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Michael Kitson    

Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK    

Michael Kitson is Director of the Programme on Regional Innovation at the Cambridge-MIT Institute and university lecturer in economics at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. His research interests include regional economics, corporate performance, economic policy, technology transfer and the commercialisation of science. He is experienced in a range of research techniques including quantitative and qualitative analysis. He has recently completed an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) research project on the challenges facing the biotechnology and aerospace sectors in the UK and has providedevidence as an expert witness for the House of Lords inquiry into globalisation. His current work is concerned with assessing the factors that drive regional competitiveness and innovation and he is directing a project for the UK government on regional variations in absorptive capacity. He has undertaken research for the UK government, the ESRC and a range of other public and private organisations. Michael is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society and the Cambridge Journal of Economics. His publications include The Political Economy of Competitiveness (with J. Michie) and articles in the Economic Journal, the Cambridge Journal of Economics, the Economic History Review, the Scottish Journal of Political Economy, the Review of International Political Economy, the Bulletin of Economic Research and Regional Studies and Urban Studies. More information about the Programme on Regional Innovation is available at: www.regionalinnovation.org.uk.

Michael presented during session 5b - New frontiers of knowledge production and the changing role of universities.

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