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Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen is Professor of Geography at the State University of New York-Buffalo. Her research has focused on innovation in bio-pharmaceuticals and biofuels. She is also interested in industrial shifts and urban-regional development.

Paul M.A. Baker , PhD, is Senior Director, Research and Strategic Innovation, with the Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP) at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also a Principal Research Scientist and holds an Appointment by Courtesy with the School of Public Policy, at Georgia Tech. He is Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Disability Law & Policy at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He is currently researching institutional change and innovation in higher education, the role of policy in advancing technology and universal accessibility goals for people with disabilities; the operation of communities of practice and online communities in virtual environments, and state and local government use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). He has served as chair of the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North Americas (RESNA) Government Affairs Committee, and as a member of the executive committee of NARRTC (National Association of RRTCs). He has published in a number of journals, and serves on the editorial boards of ten journals.

Nicola Bellini is Professor of Economics and Management at the Institute of Management of the Scuola Superiore SantAnna (Pisa, Italy currently on leave), and Director of the La Rochelle Tourism Management Institute at the Groupe Sup de Co, La Rochelle (France). He is author and editor of books and articles on industrial policy, local and regional development, business support services and place branding.

Saradindu Bhaduri teaches at the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. His research interests include unorthodox economic analyses of technology, innovative behaviour, regulatory institutions and technology policies.

Alberto Bramanti is Associate Professor of Applied Economics at Bocconi University, Milan. He works in the Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management (PAM) and CERTeT Centre of Research on Regional Economics, Transport and Tourism.

Shiri M. Breznitz , an economic geographer, specializes in innovation, technology, and regional economic development. Her research is at the critical intersection of theory and policy to fit the new realities of globalization. Professor Breznitzs work has informed policy making at the local, national, and international levels. She has advised on the role of universities in the larger story of innovation, on the economic impact of biotechnology, and on the role of clusters in driving innovation. Professor Breznitzs latest book, The Fountain of Knowledge with Stanford University Press (July 2014), analyses universities relationships with government and industry, focusing on the biotechnology industry as a case study. Additional work by Professor Breznitz has been published in Regional Studies , Canadian Journal of Regional Science , Economic Development Quarterly , Journal of Product Innovation Management , and The Journal of Technology Transfer .

Christopher Briem is a research specialist in the program for Urban and Regional Analysis at the University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focus is on economic development policy, regional economic competitiveness and the processes of post-industrial transformation including the interaction of population migration and industrial change.

Keith R. Bujak is a Senior User Experience Engineer at the John Deere Technology Innovation Center. His current research includes advanced training simulators, mobile and wearable apps, and human-robot systems. He also has research and design experience with massive open online courses, instructional design, and mobile learning. Keith received a PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology in engineering psychology and a BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in mechanical engineering and psychology.

Xiangdong Chen has been a full professor at Beihang University since 2000, in the fields of international technology transfer and innovation studies, in particular, patent based technology competition in the Chinese market. He used to be a visiting scholar at Manchester Business School in the early 1990s while he was conducting an international technology transfer survey of 58 British companies in the UK, and later on he did similar studies of German companies in Germany in the early 2000s. He and his research team have concentrated on evaluation of intellectual property and patented technology in particular; in these fields he has conducted four NSFC (Nature Science Foundation of China) projects, one key research project supported by China Social Science Foundation, and an IDRC project from Canada, all related to patent studies. He has published more than 80 research papers in international journals, book chapters, international conferences, and Chinese academic journals. He has been invited to present research works in a number of important international conferences and workshops on innovation and IP systems, and has also been invited for collaborative research projects with overseas scholars and lectures in training programs for graduate students on technology management and programs related to IPRs, in the US, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Japan, Korea, Brazil, and other countries and districts.

Sherwin Ignatius Chia is a PhD candidate in the Nanyang Business School at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Prior to his candidature, he worked for seven years as an engineer in a R&D role for Fortune 500 technology firms located in the Silicon Valley and Singapore. His current research interests include culture, innovation, and the self-regulation of goal pursuits.