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Christopher Freeman: social science entrepreneur

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Author

  • Jan Fagerberg
  • Morten Fosaas
  • Martin Bell
  • Ben R. Martin

Summary, in English

This paper focuses on Christopher Freeman's contributions to the field of innovation studies. First, we consider his role as the creator of various organisational and intellectual frameworks crucial for the field's development, including the main research activities he initiated. Next, we examine the publications by Freeman that these activities led to. A database of surveys of the innovation literature, assembled from articles in handbooks covering this area, is used to identify the most influential of his writings for this field. In addition, citations to these works in scholarly journals are analysed in order to examine the nature and extent of his influence on other scholars. The final section sums up the evidence regarding Freeman's influence on the field's development. A list of Freeman's scholarly works is included as Appendix B. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Department/s

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

897-916

Publication/Series

Research Policy

Volume

40

Issue

7

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • Freeman
  • Innovation studies
  • SPRU
  • Economics of innovation
  • Innovation
  • systems

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0048-7333