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Bengt-Åke Lundvall

Bengt-Åke Lundvall

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Denmark
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
76
Citations
56205
World Ranking
475
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Bengt-Åke Lundvall is a researcher affiliated with Aalborg University in Denmark. Their work primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Business, Management and Accounting. Within these broad fields, key subfields include Economics and Econometrics, Business and International Management, Strategy and Management, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

The scientist's research topics reflect an emphasis on the intersection of innovation, economic growth, and development. Main areas of focus include:

  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Economic and Technological Innovation
  • University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Firm Innovation and Growth

Bengt-Åke Lundvall has published in several academic journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Innovation and Development
  • Research Policy
  • Science Technology and Society
  • Innovations

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Bengt-Åke Lundvall include:

  • "China's catching-up in artificial intelligence seen as a co-evolution of corporate and national innovation systems," 2021, Research Policy
  • "Transformative innovation policy - lessons from the innovation system literature," 2023, Innovation and Development
  • "The COVID-19 Crisis, National Innovation Systems, and World Development," 2023, Science Technology and Society
  • "Open Science in An Era of Techno-Nationalism and Intellectual Monopolies - A European Dilemma," 2025, Innovations

The scientist has also collaborated frequently with other researchers, notably with Cecilia Rikap, with whom two joint publications are recorded, and Cristiano Antonelli, with one recorded co-authorship.

Best Publications

  • The Learning Economy

    Bengt-äke Lundvall;Björn Johnson

  • National Systems of Innovation: Towards a Theory of Innovation and Interactive Learning

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall

  • Forms of knowledge and modes of innovation

    Morten Jensen;Bjorn Johnson;Edward Lorenz;Bengt-Åke Lundvall

  • National systems of production, innovation and competence building

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall;Bjørn Harold Johnson;Esben Sloth Andersen;Bent Dalum

  • National Innovation Systems: Analytical Concept and Development Tool

    Bengt‐Åke Lundvall

  • National Systems of Innovation

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall

  • Product Innovation and User-Producer Interaction

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall

  • Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall;Susana Borrás

  • User-Producer Relationships, National Systems of Innovation and Internationalisation

    Bengt-åke Lundvall

  • Why all this Fuss about Codified and Tacit Knowledge

    Bjorn Johnson;Edward Lorenz;Bengt-Åke Lundvall

  • Handbook of Innovation Systems and Developing Countries: Building Domestic Capabilities in a Global Setting

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall;K.J. Joseph;Cristina Charminade;Jan Vang

  • The Social Dimension of the Learning Economy

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall

  • The globalizing learning economy

    Daniele Archibugi;Bengt-Åke Lundvall

  • Innovation, Growth and Social Cohesion: The Danish Model

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall

  • The globalising learning economy: implications for innovation policy

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall;Susana Borras

  • The knowledge-based economy: from the economics of knowledge to the learning economy

    Dominique Foray;Bengt-Ake Lundvall

  • The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall

  • The changing role of science in the innovation process: From Queen to Cinderella?

    João Caraça;Bengt-Åke Lundvall;Sandro Mendonça;Sandro Mendonça

  • Handbook of innovation systems and developing countries

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall;K. Joseph;Cristina Chaminade;Jan Vang

  • Why Study National Systems and National Styles of Innovation

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall

  • Employment and Growth in the Knowledge-Based Economy

    Dominique Foray;Bengt-Ake Lundvall

  • The Economic Geography of Innovation

    Bengt-Åke Lundvall;Bjørn Johnson;Esben Sloth Andersen;Bent Dalum

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniele Archibugi
Daniele Archibugi Birkbeck, University of London
Charles Edquist
Charles Edquist Lund University
Dieter Ernst
Dieter Ernst Centre for International Governance Innovation

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