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R. HELEN LAWTON SMITH
Address: 39 Stephen Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 9AY Tel: Home: 01865 766163 Mobile 07734881296 Department of Management, Birkbeck, 0207631 6770 Fax: 02076316769 Email: [email protected]
Nationality: British Qualifications: 1990 D.Phil. University of Oxford 1984 B.Sc (Econ) Honours London University 1970 Certificate of Education, Kirkby Fields College Education
Employment: 2011- Director, Centre for Innovation Management Research, Birkbeck, University of London August 2009-July 2010 Assistant Dean (HoD, Management Department), School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck Oct. 2008- Professor of Entrepreneurship, School of Management and Organisational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London Aug.2007- July 2009 Head, Department of Management, Birkbeck Jan. 2005-Sept.2008 Reader in Management, School of Management and Organisational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London June 1999-Dec.2004 Reader in Local Economic Development, Centre for Local
Economic Development, Coventry Business School, Coventry University
Oct.1995- June 1999 Research Fellow, Centre for Local Economic Development, Coventry Business School, Coventry University
Oct.1992- Sept. 1995 Research Director, Regulatory Policy Research Centre, Hertford College, Oxford
Oct.1990- 1994 Lecturer in Geography, Hertford College, Oxford Oct.1990- 1992 Research Officer, Oxford University School of Geography Feb.1990-Sept. 1990 Consultant, ESRC Programme on Information and
Communication Technologies (PICT), Oxford May 1988-Sept. 1989 Research Officer, Kingston Business School, Kingston
Polytechnic 1974-1981 Head of Drama, Scale 2, Sixth Form Tutor, Temporary Scale
3, Wood Green School, Witney 1973-1974 English Teacher, Scale 2, Bicester School
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1970-1973 Drama Teacher, Scale 1, Fairfield Secondary Modern School, Widnes
Honorary Positions: January 2012- Fellow, Royal Society of Arts March 2010 - Honorary Professor, School of Business, Management and
Economics, University of Sussex October 2010- Visiting Professor, School of Business and Engineering,
Halmstad University, Sweden September 2008- Member of Council, Academy of Learned Society for the
Social Sciences, member of events and nominations committees
September 2006 Academician, Academy of Learned Society for the Social Sciences,
October 2005- Senior Research Associate, Oxford University School of Geography and the Environment
January 2001- Founder and Managing Director, Oxfordshire Economic Observatory http://oeo.geog.ox.ac.uk
January 2000-2003 Fellow, Rothermere American Studies Institute August 1995- Research Associate, Centre for Business Research, University
of Cambridge Sept. 1995-Nov.1998 Director of Science Policy Studies, Regulatory Policy
Research, Centre, Hertford College, Oxford September 1992- Distinguished Research Associate, Oxford University School
of Geography TEACHING Undergraduate Teaching: 2012- Module leader Entrepreneurship & Small Business 2008- Management of Innovation 2005-2008 Course convenor/ BA IRELL, Organisation, Management,
Policy and Technology
Oxford University Colleges College lecturer, Hertford College St Peter’s Summer School
1989-1995 1990-1994 1992-2002
Tutorial teaching in human geography in each case
PhD supervision
2014-2014 Director of Studies, Anna-Lena Vallentin, gender equality and, opportunities in early stage researchers in STEM subjects (TRIGGER studentship)
2012- Second supervisor, Asif Aftab, Social Enterprises in the UK and Bangladesh
2011- Director of Studies, Peter Jelphs, ‘The effect of tax incentives on the performance of university spin out companies’
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2011- Director of Studies Fadil Sahiti, Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe
2011- Director of Studies, Ning Baines ‘Antecedents for successful innovation in university spin-off companies’
2011- Second Supervisor, Mark Panton, Manchester City Football Club, Sportcity, and the Regeneration of East Manchester: A Stakeholder Perspective
2008- Director of Studies, Maja Savic ‘Mapping local channels of international learning’ CASE studentship (NESTA) 2008-2012 Second supervisor Niamh Owens, Waterford Institute of
Technology ‘Examining the effect of social networks on the technology and knowledge transfer process’ (PhD awarded June 2012)
2008- Second supervisor, Thanos Fragkandreas, ‘The European Regional Problem’ 2007-2011 Director of Studies, Pierre Nadeau, ‘Venture Capital,
Performance:The Influence of Technological Innovation’ (PhD awarded May 2011)
2007-2012 Director of Studies, Giambattista Rossi, Professional football wage levels in Italy (PhD awarded January 2012)
2006-2007 Director, PhD Programme, Management Department 2006-2013 Second supervisor, Obaid Al-Ketbi, ‘The transfer of technology
to the United Arab Emirates (UAE): A case study of the ship, building and telecommunications industries (PhD awarded May
2013) 2006-2008 Second supervisor, Rachel Smart, ‘Entrepreneurship in the
Cultural Industries’ (PhD awarded October 2008) 2006-2007 Second supervisor Koko Hara ‘Merger decisions made by
major Japanese banks’ (PhD awarded 2007) 2002-2004 Post-Graduate Tutor, Coventry Business School 2001- 2005 Director of Studies CLED PhD student Yousef Aqel
‘The state of, and prospects for, telework in transitional economies: the case of Jordan’ (PhD awarded Jan. 2005)
1999-2005 Co-Supervisor CLED MPhil student Song Wang ‘Innovation in the Coventry and Warwickshire sub-region’ MPhil awarded Jan 2005
1997-2009 Director of Studies Rupert Waters, subject: ‘Scientific labour markets in Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ MPhil Awarded 2009
1997- 2005 Co-supervisor: ‘Martti Hyry University of Oulu, Finland ‘The development of Oulu’s high-tech centre’ (PhD awarded March 2005)
1994 Templeton College, Dissertation supervisor, Engineering, Economics and Management fourth year degree student
1991-1992 Supervisor for Visiting Scholar M. Bandyopadhyay, a Principal Scientific Officer in the Government of India Ministry of Science and Technology
Postgraduate Teaching
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2009-2013 Innovation, Management and Policy 2006- Course Leader, Post-graduate module Entrepreneurship and
Innovation 2006- 2007 Co-convenor Post-graduate module, Current Issues in
Management Research (Globalisation) 2002 -2004 Course Leader, IED Distance Learning Consortium (Dundee,
Coventry and Sheffield Hallam Universities) External Reviewing and Examining 2012 External Advisor, Royal Holloway School of Management Periodic Departmental Review: 14, 15 & 16 March 2012 2009 External assessor, University of Sussex, validation of undergraduate
Programmes in Business and Management (April) External postgraduate examining: 2012 – PhD Thesis, Judge Business School, Cambridge (September) 2012- PhD Thesis, Geography Department LSE (June) 2010 – PhD Thesis, Bartlett School, UCL (December) 2009 – PhD Thesis, University of Birmingham (December) 2007 – PhD Thesis, Management Department, Queens University, Belfast (December) 2007 – PhD Thesis University of Cambridge (June) 2007 – PhD Thesis LSE (January) 2008- 2010 External examiner for the Arab Open University (an Open University appointment) 2004 – PhD Defence Stage 1 European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences 2002 – PhD Thesis UMIST Manchester University 2002 – MBA Judge Institute Cambridge University External research evaluation appointments 2014 External reviewer Riksbanken Jubileumsfond, Sweden (grant-making
Foundation in humanities and social sciences) 2010- External Reviewer Qatar National Research Fund 2009-2013 Panel member of standing expert panel committees for the Swedish
Research Council, Formas 2007-10 UK National expert for FP7 Project on 'Intangible Assets and
Regional Economic Growth'
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RESEARCH ACTIVITY Current projects: Birkbeck School of Business, Economics and Informatics Research Grant. ‘Gender equalities in regional studies and in career practice’ (May June 2014) with V Meschitti and A-L Vallentin (£4,200) Birkbeck School of Business, Economics and Informatics Research Grant (October 1 2013- March 31 2014) Dynamics of two regional triple helix spaces’ Europe: Oxfordshire in UK and the Region Centro in Portugal (£5242) FP7 TRIGGER Transforming Institutions by Gendering contents and Gaining Equality in Research (October 2013-September 2017) (Project Partner, Birkbeck share E349,000, total award E2,179,369) Completed projects:
1. FP7 Health-Ties (OEO) as subcontractor on project SMEs, innovation in the
biomedical sector in the Thames Valley £9,000 (October 2010-September 2013)
2. Halmstad University, Sweden, Research Grant, £2,500 (October 2010-
September 2012)
3. ESRC CASE Studentship with NESTA (September 2008-2011) ‘Applying local channels of international learning’ (student Maja Savic)
4. Birkbeck Faculty of Social Science Faculty Grant (July 2009) Revisiting
Oxfordshire’s High-Tech Economy (£3,000). 5. Regional Studies Association RSA Research Network on Policy Implications
of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in a Globalised Economy (June 2010-October 2011) with Maja Savic and Peter Wood £3000
6. ESRC Seminars Competition’ (co-applicant) ‘Challenges to local economic
development in an era of climate change and peak oil’ (September 2006-October 2008)
7. Oxford to Cambridge Arc The effectiveness of Business Networks across the
O2C Arc (January 2007- June 2008) (£5,000)
8. London Higher ‘Measuring the performance of London University spin-offs’ (September 2006-Feb 2007) (£22,500)
9. European Commission Sixth Framework Programme Locomotive
‘Dissemination of knowledge concerning current R&D localisation of large regionally important private sector organisations (European Commission Sixth
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Framework priority programme) (January 2006-September 2007) (Co-award holder)
10. European Commission Fifth Framework Programme Economic
Change:Microfoundations of organisational and institutional change in Europe Principal Investigator Walter Garcia-Fontes Universitat Pompeu Frabra (Spain) Partner for project on Financial Institutions Encouraging Entrepreneurship
11. Oxford and Grenoble: a comparison of two high tech regions (1999-2001)
CNRS £5000 (with Prof. Michel De Bernady ERAD, Universite P. Mendes, Grenoble)
12. RGS-IBG HSBC Holdings Small Grant Scheme £1000 (Sept 1997/August
1998) An evaluation of Infrastructural Support for High-tech Industry in Oxfordshire
13. ESRC October 1 1995- Sept. 1997 Research Seminar Groups Competition
£10,000
14. EU TSER Partner in a Thematic Network: Networks, Collective Learning and RTD in Regionally-clustered High-Technology Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Group leaders: David Keeble, and Frank Wilkinson Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University) 1994-1997
15. ESRC December 1995 GEC Programme Dissemination Award £4000 For
International Workshop on Factors Governing the Evolution of Environmental Regulation in Poland December 8/9 1995.
16. ESRC, November 1- October 31 1993 1995 Co-applicant GEC Programme
Phase III, £86,443 (with George Yarrow) Factors Governing the Evolution of Environmental Regulation in Poland
17. Economic Planning Agency Japan, October 1994-September 1995 Member of
UK team on comparative study: Privatisation and de-regulation in Japan, the USA and the UK: the cases of electricity, telecoms, airlines and trucking. (Responsibility for trucking).
18. ESRC, January 1 1994 - July 31 1995 Research Seminar Groups Competition
£9,800
19. SPSG/ESRC August 1994- July 1995 £41,000 (with Keith Dickson) Inter-firm collaboration for innovation
20. ESRC/SPSG April 1 1993 - March 31 1994 £5,800 The Contribution of
National Laboratories to the European Scientific Labour Market
21. Joint Committee ESRC and SERC, October 1, 1990 - September 30, 1992, £54,000, (Principal Investigator, Erik Swyngedouw) Technology transfer in
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the flow measurement and electronic components industries in the UK, France and Belgium
22. Canadian Studies in Britain, April 1, 1991 - March 31, 1992, $4000 Industry
and academic links: A comparison of Ottawa and Oxfordshire OEO and other projects:
OEO Oxford to Cambridge Arc ‘The effectiveness of Business Networks in the O2C Arc’ (August 2006 to June 2008) (£5,000) Federation of Small Businesses (Oxfordshire branch) ‘The Small Business Economy in Oxfordshire’ (September 2006-May 2007) (£23,000) Measuring the performance of Oxfordshire’s academic spin-offs (HEIF 2 money) (August 2004-September 2005)
Miles, N and Lawton Smith, H Government Office of the South East (January 2004) ‘The Oxfordshire Case Study’ (£1000) ‘Technicians: Planning for the next generation of skills’ (£14,800) The Oxford Trust/Oxford2Cambridge Arc (January to August 2004) Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Learning and Skills Council (April 2002-August 2002) ‘The labour market potential of over 50s Scientists and Engineers in the MKOB region’ (£5000) Other Technology Transfer in the UK Biotechnology Industry (funded by Coventry Business School). Other Research Income Income raised for Oxfordshire Economic Observatory by Helen Lawton Smith January 2001- April 2004 = £85,000 + HEIF 2 money (£78,000)
PUBLICATIONS Sole Authored Books The Geography of Academic Entrepreneurship: Spin-offs. Firm Growth and Regional Impact Edward Elgar (in progress) Universities, Innovation and the Economy Routledge (June 2006) (Paperback edition March 2012) Technology Transfer and Industrial Change in Europe Macmillan Press (2000)
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Edited Books
1. Farinha, L Ferreira,J, Lawton Smith, H and Bagchi-Sen, S Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship. IGI Global (forthcoming)
2. Hilpert, U and Lawton Smith, H (eds) Networking Regionalised Innovative Labour Markets Routledge (October 2012)
3. Bagchi-Sen, S and Lawton Smith H (eds) Economic Geography: then, now and the future (October 2006) Routledge
4. Abraham, J and Lawton Smith H (eds) Regulation of the Pharmaceutical Industry (2003) Palgrave
5. Lawton Smith, H (ed) The Regulation of Science and Technology (2002) Palgrave
6. Preston, J Lawton Smith H and Starkie, D An Integrated Transport Policy? (November 2000) Ashgate Publishing
7. Bradshaw, B and Lawton Smith H (eds) Privatisation and Deregulation in Transport Macmillan Press (July 2000)
8. Jasinski, P and Lawton Smith, H (eds) The Evolution of Environmental Regulation April 1999 Ashgate Publishing
9. Lawton Smith, H and Woodward, N (eds) Energy and Environment Regulation Macmillan Press 1996
Refereed Journal Articles
1. Lawton Smith, H and Leydesdorff, L (forthcoming) ‘The Triple Helix in the context of global change: dynamics and challenges’ Prometheus
2. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R (forthcoming 2015) Regional synergies in
triple helix regions: the case of local economic development policies Oxfordshire’ Industry and Higher Education
3. Lawton Smith, H, Chapman, D, Wood, P, Barnes, T and Romeo, S (2014)
‘Entrepreneurial academics and regional innovation systems: the case of spin-offs from London’s universities’ Environment and Planning C 32, 341-359
4. Sompong, K Igel, B and Lawton Smith, H (2014) ‘Strategic Alliance Motivation or Technology Commercialization and Product Development’ Management Research Review 37,6 518-537
5. Lawton Smith, H, Glasson, J, Romeo, S, Waters, R and Chadwick, A (2013)
‘Entrepreneurial regions: evidence from Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Social Science Information 52, 4, 653-673
6. Bagchi-Sen, S and Lawton Smith, H ‘Firm heterogeneity in biotech:
absorptive capacity, strategies, and local-regional connections’ European Planning Studies (forthcoming 2014)
7. Danish, A and Lawton Smith, H (2012) ‘Female Entrepreneurship in Saudi
Arabia’ International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 4, 3 216 - 23
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8. Lawton Smith, H, Romeo, S and Virahsawmy, M (2012) ‘Business and professional networks: scope and outcomes in Oxfordshire’ Environment and Planning A 44,8 1801 – 1818
9. Lawton Smith, H and Bagchi-Sen, S (2012) ‘The research university, entrepreneurship and regional development: research propositions and current evidence’ Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 24, 5-6 383-404
10. Bagchi-Sen, S and Lawton Smith, H (2012) ‘The Role of the American University as an Agent of Regional Economic Development’ Geography Compass 6, 7 439–453
11. Chapman, D, Lawton Smith, H, Wood, P Barnes, T and Romeo, S (2011) Entrepreneurial Academics and Regional Economic Development: the case of spinoffs from London's Universities, Industry and Higher Education 25, 6 483-492
12. Imprese ad alta tecnologia, università e sviluppo nella regione di Oxford (High technology entrepreneurship, universities and the development of the Oxford city-region) Stato e Mercato 3 451-478, December 2011
13. Asheim, B T Lawton Smith, H and Oughton, C (2011) Regional Innovations
Systems: Theory, Empirics and Policy Regional Studies Special issue on Regional Innovation Systems 45, 7 875-892
14. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R (2011) ‘Scientific Labour Markets, Networks
and Regional Innovation Systems’ Regional Studies special issue on Regional Innovation Systems 45, 7 961-978
15. Lawton Smith, H and Bagchi-Sen, S (2010) ‘Triple Helix and Regional
Development: a perspective from Oxfordshire’ Special issue of Technology Analysis and Strategic Management (eds Loet Leydesdorff and Girma Zawardie) 22 7 805-818
16. ‘Technicians: skills, age and gender profiles and training implications in
Oxfordshire’ Professional Geographer (2009) 61, 1 59-69
17. Lawton Smith, H, Romeo, S and Bagchi-Sen, S (2008) ‘Oxfordshire Biomedical University Spin-offs: An Evolving System, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 1, 2, 303-319
18. Bagchi-Sen, S and Lawton Smith, H (2008) ‘Institutions, Industry and Barriers
in the Biotechnology Sector: Developed-Developing Country Perspectives’ Regional Studies 42, 7 961 – 975
19. Chadwick, A, Glasson, J and Lawton Smith, H (2008) ‘Employment Growth
in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Great Britain During the 1990s – Variations at the Regional and Sub-Regional Level’ Local Economy 23,1, 7-19
20. Waters, R and Lawton Smith, H (2008) ‘Social Networks in High Technology
Local Economies: The Cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ European Urban and Regional Studies 15, 1 21-37
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21. ‘Universities in Europe: innovation and economic development’ Journal of
Interdisciplinary Economics (2007) 239-264 22. ‘Universities, Innovation and territorial development: A review of the
evidence’ Environment and Planning C (2007) 25, 1 98 – 114 * to be published in a multivolume reference collection, Environment and Planning S. Elden (ed) SAGE Publications in October 2011
23. Lawton Smith, H and Bagchi-Sen, S (2006) ‘University-industry interactions: the case of the UK biotech industry’ Industry and Innovation 13, 4 371-392
24. Lawton Smith, H and Ho, K W (2006) ‘Measuring the performance of Oxfordshire’s spin-off companies’ Research Policy 35, 1554-1568
25. Glasson, J, Chadwick, A and Lawton Smith, H (2006) ‘Defining, Explaining
and Managing High tech Growth: The case of Oxfordshire’ European Planning Studies 14, 4 503-524
26. Lawton Smith, H, Glasson, J, and Chadwick, A (2005) The geography of talent: entrepreneurship and local economic development in Oxfordshire’ Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 17, 449-476
27. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R (2005) ‘Rates of Turnover in High-
technology Agglomerations: Knowledge Transfer in Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Area 37, 2 189-198
28. ‘Regulating Science and Technology: The Case of the UK Biotechnology
Industry’ (2005) Law & Policy, 27 189-212
29. The Biotechnology industry in Oxfordshire: enterprise and innovation’ European Planning Studies (2005) 12, 7 985-1002
30. Bagchi-Sen, S, Lawton Smith H and Hall, L (2004) ‚The U.S. Biotechnology
Industry – Policy and Practice’ Environment and Planning C 22, 2 199-216
31. Tracey, P, Clark, G and Lawton Smith, H (2004) ‘Cognition, learning and European regional growth: a agent-centred perspective on the "new" economy"’ Economics of Innovation and New Technology 13 1 1-18
32. ‘European Policy and the Regions: A Review and Analysis of Tensions’
(2003) First author, co-authors P.Tracey and GL Clark European Planning Studies 11, 7 859-873
33. ‘The labour market potential for scientists, engineers and managers in Milton
Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire’ (2003) Special issue of Local Economy on Ageing 18, 4 322-336
34. ‘Comparing Oxford and Grenoble: the growth of knowledge clusters,
dynamics and trends’ (2003) Regional Studies 37.2 899 — 909
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35. ‘Local innovation assemblages and institutional capacity in local high-tech economic development: the case of Oxfordshire’ (2003) Urban Studies 40, 7 1353-1369
36. Lawton Smith, H, and Dickson, K (2003) ‘Critical Factors in Inter-Firm
Collaboration’ International Journal of Technology Management 25, 1/2 34-50
37. Clark, G, Tracey, P and Lawton Smith (2002) ‘Rethinking comparative
studies’ Global Networks 2, 4 263-284
38. Clark, G L, Tracey, P and Lawton Smith, H (2002) ‘Agents, Endowments, and Path Dependence: making Sense of European Regional Development’ Geographische Zeitschrift 89. JG Heft 2+3 165-180
39. Waters, R and Lawton Smith, H (2002) ‘RDAs and Local Economic
Development: Scale and Competitiveness in Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ European Planning Studies 10 (5) 633-649
40. Lawton Smith, H Keeble, D Lawson, C Moore, B and Wilkinson, F (2001) ‘Technology transfer in two elite locations: the Oxford and Cambridge regions’ Tijdschrift Voor Economiche en Sociale Geographie 1, 88-99
41. Lawton Smith, H Mihell, D and Kingham, D (2000) ‘The biotechnology industry in Oxfordshire’ Area 32, 2 179-188
42. 36. Keeble, D Lawson, C Lawton Smith, H Moore, B and Wilkinson, F (1998) ‘Internationalisation processes, networking and local embeddedness in technology-intensive small firms Small Business Economics 11, 327-342
43. Lawton Smith, H (1998) 'Barriers’ to technology transfer: local impediments in Oxfordshire’ Environment and Planning C 16 433-448
44. Garnsey, E and Lawton Smith H (1998) ‘Proximity and Complexity in the Emergence of High Technology Industry: The Oxbridge Comparison‘ Geoforum 29(4) 433-450
45. Garnsey, E and Lawton Smith H (1998) ‘The high-tech race: Oxford Vs Cambridge’ Local Economy 13 1 39-50
46. Lawton Smith, H (1997) ‘National laboratories and innovative networks’ R&D Management 27 4 319-332
47. Dickson, K, Coles A-M and Lawton Smith, H (1997) ‘Staying the Course: Strategic Collaboration for Small High Tech Firms’ Small Business & Enterprise Development 4 (1) 13-20
48. Dickson, K, Coles A-M and Lawton Smith, H (1997) ‘Learning issues in successful, long-term, inter-firm research collaboration’ Journal of Strategic Change 6 (5) 273-282
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49. Lawton Smith, H (1997) ‘Regulatory Change and Skill transfer: the Case of National Laboratories in the UK, France and Belgium’ Regional Studies 31, 1 41-54
50. Lawton Smith, H (1996) ‘National laboratories and Regional Development: Case Studies from the UK, France and Belgium’ Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 1996 8,1 1-17
51. Lawton Smith, H (1995) ‘The contribution of national laboratories to the European scientific labour market’ Industry and Higher Education 9, 3 176-185
52. Lawton Smith, H and Atkinson, M D (1994) ‘The public and private interface in technology: the regulation of industry and academic links’ Industry and Higher Education 8, 3
53. Lawton Smith, H (1994) ‘Innovation Strategies in the Flow Measuring Industry: The Cases of The UK, France and Belgium’, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation 5, 1 23-30
54. Lawton Smith, H (1993) ‘Externalisation of Research and Development in Europe’ European Planning Studies 1, 4 465-482
55. Lawton Smith, H (1992) 'Industry and Academic Links and Local Development: the case of Ottawa', Industry and Higher Education 6, 3151-160
56. Lawton Smith, H (1991) ‘Disincentives to New Product Research and Development in the Flow Measuring Industry’, Special issue of Measurement and Control
57. Lawton Smith, H (1991) 'Industry and Academic Links: The Case of Oxford University', Environment and Planning C, 20, 4, 405-416
58. Lawton Smith, H Dickson, K and Smith S L (1991) 'There Are Two Sides To Every Story: The Small/Large Firm Interface in Collaboration', Research Policy 20 457-468
59. Dickson, K Smith, S L and Lawton Smith, H (1991) 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Problems and Opportunities in Inter-Firm Research Collaboration' Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 3, 2 143-156
60. Lawton Smith, H (1991) 'The Role of Incubators in Local Industrial Development: The Cryogenics Industry in Oxfordshire' Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 3, 2 175-194
61. Lawton Smith, H (1991) 'Advanced Technology Industry in Oxfordshire: Location of Markets and Competitors' Urban Studies 28 2, 205-218
62. Lawton Smith, H (1990) 'Innovation and Technical Links: The Case of Advanced Technology Industry in Oxfordshire' Area 22.2 125-135
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63. Lawton Smith, H (1990) 'The Innovative Firm and Business Development' Journal of General Management 15, 4 55-67
64. Lawton Smith, H (1988) 'Advanced Technology Industry in Oxfordshire' Planning Outlook 31, 2 123-126
Other articles
1. Kianfar, M, Milana, C and Lawton Smith, H (2012) ‘How to sustain Entrepreneurial Performance During the Financial Crisis’ SC:Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance 21: 1-13
2. Kianfar, M, Milana, C and Lawton Smith, H (2010) ‘Assessing the real value of the firm: an overview’ SC:Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance 97-102
3. ‘Formal networks and regional contexts: the case of the Oxford to Cambridge Arc’ Regions March 2010 5-9
Editorial activity
• Member Editorial Board Journal for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics (September 2014-)
• Member Editorial Board of the Triple Helix Innovation Quarterly (THIQ), Editor for Regional Innovation (2011-)
• Member of Editorial Advisory Board of the European Journal of Innovation Management (March 2010-)
• Associate Editor Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial finance (Wiley-Blackwell) (2009-)
• Member of the Editorial Review Board The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal (2006-)
• Book reviews editor Economic Geography Research Group/RGS-IBG (Jan 2003-2007)
• Member of Editorial Board of Local Economy (2001 -2005)
• Member of Editorial Board Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (2001-) Editorship of special issues
1. Joint guest editor Regional Studies Special issue on ‘Regional Innovation
Systems (with Bjorn Asheim and Christine Oughton) (editorial) (August 2011)
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2. Joint guest editor Geografiska Annale B (with T. Vorley and O.Mould )
‘Geographical Economies of Creativity, Enterprise and the Creative Industries’ (2008) (editorial) 2, 90B 101-106
3. Joint guest editor with Tim Vorley Environment and Planning C special issue
on ‘Universities and the Knowledge Economy’ (Issue 6 2007) (editorial) 4. Joint guest editor with Professor Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen Environment and
Planning C special issue (2005) ‘Innovation Geographies: International Perspectives on Research, Product Development and Commercialisation of Biotechnologies’ (Guest editorial) Volume 1 Issue 2
5. Guest editor Local Economy special issue on ‘Universities and local
economies’ 18/1 May 2003 (Guest Editorial)
Published Reports
1. Lawton Smith, H and Glasson, J (2010) ‘Milton Park: developing a successful high-tech business park’ Part 1 in Local knowledge, case studies of four innovative places London:NESTA
2. Lawton Smith, H and Verswarmy, M (2008) Final Report on Business Networks in the Oxford to Cambridge Arc, a Report Commissioned by the Oxford to Cambridge Arc Oxford: OEO
3. Lawton Smith, H, Glasson, J and Chadwick, A (2007) Enterprising Oxford: The Oxfordshire Model Oxford: Oxfordshire Economic Observatory
4. Glasson, J, Chadwick, A, Downey, L and Lawton Smith, H (2007) The Economic Ecology of Small Businesses in Oxfordshire Oxford:OEO/FSB
5. Lawton Smith, H and Glasson, J (2005) Public Research High-tech Spin-offs: Measuring Performance and growth in Oxfordshire Oxford: Oxfordshire Economic Observatory
6. Lawton Smith, H, Glasson, J, Simmie, J, Chadwick, A and Clark, G (2003) Enterprising Oxford: The Growth of the Oxfordshire High-Tech Economy Oxford: Oxfordshire Economic Observatory (launched at the Royal Society by Lord Sainsbury, March 24th 2003)
7. Chadwick, A, Glasson, J, Lawton Smith, H, Clark, G and Simmie, J (2003) Enterprising Oxford: The Anatomy of the Oxfordshire High-Tech Economy Oxford: Oxfordshire Economic Observatory (launched as part of Oxford’s bid to be European Capital of Culture 2008 by Oxford Inspires April 10 2003).
Unpublished report Lawton Smith, H, Chapman D, Barnes, T, Wood, P and Romeo, S (2007) ‘London Higher Study Investigating University-related companies in Science, Engineering and the Creative Arts among 13 Higher Education institutions in London’ A report for London Higher Contributions to edited works
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1. Lawton Smith, H and Atter, A (forthcoming) ‘Entrepreneurship, teaching, research and practice: Birkbeck University of London’ in K.Viaidya (ed) Entrepreneurship for the Curious: Why study entrepreneurship 2. Wood, P and Lawton Smith, H (Forthcoming) ‘Universities in a metropolitan environment: the case of London’in D. Audretch, E. Lehmann, S. Visama and M. Meoli (eds) University Evolution, Entrepreneurial Activity and Regional Competitiveness Springer 3. Lindholm Dahlstrand, A, Lawton Smith, H and Baines (N) (forthcoming) ‘Academic Entrepreneurship: spin-offs in Sweden and the UK London’in D. Audretch, E. Lehmann, S. Visama and M. Meoli (eds) University Evolution, Entrepreneurial Activity and Regional Competitiveness Springer 4. Waters, R and Lawton Smith, H (2014) ‘Universities and science and engineering labour markets in high technology local economies: the cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Chapter 11 in C. Karlsson et al: Knowledge, Innovation and Space Cheltenham:Edward Elgar (forthcoming) 5. Lawton Smith, H and Glasson, J (2013) Technological Transfer in the perspective of Town Dimension Chapter 8 in T. de Noronha Vaz, E van Leewne and P. Nijkamp (eds) Towns in a Rural World Farnham:Ashgate 175-196 6. Lawton Smith, H and Romeo, S (2013) ‘Business Networking in Oxfordshire: scope and regional dynamics’ Chapter 5 in C.Karlsson, B. Johansson and R. Stough (eds) Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Technology and the Transformation of Regions London:Routledge 97-117 7. Lawton Smith, H (2012) ‘The health technologies sector in the Thames Valley: evolution or optimism in regional development?’ Ch 6 in P.Cooke ed Re-framing Regional Development 125-145 8. Hilpert, U and Lawton Smith, H ‘Conclusions’ Ch 9 in Networking Regionalised Innovative Labour Markets Routledge (2012) 189-200 9. Waters, R and Lawton Smith, H (2012) ‘High Technology Local Economies: geographical mobility of the highly skilled’ Ch 5 in U Hilpert and H Lawton Smith, H (eds) Networking Regionalised Innovative Labour Markets Routledge 96-116 10. Lawton Smith, H and Romeo S (2012) ‘Entrepreneurship and innovation: Oxfordshire’s high-tech economy –firm survival, growth and innovation’ Ch 2 in C.Karlsson , B Johansson and R. Stough (eds) Entrepreneurship, Social Capital and Governance Chelthenham:Edward Elgar 27-52 11. ‘UK Science and Innovation Policy’ Chapter 3 in S Mian (ed) Science and Technology Based Regional Entrepreneurship: Global Experience in Policy and Program Development Edward Elgar (2011) 74-95 12. Lawton Smith, H and Romeo, S (2010) ‘Entrepreneurship and innovation: Oxfordshire’s high-tech economy –firm survival, growth and innovation’ In
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proceedings of the 13th Uddevalla Symposium Innovation and Multidimensional Entrepreneurship - Economic, Social and Academic Aspects (Irene Bernard, ed) University West: Trolhattan, Sweden 13. Pillars of a Successful Innovation Strategy: The Case of Science Vale Oxfordshire Chapter 7 in Entrepreneurship and the Innovation System of the Agder Region, Norway (2009) Paris:OECD 14. ‘The high-tech cluster in Oxfordshire’, United Kingdom Chapter 3 in J. Potter and G. Miranda (eds) Clusters, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Paris:OECD 73-102 (2008) 15. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R (2008) ‘Universities and Regional Knowledge Production in High Technology Local Economies – the Cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Proceedings of the 11th Uddevalla Symposium Spatial Dispersed Production and Network Governance (Irene Bernard, ed) University West: Trolhattan, Sweden 16. ‘Clusters and inter-firm networks’ Chapter 6 in C. Karlsson (editor) Handbook of Research on Clusters Edward Elgar (2008) 107-123 17. ‘The impact of Tertiary Education on Urban Competitiveness’ in Competitive Cities in the Global Economy OECD:Paris 329-338 (2006) 18. Lawton Smith, H (2004) ‘Institutional support for high-tech industry in Oxfordshire: the financing of innovation’ In A. Wood and D.Valler (eds) Governing Local and Regional Economies: Institutions, Politics and Economic Development Ashgate Publishing 121-146
19. Lawton Smith, H (2003) ‘Business and the local economy: the era of the Oxfordshire high-tech economy’ In Visions for Oxford Oxford Civic Society 20-27 20. Lawton Smith, H (2001) ‘Innovation support in Oxfordshire’ in Promoting Local Growth: Process, Practise and Policy. M. Taylor and D. Felsenstein (eds) Ashgate Publishing 147-164 21. Lawton Smith, H and De Bernardy, M (2000) ‘University and public research institute links with regional high-technology SMEs’ in D. Keeble and F. Wilkinson (eds) High-Technology Clusters, Networking and Collective Learning in Europe Ashgate Publishing 90-117 20. Lawton Smith, H (2000) ‘Innovation systems and ‘local difficulties’:The Oxfordshire Experience’ in Z. Acs (ed) Regional Innovation and Global Change Pinter 72-88 22. Lawton Smith, H (1999) ‘The Saline Water Problem in Upper Silesia’ In P. Jasinski and H.Lawton Smith (eds) The Evolution of Environmental Regulation in Poland Ashgate Publishing 297-312
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23. Lawton Smith, H Keeble, D Lawson, C Moore, B and Wilkinson (1998),‘Contrasting regional innovation systems in Oxford and Cambridge’ Ch 7 in John de la Mothe and Gilles Paquet (eds) Local and Regional Innovation Systems of Innovation Kluwer Academic Publishers 125-148 24. Keeble, D Lawson, C Lawton Smith, H Moore, B and Wilkinson, F (1997) Internationalisation processes, networking and local embeddedness in technology-intensive small firms Ch 6 in M. Ram, D. Deakins and D.Smallbone (eds) Small Firms: Enterprising Futures Paul Chapman, London 60-72 25. Dickson, K Coles A-M and Lawton Smith, H (1998) Science in the Market Place: The Role of the Scientific Entrepreneur’ In R.Oakey and W. During (eds) New technology-based firms in the 1990s, Volume 4 Paul Chapman, London 27-37 26. Keeble, D Lawson, C Lawton Smith, H Moore, B and Wilkinson, F (1998) ‘Inter-Firm Links between Regionally-Clustered High-Technology SMEs: a comparison of Cambridge and Oxford innovation networks’ In R.Oakey and W. During (eds) New technology-based firms in the 1990s, Volume 4 Paul Chapman, London 181-196 27. Lawton Smith, H (1997) ‘National laboratories and innovative networks’, in A.Piccaluga and J.Butler (eds) Knowledge, technology and Innovative Organisations’ Ch 15 in A.Piccaluga and J.Butler (eds) Knowledge, technology and Innovative Organisations Guerini e Associati, Italy 283-300 28. Lawton Smith, H Dickson, K and Coles A-M (1997) ‘Adapting to new realities: learning by doing in inter-firm R&D collaboration’ Ch 23 in A.Piccaluga and J.Butler (eds) Knowledge, technology and Innovative Organisations’Guerini e Associati, Italy 405-426 29. Lawton Smith, H (1996) National laboratories and Regional Development: case studies from the UK, France and Belgium, Ch 12 in J. Simmie (ed) Innovation, Networks and Learning Regions London:Jessica Kingsley 211-237 30. Dickson, K Lawton Smith, H and Smith, S L (1990) 'The Small Firm Perspective on Inter-firm Collaboration for Innovation' in D. O'Doherty EOLAS (ed), The Co-operation Phenomenon - Prospects for Small Firms and the Small Economies Graham and Trotman, London 31. Dickson, K, Lawton Smith, H and Smith, S L (1989) 'Inter-Firm Collaboration and Innovation: Strategic Alliances or Reluctant Partnerships?' In R.Mansfield (ed) Frontiers of Management Routledge, London and New York 140-162
Other Publications
1. Lawton Smith, H and Glasson, J ‘Excellence in new venture creation: the Oxfordshire model’ eGov monitor 14 November 2005
2. Miles, N and Lawton Smith, H (2004) ‘SEEDA - Structure and Dynamics of the South East Economy Reducing Intra-Regional Disparities: Oxfordshire
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“Phenomenon” Case Study’ A Report to SEEDA and GOSE Guildford:Government Office of the South East
3. Lawton Smith, H (2002) ‘The labour market potential of over 50 scientists, engineers and managers in Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire’ A Report for the Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Learning & Skills Council/Oxfordshire County Council
4. Lindholm Dahlstrand, A and Lawton Smith, H (2003) ‘Science parks and economic development’ in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK, [http://www.eolss.net]
5. De Bernardy, M and Lawton Smith, H ‘Are barriers between research and economic activities endless? Report for ‘Les enjeux economiques de l’innovation’ Programme du CNRS December 2000 ERAD-TEO, Grenoble
6. De Bernardy, M and Lawton Smith, H ‘From pipeline technology to more co-operation between knowledge institutions and business forms: A challenge to master urgently’ in Cahiers de l’innovation December 2000
7. Gordon, I and Lawton Smith, H ‘Economic Structures and Clusters in the Thames Valley’ A Report for the Thames Valley Economic Partnership, Slough August 1998
8. Guest Editor Utilities Law Review (with George Yarrow) June 1995
9. ‘The Consequences of Diversification by Public and Private Monopolies" A Report By George Yarrow (with assistance from Tony Appleyard and Helen Lawton Smith) Economic and Business Research, Oxford, November 1994
10. Yarrow, G with Lawton Smith, H Social Security and Friendly Societies: Options for the Future London:National Conference of Friendly Societies, June 1993
11. Lawton Smith, H and Swyngedouw, E ‘Complementary Assets’, Times Higher Education Supplement, 28 June, 1991
Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research Working Paper Series 1. Savic, M, Lawton Smith, H and Bournakis, I (2014) The effect of external knowledge sources and their geography on innovation in Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) SMEs; some Implications for de-industrialised regions in the UK WP 18 August 2014 2. Lawton Smith, H , Waters R and Romeo, S (2013) Entrepreneurship, innovation and the triple helix model: evidence from Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire WP 12 3. Waters, R and Lawton Smith, H ‘Clusters, human capital and economic development in Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ WP2 January 2012
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4. Kianfar, M, Lawton Smith, H and Milana, C (2012) How to Sustain Entrepreneurial Performance during the Current Financial Crisis WP3 January 2012
ESRC Centre for Business Research Cambridge University Working Papers
1. Keeble, D, Lawson, C, Lawton Smith, H and Wilkinson F ‘Collective learning processes and inter-firm networking in innovative high-technology regions’ ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, WP 86 1998
2. Keeble, D Lawson, C Lawton Smith, H Moore, B and Wilkinson, F ‘Internationalisation Processes and Networking in Technology-Intensive Small Firms’ WP 53 March 1997
3. Keeble, D Lawson, C Lawton Smith, H Moore, B and Wilkinson, F ‘Inter-firm links between regionally clustered high-technology SMEs: a comparison of Cambridge and Oxford Innovation networks’ WP 65 September 1997
4. Lawton Smith, H ‘Barriers’ to Technology Transfer: Local impediments in Oxfordshire’ WP69 September 1997
5. Keeble, D Lawson, C Lawton Smith, H Moore, B and Wilkinson, F ‘Collective learning processes and inter-firm networking in innovative high-technology regions’ WP 86 March 1998
Regulatory Policy Research Centre, Hertford College, Working Papers
1. Lawton Smith, H Regulation and Scientific Labour Markets: the cases of national laboratories in the UK, France and Belgium (January 1996)
2. Lawton Smith, H The Saline Water Problem in Upper Silesia (December 1995)
3. Lawton Smith, H Pro-Environmental NGOs in Poland (December 1995)
4. Lawton Smith, H The Public and Private Interface in Technology: The Regulation of Industry and Academic Links Working paper No. 1 (May 1994)
School of Geography and the Environment Working papers in Economic Geography
WP (RASTEI) 00-07 Lawton Smith, H, Clark, G L and Tracey, P ‘UK SMEs. Technology, Competitiveness and Employment’
WPG 01-01 Clark, G L, Tracey, P and Lawton Smith, H ‘Rethinking Comparative Studies: An Agent-Centred Approach’
WPG 01-03 Lawton Smith, H ‘The role of institutions and power relations in local high-tech economic development: evidence from Oxfordshire’
WPG 01-10 Clark, G L, Tracey, P and Lawton Smith ‘Agents, Endowments and Path-Dependence: making Sense of European Regional Development’
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WPG 01-11 - Lawton Smith, H Clark, G L and Tracey, P Competitiveness and European Development Policy: A Review and Analysis
WPG 01-14 - Lawton Smith, H Clark, G L and Tracey, ‘Regional Policy in the West Midlands
WPG 01-18 Lawton Smith, H and de Bernardy, M Comparing Oxford and Grenoble: the growth of knowledge clusters in two pioneer regions, dynamics, trends and guidelines
Other Working Papers
1. Potter, J, Marchese, M, Feldman, M, Kemeny, T, Lawton Smith, H and Pike, A
(2013) The Local Dimension of SME and Entrepreneurship Issues and Policies in Mexico OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working Papers 31 Oct 2013 Bibliographic information No: 2013/14
2. ‘The Science-based Industrial Complex: Diverse Paths: common processes’, Research papers in Management Studies, Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge Working Paper 12/97 (With Elizabeth Garnsey)
3. ‘Privatisation and De-regulation in the Truck and Bus Industries in the UK" A Report prepared for Economic Planning Agency, Japan, March 1995 and published in Keizai Bunseki No.143 December 1995 Economic Planning Institute, Economic Planning Agency, Japanese Government, Tokyo
4. "The Effects of Regulation in the UK Beer Market" (with G. Yarrow and T.Keyworth) (1994) Regulatory Policy Institute, Working Paper
5. Lawton Smith, H and Atkinson, M D ‘Industry and academic links in local economic development: a tale of two cities", SCS-TR-200, Carleton University, January, 1992
Conference, workshop, seminar papers and public lectures (those published in conference proceedings are shown by *)
1. Baines, N and Lawton Smith H ‘Demystifying Product and Service Innovation of University Spin-off Companies in the UK’ paper presented at the Uddevalla Symposium, Uddevalla, Sweden 12-14 June 2014
2. Lawton Smith, H, Romeo, S Farinha, L, Ferreira, J Borges Gouveia, J
Geographies of growth: comparing Oxfordshire, a core high tech region in the UK with an emerging high tech region: the Centro of Portugal paper presented at the Uddevalla Symposium, Uddevalla, Sweden 12-14 June 2014
3. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R Universities and local economic policy: the
cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire paper presented at the Association of America Geographers Annual Conference, Tampa 9 April 2014
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4. ‘Gender discrimination and bias’ Presentation at Research Workshop on
“Women’s Advancement and Leadership in Academic Medicine” Wadham College Oxford, 19th February, 2014
5. ‘The role of universities in building entrepreneurial regions’ Presentation at
Seminar “Dynamics of Innovation, entrepreneurship and regional competitiveness” University of Beira Interior, Portugal, November 18 2013
6. Wood, P, Lawton Smith, H and Chapman, D ‘University commercial outreach
in a metropolitan environment: the case of London’s colleges of higher education’ T2S 2013 Annual Conference on Technology Transfer, Entrepreneurial Activity and Regional Competitiveness, University of Bergamo, Italy, November 8-9th 2013
7. Lindholm Dahlstrand, A, Lawton Smith, H and Baines, N ‘Reconsidering the
Professor's Privilege: University Technology Transfer in Sweden and the UK’, T2S 2013 Annual Conference on Technology Transfer, Entrepreneurial Activity and Regional Competitiveness, University of Bergamo, Italy, November 8-9th 2013
8. Nadeau, P and Lawton Smith, H ‘Clustered or un-clustered evolution?
Evidence from U.S. technology IPOs’RGS-IBG Annual Conference London August 28 2013
9. Lindholm Dahlstrand,A, Lawton Smith, H and Baines, N Reconsidering the
Professor's Privilege: University Technology Transfer in Sweden and the UK Triple Helix International Conference, London July 8-10 2013
10. Nadeau, P and Lawton Smith, H ‘Clustered or un-clustered evolution?
Evidence from U.S. technology IPOs’ Triple Helix International Conference, London July 8-10 2013
11. Farinha L, Lawton Smith, H, Romeo, S and Ferreira, J Dynamics of the Triple
Helix in two European regions: Oxfordshire in UK and Region Centro in Portugal IPOs’ Triple Helix International Conference, London July 8-10 2013
12. Lawton Smith, H, Lindholm Dahlstrand, A and Baines, N Reconsidering the
Professor's Privilege: University Technology Transfer in Sweden and the UK Uddevalla Symposium June 2013 Kansas City
13. Understanding the role of the state: evolutionary economic geography and
regional entrepreneurship and innovation policies, Association of American Geographers April 8-13 April 2013 Los Angeles
14. The Oxfordshire high tech economy: monitoring changes over time Invited
Keynote International Entrepreneurship Autumn School, Universidade de Évora, Portugal October 30-31 2012
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15. Lawton Smith, H, Trippl, M and Sinozic, T ‘The “third function” of universities and the region: comparing the UK, Sweden and Austria’ ERSA Bratislava, August 2012
16. Sompong, K Lawton Smith, H and Igel, B ‘An Empirical Study on the
Preferences of Adoptions in Strategic Technology Alliances of Entrepreneurships’ 2012 IEEE International Technology Management Conference ITMC-2012 (publication in the conference proceedings) June 25 2012
17. Lawton Smith, H, Trippl, M and Sinozic, T ‘The “third function” of
universities and the region: comparing the UK, Sweden and Austria’ Paper presented at the15th Uddevalla Symposium Entrepreneurship and Innovation Networks June 14-16 2012 CIEO, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
18. Lawton Smith, H and Romeo, S (2012) The Oxfordshire high tech economy:
monitoring changes over time Invited Keynote at the MANETEI Summer School on Technology Dynamics Grenoble June 4-6 2012
19. Lawton Smith, H and Hilpert, U (2012) ‘Networking Regionalised Innovative
Labour Markets’ Paper presented at the Regional Studies Association Annual European Conference on networked regions and cities in times of fragmentation: developing smart, sustainable and inclusive places Delft May 2012
20. ‘Entrepreneurship and innovation in the health technologies sector in the
Thames Valley: a regional stakeholder approach’ Presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference New York February 24-28, 2012
21. Hilpert, U and Lawton Smith, H ‘Networking regionalised innovative labour
markets’ Paper presented at Regional Studies Association Winter Conference November 25 2011
22. ‘The research university, entrepreneurship and regional development’ Paper
presented at 6th International Seminar on Regional Innovation Policies, Lund Sweden, October 13th 2011
23. Invited keynote ‘The research university, entrepreneurship and regional
development: The case of Oxford University’ UCINA International Conference on Cities and their Universities, Warsaw September 25-26 2011
24. Lawton Smith, H Chapman, D Wood, P, Barnes, T and Romeo, S (2011)
‘Entrepreneurial academics and regional economic development: the case of spin-offs in London’s triple helix region. Paper presented at the Triple Helix IX International Conference “Silicon Valley: Global Model or Unique Anomaly? 11-14 July 2011
25. Baines, N and Lawton Smith, H (2011) Product Innovation, Growth and the
Profitability of University Spin-off Companies Paper presented at the Triple
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Helix IX International Conference “Silicon Valley: Global Model or Unique Anomaly? 11-14 July 2011
26. Lawton Smith, H and Romeo, S ‘Triple Helix and Regional Development: a
perspective from Oxfordshire’, invited paper, workshop on Academic entrepreneurship and local development, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Information Engineering, Management and Automation 24 June 2011
27. Lawton Smith, H and Romeo, S Business networks in Oxfordshire: scope and
regional dynamics. Paper presented at Uddevalla Symposium, Bergamo, Italy June 16-18 2011
28. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R ‘Human Capital in the Knowledge Economy:
Economic Growth in Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Invited paper presented at the International Tinbergen Institute Workshop, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development Amsterdam, 23-24 May, 2011
29. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R ‘Knowledge-based industries,
competitiveness and inclusion: the cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Seattle, April 12-16 2011
30. Oxfordshire’s high-tech economy – firm survival, growth and innovation,
panel session Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Seattle, April 12-16 2011
31. ‘The health technologies sector in the Thames Valley: evolution or optimism
in regional development?’ Invited paper presented at Colloquium Reframing Regional Development: Evolution, Innovation & Transition April 4& 5 2011, Cardiff
32. ‘Entrepreneurship and 'regional' policy in London: a view of the scene
from Birkbeck’ paper presented at seminar on, The Transformation of Contemporary Universities, 18 February 2011 at the University of Bristol. ESRC series on "New Institutional Imperatives: The Third Mission and the Contemporary University".
33. ‘The Oxfordshire high-tech cluster’, invited keynote at the Artimino
Workshop, Prato, Tuscany September 2010
34. Lawton Smith, H and Romeo, S ‘Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Oxfordshire’s high-tech economy – firm survival, growth and innovation’* Presentation at the 13th Uddevalla Symposium special session at the 50th ERSA conference August 2010
35. Lawton Smith, H Romeo, S, Chapman, D, Wood, P and Barnes, T
‘Entrepreneurial academics and economic development: the case of spin-offs from London’s universities’ Presentation to Regional Studies Association International Conference, Pecs, May 26 2010
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36. Owens, N O’Gorman, W and Lawton Smith, H “Higher education
institutions: Ivory Towers or Lead Collaborators in the Regional Economy?” Presentation to Regional Studies Association International Conference, Pecs, May 27 2010
37. Waters, R and Lawton Smith, H The Highly Skilled in Peripheral Locations:
Computer Science in East Anglia Association of American Geographers Conference Washington, April 2010
38. Chapman, D, Lawton Smith H, Wood, P, Romeo, S and Barnes, P (2009)
‘Mapping London’s innovation ecosystem – a network analysis of University-related companies’ paper accepted for the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship 2009 Conference 3-6th November, Liverpool
39. Lawton Smith, H and Bagchi-Sen, S (2009) ‘Comparing high-tech experience:
competitiveness and regional development in the Oxfordshire and New York biotech sectors’ Paper presented at Triple Helix VII International conference, Glasgow 17-19 June 2009
40. Lawton Smith, H, Chapman, D, Romeo, S, Barnes, T and Wood, P (2009)
‘Entrepreneurial academics and economic development: the case of spin-offs from London’s universities’ Paper presented at Triple Helix VII International conference, Glasgow 17-19 June 2009
41. Panel member on Gender at Triple Helix VII International conference,
Glasgow 17-19 June 2009
42. Lawton Smith H and Verashawmy, M ‘Business networks in the Oxford to Cambridge Arc’ Paper presented at the Regional Studies Association International Conference, Leuven, April 6-8 2009
43. ‘Entrepreneurial academics: the case of spin-offs from London’s universities’
Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual conference, Las Vegas March 22-27 2009
44. Invited keynote ‘Technological transfer in a perspective of a town dimension’
Conference on Knowledge in Small and Medium Sized Towns University of Algarve 4th and 4th December 2008
45. Lawton Smith, H and Verahsawmy, M ‘Business networks: geographies,
scope and effectiveness in the O2C Arc’ Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the RGS-IBG August 28 2008
46. ‘Firm-level Diversity in biomedical biotechnology sector in the United States’
paper presented at DRUID conference, June 18-20 2008 (with Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen)
47. Invited paper (Rupert Waters co-author) ‘Universities and Regional
Knowledge Production in High Technology Local Economies – the Cases of
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Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Uddevalla Symposium, ‘Spatially Dispersed Production and Network Governance in Global Economic Integration - Modularity, Coordination and Structural Instability’ Dahmén sessions on ‘Regional Knowledge Production for Innovation’* Kyoto May 15-17 2008
48. Panel presentation on ‘Business networks: geographies, scope and
effectiveness’ in panel on New Frontiers in Knowledge Economy: Firms, Workers and Methodology Association of American Geographers Annual Conference April 15-19 2008, Boston, Mass
49. Bagchi-Sen, S and Lawton Smith, H (2008) ‘Conceptual and Methodological
Challenges in Research University Level Practices for Regional Development’ Paper presented in session on Researching Practice in the Space Economy: Possibilities and Limitations Association of American Geographers Annual Conference April 15-19 2008 Boston, Mass.
50. Invited keynote ‘Universities, innovation & the economy: paradigms for the
21st Century’ Uddevalla Symposium, Institutions for knowledge generation and knowledge flows - building innovative capabilities for regions Uddevalla, Sweden June 14-16 2007
51. ‘Summative Conclusions : Understanding the Implications of LocoMotive
for the EU’ Final Conference of the FP6 LocoMotive Study June 2007
52. ‘R&D activities of foreign owned firms in the UK: an evolutionary perspective’, Second Global Conference on Economic Geography, Beijing June 2007
53. ‘R&D activities of foreign owned firms in the UK: strategy, power and
globalisation’ Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, San Francisco, April 2007
54. Lawton Smith, H and Waters R (2007) ‘Global Circuits of Labour and
Learning Regions: the cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Regional Studies Association International Conference on Regions in Focus, Lisbon April 2007
55. Lawton Smith, H, Waters, R and Vorley, T ‘Scientific labour market networks
– affecting innovation and creativity’ Paper presented at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2006, session on Economies of Enterprise, Innovation & Creativity
56. Lawton Smith, H and Romeo, S ‘Oxfordshire biomedical university spin-offs:
an evolving system’ Paper presented at the RSAI British and Irish Branch Annual Conference, Jersey August 16-20 2006
57. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R ‘Clusters and Innovation Systems: Labour
markets and talent’ Invited Paper presented at the workshop on “Locations, Regions and Global Competition” June 9-10 2006 Castle of Sulzbach, Germany
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58. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R ‘Scientific Labour Markets, Networks and
Regional Innovation Systems’ Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference March 7-11 2006, Chicago
59. Lawton Smith, H and Nolte, A‚Technicians: skills, age and gender profiles
and training implications’ Association of American Geographers Annual Conference March 7-11 2006, Chicago
60. Lawton Smith, H and Nolte, A ‚Oxfordshire Technicians: Planning for the next generation of skills’ Paper prepared for Regional Studies Association International Conference Regional Growth Agendas University of Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark 28-31st May 2005
61. Lawton Smith, H and Ho, K W ‘Measuring the Performance of Oxford
University, Oxford Brookes University and the Government Laboratories’ Spin-Off Companies Fifth Triple Helix Conference, Turin May 18-21 2005
62. Lawton Smith, H and Bagchi-Sen, S (2005) University-industry interactions:
the case of the UK biotech industry’ Invited paper for the symposium Bringing Science to Life April 29 - May 1, 2005 University of Toronto.
63. Lawton Smith, H and Bagchi-Sen, S (2005) ‘Comparing the US and the UK:
public policy and the biotech sector’ Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Denver, April 5-9 2005
64. Lawton Smith, H, Clark G L and Palaskas, T (2004) ‘Vulnerable regions and
enterprise policy: SMEs and technological change’ Paper prepared for Regional Studies Association Conference Europe at the Margins: EU Regional Policy, Peripherality and Rurality Angers, 15th and 16th April 2004
65. Panellist in session on ‘Perspectives on
Globalisation/Trade/Neoliberalism/Higher Education’ Association of American Geographers Centennial Conference, Philadelphia March 16-19 2004
66. Discussant paper in post-graduate session on ‚Technology and Agglomeration
Economy Reexamined’. Association of American Geographers Centennial Conference, Philadelphia March 16-19 2004
67. Waters R and Lawton Smith, H (2004) ‚Social networks in high technology local economies: the cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Association of American Geographers Centennial Conference, Philadelphia March 16-19 2004
68. ‘Universities and Clusters’ Invited paper at the Academic Summit Chalmers
University, Gothenburg September 15th 2003
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69. ‘Science parks as boundary crossers’ Invited paper presented at mini-forum in The Competitiveness Conference (TCI) Gothenburg, September 17th 2003.
70. ‘Local innovation assemblages and institutional capacity in local high-tech
economic development: the case of Oxfordshire’ Invited paper at Workshop on Knowledge and Innovation in Creating and Sustaining Regional Growth in a Global Environment 10-12 July 2003, Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Research (ECIS), Eindhoven University Eindhoven, The Netherlands
71. Lawton Smith, H (2003) ‘Employability And The Over 50s Scientists,
Engineers And Managers: The Case of Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire And Buckinghamshire’ paper presented at the Regional Science Association International (British and Irish Branch)
72. Regional Studies Association "Employability and labour market policy"
seminar series University of Warwick, Tuesday 13th May 2003
73. Lawton Smith, H (2003) ‘Regulating Science and Technology: the Case of the UK Biotechnology Industry’ Invited paper at the Law, Technology and Development Workshop University of Buffalo Law School March 28-29
74. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R (2003) ‘Rates of Turnover in High-tech
Agglomerations: Knowledge Transfer in Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Paper presented at the Regional Studies Association International Conference Pisa 12-14 April 2003
75. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R (2003) ‘Rates of Turnover in High-tech
Agglomerations: Knowledge Transfer in Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference 4-8 March 2003
76. Lawton Smith H (2002) ‘Understanding innovation filieres: the Biotechnology
Industry in Oxfordshire’ Invited paper for the workshop on ‘The Economics and Business of Bio-Sciences & Biotechnologies: What can be learned from the Nordic Countries and the UK?’ Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 25-27 2002
77. Lawton Smith H ‘The Biotechnology Industry in Oxfordshire: Dynamics of
Change’ (2002) Paper presented at 2002 Annual Meeting Academy of International Business on “Geographies and International Business” San Juan Puerto Rico June 28-July 1 2002
78. Lawton Smith, H, Tracey, P and Clark, GL (2002) ‘Competitiveness and EU
Regional Policy’ Regional Studies Association Evaluation and EU Regional Policy Conference Aix-en-Provence May 31-June 1 2002
79. Lawton Smith, H (2002) ‘The Biotechnology Industry in Oxfordshire:
Dynamics of Change’ Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual conference 19 – 23 March 2002, Los Angeles
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80. Tracey, P, Clark, G L and Lawton Smith, H (2002) ‘Cognition, Learning and European Regional Growth: An Agent-Centred Perspective on the “New” Economy’ Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual conference 19 – 23 March 2002, Los Angeles
81. Tracey, P Clark G and Lawton Smith H (2001) ‘ On the margins: The
performance of UK SMEs in Labour Intensive Industries’ Paper presented to Regional Studies Association International Conference Regional Transitions: European Regions and the Challenges for Development, Integration and Enlargement 15-18 September 2001, Gdansk, Poland
82. Lawton Smith, H and de Bernardy, M (2001) ‘Comparing Oxford and
Grenoble: the growth of knowledge clusters in two pioneer regions, dynamics, trends and guidelines’ Paper presented to Regional Studies Association International Conference Regional Transitions: European Regions and the Challenges for Development, Integration and Enlargement 15-18 September 2001, Gdansk, Poland
83. ‘High-tech industry in Oxfordshire: A success story?’ Invited paper at
Scandinavian workshop on Innovation and Economic Change in Regions of the Global World March 15-16 2001, Chalmers University of Technology Sweden
84. ‘Regulatory Policies and Innovation’ Paper presented at The Association of
American Geographers 97th Annual Meeting New York February 27 - March 2 2001
85. Clark, G, Tracey, P and Lawton Smith ‘Rethinking comparative studies’ Paper
presented at The Association of American Geographers 97th Annual Meeting New York February 27 - March 2 2001
86. Lawton Smith, H ‘Regulatory Policies and Innovation’ Paper presented at
Search Conference on ‘Prospects and Challenges for Research on Innovation’ organised by the Volkswagen Foundation, Berlin June 8 / 9, 2000 at the Europaische Akademie Berlin
87. Lawton Smith, H ‘Governmentality, risk, science and everyday life’ Paper
presented at Charles Sturt Centre for Risk on Risk and the Every Day Sydney April 13-14 2000
88. Lawton Smith, H ‘Institutions, power and influence in local economic
development in Oxfordshire’ Paper Presented at The Association of American Geographers 96th Annual Meeting 4-8 April 2000, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
89. Waters, R and Lawton Smith, H ‘Local Economic Development and Localities in the Newly Devolved Institutional Environment: The Cases of High-Technology Industry in Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Regional Studies Association Annual Conference, London, November 26 1999
90. Lawton Smith, H ‘Institutions, power and influence in local economic development in Oxfordshire’ Paper Presented to Regional Studies Association
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Conference “Regional Potentials in an Integrating Europe” Bilbao September 18-21 1999
91. Waters, R and Lawton Smith, H ‘Actor relationships in high-technology clusters: the cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Business & Economic Society International Annual Conference Gran Canaria July 22-24 1999*
92. Lawton Smith, H Dickson, K and Coles, A-M ‘Inter-firm Collaboration for Innovation: Learning Experiences and Adaptive Behaviour’. Paper presented at Collaboration and Networking in European Science and Technology: A User Workshop of the ESRC European Context of UK Science Policy Programme SPSG Monday June 28 1999
93. Lawton Smith, H and De Bernady, M ‘University and public research institute links with regional high-tech SMEs’ Paper presented at TSER Conference on Networks, Collective Learning and RTD in Regionally-Clustered High-Technology SMEs, Robinson College, Cambridge University, December 7 1998
94. Lawton Smith, H ‘The Contribution of national laboratories to the European Scientific Labour Market’ paper presented at Science Policy Support Group Seminar, November 8 1998 NIESR, London
95. Lawton Smith, H ‘Infrastructural support for high-tech industry in Oxfordshire: the financing of innovation’ Paper presented at the conference on Reflections on the "Institutional turn” in local economic development, University of Sheffield 9-10 September 1998
96. Lawton Smith, H ‘Institutionalisation of informal networking and ‘collective learning’ in the Oxfordshire high-tech economy’. Paper presented at TSER Goteborg TSER Conference on Networks, Collective Learning and RTD in Regionally-Clustered High-Technology SMEs Meeting April 17-18, 1998
97. Lawton Smith, H ‘Infrastructural support for high-tech industry in Oxfordshire: the financing of innovation’ AAG Boston March 1998
98. Lawton Smith, H, Keeble, D, Lawson, C Moore, B and Wilkinson, F ‘Technology transfer in two elite locations: the Oxford and Cambridge regions’ paper presented at the Regional Studies Association Conference, Frankfurt Oder, September 20-23 1997
99. Lawson, C Keeble D Lawton Smith, H Moore, B and Wilkinson, F ‘Collective learning processes and inter-firm networking in high-technology regions’ paper presented at the Regional Studies Association Conference, Frankfurt Oder, September 20-23 1997
100. Keeble, D Lawson, C Lawton Smith, H Moore, B and Wilkinson, F ‘Internationalisation Processes and Networking in Technology-Intensive Small Firms’ 19th National Small Firms Policy and Research Conference November 1996
101. Dickson, K, Coles, A-M and Lawton Smith, H ‘Science in the marketplace: The Role of the Scientific Entrepreneur’ High Technology Small Firms Conference 5-6 September 1996 Enschede, The Netherlands
102. Keeble, D Lawson, C Lawton Smith, H Moore, B and Wilkinson, F ‘Co-operation, Trust and Inter-Firm Links between Regionally-Clustered High-Technology SMEs’ High Technology Small Firms Conference 5-6 September 1996 Enschede, The Netherlands
103. Lawton Smith, H ‘National systems of innovation and networks of learning: case studies from the UK, France and Belgium’ Charlotte AAG Conference April 1996
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104. Lawton Smith, H ‘Innovation and the role of national laboratories in the UK, France and Belgium, RGS-IBG Annual Conference EGSG session, Strathclyde University January 1996
105. Lawton Smith, H ‘National laboratories and innovative networks’ R&D Management Conference 1995, Pisa September 20-22 1995*
106. Lawton Smith, H Dickson, K and Coles, A-M ‘Adapting to new realities: learning by doing in inter-firm R&D collaboration’ R&D Management Conference 1995, Pisa September 20-22 1995*
107. Dickson, K, Lawton Smith, H and Coles A-M ‘Learning from Experience: Lessons in Managing Inter-firm R&D Collaboration’ IAMOT European Conference Technological Innovation & Global Challenges 5-7 July 1995, Aston University*
108. Lawton Smith, H ‘Externalities, regulation and scientific labour markets: National laboratories in the UK, France and Belgium’ IAMOT European Conference Technological Innovation & Global Challenges 5-7 July 1995, Aston University*
109. Lawton Smith, H ‘National Laboratories and Regional Development: Case Studies from the UK, France and Belgium’ Paper Presented at Regional Studies Association Conference Regional Futures: Past and Present, East and West Gothenburg May 6-9 1995
110. Dickson, K, Coles, A-M and Lawton Smith, H ‘Adaptive Behaviour and Cooperation in Competitive Situations’ Small firms Business and Enterprise Development Conference Leeds, April 5/6 1995
111. Lawton Smith, H ‘The Supply of Skills by National Laboratories in Europe’, AAG Chicago 14-18 March 1995
112. Lawton Smith, H ‘The Contribution of National Laboratories to the European Scientific Labour Market’ Technology Transfer and Industry Conference, London, July 18-20 1994*
113. Lawton Smith, H ‘The Contribution of National Laboratories to the European Scientific Labour Market’ AAG San Francisco April 1994
114. Lawton Smith, H ‘The public and private interface in technology: the regulation of industry and academic links’ Governments and the Higher Education Curriculum: Evolving Partnerships Society for Research in Higher Education Conference University of Sussex, 14-16 December 1993
115. Lawton Smith, H ‘Innovation in the Utilities’ Flow Measurement for the Utilities, Amsterdam November 4-5 1993
116. Lawton Smith, H ‘Technology Transfer in the Flow Measuring and Electronic Components Industries’ AAG April 1993, Atlanta
117. Lawton Smith, H ‘Technology Transfer in the Flow Measuring and Electronic Component Industries in UK, France and Belgium’, Regional Science Association, Thirty-second European Congress, Louvain-la-neuve, 25-28 August, 1992
118. Lawton Smith, H ‘Technology Transfer in the Flow Measuring and Electronic Component industries in UK, France and Belgium’, Technology Transfer and Industry Conference, London, 6-9 July, 1992*
119. Lawton Smith, H ‘Technology Transfer in the Flow Measuring and Electronic Component Industries in UK, France and Belgium’, Annual Meeting of the Society on Research in Higher Education, Leicester, 17-19 December, 1991
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120. Lawton Smith, H and Atkinson, M. D ‘Industry and Academic Links: the cases of Ottawa and Oxfordshire’ Annual Meeting of the Society on Research in Higher Education, Leicester, 17-19 December, 1991
121. Lawton Smith, H ‘Supply and Market Linkages: The Case of High Technology Industry in Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Ottawa’ Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Miami, 13-17 April, 1991
122. Dickson, K, Smith, S L Woods, A and Lawton Smith, H ‘Sizing up your Partner: A Quantitative Evaluation of Firms' Expectations and the Realities of Research Collaboration 13th National Small Firms Policy and Research Conference, Harrogate, 14-16 November, 1990
123. Dickson, K Smith S L and Lawton Smith, H ‘How Was It For Them? High Technology Research Collaboration and the Constraints of 'Disorganised Capitalism' BSA '90 British Sociological Association Annual Conference, University of Surrey, Guildford, 2-5 April, 1990
124. Dickson, K Smith S L and Lawton Smith, H ‘A Bridge Too Far? Problems and Opportunities in Inter-firm Research Collaboration’ 10th International Conference of Strategic Management Society, Stockholm, Sweden, September, 1990
125. Dickson, K Smith S L and Lawton Smith, H ‘How Was It For You? Small Firms' Experiences of Collaboration in a Disorganised Setting’ 12th Small Firms Research and Policy Conference. London, November 1989 (With K.D.Dickson and S.L.Smith) Joint Prize Winners of the Best Newcomers Award.
126. Dickson, K Smith S L and Lawton Smith, H ‘The Small Firm Perspective on Inter-firm Collaboration for Innovation’, EEC/OECD Conference on The Co-operation Phenomenon: Prospects for Small Firms and the Small Economies, Dublin, November, 1989
127. Dickson, K Smith S L and Lawton Smith, H ‘Innovation through Strategic Partnerships: Research Findings’, BIRU Conference on Innovation and Inter-firm Collaboration, Wolfson College, Oxford, February, 1989
128. Lawton Smith, H Dickson, K and Smith S L ‘Planning Alliances for Innovation: Strategic Collaborators or Reluctant Partners?’ E.I.A.S.M. workshop on Recent Research on Technological Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized firms European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels, November, 1988
129. Dickson, K Smith S L and Lawton Smith, H ‘Innovation and Inter-Firm Collaboration for Innovation: Towards a Typology of Interactive Behaviour", 2nd Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management, Cardiff, September 1988
PUBLIC POLICY ACTIVITY 1. Panellist in the Region Vastra Gotaland Seminar for policy makers in the
region held at the Uddevalla Symposium, Uddevalla, Sweden 12th June 2014 1. Panellist and paper presenter on ‘Oxfordshire: key drivers of an
entrepreneurial ecosystem’ at International Workshop on, “ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND GROWTH-ORIENTED ENTREPRENEURSHIP” Jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme
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and The Netherlands’ Ministry of Economic Affairs Thursday 7 November 2013
2. Expert Witness Northern Economic Futures Commission Meeting, Port of Tyne, 13th December 2011.
3. Member of panel for OECD assessment of “SME and Entrepreneurship issues and policies at national and local levels in Mexico” (October 2011).
4. Member of Manchester Development Panel & contributor to Report of Panel on Strengthening Greater Manchester’s economic base through science, and research and development (August 2011) http://www.thenorthernway.co.uk/downloaddoc.asp?id=855
5. Invited international expert presentation on Science Vale (Oxfordshire) at OECD workshop on Innovation Systems and Entrepreneurship in the city of Kristiansand, Agder (Norway), 20 February 2009
6. Invited paper ‘The Oxfordshire Cluster’ on Clusters and Entrepreneurship:
Lessons of Seven International Case Studies in 51st session OECD Cooperative Action programme on Local Economic Development and Employment Development (LEED) Paris November 22 2007
7. Invited paper ‘The Oxfordshire Economic Observatory project: Relevance of the model to developing countries’ Conference on Launching a Program to Transform University-Industry-Government Relations to Enhance Capacity Building in Ethiopia, Ethiopian Triple Helix Association, United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa 29th and 30th May, 2006
8. Invited keynote ‘The impact of tertiary education on urban development’ OECD International Conference on City Competitiveness, Tenerife, March 3 and 4 2005
9. Invited guest chair and summative presentation on ‘Framing a regional perspective on innovation funding’ ERRIN Policy and Thematic Development Seminar The Future of EU Funding for Innovation: A Response from the Regions Brussels September 8 2004
10. Lawton Smith H, (2003) ‘Maximising the benefits from a concentration of universities’ Scoping paper for The New Regionalism: One world city, two world class regions - a shared agenda Conference organised by SEEDS/LGIU Friday 11 July 2003 Barbican, London
11. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R (2003) ‘Scientific/high technology labour
markets in Oxford and Cambridge’ Invited paper at Regional Capacity and Strategy to Deliver Skills Change, DTI Skills Seminar – Tuesday 24th June, London
12. Presentation to Enterprising Oxford: the anatomy of the Oxfordshire high-tech economy, Said Business School, April 10 2003
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13. Presentation to launch of Enterprising Oxford: growth of the Oxfordshire high-tech economy, Royal Society March 24th 2003
14. Presentation to Lady Blackstone, launch of Oxford’s bid for European Capital of Culture September 17 2002 on behalf of OEO at Said Business School, Oxford University
Other academic presentations 1. Panel seminar for PF7 project Transforming Institutions by Gendering
contents and Gaining Equality in Research (TRIGGER), Birkbeck February 20 2014
2. ‘What is the “New Economy” in Oxfordshire’ Presentation at Department of
Planning Seminar Series, Oxford Brookes 6 March 2014. 3. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R ‘Innovation and the economy’ invited
seminar CIBS, South Bank University, March 14 2013 4. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R ‘Revolutions and continuity in regional
innovation policy in Europe’ Invited seminar, Surge, Coventry University March 7 2013
5. Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R ‘The State and Regional Policy’ invited
seminar, Bartlett School, UCL October 17 2012 6. Waters, R and Lawton Smith, H “Understanding the role of the state: regional
innovation policies in times of austerity” Presentation at CIMR workshop on Innovation Policy in Times of Recession October 15 2012
7. Invited seminar, ‘Entrepreneurship and innovation in the health technologies
sector in the Thames Valley: a regional stakeholder approach’ Circle, Lund University April 18 2012
8. Public lecture on ‘Entrepreneurship, universities, technology transfer and local
economic development’, University of Malta March 11 2011
9. Invited seminar ‘University city regions, entrepreneurship and the highly-skilled: the cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ Institute for Regional Development and Environment, Vienna University of Economics and Business’ November 18 2010
10. Invited paper Academic Entrepreneurship: Comparing Oxford with London
Universities in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Seminars, Said Business School, Oxford University, February 16 2009
11. Invited presentation on ‘Lessons of the Oxford Phenomenon’ for the launch of the journal Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society NESTA, London July 31st 2008
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12. Invited paper SPRU seminar series ‘Measuring the performance of Oxfordshire’s academic spin-offs’ May 12 2006
13. Invited paper Bio-Link Seminar, Cardiff University 5TH July 2004
14. Invited Seminar CASS, City of London University June 24 2004
15. ‘The Bioscience Industry in Oxfordshire’ Paper Presented at the Genetics Forum, Oxford University, Exeter College October 22 2001
16. ‘Regulatory Policy Seminar Series’ Poster Presentation at REGARD Conference on Future Social Science Research - Support Strategy, direction, 14 September 2000, University of Bristol
17. ‘High tech industry in Oxfordshire, a success story?’ School of Geography Centenary Lecture Series October 22 1999
18. ‘Future Research Issues in Scientific Labour Markets’ Paper presented at Science Policy Support Group European Seminar, Brussels, 20-21 April 1995
19. ‘Advanced Technology industry in Oxfordshire" Paper presented at the European Workshop on High Technology Enterprise and Innovative Milieux, St Catharine's College Cambridge, March 3-4 1995.
20. ‘Privatisation and De-regulation in the Truck and Bus Industries in the UK" A Paper presented at Economic Planning Agency Summative workshop, Tokyo Japan, March 1995
21. ‘The Contribution of National Laboratories to the European Scientific Labour Market’ Paper presented at Workshop on "The Hosting of Transnational Facilities" Organised by PREST, September 6 1994
22. ‘The Contribution of National Laboratories to the European Scientific Labour Market" Paper presented at SPSG Summative Conference, June 29 1994, London
23. ‘The Saline Water Problem in Upper Silesia’ Paper presented at workshop on ESRC/GEC Phase III project, ‘Factors Governing the Evolution of Environmental Regulation in Poland. Hertford College, Oxford December 8/9 1995
24. ‘Innovation Strategies in the flow measuring industry: the cases of the UK, France and Belgium’, Paper presented at the AGM of FLOMIC, Cranfield Institute of Technology, 24 September, 1992
25. ‘Knowing the Game and How to Play it: Technology Transfer in Europe in the flow measuring and electronic component industries in UK France and Belgium’ Paper presented at the Workshop on Technology Transfer in Europe, Wolfson College, 18 September, 1992
26. ‘Technology Transfer in the Flow Measuring Industry’, Paper presented at the AGM of FLOMIC, Cranfield Institute of Technology, 26th September 1991.
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External reviewer
• Reviewer for Regional Studies, Urban Studies, European Urban and Regional Studies, Economic Geography, Environment and Planning A, Environment and Planning C, EINT, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, Geoforum, Professional Geographer, Industrial and Corporate Change, Geografiska Annale B, Technovation, International Business Review, R&D Management, International Small Business, Small Business Economics, Transactions of the RGS-IBG
• Proposal reviewer for the ESRC.
Other academic activity
• Co-organiser, Triple Helix Conference 2013 (With Big Innovation Centre and UCL Advances) July 7-10 2013
• Co-organiser 10 paper sessions on Evolutionary Economic Geography, AAG, LA April 2013
• Member, Programme Committee, Triple Helix Conference, Stanford University, California, July 11-14 2011
• Member Scientific Committee Uddevalla Symposium, Bergamo, Italy June 13-16 2011, and for Faro, Portugal, 2012
• Paper and panel session organiser AAG Seattle 2011: panel session on ‘High-Tech Economies: Defining and Measuring Activity’ (with Bill Beyers); paper session, ‘Metropolitan Areas: Motors of change and socio-economic development’ (with Ulrich Hilpert); paper session 'National and regional trends in the distribution of KIBS' (with Peter Wood)
• Member Scientific Committee European Regional Science Association International Conference August 2010
• Paper Session organiser AAG 2010 (With Ulrich Hilpert) Two sessions on labour markets for the highly skilled
• Panel organiser (with Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen) of three sessions on Entrepreneurship and Geographyat the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference Las Vegas March 22-27 2009
• Panel organiser (with Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen) Panel in Honour of Gordon Clark, at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference April 15-19 2008, Boston
• Session organiser, two sessions on ‘Economic Geographies of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2007 (With Tim Vorley and John Bryson)
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• Co-organiser (with Ulrich Hilpert) Sessions on ‘Learning Regions and Global Knowledge Networks’ Regional Studies International Conference Lisbon April 2007
• Session organiser, three sessions on ‘Economies of Enterprise, Innovation & Creativity’ RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2006 (With Tim Vorley)
• Session organiser of four sessions on Regional Innovation Systems (with
Professor Bjorn Asheim and Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen) at Association of American Geographers Annual Conference March 7-11 2006, Chicago
• Session organiser (with Tim Vorley, Leicester University) Two sessions on Universities and the Knowledge Economy RGS-IBG Annual Conference London August 31-September 2 2005
• Panel Organizer (with Bjorn Asheim, Lund University) Two sessions on Innovation and Clusters Association of American Geographers’ Annual Conference April 2005 Denver
• Panel Organizer (with Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen) five panels (28 participants) on Economic Geography: Then, Now and the Future. Sponsors: The Economic Geography Specialty Group and Economic Geography Association of American Geographers’ Centennial Meeting, March 2004, Philadelphia.
• Session Organizer (with Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen) Two sessions on Regional
Innovation Systems. The Association of American Geographers’ Centennial Meeting, March 2004, Philadelphia.
• Discussant for paper session on ‘Technology Agglomeration Economy Re-
examined’ The Association of American Geographers’ Centennial Meeting, March 2004, Philadelphia.
• Member of PRIME Research Advisory Group (April 2003-2004)
• Member of Oxford Networks Steering Group, The Oxford Trust (2000-2004)
• Member of Coventry University Research Committee (2001-2004)
• Member of Coventry Business School, Coventry University Research Degrees Committee (2000-2004)
• Editor, CLED Working Paper Series, Coventry Business School, Coventry University (1997-2004)
• Member of Economic Geography Research Committee of the RGS-IBG, January (1996-1999)
• Member Regional Studies Association Executive Committee (1997-2000)
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• Co-organiser of Genetics Knowledge Forum Seminar Series on Genetics Knowledge in Oxford - Networks and Opportunities? October to December 2002, Said Business School, Oxford University
• Joint session organiser with Professor David Gibbs of session on ‘Innovation’ at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Sussex University, January 4-7 2000
• Co-organiser, Regional Studies Association Student Conference ‘A Disunited Kingdom’ Wolfson College, Oxford, November 8 2000
• Member of organising team for session on ‘Innovation and competitiveness in core and peripheral regions’ Regional Studies Association International Conference, Bilbao September 1999.
• Organiser of Economic Geography Research Group seminar on ‘Precarious Employment’ UCL July 1 1999
• Organiser of Economic Geography Research Group seminar on ‘Institutions and Governance’ UCL July 3 1998
• Organised 12 international seminars on Regulation under the three ESRC Seminar Series Award
• Membership of Steering Committee of Leverhulme Trust funded research project on Technology Transfer in Oxfordshire, August 1991 - July 1993.
• Member of ESRC Committee for proposed programme on ‘Economics of Science’ 1994
Media 2014 Interviewed on Voice of Russia on TRIGGER project, February 28 2014
2013 Interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford on prospects for Oxfordshire’s high tech economy July 25th
2013 Appeared on BBC South Politics Programme June 9th on challenges for Oxfordshire’s high tech economy
2008 Helen Lawton Smith and John Glasson were interviewed on Radio Oxford on January 24th on their work on the Oxfordshire high-tech economy
2003 Appeared on 6Life, 6TV (the Oxford Channel) on March 24th 2003 to publicise the launch of Enterprising Oxford: the growth of the Oxfordshire high-tech economy.
2000 Quoted in The Higher October 13 in article on the modernisation of Oxford University p.7 ‘Its goodbye to Brideshead’
1998 Local Economy article on Oxford/Cambridge research reported on page 1 of the Financial Times, Tuesday June 30 and by the Evening Standard on August 24.
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Interviewed on Cambridge local radio on June 2, and on the Radio 4 ‘Today’ Programme July 2.