Philip Shapira is Professor of Innovation Management and Policy with the Manchester Institute for Innovation Research at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK, and also Professor of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. His interests encompass science and technology policy, economic and regional development, innovation management and policy, industrial competitiveness, technology trajectories and assessment, innovation measurement, and policy evaluation. Professor Shapira is undertaking study of nanotechnology research and innovation (as part of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society CNS-ASU) He has served as a Congressional Fellow with the Office of Technology Assessment of the United States Congress. He has held visiting positions at leading international research institutions including the Japan Institute of Labor (Tokyo), the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovations Research (ISI) in Karlsruhe, Germany, the Victoria Management School, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and the Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France. Professor Shapira is an External Faculty member with the Programme in Management, Competitiveness and Development at the Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna di Pisa (Italy). He has taught in programs on R&D evaluation at the University of Twente, Netherlands, at MEXT, Tokyo, at Georgia Tech, and at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research. Professor Shapira holds a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning and an MA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley; an MCP from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and a DipTP from Gloucestershire College of Art and Design (UK). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. This Bepress.com site contains information about publications since 2009. For earlier publications and additional information, see also: <http://www.cherry.gatech.edu/ps>
Emerging technologies
Defining a Research Domain in an Emerging Technology: Vaccine Research in the State of Georgia (with Shannon Barker and Jan Youtie) (2007)
This paper presents an approach for measuring emerging technologies in the context of mature industries....
Regional innovation
Partnering with Universities: A Good Choice for Nanotechnology Start-up Firms (with Jue Wang), Small Business Economics (2012)
The role of universities in supporting economic development has been explored in studies emphasizing the...
Stimulating Business Innovation: Making Manchester a Leader in Enterprise Innovation Support (with Kram Sadiq and Alex Roy), New Economy Working Papers (2011)
Economic development organisations in Greater Manchester have long recognised the importance of stimulating business innovation...
Regional development and interregional collaboration in the growth of nanotechnology research in China (with Li Tang), Scientometrics (2011)
China is becoming a leading nation in terms of its share of the world’s publications...
Strengthening Greater Manchester’s Economic Base through Science, Innovation and Research and Development (2011)
This report offers the findings and conclusions of the Developmental Panel, which visited Greater Manchester...
Knowledge, Capabilities and Manufacturing Innovation: A US-Europe Comparison (with Roper Stephen, Jan Youtie, and Andrea Fernández-Ribas), Regional Studies (2010)
This paper presents a comparative analysis of factors contributing to the innovation performance of manufacturing...
Nanotechnology
Early Patterns of Commercial Activity in Graphene (with Jan Youtie and Sanjay Arora), Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2012)
Graphene, a novel nanomaterial consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms, has attracted significant...
Effects of International Collaboration and Knowledge Moderation on China’s Nanotechnology Research Impacts (with Li Tang), Journal of Technology Management in China (2012)
Recent studies report that China is becoming a leading nation in the quantity of scientific...
Partnering with Universities: A Good Choice for Nanotechnology Start-up Firms (with Jue Wang), Small Business Economics (2012)
The role of universities in supporting economic development has been explored in studies emphasizing the...
Perceptions and actions: relationships of views on risk with citation actions of nanotechnology scientists (with Jan Youtie, Stephen Carley, Elizabeth A. Corley, and Dietram A. Scheufele), Research Evaluation (2011)
This study links survey data on scientists' societal perceptions of nanotechnology with publication data to...
China-US Scientific Collaboration in Nanotechnology: Patterns and Dynamics (with Li Tang), Scientometrics (2011)
This paper examines the rapid growth of China in the field of nanotechnology and the...
Management of technology
Building Capabilities for Innovation in SMEs: A Cross-Country Comparison of Technology Extension Policies and Programs (with Jan Youtie and Luciano Kay), International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, (2011)
There has been a growth of policy attention in many advanced and developing countries to...
The Potential of Nanotechnology for Equitable Economic Development: The Case of Brazil (with Luciano Kay), Nanotechnology, Equity, and Equality (2010)
US Manufacturing Extension Partnerships: Technology Policy Reinvented, Research Policy (2001)
The US manufacturing extension partnership (MEP) is examined as an example of the new partnership...
Science - institutions, organizations, and knowledge transfer
Funding Acknowledgement Analysis – An Enhanced Tool to Investigate Research Sponsorship Impacts: The Case of Nanotechnology (with Jue Wang), Scientometrics (2011)
There is increasing interest in assessing how sponsored research funding influences the development and trajectory...
Blind matching versus matchmaking: Comparison group selection for highly creative researchers (with Jan Youtie and Juan Rogers), 2009 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy (2009)
This research examines approaches for constructing a comparison group relative to highly creative researchers in...
Public Research Lab and other Scientific Collaborations of the Manchester City Region: A Bibliometric Analysis (with Luciano Kay) (2009)
This working paper examines the characteristics of the research collaborations of the Manchester City-Region, UK,...
Organizational and institutional influences on creativity in scientific research (with Thomas Heinze, Juan D. Rogers, and Jacqueline M. Senker), Research Policy (2009)
This paper explores institutional and organizational influences on creativity in scientific research. Using a method...
Building an innovation hub: A case study of the transformation of university roles in regional technological and economic development (with Jan Youtie), Research Policy (2008)
Universities have assumed an expanded role in science and technology-based economic development that has become...
Enterprise development
Partnering with Universities: A Good Choice for Nanotechnology Start-up Firms (with Jue Wang), Small Business Economics (2012)
The role of universities in supporting economic development has been explored in studies emphasizing the...
Stimulating Business Innovation: Making Manchester a Leader in Enterprise Innovation Support (with Kram Sadiq and Alex Roy), New Economy Working Papers (2011)
Economic development organisations in Greater Manchester have long recognised the importance of stimulating business innovation...
US Manufacturing Extension Partnerships: Technology Policy Reinvented, Research Policy (2001)
The US manufacturing extension partnership (MEP) is examined as an example of the new partnership...
Evaluation of policy
The Innovation System and Innovation Policy in the United States (with Jan Youtie), Competing for Global Innovation Leadership: Innovation Systems and Policies in the USA, EU and Asia (2010)
The US has a highly decentralized and diverse innovation system, involving multiple actors, including branches...
The role of national and regional-level innovation programs in stimulating international cooperation in innovation (with Andrea Fernández-Ribas), International Journal of Technology Management (2009)
Innovation programmes have direct and indirect effects on enterprise strategies. In this paper we argue...
R&D Performance Measurement in the International Context: The Case of the United States Federal Government R&D Agencies (with Juan D. Rogers) (2007)
This paper provides a summarized description of performance assessment activities and approaches used in four...
Learning from Science and Technology Policy Evaluation: Experiences from the United States and Europe (with Stefan Kuhlmann) (2003)
Learning from Science and Technology Policy Evaluation, edited by Philip Shapira and Stefan Kuhlmann, presents...
National innovation systems
Effects of International Collaboration and Knowledge Moderation on China’s Nanotechnology Research Impacts (with Li Tang), Journal of Technology Management in China (2012)
Recent studies report that China is becoming a leading nation in the quantity of scientific...
Building Capabilities for Innovation in SMEs: A Cross-Country Comparison of Technology Extension Policies and Programs (with Jan Youtie and Luciano Kay), International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, (2011)
There has been a growth of policy attention in many advanced and developing countries to...
China-US Scientific Collaboration in Nanotechnology: Patterns and Dynamics (with Li Tang), Scientometrics (2011)
This paper examines the rapid growth of China in the field of nanotechnology and the...
National Innovation Systems and the Globalization of Nanotechnology Innovation (with Jan Youtie and Luciano Kay), Journal of Technology Transfer (2011)
While there has been much emphasis over the last decade on the science of nanotechnology...
The Theory and Practice of Innovation Policy: An International Research Handbook (with Ruud E. Smits and Stefan Kuhlmann) (2010)
This comprehensive Handbook explores the interactions between the practice, policy, and theory of innovation. The...
Industrial Modernization
Stimulating Business Innovation: Making Manchester a Leader in Enterprise Innovation Support (with Kram Sadiq and Alex Roy), New Economy Working Papers (2011)
Economic development organisations in Greater Manchester have long recognised the importance of stimulating business innovation...
Building Capabilities for Innovation in SMEs: A Cross-Country Comparison of Technology Extension Policies and Programs (with Jan Youtie and Luciano Kay), International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, (2011)
There has been a growth of policy attention in many advanced and developing countries to...
Eureka! Winning Ways: Analysis of Early Client Experiences (with Lynne Manrique, Kamau Bobb, David Roessner, and Jan Youtie), Report for National Institute of Standards and Technology, Manufacturing Extension Partnership (2008)
The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has...
US Manufacturing Extension Partnerships: Technology Policy Reinvented, Research Policy (2001)
The US manufacturing extension partnership (MEP) is examined as an example of the new partnership...