for Economic Growth, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 275-305.

*Cohen, W.M. and D.A. Levinthal (1990), "Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation," Administrative Sciences Quarterly 35, 569-596. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Cohen%20Levinthal%20(1990)%20-%20Absorptive%20Capacity.pdf pdf]

*Teece, D.J. (1986), "Profiting from technological innovation: Implications for integration, collaboration, licensing, and public policy," Research Policy. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Teece%20(1986)%20-%20Profiting%20from%20technological%20innovation.pdf pdf]

*Gittelman, M. and B. Kogut (2003), "Does good science lead to valuable knowledge? Biotechnology firms and the evolutionary logic of citation patterns", Management Science. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Gittelman%20Kogut%20(2003)%20-%20Does%20good%20science%20lead%20to%20valuable%20knowledge.pdf pdf]

3.) '''Measuring the inputs, outputs, and economic effects of innovation'''

*Mansfield, E. (1992), "Academic Research and Industrial Innovation," Research Policy 20, 1-12. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Mansfield%20(1991)%20-%20Academic%20Research%20and%20Industrial%20Innovation.pdf pdf]

*Griliches, Z. (1995), "R&D and Productivity: Econometric Results and Measurement Issues", in P. Stoneman, ed., Handbook of the Economics of Innovation and Technological Change, Blackwell.

*Smith, K. (2005), "Measuring Innovation," in J. Fagerberg, D. Mowery and R. Nelson, eds., Handbook of Innovation, Oxford UP.

*Moser, P. (2003), "How Do Patent Laws Influence Innovation? Evidence from 19th-Century World Fairs," NBER Working Paper #9909. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Moser%20(2003)%20-%20How%20Do%20Patent%20Laws%20Influence%20Innovation.pdf pdf]

*Triplett, J.A. (1996), "High-Tech Industry Productivity and Hedonic Price Indices," OECD Proceedings. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Triplett%20(1996)%20-%20High%20Tech%20Industry%20Productivity%20and%20Hedonic%20Price%20Indices.pdf pdf]

*Macher, J., D.C. Mowery, and A. DeMinin (2008), "Globalization of innovation in the semiconductor industry", in J. Macher and D.C. Mowery, eds., Innovation in Global Industries, National Academies Press.

*Griliches, Z. (1992) "The Search for R&D Spillovers," NBER working paper #3768, July. (Optional Reading) [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Griliches%20(1992)%20-%20The%20Search%20for%20R%20and%20D%20Spillovers.pdf pdf]

*Griliches, Z. (1990), "Patent Statistics as Economic Indicators: A Survey," J. Economic Literature. (Optional Reading) [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Griliches%20(1990)%20-%20Patent%20Statistics%20as%20Economic%20Indicators.pdf pdf]

*Pavitt, K.L.R. and P. Patel (1995), "Patterns of Technological Activity: Their Measurement and Interpretation", in P. Stoneman, ed., Handbook of the Economics of Innovation and Technological Change, Blackwell. (Optional Reading)

4.) '''Intellectual Property Strategy and Policy'''

*Hall, B.H. (2004), "Exploring the Patent Explosion", NBER working paper #10605. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Hall%20(2004)%20-%20Exploring%20the%20Patent%20Explosion.pdf pdf]

*Merges, R. P. (1999), "As Many as Six Impossible Patents before Breakfast: Property Rights for Business Concepts and Patent System Reform", Berkeley Technology Law Journal. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Merges%20(1999)%20-%20As%20Many%20as%20Six%20Impossible%20Patents%20before%20Breakfast.pdf pdf]

*Lerner, J. (1995), "Patenting in the Shadow of Competitors," J. Law & Economics. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Lerner%20(1995)%20-%20Patenting%20in%20the%20Shadow%20of%20Competitors.pdf pdf]

*Agarwal, R., M. Ganco, and R. Ziedonis (2008), "Reputations for toughness in patent enforcement: Implications for knowledge spillovers via inventor mobility," unpublished MS. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Agrawal%20Henderson%20(2002)%20-%20Putting%20Patents%20in%20Context.pdf pdf]

*Lerner, J. and J. Tirole (2002), "Some simple economics of open source," Journal of Industrial Economics. (Optional Reading) [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Lerner%20Tirole%20(2002)%20-%20Some%20simple%20economics%20of%20open%20source.pdf pdf]

5.) '''US Universities, Patents and Licensing'''

*Mowery D., & A. Ziedonis, (2001), "Numbers, Quality, & Entry: How Has the Bayh-Dole Act Affected U.S. University Patenting and Licensing?", in Innovation Policy and the Economy, NBER. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Mowery%20Ziedonis%20(2001)%20-%20How%20Has%20the%20Bayh%20Dole%20Act%20Affected%20US%20University%20Patenting%20and%20Licensing.pdf pdf]

*Walsh J., M. Cho, and W. Cohen (2007), "Where excludability matters: material vs. intellectual property in academic biomedical research", Research Policy. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Walsh%20Cho%20Cohen%20(2007)%20-%20Where%20excludability%20matters.pdf pdf]

*Agrawal A., and R. Henderson (2002), "Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT", Management Science.

*Murray F., and S. Stern (2005), "Do formal intellectual property rights hinder the free flow of scientific knowledge? An empirical test of the anti-commons hypothesis", NBER working paper #11465. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Murray%20Stern%20(2005)%20-%20Do%20formal%20intellectual%20property%20rights%20hinder%20the%20free%20flow%20of%20scientific%20knowledge.pdf pdf]

*Thursby J., A. Fuller, & M. Thursby (2007), "US Faculty Patenting Inside and Outside the University", NBER working paper #13256. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Thursby%20Fuller%20Thursby%20(2007)%20-%20US%20Faculty%20Patenting%20Inside%20and%20Outside%20the%20University.pdf pdf]

*Ding W., and E. Choi (2008), "Divergent Paths or Stepping Stones: A Comparison of Scientists Advising and Founding Activities", unpublished MS. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Ding%20Choi%20(2008)%20-%20Divergent%20Paths%20or%20Stepping%20Stones.pdf pdf]

*Zucker L., M. Darby, and J. Armstrong (1998), "Geographically Localized Knowledge: Spillovers or Markets?", Economic Inquiry. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Zucker%20Darby%20Armstrong%20(1998)%20-%20Geographically%20Localized%20Knowledge.pdf pdf]

6.) '''Competence Construction, Destruction, and Incumbent Displacement'''

*Abernathy W. & J. Utterback (1978), "Patterns of Industrial Innovation", Technology Review.

*Henderson R.M. & K.B. Clark (1990), "Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and the Failure of Established Firms", Administrative Science Quarterly. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Henderson%20Clark%20(1990)%20-%20Architectural%20Innovation.pdf pdf]

*Anderson P. and M. Tushman (1990), "Technological Discontinuities and Dominant Designs: A Cyclical Model of Technological Change", ASQ. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Anderson%20Tushman%20(1990)%20-%20Technological%20Discontinuities%20and%20Dominant%20Designs.pdf pdf]

*Cockburn I., R. Henderson, and S. Stern (2000), "Untangling the origins of competitive advantage", Strategic Management Journal. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Cockburn%20Henderson%20Stern%20(2000)%20-%20Untangling%20the%20origins%20of%20competitive%20advantage.pdf pdf]

*Tripsas M. (1997), "Unraveling the process of creative destruction: Complementary assets and incumbent survival in the typesetter industry", Strategic Management Journal. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Tripsas%20(1997)%20-%20Unraveling%20the%20process%20of%20creative%20destruction.pdf pdf]

7.) '''Entrant origin, strategy, and performance in technology-intensive industries'''

*Klepper S. (2008), "Silicon Valley - A chip off the old Detroit bloc", forthcoming in D. Audretsch and R. Strom, eds., Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, Cambridge University Press. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Klepper%20(2008)%20-%20Silicon%20Valley%20A%20chip%20off%20the%20old%20Detroit%20bloc.pdf pdf]

*Gompers, P., J. Lerner, and D. Sharfstein (2003), "Entrepreneurial Spawning: Public Corporations and the Genesis of New Ventures, 1986-1999," NBER working paper #9816. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Gompers%20Lerner%20Sharfstein%20(2003)%20-%20Entrepreneurial%20Spawning.pdf pdf]

*Chatterji, A. (2009), "Spawned with a silver spoon? Entrepreneurial performance and innovation in the medical device industry," forthcoming, SMJ. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Chatterji%20(2009)%20-%20Spawned%20with%20a%20silver%20spoon.pdf pdf]

*Stuart, T.E. and O. Sorenson (2003), "Liquidity events and the geographic distribution of entrepreneurial activity," ASQ.[http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Stuart%20Sorenson%20(2003)%20-%20Liquidity%20events%20and%20the%20geographic%20distribution%20of%20entrepreneurial%20activity.pdf pdf]

'''Possible additional paper(s):'''

*Pisano, Gary P. (1990), "The R&D Boundaries of the Firm: An Empirical Analysis", Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 1, Special Issue: Technology, Organizations, and Innovation (Mar., 1990), pp. 153-176 [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Pisano%20(1990)%20-%20The%20R%20and%20D%20Boundaries%20of%20the%20Firm.pdf pdf]

==Part 2 - Firm Strategy==

Part 2 was taught by Ernesto Dal Bo ([mailto:dalbo@haas.berkeley.edu email] and [http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/Faculty/dalbo_ernesto.aspx website]), Rui de Figueiredo ([mailto:rui@haas.berkeley.edu email] and [http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/Faculty/defigueiredo_rui.aspx website]), and Steve Tadelis ([mailto:stadelis@haas.berkeley.edu email] and [http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/stadelis/ website]). There was a [http://www.edegan.com/repository/PHDBA279C-2ndPartExam.pdf Final Exam]. The class and paper list was as follows:

===Dal Bó - Firm Stragegy===

1.) '''Spatial competition''' ([http://www.edegan.com/repository/PHDBA279C-DalBo-Lecture1-1.pdf Lecture 1-1 Class Slides] [http://www.edegan.com/repository/PHDBA279C-DalBo-Lecture1-1.pdf Lecture 1-2 Class Slides])

*Hotelling, H. (1929), "Stability in competition", Economic Journal 39, 41-57. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Hotelling%20(1929)%20-%20Stability%20in%20competition.pdf pdf]

*Salop (1979), "Monopolistic competition with outside goods", Bell Journal of Economics 10, 141-156. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Salop%20(1979)%20-%20Monopolistic%20competition%20with%20outside%20goods.pdf pdf]

2.) '''Monopolistic competition and horizontal differentiation''' ([http://www.edegan.com/repository/PHDBA279C-DalBo-Lecture2.pdf Lecture 2 Class Slides])

*Dixit, A. and J. Stiglitz (1977), "Monopolistic competition and optimum product diversity", American Economic Review 67, 297-308. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Dixit%20Stiglitz%20(1977)%20-%20Monopolistic%20competition%20and%20optimum%20product%20diversity.pdf pdf]

*Spence, M. (1976), "Product selection, fixed costs and monopolistic competition", Review of Economic Studies 43, 217-235. (Optional Reading) [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Spence%20(1976)%20-%20Product%20selection%20fixed%20costs%20and%20monopolistic%20competition.pdf pdf]

3.) '''Vertical differentiation''' ([http://www.edegan.com/repository/PHDBA279C-DalBo-Lecture3.ppt Lecture 3 Class Slides])

*Shaked, A. and J. Sutton (1982), "Relaxing price competition through product differentiation", Review of Economic Studies 49, 3-13. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Shaked%20Sutton%20(1982)%20-%20Relaxing%20price%20competition%20through%20product%20differentiation.pdf pdf]

*Gabszewicz, J. and J-F Thisse (1979), "Price competition, quality, and income disparities", Journal of Economic Theory 20, 340-359. (Optional Reading) [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Gabszewicz%20Thisse%20(1979)%20-%20Price%20competition%20quality%20and%20income%20disparities.pdf pdf]

===Steve Tadelis - Boundaries of the Firm and Incentives===

1.) '''Boundaries of the Firm and Incentives'''

*Holmstrom, Bengt and Paul Milgrom (1991), "Multi-Task Principal-Agent Analyses: Linear Contracts, Asset Ownership and Job Design", Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Vol. 7, pp. 24-52. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Holmstrom%20Milgrom%20(1991)%20-%20Multi%20Task%20Principal%20Agent%20Analyses.pdf pdf]

*Grossman, Sanford J. and Oliver D. Hart (1986), "The Costs and Benefits of Ownership: A Theory of Vertical Integration", Journal of Political Economy, vol.94, pp. 691-719. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Grossman%20Hart%20(1986)%20-%20The%20Costs%20and%20Benefits%20of%20Ownership.pdf pdf]

*Gibbons, Robert (2005), "Four formal(izable) theories of the firm?", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 58, pp.200-245. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Gibbons%20(2005)%20-%20Four%20formalizable%20theories%20of%20the%20firm.pdf pdf]

2.) '''Boundaries of the Firm and Incentives (cont.)'''

*Baker, George and Thomas Hubbard (2004), "Contractibility and Asset Ownership: On-Board Computers and Governance in U.S. Trucking", Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119, pp.1443-79. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Baker%20Hubbard%20(2004)%20-%20Contractibility%20and%20Asset%20Ownership.pdf pdf]

*Woodruff, Christopher (2002), "Non-contractible Investment and Vertical Integration in the Mexican Footwear Industry", International Journal of Industrial Organization, 20, pp. 1197-1224. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Woodruff%20(2002)%20-%20Noncontractible%20Investment%20and%20Vertical%20Integration%20in%20the%20Mexican%20Footwear%20Industry.pdf pdf]

===de Figueiredo - Corporate Diversification and Dynamic Capabilities===

1.) '''Corporate diversification'''

*Montgomery, C. (1994), "Corporate diversification", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 8, pp.163-178. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Montgomery%20(1994)%20-%20Corporate%20diversification.pdf pdf]

*Teece, D. (1980), "Economies of scope, and the scope of the enterprise", Journal of Economic Behavior and organization, 1, pp.223-247. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Teece%20(1980)%20-%20Economies%20of%20scope%20and%20the%20scope%20of%20the%20enterprise.pdf pdf]

*Teece, D. (1982), "Towards an economic theory of the multiproduct firm", Journal of Economic Behavior and organization, 3, pp.39-63. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Teece%20(1982)%20-%20Towards%20an%20economic%20theory%20of%20the%20multiproduct%20firm.pdf pdf]

*Campa, J. M. and S. Kedia (2002), "Explaining the diversification discount", Journal of Finance, 57, pp.1731-1762. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Campa%20Kedia%20(2002)%20-%20Explaining%20the%20diversification%20discount.pdf pdf]

*Villalonga, B. (2004), "Diversification discount or premium? New evidence from the business information tracking series", Journal of Finance, 59, pp.479-506. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Villalonga%20(2004)%20-%20Diversification%20discount%20or%20premium.pdf pdf]

2.) '''Dynamic capabilities'''

*Teece, D., G. Pisano and A. Shuen (1997), "Dynamic capabilities and strategic management", Strategic Management Journal, 18, pp.509-533. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Teece%20Pisano%20Shuen%20(1997)%20-%20Dynamic%20capabilities%20and%20strategic%20management.pdf pdf]

*Eisenhardt, K., and J. Martin (2000), "Dynamic capabilities: what are they?", Strategic Management Journal, 21, pp.1105-1121. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Eisenhardt%20Martin%20(2000)%20-%20Dynamic%20capabilities%20what%20are%20they.pdf pdf]

*Winter, S. (2003), "Understanding dynamic capabilities", Strategic Management Journal, 24, pp.991-995. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Winter%20(2003)%20-%20Understanding%20dynamic%20capabilities.pdf pdf]

*Cockburn, I. M., R. Henderson, and S. Stern (2000), "Untangling the origins of competitive advantage", Strategic Management Journal, 21, pp.1123-1145. [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/Cockburn%20Henderson%20Stern%20(2000)%20-%20Untangling%20the%20origins%20of%20competitive%20advantage.pdf pdf]

*McElheran, K. S. (2007), "Productivity leadership and strategic investments in innovation: the adoption of e-business capabilities", mimeo, [http://www.edegan.com/pdfs/McElheran%20(2007)%20-%20Productivity%20leadership%20and%20strategic%20investments%20in%20innovation.pdf pdf]