Ove Granstrand

Ove Granstrand
Grandstand at the University of Cambridge
NationalitySwedish
Academic background
Alma materChalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg University, Stanford University
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics, technology, innovation
Sub-disciplineIntellectual Property, Licensing
InstitutionsChalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Sven Ove Granstrand (born 11 August 1944) is a Swedish economist and management scholar known for his contributions to the field of industrial economics, particularly on technological change, innovation and intellectual property rights.[1]

In 1986, Granstrand was appointed as Regius Professor in Industrial Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology.[2] He was also the founder and chairman of the Center for Intellectual Property Studies.[2][3][4] In 2000, he co-founded the European Institute of Technology and Innovation Management.[2][5] In 1993, he was elected a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences,[6] and a lifetime fellow at Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge in 2019.[7][8]

Granstrand has held many visiting professorships at various institutions including Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research,[9][10] Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex (1990), MIT Sloan School of Management (1985–1986), and Akademia Nauk in Moscow.[1][2][11] In 2019, he was appointed to the Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing .[8][12][13] Granstrand has also hosted international symposia in Scandinavia, such as the three Wallenberg Symposia on 'Economics of Technology' in 1991,[14] 'Economics, Law and Intellectual property' in 2000,[15] and 'Medicine, Technology and Economics' in 2007.[16]

During his influential academic career Granstrand has served on many expert committees for the European Commission[17][18][19][20] and on various boards in academia and industry.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Ove Granstrand". Innovation and Intellectual Property Research Group. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Granstrand, Ove (2009). "Kapitel 36: Vad IUI betytt för mig". In Henrekson, Magnus (ed.). IUI/IFN 1939-2009: sju decennier av forskning om ett näringsliv i utveckling (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Ekerlid : Institutet för näringslivsforskning. pp. 421–433. ISBN 9789170921155.
  3. ^ "Management Group and the Board". Center for Intellectual Property Studies. Archived from the original on 2003-12-12. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Background and history". Center for Intellectual Property Studies. Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  5. ^ Tschirky, Hugo; Herstatt, Cornelius; Probert, David; Gemünden, Hans Georg; Durand, Thomas; Schweisfurth, Tim; Weerd-Nederhof, Petra C. de (2010). Managing Innovation Driven Companies: Approaches in Practice. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-30654-7.
  6. ^ "Ove Granstrand". Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  7. ^ "IfM News and Features". University of Cambridge - Institute for Manufacturing (IfM). Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Prof Ove Granstrand". University of Cambridge - Institute for Manufacturing (IfM). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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  10. ^ "Research at Stanford University". Innovation and Intellectual Property Research Group. 2013-02-25. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
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  12. ^ "Recent talks delivered by Ove Granstrand". Innovation and Intellectual Property Research Group. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  13. ^ "IfM News and Features". www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  14. ^ David, Paul A. (1993). "On Svante Lindqvists changing Technological Landscape" (PDF). Technology and Economic Change.
  15. ^ Granstrand, Ove (2003). Granstrand, Ove (ed.). Economics, Law and Intellectual Property. Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V. pp. 1–5. doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-3750-9. ISBN 978-1-4419-5416-9.
  16. ^ Granstrand, Ove (2007). "The Changing Roles of IPRs in Bio-Health Technologies". Presentation at the Wallenberg Symposium on Medicine, Technology and Economics – Seeking Strategies for Research and Teaching in Converging Fields, 26 October, 2007, Stockholm.
  17. ^ Ullrich, H.; Straus, J.; Arundel, A.; Deberdt, D.; Granstrand, O.; Carbajal, M.A.; Holzer, W.; Kingston, W.H.; Bas, C.L. as members of the ETAN expert group (European Technology Assessment Network). (1999). Report on "Strategic Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights in the context of Science and Technology Policy"
  18. ^ European Commission, Research Directorate General; Granstrand, Ove; Foray, Dominique; David, Paul and a group of independent experts (2001). "IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Aspects of Internet Collaborations".
  19. ^ European Commission, Research Directorate General; Granstrand, Ove; Adams, John; Cameron, Hugh as members of an independent Expert Working Group (2002). "Role and Strategic Use of Intellectual Property Rights in International Research Collaborations."
  20. ^ European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation; Granstrand, Ove; Adams, John; Kamperman Sanders, Anselm (2003). "Expert group report on strategic use and adaptation of intellectual property rights systems in information and communications technologies-based research", Publications Office.