D.Phil. (Sussex), FCMI
Personal Chair in Business and Innovation
- About
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- Email Address
- martin.meyer@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
University of Aberdeen Business School
Room 819, MacRobert Building
King's College
Aberdeen AB24 5UA
- School/Department
- Business School
Biography
Martin Meyer is a visiting professor and former Dean of the University of Aberdeen Business School. Martin is well known for his work on science, technology and innovation as well as the Triple Helix of university-industry-government relations. He is currently based at the University of Vaasa (Finland) where he serves as vice-rector for international affairs, director of InnoLab, one of the University's three interdisciplinary research platforms, and professor of industrial management.
Prior to his current appointments, Martin was the Dean of Kent Business School, achieving AACSB, AMBA and SBC accreditations and developing an endowed centre for student enterprise. He was also the founding head of the Business and Management department at the University of Sussex. Prior to this, Martin held appointments at SPRU, the Science Policy Research Unit, also at the University of Sussex, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University, Finland), and Linköping University (Sweden).
Martin holds honorary and visiting appointments at Birkbeck, University of London, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), and Stirling University. Martin also serves on the advisory boards of a number of international business schools, has acted as a volunteer and mentor for accreditation agencies, such as the AACSB, and was the vice chair of the Research Steering Group of the Chartered Association of Business Schools.
Martin studied business, economics and sociology at the Universities of Dortmund (Germany) and Uppsala (Sweden). His D.Phil in Science and Technology Studies was obtained from the University of Sussex. He also worked in the private sector as consultant for Technopolis Group and RAND Europe.
- Research
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Research Overview
Martin’s research focuses on knowledge exchange, academic patenting and emerging science-based technologies. He is also interested in the bibliometric analysis of science and technology and their interrelationships.
More specifically, Martin’s research interests include:
- science, technology and innovation indicators
- university-industry technology transfer, third mission, triple helix, academic entrepreneurship
- intellectual property management
- science-based innovation and new technologies (especially nanotechnology)
- technological systems and sectoral systems of innovation
- technology foresight
- programme evaluation
His research on knowledge exchange and technology transfer resulted in projects and studies, incl. evaluative work, centred on:
- global innovation environments
- user-driven centres of competence
- user-driven service innovation and co-creation
- patenting in European universities
- the impacts of spin-out activities of researchers on their academic parent institutions
Current Research
Martin's most recent work focuses on innovation intermediaries, interdisciplinary research and research performance as well as innovation opportunity spaces.
Martin has published widely, and his work has been cited more than 8,000 times. Martin's articles appeared in international, peer-reviewed journals, such as Research Policy, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, R&D Management, Journal of Business Research, and Scientometrics.
Martin is also one of the editors of Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation and a member of the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Informetrics, Scientometrics, and World Patent Information.
Funding and Grants
Martin has managed and led more than 20 research grants and participated in more than 30 projects with a total value in excess of £3million.
As one of the first social scientists exploring nanotechnology, Martin has advised or worked for a number of international organisations and national agencies, including the European Commission, the European Patent Office, the OECD, the UK Engineering and Technology Board, the Finnish National Technology Agency, the Nordic Innovation Centre, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Martin has taught a number of modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including:
- Science, Technology & Innovation Systems,
- Strategic Management of Technology & Innovation,
- Methodologies for Foresight & Management of New Technologies,
- Service and Relationship Marketing,
- Business-to-Business Marketing,
- New Concepts in Marketing,
- Managing Intellectual Property.
He has also supervised dissertations covering a range of topics, including the entrepreneurial university, university spin-outs, emerging and convergent technologies.
- Publications
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E-Commerce Policy and International Business
Management International Review, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 3-25Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of inward FDI communities on the research and development intensity of emerging market locally domiciled firms: Partial foreign ownership as a contingency
Journal of Business Research, vol. 156, 113487Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInternational Entrepreneurial Behavior of Internationalizing African SMEs - Towards a New Research Agenda
Journal of Business Research, vol. 154, 113367Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInnovation ambidexterity and public innovation Intermediaries: The mediating role of capabilities
Journal of Business Research, vol. 149, pp. 14-29Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Role of FDI Motives in the Link between Institutional Distance and Subsidiary Ownership Choice by Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises
British Journal of Management, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 1371-1394Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReal-time information sharing, customer orientation, and the exploration of intra-service industry differences: Malaysia as an emerging market
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 167, 120684Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing technological entropy to identify technology life cycle
Journal of Informetrics, vol. 15, no. 2, 101137Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2021.101137
Strategic ambidexterity and innovation in Chinese multinational vs. indIgenous firms: The role of managerial capability
International Business Review, vol. 29, no. 6, 101652Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101652
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16703/1/Wu_etal_IBR_AAM.pdf
An entropy-based measure for the evolution of h index research
Scientometrics, vol. 125, pp. 2283-2298Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03712-1
Does corporate social responsibility impact firms' innovation capacity? The indirect link between environmental social governance implementation and innovation performance
Journal of Business Research, vol. 119, pp. 99-110Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.07.014
- [ONLINE] Deposit in Kent Uni repository
How can entrepreneurs benefit from user knowledge to create innovation in the digital services sector?
Journal of Business Research, vol. 119, pp. 122-130Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe imitation-innovation link, external knowledge search and China's innovation system
Journal of Intellectual Capital, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 727-752Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResearch and development spending and technical efficiency: evidence from biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector
International Journal of Production Research, vol. 58, no. 20, pp. 6170-6184Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2019.1671623
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Towards New Triple Helix Organisations? A Comparative Study of Competence Centres as Knowledge, Consensus and Innovation Spaces
R&D Management, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 555-573Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12342
- [ONLINE] Deposit in University of Kent institutional repository
Innovation intermediaries and collaboration: knowledge-based practices and internal value creation
Research Policy, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 70-87Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUniversity patenting and technology commercialization - legal frameworks and the importance of local practice
R&D Management, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 88-108Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/47266/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12123
- [ONLINE] University of Kent repository
A research note on multinationality and firm performance: Nonparametric frontier analysis
International Journal of Operations & Production Management, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 1408-1424Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNormalizing Google Scholar data for use in research evaluation
Scientometrics, vol. 112, no. 2, pp. 1111-1121Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCapturing the Innovation Opportunity Space: Creating Business Models with New Forms of Innovation
Elgar, Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA. 240 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/60958/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783475520
Examining open-endedness of expectations in emerging technological fields: The case of cellulosic ethanol
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 91, pp. 179-193Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/38638/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2014.02.008
Can processes make relationships work? The Triple Helix between structure and action
Prometheus, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 351-368Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/52992/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08109028.2015.1110425
'Risky business': Perceptions of e-business risk by UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
International Journal of Information Management, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 99-122Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/38656/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.11.001
Origin and emergence of entrepreneurship as a research field
Scientometrics, vol. 98, no. 1, pp. 473-485Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTriple Helix indicators as an emergent area of enquiry: a bibliometric perspective
Scientometrics, vol. 99, no. 1, pp. 151-174Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/38657/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-013-1103-8
Where is applied research going?: Introduction to special issue
Prometheus, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 319-320Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/54570/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08109028.2014.1127047
A reply to Etzkowitz' comments to Leydesdorff and Martin (2010): Technology transfer and the end of the Bayh-Dole effect
Scientometrics, vol. 97, no. 3, pp. 927–934Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/34521/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-013-0997-5
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Capturing and measuring technology based service innovation: A case analysis within theory and practice
International Journal of Information Management, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 899-905Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.07.002
- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/34519/
The Second Coming of the Triple Helix and the Emergence of Hybrid Innovation Environments
Universities, cities and regions: Loci for knowledge and innovation creation. Olechnicka, A., Capello, R., Gorzelak, G. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 193-209, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/33749/
Highly innovative small technology firms, industrial clusters and firm internationalization
Research Policy, vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 1426-1437Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/33679/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2011.06.005
The Emergence of novel science-related fields: Regional or technological patterns? Exploration and exploitation in United Kingdom nanotechnology
Regional Studies, vol. 45, no. 7, pp. 935-959Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/33685/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343401003792468
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The decline of university patenting and the end of the Bayh-Dole effect
Scientometrics, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 355–362Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/33687/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-009-0001-6
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Hybrid Nanomaterials Research: Is it Really Interdisciplinary?
The Supramolecular Chemistry of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials. Rurack, K., Martinez-Máñez, R. (eds.). John Wiley & Sons, pp. 673-688, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/33750/
Can Applied Science be 'Good Science'? Exploring the Relationship between Patent Citations and Citation Impact in Nanoscience.
Scientometrics, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 527-539Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/33686/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-009-0154-3
Diversity and Network Coherence as Indicators of Interdisciplinarity: Case Studies in Bionanoscience
Scientometrics, vol. 82, no. 2, pp. 263-287Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/33688/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-009-0041-y
Die Forschungspolitische Landschaft Großbritanniens
Handbuch Wissenschaftspolitik. Hornbostel, S., Knie, A., Simon, D. (eds.). VS VerlagChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/33751/
A patent based evaluation of technological innovation capability in eight economic regions in PR China
World Patent Information, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 104-110Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wpi.2008.06.010
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'Triad' or 'tetrad'? on global changes in a dynamic world
Scientometrics, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 71–88Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-008-0104-5
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Becoming an entrepreneurial university? A case study of knowledge exchange relationships and faculty attitudes in a medium-sized, research-oriented university
Journal of Technology Transfer, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 259–283Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-007-9031-5
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Turning science into business: A case study of a major European research university
Science and Public Policy, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 669-679Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3152/030234208X287047
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Tracking techno-science networks: A case study of fuel cells and related hydrogen technology R&D in Norway
Scientometrics, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 491–518Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/33706/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-0213-6
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'Triad' or 'Tetrad'? On China's New Global Role in Science and Technology
Science Focus, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 1-9Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/33701/
Anticipating technological breakthroughs: Using bibliographic coupling to explore the nanotubes paradigm
Scientometrics, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 759–777Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-0311-5
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Diversity measures and network centralities as indicators of interdisciplinarity: Case studies in BionanoScience
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Exploring the "value" of academic patents: IP management practices in UK universities and their implications for Third-Stream indicators
Scientometrics, vol. 70, pp. 415–440Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-0210-9
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How cross-disciplinary is bionanotechnology? Explorations in the specialty of molecular motors
Scientometrics, vol. 70, pp. 633–650Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-0305-3
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Introduction to special issue on new challenges in quantitative science and technology research
Research Evaluation, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 230Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3152/095820207X258363
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The Mechanism of Research on Nanostructures
Akadémia KiadóBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/33748/
The scientometrics of a Triple Helix of university-industry-government relations (Introduction to the topical issue)
Scientometrics, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 207–222Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-0200-y
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What do we know about innovation in nanotechnology? Some propositions about an emerging field between hype and path-dependency
Scientometrics, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 779–810Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-0312-4
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Are Patenting Scientists the Better Scholars? An Exploratory Comparison of Inventor-authors with their Non-inventing Peers in Nano-science and Technology
Research Policy, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1646-1662Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://kar.kent.ac.uk/33703/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2006.09.013