Rudi Bekkers

 
 

Welcome to my home page!


I work as an assistant professor of Economics of Innovation and Technical Change at the faculty of Technology Management. I received a Ph.D. degree for a multidisciplinary study on the development and diffusion of mobile telecommunications standards in Europe, and hold a M.Sc. in Technology and Society and a B.Sc. in Electric Engineering.


Within the TU/e, my research is part of the Eindhoven Centre of Innovation Studies (ECIS).


My main research interests include:

  1. ‣Standardization and intellectual property rights (IPRs) in mobile (3G/UMTS) and other ICT industries

  2. ‣Economics and policy in the area of telecommunications (especially broadband and mobile)

  3. ‣University-industry knowledge transfer (‘technology transfer’)

  4. ‣Innovation in network industries


As a teacher, I focuses particularly on innovation processes in relation to technological environments and contribute to the M.Sc. program Innovation Sciences and in the B.Sc. program Technische Innovatiewetenschappen.


Currently, I am committee member at the National Academies of Science in the US, where we will investigate the impact of patents in standards. In the recent past, I was a member of the DIME Network of Excellence and partner in a NWO-funded study on university knowledge transfer channels, and was appointed by the European Commission as independent expert to the Expert Group on "Knowledge Transfer" 2008/2009.



 

Dr.ir.ing. Rudi Bekkers

Eindhoven University of Technology

Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences (IEIS)

 

Room IPO 2.36, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven

Tel. +31 40 247 5621, email: r.n.a.bekkers@tue.nl

home.ieis.tue.nl/rbekkers

RECENT NEWS

In January 2013 I started work on a commissioned study by the EC on patents in standards


In 2013, I will deliver an invited talk at the ITU Global Symposium for Regulators 2013, July 3-5.


In October 2012, the International Telecommunications Union organizes a Patent Roundtable at which I will deliver a keynote speech.


In early October 2012, the committee of the National Academies of Science in which I participate will organize a public workshop, where a number of commissioned studies will be presented.


April 2012: On April 11-12, I will deliver an invited talk at the Fourth International Workshop on Evolution of Technology and Standards at the Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.


April 2012: Papers accepted at both the Schumpeter Society conference (Brisbane, Australia) and at DRUID (Copenhagen).


Jan 2012: Recently, I was appointed as a committee member at the National Academies of Science in the US, where we will investigate the impact of patents in standards.


December 2012: A new paper was accepted by Technological Forecasting & Social Change.


Sept 2011: The European Commission published the study I was involved in on the interplay between standards and patents. To download, click here.


Sept 2011: A few more weeks to go before the start of the 7th International Conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT2011). For that conference, I will act as the programme chair.


June 2011: A new paper was accepted by Technovation.


May 2011: Working on the Open Essential IPR Disclosure Database. This public database includes cleaned data of all IPR disclosures of the 14 largest standards bodies worldwide. This work is done with Christian Catalini, Arianna Martinelli and Tim Simcoe and was first presented at the Standards, Patents & Innovation Pre-Conference by NBER in May 2011.


May 2011: a new paper co-authored by René Bongard and Alessandro Nuvolari was accepted by Research Policy.