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Business and Management
Switzerland
2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
52
Citations
17943
World Ranking
856
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Dominique Foray is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Business, Management and Accounting.

Their research spans several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management, Political Science and International Relations, and Accounting.

The main topics addressed in Foray's work include:

  • Innovation Policy and R&D
  • Regional Development and Policy
  • University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

Foray has contributed to a number of publications, with a focus on innovation economics and policy. Recent papers include:

  • Smart specialization strategies-insights gained from a unique European policy experiment on innovation and industrial policy design, 2020, Review of Evolutionary Political Economy
  • The formation of Coasean institutions to provide university knowledge for innovation: a case study and econometric evidence for Switzerland, 2020, The Journal of Technology Transfer

Additionally, Foray appears as a co-author in collaborative studies such as those authored by George Abi Younes in the area of COVID-19 and innovation economics.

Frequent co-authors working with Foray include:

  • Charles Ayoubi
  • Bernard Cornet
  • George Abi Younes
  • Omar Ballester
  • Gabriele Cristelli

Foray's work is published in several venues, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Innovations
  • Science and Public Policy
  • Review of Evolutionary Political Economy
  • The Journal of Technology Transfer

Best Publications

  • The explicit economics of knowledge codification and tacitness

    Robin Cowan;D. Foray;P.A. David

  • Economics of knowledge

    Dominique Foray

  • L'économie de la connaissance

    Dominique Foray

  • The Economics of Codification and the Diffusion of Knowledge

    Robin Cowan;Dominique Foray

  • AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ECONOMY OF THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

    Paul A. David;Dominique Foray

  • Accessing and expanding the science and technology knowledge base

    Paul A. David;Dominique Foray

  • Economic Fundamentals Of the Knowledge Society

    Paul A. David;Dominique Foray

  • Guide to Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisations (RIS 3)

    Raquel Ortega Argiles;John Goddard;Xabier Goenaga;Mikel Landabaso

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

    Dominique Foray;Bengt-Ake Lundvall

  • Science, Technology and Innovation for Economic Growth: Linking Policy Research and Practice in "STIG Systems"

    Philippe Aghion;Paul A. David;Paul A. David;Dominique Foray

  • Public R&D and social challenges: What lessons from mission R&D programs?

    D. Foray;D.C. Mowery;R.R. Nelson

  • The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness

    Robin Cowan;Paul A. David;Dominique Foray

  • Smart Specialisation: Opportunities and Challenges for Regional Innovation Policy

    Dominique Foray

  • Smart specialisation From academic idea to political instrument, the surprising career of a concept and the difficulties involved in its implementation

    Dominique Foray;Paul A. David;Bronwyn H. Hall

  • The goals of Smart Specialisation

    Dominique Foray;Xabier Goenaga

  • From smart specialisation to smart specialisation policy

    Dominique Foray

  • Employment and Growth in the Knowledge-Based Economy

    Dominique Foray;Bengt-Ake Lundvall

  • Technology and the wealth of nations : the dynamics of constructed advantage

    Dominique Foray;Christopher Freeman

  • Social Software and Strategy

    Stefan Haefliger;Eric Monteiro;Dominique Foray;Georg von Krogh

  • Fundamentos economicos de la sociedad del conocimiento. (Economic Foundations of the Knowledge Society. With English summary.)

    Paul A. David;Dominique Foray

  • The Economics of Technology Sharing: Open Source and Beyond

    Brian Kahin;Dominique Foray

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. David
Paul A. David Stanford University
Jacques Mairesse
Jacques Mairesse Maastricht University
Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion London School of Economics and Political Science
Bronwyn H. Hall
Bronwyn H. Hall University of California, Berkeley
Arnulf Grubler
Arnulf Grubler International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Bart Van Looy
Bart Van Looy KU Leuven
Bengt-Åke Lundvall
Bengt-Åke Lundvall Aalborg University
Armand Hatchuel
Armand Hatchuel Mines ParisTech
Cristiano Antonelli
Cristiano Antonelli University of Turin

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