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Journal papers, books, chapters (refereed)

  • Rudi Bekkers, Joel West (2009). The Limits to IPR Standardization Policies as Evidenced by Strategic Patenting in UMTS. Telecommunications Policy 33 (2009) 80ñ97.
  • Rudi Bekkers, Joel West (2009). Standards, patents and mobile phones: Lessons from ETSI's handling of UMTS. Journal of IT standards and standardization research 7(1), 13-34.
  • Rudi Bekkers, Isabel Maria Bodas de Ara˙jo Freitas (2008). Analysing preferences for knowledge transfer channels between universities and industry: To what degree do sectors also matter? Research Policy 37 (2008) 1837ñ1853.
  • Bekkers, Rudi (2008). Stuck on the tracks? Empirical study for investments in the Dutch Railway Sector infrastructure. In Arts, G. et. al. (eds.), New perspectives on investment in infrastructures, pp. 15-42. Study commissioned by the Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR). Den Hague: Amsterdam University Press.
  • Eric J. Iversen, Rudi Bekkers and Knut Blind (submitted, in review). Emerging coordination mechanisms for multi-party IPR holders: linking research with standardization.
  • Bert-Jaap Koops & Rudi Bekkers (2007). Interceptability of telecommunications: Are U.S. and Dutch law prepared for the future? Telecommunications Policy 31 (2007) 45ñ67.
  • Reginald Brennenraedts, Rudi Bekkers & Bart Verspagen (submitted, in review). The different channels of university-industry knowledge transfer: Empirical evidence from Biomedical Engineering.
  • Bekkers, R., V. Gilsing, and M. van der Steen (2006), Determining Factors of the Effectiveness of IP-based Spin-offs: Comparing the Netherlands and the US. Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol 31., No. 5, p. 545-566.
  • Bekkers, R. & West, J. (2006). The effect of strategic patenting on cumulative innovation in UMTS standardization. In Coenen et al (eds), EURAS proceedings of the Workshop on Standardization on 8-9 June, Hamburg. Aachen, Germany: Wissenschaftsverlag Mainz. pp 17-39.
  • Bekkers, R. (2003). Thesis review - The process of Standard making: the Case of cellular Mobile telephony by Vladislav Fomin. Journal of IT Standards & Standardization Research, 1(2), 67-72.
  • Bekkers, R. (2003). Book review: A world of standards by Nils Brunsson and Bengt Jacobsson. Organization Studies, 24(2), pp. 344-348. V-link.
  • Bekkers, R. and B. Sampat (2003). ìRapporteurs' summary of the joint Netherlands-OECD expert workshop on the strategic use of IPRs by public research organizationsapporteursî, Paris: OECD
  • Bekkers, R.N.A. & van der Steen, M. (2003). ëIP-based spin-offs of public research organisations in the Dutch life science and ICT sectors.í In: Turning Science into Business: Patenting and licensing at public research organisations (p. 263-291). Paris: OECD.
  • Bekkers, R., Duysters, G. & Verspagen, B. (2002). ëIntellectual property rights, strategic technology agreements and market structure: The case of GSM.í In: Research Policy Vol. 31 Issue 7, pp. 1141-1161.
  • Bekkers, R., Verspagen, B. & Smits, J. (2002). ëIntellectual property rights and standardization: The case of GSM.í In: Telecommunications Policy 26 (2002), p. 171-188. Also in: The Standards Edge. Bolin/Sun, San Anselmo (CA).
  • Bekkers, R. (2001). The development of European mobile telecommunications standards: An assessment of the success of GSM, TETRA, ERMES and UMTS (doctoral dissertation). Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
  • Bekkers, R.N.A. (2001). Mobile Telecommunications Standards: GSM, UMTS, TETRA and ERMES. Boston, MA: Artech House.
  • Bekkers, R. & Liotard, I. (1999). ëThe tense relation between mobile telecommunications standards and IPR.í In: European intellectual property review, Vol. 21, Issue 3, pp. 110-126.
  • Bekkers, R.N.A. & Smits, J.M. (1999). Mobile telecommunications: Regulations, standards and applications. Boston, MA: Artech House.
  • Marijke L.Van Vonderen, Rudi Bekkers, Ria Hermanussen, Gizella Sikora & Árpád Tóth (1996). Gender and Doubts About Study in Technology: A Dutch-Hungarian Comparison. The journal of general psychology. Vol. 123, Issue 1, p. 5-18.
  • Bekkers, R.N.A. & Smits, J.M. (1999). GSM in detail: Techniek en realisatie van GSM, DCS 1800 en PCS 1900 [GSM in detail: Technology and implementation of GSM, DCS 1800, and PCS 1900]. Deventer, the Netherlands: Kluwer.
  • Bekkers, R.N.A. (1999). ëTelecommunicatienormen en intellectuele eigendomsrechten.í [ëTelecommunications standards and intellectual property rights.í]. In: Informatie en informatiebeleid [Information and information policy], Vol. 17, Issue 2, pp. 36-44.
  • Bekkers, R.N.A. (1998). ëMobiele datacommunicatieí [ëMobile Telecommunicationsí]. In: J. Dumortier (Ed.), Mediagids: Telecom, basiswerk. [Belgium]: Kluwer Editorial.
  • Bekkers, R.N.A. & Smits, J.M. (1997). Mobiele telecommunicatie: Regulering, standaarden en toepassingen [Mobile telecommunications: Regulations, standards, and applications] (Second, revised edition). Deventer, the Netherlands: Kluwer.
  • Bekkers, R.N.A. & Smits, J.M. (1997). Mobiele telecommunicatie: Europese netwerken [Mobile telecommunication: European networks]. Deventer, the Netherlands: Kluwer.

Conference papers and proceedings

  • Africa Villanueva-Felez; Rudi Bekkers; Jordi Molas-Gallart (2009). Relaciones universidad-industria: estudio de la diversidad en la utilizaciÛn de canales transferencia de conocimiento.  Paper accepted at the Xiii Seminario de gestiÛn tecnolÛgica de la AsociaciÛn Latino-iberoamericana de gestiÛn TecnolÛgica ñ ALTEC 2009. 25-27 November, Cartagena de Indias, Columbia.
  • Marianne van der Steen, Rudi Bekkers and Isabelle Bodas Freitas (2009). Diversity in Technology Transfer Policies and practices? Empirical evidence form the Netherlands. Paper accepted at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 7-11, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Africa Villanueva-Felez; Rudi Bekkers; Jordi Molas-Gallart (2009). Diversity in knowledge transfer usage: A relational approach. Paper accepted at the Triple Helix VII International Conference, 17-19 June 2009: Glasgow : Scotland.
  • Isabel Maria Bodas de Ara˙jo Freitas, Rudi Bekkers (2009). Performance of University-Industry collaborations, qualitative and quantitative evidence from the Netherlands. Paper accepted at the Triple Helix VII International Conference, 17-19 June 2009: Glasgow : Scotland.
  • Rudi Bekkers, RenÈ Bongard & Alessandro Nuvolari (2009. Essential patents in industry standards: The case of UMTS. Paper accepted at the DRUID 2009 Summer conference, 17-19 June 2009, Copenhagen.
  • Rudi Bekkers, DongBack Seo (2008). Analysis of the changing tensions in standard-development organization. Paper presented at the 4S/EASST conference in Rotterdam, August 20-23 2008.
  • Rudi Bekkers (2008). Technological trajectories and inter-regional knowledge flows: The case of W-CDMA mobile telecommunications Rudi Bekkers, Paper accepted at the Schumpeter 12th ISS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, July 2-5, 2008.
  • Rudi Bekkers, Joel West (2008). IPR Standardization Policies and Strategic Patenting in UMTS. Paper presented at the 25th DRUID Celebration Conference, Copenhagen June 17-20, 2008.
  • Iversen, E., Bekkers, R., & Blind, K. (2008). Emerging coordination mechanisms for multi-party IPR holders: linking research with standardization. Poster presentation at the DIME - DRUID Fundamental on Open and Proprietary Innovation Regimes. Copenhagen, CBS, June 17, 2008.
  • Rudi Bekkers, DonBack Seo (2008). Importance and Comparison of Standard Development Organizations in the ubiquitous society. Paper presented at the Korea Society of Management Information Systems (KMIS) Conference on Information Systems on June 13th, 2008 in Seoul, Korea..
  • Rudi Bekkers (2008). Are infrastructure sectors under public scrutiny better off? Evidence from the Dutch railway infrastructure sector. Invited panel discussion paper at the conference ë(Re)Regulation in the Wake of Neoliberalism, Consequences of Three Decades of Privatization and Market Liberalizationí, June 5 to 7, 2008,Utrecht.
  • Isabel Maria Bodas de Ara˙jo Freitas, Rudi Bekkers (2008). Exploring patterns of knowledge transfer from university to industry: Do sectors matter? Invited talk at the workshop on University-Industry linkages in the Netherlands: Research Issues and Policy Challenges. Eindhoven, 16 April 2008.
  • Marianne van der Steen, Rudi Bekkers, Isabel Bodas Freitas, Victor Gilsing (2008). Beyond the Demand-Side Perspective of Technology Transfer Policies: An Empirical Analysis of the Netherlands. Presentation at the DIME Grand Conference "Knowledge in space and time: economic and policy implications of the Knowledge-based economy", University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, April 7-9, 2008.
  • Eric J. Iversen, Rudi Bekkers and Knut Blind (2007). Emerging coordination mechanisms for multi-party IPR holders: Linking Research with Standardization. EURAS Workshop on Standards and Conflict Resolution. October 26, 2007, Technical University of Dresden.
  • Rudi Bekkers, Joel West (2007). Managing Patents in Standardization: Lessons from ETSI's Handling of UMTS. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT), 17-19 October 2007, Calgary (Canada). University of Calgary.
  • Isabel Maria Bodas de Ara˙jo Freitas, Rudi Bekkers (2007). Exploring patterns of knowledge transfer from university to industry: Do sectors matter? DRUID Summer Conference 2007 on appropriability, proximity, routines and innovation, June 18 - 20, 2007, Copenhagen.
  • Isabel Maria Bodas de Ara˙jo Freitas, Rudi Bekkers (2007). Exploring patterns of knowledge transfer from university to industry: Do sectors matter? DIME Conference on: Knowledge Based Entrepreneurship, June 4-5, 2007, Milan.
  • Isabel Maria Bodas de Ara˙jo Freitas, Rudi Bekkers (2007). Exploring patterns of knowledge transfer from university to industry: Do sectors matter? Proceedings of Triple Helix VI, 16-18 May 2007, School of Engineering, National University of Singapore.
  • Reginald Brennenraedts, Rudi Bekkers & Bart Verspagen (2006). The different channels of university-industry knowledge transfer: Empirical evidence from Biomedical Engineering. Paper presented at the DIME workshop on Technology transfer from universities: A critical appraisal of patents, spin-offs and human mobility, September 29th/30th, 2006 - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Eric Iversen, Rudi Bekkers & Knut Blind (2006). Emerging coordination mechanisms for multi-party IPR holders: linking research with standardization. Paper presented at the DIME Conference on Intellectual Property Rights for Business and Society, September 14-15 2006, London.
  • Rudi Bekkers, Eric Iverson & Knut Blind (2006). Patent pools and standardization: coordination mechanisms for multi-party IPR holders. Paper for the EASST 2006 conference, Lausanne, August 23-26th.
  • Rudi Bekkers & Joel West (2006). The Effect of Strategic Patenting on Cumulative Innovation in UMTS Standardization. (DIME working paper no. 9. Paper presented at the DIME Workshop on Rules, norms and standards, March 4th, 2006.
  • Bekkers, R. (2004). Patent pools as a possible route to reduce barriers to standards diffusion and technology transfer: A cure for a tragedy of the anticommons? Conference Conjointe de la 4S et d'EASST, Paris, 25-28 August 2004.
  • R. Bekkers, V. Gilsing and M. van der Steen (2004). Technology transfer through IP-based spin-offs. CIP Symposium 2004, Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, Chalmers University / Gˆtenborg University, Sweden, May 31 ñ June 3, 2004.
  • Bekkers, R. (2004). The macro-economic effects of intensive patenting industries - Or: Why we could be all better off with less patenting. Position statement for the IEEE ETS-04 conference, May 24-26 2004, Corsica (France). Sheets.