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Overview

Knut Blind is affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on business, management, and accounting, with notable contributions to economics, econometrics, and finance. Within these broad areas, their work addresses several specialized subfields such as strategy and management, economics and econometrics, management of technology and innovation, marketing, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's research engages with a range of topics including:

  • Innovation Policy and R&D
  • Intellectual Property and Patents
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Global Trade, Sustainability, and Social Impact
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Their frequent publication venues demonstrate a focus on innovation, technological forecasting, and policy discussions, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Research Policy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Telecommunications Policy
  • IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Knut Blind has collaborated extensively with several coauthors including Torben Schubert, Parsa Asna Ashari, Claudia Koch, Bastian Krieger, and Maikel Pellens.

The scientist's recent papers illustrate a consistent engagement with innovation policy and standards. Key publications include:

  • "Technology sovereignty as an emerging frame for innovation policy. Defining rationales, ends and means" (2023, Research Policy)
  • "Drivers for Companies' Entry Into Standard-Setting Organizations" (2020, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management)
  • "The interplay between product innovation, publishing, patenting and developing standards" (2022, Research Policy)
  • "Standards and innovation: A review and introduction to the special issue" (2023, Research Policy)
  • "Stakeholder perceptions of the role of standards for addressing the sustainable development goals" (2023, Sustainable Production and Consumption)

Best Publications

  • Motives to patent: Empirical evidence from Germany

    Knut Blind;Knut Blind;Jakob Edler;Rainer Frietsch;Ulrich Schmoch

  • Innovation indicators throughout the innovation process: An extensive literature analysis

    Marisa Dziallas;Knut Blind;Knut Blind

  • The Influence of Regulations on Innovation: A Quantitative Assessment for OECD Countries

    Knut Blind;Knut Blind

  • The influence of strategic patenting on companies' patent portfolios

    Knut Blind;Knut Blind;Knut Blind;Katrin Cremers;Elisabeth Mueller

  • Innovation in Services: Issues at Stake and Trends.

    J Howells;B Tether;F Gallouj;F Djellal

  • The impact of standards and regulation on innovation in uncertain markets

    Knut Blind;Sören S. Petersen;Cesare A.F. Riillo

  • Interrelation between patenting and standardisation strategies: empirical evidence and policy implications

    Knut Blind;Knut Blind;Nikolaus Thumm

  • ISO 9001 and product innovation: A literature review and research framework

    Basak Manders;Henk J. de Vries;Knut Blind;Knut Blind;Knut Blind

  • The Economics Of Standards: Theory, Evidence, Policy

    Knut Blind

  • Interdependencies between the science and technology infrastructure and innovation activities in German regions: empirical findings and policy consequences

    Knut Blind;Hariolf Grupp

  • Motives to standardize: Empirical evidence from Germany

    Knut Blind;Knut Blind;Knut Blind;Axel Mangelsdorf;Axel Mangelsdorf

  • The Economics of Standards

    Knut Blind

  • The impact of patents and standards on macroeconomic growth: a panel approach covering four countries and 12 sectors

    Knut Blind;Knut Blind;Andre Jungmittag

  • Research and standardisation in nanotechnology: evidence from Germany

    Knut Blind;Knut Blind;Stephan Gauch

  • Evaluating the demand side: New challenges for evaluation

    Jakob Edler;Luke Georghiou;Knut Blind;Elvira Uyarra

  • Trade and the impact of innovations and standards: the case of Germany and the UK

    Knut Blind;Andre Jungmittag

  • Filing behaviour regarding essential patents in industry standards

    Florian Berger;Knut Blind;Knut Blind;Knut Blind;Nikolaus Thumm

  • Foreign Direct Investment, Imports and Innovations in the Service Industry

    Knut Blind;Andre Jungmittag

  • Multi-mode standardisation: A critical review and a research agenda

    Paul Moritz Wiegmann;Henk J. de Vries;Henk J. de Vries;Knut Blind;Knut Blind

  • Technology sovereignty as an emerging frame for innovation policy: Defining rationales, ends and means

    Jakob Edler;Knut Blind;Henning Kroll;Torben Schubert

  • The Impact of Regulation on Innovation

    Knut Blind

  • Innovation in Services: Issues at Stake and Trends : Studies on Innovation Matters Related to the Implementation of the Community "Innovation and SMEs Programme"

    J. Edler;Faiz Gallouj;Faridah Djellal;Camal Gallouj

Frequent Co-Authors

Luke Georghiou
Luke Georghiou University of Manchester
Jeremy Howells
Jeremy Howells University of Portsmouth
Bruce Tether
Bruce Tether University of Manchester
Faïz Gallouj
Faïz Gallouj University of Lille
Andrea Fosfuri
Andrea Fosfuri Bocconi University
Kalle Lyytinen
Kalle Lyytinen Case Western Reserve University
Antonio Corradi
Antonio Corradi University of Bologna
Mathias Dewatripont
Mathias Dewatripont Université Libre de Bruxelles
John Wilson
John Wilson University of Southern California

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