Current Research Projects
Research and Technology Partnerships
Quantifying Strategic Relationships The Center for International Science and Technology Policy (CISTP) has been awarded significant funding by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) for a 3-year research project relating to innovation networks. The research proposal was chosen for funding through a competitive, peer-reviewed process by NSF's program 'Science on Science and Innovation Policy'. Professor Nicholas Vonortas is the lead investigator. Two full-time graduate research assistants will work for the duration of the project. The CISTP team will collaborate with Professor Al Link from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The research project will define, create, and broadly interpret a large international database of inter-organizational collaborative agreements. The database focuses on research and technology partnerships (RTPs) which constitute a major subset of all innovation-based strategic alliances, that is, alliances focusing primarily on the generation, exchange, adaptation, and exploitation of technical knowledge. Such alliances form the heart of innovation networks which have become a primary focus of industry, universities, and governments in the context of globalization and increasing international competition. The research project builds on a long research stream of the CISTP in this field.The Iraqi Virtual Science Library
The Iraqi Virtual Science Library, a program of the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, has forged a new partnership with the Center for International Science & Technology Policy (CISTP) of the George Washington University. Initially launched in January 2006 through sponsorship by the U.S. Departments of State and Defense, and managed by the U.S. National Academies of Science, the IVSL was developed to provide Iraqi scientists with access to research information from the world's leading scientific, engineering and technical publishing houses and societies. The program has been in the trust of the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) since July 2006 and has since developed into a collection comparable to that of any university in the United States or Europe. CRDF has partnered with the CISTP to leverage our in-house capacity to manage and enhance the services available through the IVSL in the coming months.
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Research Publications
BOOKSNewly Released2005 2004 2001 1997 1991 |
ARTICLES & CHAPTERS20072006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 |
LECTURE SERIES and CONFERENCES20072006 2005 2003 2001 1999 |
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REPORTS20072006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1998 |
BOOKS
2006
Nick Vonortas, Editor
Professor of Economics and International Affairs;
Director of the Center for International Science and Technology Policy
Routledge. September 2006. With Yannis Caloghirou and Anastasia Constantelou, eds.
2005
David Grier, Author
Associate Dean of Academic Programs; Associate Professor of International Affairs
When Computers Were Human (Princeton University Press 2005) is a sad but lyrical story of workers who gladly did the hard labor of research calculation in the hope that they might be part of the scientific community. In the end, they were rewarded by a new electronic machine that took the place and the name of those who were, once, the computers. This book won the 2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards), in the Computer/Internet Category, Independent Publisher.
2004
Nicholas S. Vonortas, Editor
Professor of Economics and International Affairs;
Director of the Center for International Science and Technology Policy
(co-eds: Yannis Caloghirou and Stavros Ioannides, Edward Elgar Publishing Inc., July 2004)
Also available for purchase on Amazon.com
"[This book] addresses the relevant topic of collaborations in research and development at two complementary levels. First, it focuses on their determinants, performance and impact through a survey of more than 500 companies in seven European countries and through case studies on several research joint ventures. Second, it examines public policy in support of R&D cooperation in various European countries and by doing that it emphasizes similarities and differences. Thus, the book represents a very rich and insightful analysis of the characteristics of collaborations in research. The conclusion that one can draw from this work is that research collaborations are now a pervasive and diffused way to get access to knowledge and generate innovation, but that firms differ widely in the motivations for collaborations and the benefits gained, and governments follow a wide variety of policies in this respect . . . No doubt this book greatly advances our understanding about the characteristics and policy aspects of collaborations in R&D." - (From the foreword by) Franco Malerba
2001
Charles W. Wessner, Editor
Part-time Faculty, Center for International Science and Technology Policy;
Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, National Research Council.
The Advanced Technology Program: Assessing Outcomes
National Academies Press, 2001.
Ray A. Williamson, Editor
Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs
Dual-Purpose Space Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges for U.S. Policymaking
Published by the Space Policy Institute, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. July 2001. Email the Space Policy Institute for a hard copy.
1997
Nicholas S. Vonortas, Editor
Professor of Economics and International Affairs;
Director of the Center for International Science and Technology Policy
Kluwer Academic Pub, November 1997
1991
Nicholas S. Vonortas, Editor
Professor of Economics and International Affairs;
Director of the Center for International Science and Technology Policy
Ashgate Pub Co., October 1991
ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
2007
Robert Rycroft
Professor of International Affairs, Center for International Science and Technology Policy
"Time and Technological Innovation: Implications for Public Policy"
Forthcoming in Technology In Society
Nicolas Peter
M.A. International Science and Technology Policy
"Web-based Knowledge-Sharing Portal: on Space Applications for Development"
(With N. Afrin, G. Goh and E. Chester), forthcoming in Acta Astronautica Journal.
2006
Henry Farrell, 'Governing Information Flows: States, Private Actors and E-Commerce,' /Annual Review of Political Science /6, 353-374 (2006). Available at http://www.henryfarrell.net/annreview.pdfNicolas Peter, Author
M.A. International Science and Technology Policy '06
2005
Henry Farrell, 'The Blogosphere as a Carnival of Ideas,' /Chronicle ofHigher Education/, October 7, 2005. Available at Chronicle.com
Nicolas Peter, Author
M.A. International Science and Technology Policy '06
Nicholas S. Vonortas
Professor of Economics and International Affairs;
Director, Center for International Science and Technology Policy
Science and Public Policy, Volume 32, Number 5. October 2005. p. 399-407. (With Erkki Ormala)
Vonortas was also a guest editor for this journal volume.
(With Christopher M. Snyder, Department of Economics, George Washington University)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 58 (2005) p. 459-486
2004
Daniel Drezner and Henry Farrell, 'Web of Influence,' /Foreign Policy/,November 2004. Available at Foreign Policy.com
John M. Logsdon
Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs
Director, Space Policy Institute
"A Sustainable Rationale for Human Spaceflight"
(Issues in Science and Technology, Winter 2004, pp. 31-34)
Robert W. Rycroft
Professor of International Affairs, Center for International Science and Technology Policy
"Self-Organizing Innovation Networks: Implications for Globalization"
(Technovation, Vol. 24, Issue 3, March 2004, pp. 187-197)
2003
John LogsdonResearch Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs
Director, Space Policy Institute
"Reflections on Space as a Vital National Interest,"
(Astropolitics, Volume 1, Issue 1 (Viewpoint))
Robert W. Rycroft
Professor of International Affairs, Center for International Science and Technology Policy
(Technology in Society, Vol. 25, Issue 3, August 2003, pp. 299-317)
Henry Farrell, 'Constructing the International Foundations of E-Commerce: The EU-US Safe Harbor Arrangement,' /International Organization, /57, 2: 277-306 (2003). Available at www.henryfarrell.net/IO.pdf
Avery Sen, M.A. Science, Technology, and Public Policy, '04
Space Power Beyond Challenge: The Wrong Direction for the United States
International Affairs Review, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
Volume X11, Number 2, Summer/Autumn 2003, p.119-128
2002
"Finding a Path to Space Power"John M. Logsdon
Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs
Director, Space Policy Institute
(Joint Forces Quarterly, Winter 2002-2003, pp. 71-77)
"Strategic Research Partnerships: A Managerial Perspective"
Nicholas S. Vonortas
Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Director, Center for International Science and Technology Policy
(Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, Volume 15, Issue 2, 2003) (With Thomas A. Hemphill))
2001
"Just Say Wait to Space Power,"John Logsdon
Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs;
Director, Space Policy Institute
Issues in Science and Technology online
"Convergence to symmetry in dynamic strategic models of R&D: The undiscounted case"
Nicholas S. Vonortas
Professor of Economics and International Affairs;
Director, Center for International Science and Technology Policy;
(With Sumit Joshi, Department of Economics, The George Washington University)
Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, Volume 25, 2001, p.1881-1887
2000
"Towards the Knowledge-based Economy: United States and its APEC Partners"Nicholas S. Vonortas
Professor of Economics and International Affairs;
Director, Center for International Science and Technology Policy;
(With Adam Tolnay)
Journal of APEC Studies, Volume 2, Number 1, Summer 2000. p. 187-230
Lecture Series
2007
2006
2005
Perspectives on Space SecurityJohn M. Logsdon
Director, Space Policy Institute;
Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs
Audrey Schaffer, M.A. Student - International Science and Technology Policy '07
Editors, Space Policy Institute, the Elliott School of International Affairs, 2005.
Email the Institute for a free hard copy of this publication.
2003
Space Weapons: Are They Needed?John Logsdon, Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs and Director, Space Policy Institute
Gordon Adams, Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of Security Policy Studies Program
Editors, Space Policy Institute and Security Policy Studies, the Elliott School of International Affairs, 2003.
The United States is currently the dominant global space power. An important question for the early years of the 21st Century is how it will choose to use that power. In particular, will the United States choose to develop and deploy "space weapons" - devices to apply force to targets in space, or from space to targets on Earth? This book contains seven papers addressing this issue from varying perspectives that resulted from a Security Space Forum organized by the Elliott School's Space Policy Institute and Security Policy Studies Program.
2001
Commercial Observation Satellites: At the Leading Edge of Global TransparencyRay A. Williamson; John C. Baker; Kevin M. O'Connell, Editors
Published by RAND and ASPRS, April 2001
1999
Merchants and Guardians: Balancing U.S. Interests in Global Space CommerceJohn Logsdon and Russell J. Acker, Editors
Published May 1999
PAPERS
2007
Networked Research: European Policy Intervention in ICTs
by Stefano Breschi, Lorenzo Cassi, Franco Malerba, Nicholas Vonortas
Research Networks as Infrastructure for Knowledge Diffusion in European Regions
by Lorenzo Cassi, Nicoletta Corrocher, Franco Malerba, Nicholas Vonortas
U.S. Antitrust Policy, Interface Compatibility Standards, and Information Technology
by Thomas A. Hemphill and Nicholas S. Vonortas
Intellectual Property Protection Mechanisms in Research Partnerships
by Henry R. Hertzfeld, Albert N. Link, Nicholas S. Vonortas
by YoungJun Kim, Nicholas S. Vonortas
Determinants of Technology Licensing: The Case of Licensors
YoungJun Kim, Nicholas S. Vonortas
by Nicholas S. Vonortas, Koichiro Okamura
European Alliance and Knowledge Networks
by Koichiro Okamura, Nicholas S. Vonortas
Evaluating the European Union’s Research Framework Programmes: 1999-2003
Erkki Ormala , Nicholas S. Vonortas
Risk Financing for Knowledge-Based Enterprises: Mechanisms and Policy Options
by Guy Ben-Ari and Nicholas S. Vonortas
by Nicholas S. Vonortas and Richard N. Spivack
"Performance Measurements for Government R&D programs: Insearch of Best Practice"
by Dr Nick Vonortas and Dr. Yongsuk Jang
American Evaluation Frameworks and Recent Developments
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
An International Comparative Analysis of Evaluation Criteria for Public Research Programs
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Evaluation of Public R&D Program in Korea
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
An Approach to Measure Industrial Cooperation for R&D
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Risk of Quantitative Measurements When Abused
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Assessing Public R&D Programs in the United States
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Entrepreneurial Research Networks: Measuring and Interpreting
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Techno-Economic Paradigm Shift and Contemporary Justification of STI Policy in Korea and the United States
by Dr Nick Vonortas and Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Priority Research Areas and Operational Systems of Major Public Research Institutes in the United States
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
US STI Policy: Continuity and Change
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Collaborate to Collude: Multimarket and Multiproject Contact in R&D
by Dr Nick Vonortas and Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Evolution of Korean Innovation System: From imitation to Innovation
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Collaborate to Collude Multimarket and Multiproject Contract in R&D
by Dr Nick Vonortas and Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Jang - Korean NIS (Mexico) 2007
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Virtual Diversification in Research Joint Ventures
by Dr Nick Vonortas and Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Jang - Network (T2S) 2007
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Korea & Taiwan (T2S)
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Toward Entrepreneurship SBIR/STTR/SBIC
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Charecterizing the US Evaluation System for Public R&D Programs
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Evaluation System in Korea (EERS) 2007-
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
REPORTS
2007
Assessing the Socio-economic Impacts of the Framework Programme
The University of Manchester, PREST, Policy Research in Engineering Science and Technology.
Wolfgang Polt, Nicholas Vonortas, Institut fur Technologie- Und Regionalpolitik
The Emergence of New Industrial Activities: Fusing Services and Manufacture
Yannis Caloghirou, Nicholas Vonortas
Evaluation of progress towards a European Research Area for Information Society Technologies
Franco Malerba, Nicholas Vonortas, Stefano Breschi, Lorenzo Cassi
Joanneum Research (Austria), Ken Guy (Wise Guys Ltd. – UK), Wolfgang Polt (Joanneum Research), Nicholas Vonortas (AUEB – EL, GWU – USA)
Networks of Innovation in Information Society: Development and Deployment in Europe
Franco Malerba, Nicholas Vonortas, Lorenzo Cassi, Nicoletta Corrocher, Caroline Wagner
Research on the Factors of Success of Public Policies Regarding Science, Technology and Innovation
Nicholas S. Vonortas, Centre for International Science and Technology Policy, The George Washington University
Five Year Assessment of the European Union Research Framework Programmes
The Five-Year-Assessment Panel
2006
Structural Features of the S&T Policy System in the United States
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Vonortas&Jang - US NITRD (IITA) 2006
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Enterprise & Society: The International Journal of Business History, March 2006 Vol 7, no 1 -Book Review Collaboaret to Collude
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang and Dr Nick Vonortas
Entrepreneurship of Technology Fusion through Industrial Research Collaboration
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Collaborating with the US for S&T: Standpoints of Foreign Countries
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Korean Strategies and Practices for International R&D Cooperation - Dr. Yongsuk Jang
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
2005
Government Role and Strategy for Emerging Technologies: How close to Industry?
by Dr. Yongsuk Jang
Launch Vehicles: An Economic Perspective
by Henry R. Hertzfeld; Ray A. Williamson; and Nicolas Peter, M.A. ISTP '06
2004
Bridging the Gap: European C4ISR Capabilities and Transatlantic Interoperability
by Gordon Adams; Guy Ben-Ari, M.A. ISTP '04; John Logsdon and Ray Williamson
American policy-makers tend to assume that the European militaries lack the capability to be reliable coalition partners in NATO or in coalitions of the willing, because they lack the high technology capabilities the US has deployed in its own forces. In this new, ground-breaking study, the authors argue that this assumption is based on a serious misperception of European technologies and deployed military capabilities. The authors of this study focused on the key technologies of modern "network-centric" warfare - C4ISR - Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance. Based on 18 months of research, with interviews in two allied countries (France and Britain), an examination of the technology and capabilities of three others (Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden), and extensive discussions in NATO and the European Union, the study concludes that European C4ISR technology is comparable to that of the United States and that virtually every one of these countries is developing or deploying technologies that are or can be interoperable with the United States military. It concludes with a series of recommendations as to how further progress can be made on both sides of the Atlantic to enhance this interoperability.
Five-Year Assessment of the European Union Research Framework Programmes
Nicholas Vonortas, Rapporteur of the Five-Year-Assessment Panel
Professor of Economics and International Affairs;
Director of the Center for International Science and Technology Policy
Co-authored by the remaining members of the Five-Year-Assessment Panel
Published by Beech Tree Publishing, UK. December 2004.
by Ray Williamson; Henry Hertzfeld; and Avery Sen, M.A. ISTP '04
This report discusses the March 2004 Space Policy Institute workshop that served as a forum for communication and interaction among researchers,
providers, and users of weather information. Participants included representatives from industry, NASA, NOAA, and the university community.
This report covers the program's two primary topics:
Geospatial Technologies for Improving Security in Intermodal Freight and Hazardous Materials Transport
by Ray A. Williamson and Amelia Budge.
2003
Technology Licensingby Nicholas S. Vonortas
In the context of the contemporary international economic environment, featuring more competition and strengthened intellectual property protection, licensing - one of many mechanisms of disembodied knowledge transfer between organizations - has arguably become more visible than ever before. This study analyzes the technology licensing market, including market size and recent evolution, cross country differences, the profile of agents involved and their incentives, and the role of the license market in the dissemination of technology.
2002
The Socio-Economic Value of Improved Weather and Climate Informationby Ray A. Williamson; Henry R. Hertzfeld; and Joseph Cordes
Space Economic Data
Prepared for the US Department of Commerce, Office of Space Commercialization
by Henry R. Hertzfeld
Prepared for the Japan External Trade Organization
by Nicholas S. Vonortas
This report, prepared for the Japan External Trade Organization, is a comprehensive analysis of three important fields within the U.S. biotechnology industry: tissue engineering, bio-related devices, and advanced bio-processes. The study closely examines each of these fields with respect to: historical perspectives and industry evolution; current issues and trends; key stakeholders; research and development priorities; market potential; collaboration between government, industry and academia; company profiles; regulatory authorities; and clusters of innovation.
The U.S. Biotechnology Industry
Prepared for the Japan Industrial Policy Research Institute
by Nicholas S. Vonortas
This report, prepared for the Japan Industrial Policy Research Institute, is a comprehensive analysis of the biotechnology industry in the United States. It includes a historical perspective of the development and evolution of the biotechnology industry in the U.S. and a detailed report on the industry's current status and future outlook. This study also closely examines the policies and strategies of key stakeholders in the U.S. biotechnology industry particularly as they relate to sources of funding, research and development (R&D) priorities and programs, partnerships and collaborations, investment trends and intellectual property issues.
Remote Sensing for Transportation Securityby Ray A. Williamson; Stanley Morain; Amelia Budge; and George Hepner
2001
The Socioeconomic Benefits of Earth Science and Applications Research: Reducing the Risks and Costs of Natural Disasters in the United Statesby Ray A. Williamson; Henry R. Hertzfeld; Jospeh Cordes; and John M. Logsdon
Priority Research Areas and Operational Systems of Major Public Research Institutes in the United States
by Yongsuk Jang andNicholas S. Vonortas
by John M. Logsdon and James Millar
1998
Measuring the Returns to NASA Life Sciences Research and Developmentby Henry R. Hertzfeld
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