Papers in refereed journals; books, and book chapters

Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Emilio Raiteri, Rudi Bekkers (accepted). Discrimination against foreigners in the patent system: Evidence from standard-essential patents. Journal of Law and Economics.

Contreras, Jorge L. and Bekkers, Rudi and Biddle, Brad and Bonadio, Enrico and Carrier, Michael A. and Chao, Bernard H. and Duan, Charles and Gilbert, Richard and Henkel, Joachim and Hovenkamp, Erik and Husovec, Martin and Jakobs, Kai and Kim, Dong-hyu and Lemley, Mark A. and Love, Brian J. and McDonagh, Luke and Scott Morton, Fiona M. and Schultz, Jason and Simcoe, Timothy S. and Urban, Jennifer M. and Xiang, Joy, Preserving the Royalty-Free Standards Ecosystem (2023). European Intellectual Property Review 45(7) 371-375

Rudi Bekkers, Christian Catalini, Arianna Martinelli, Cesare Righi, and Timothy Simcoe (2023). Disclosure Rules and Declared Essential Patents. Research Policy 52(1) 104618. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2022.104618. Open Access publication.

M. v. d. Kam and R. Bekkers (2022). Mobility  in the smart grid: roaming protocols for EV charging. In IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid14(1), 810-822. DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2022.3202608. Open Access publication.

Rudi Bekkers, Elena M. Tur, Joachim Henkel, Tommy van der Vorst, Menno Driesse, Jorge L. Contreras. (2022). Overcoming inefficiencies in patent licensing: A method to assess patent essentiality for technical standards. Research Policy 51(10). DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2022.104590. Open Access publication.

Blanco, G. de Coninck, H. (Coordinating Lead Authors), Agbemabiese, L., Diagne. E.H.M., Anadon, L.D., Lim, Y.S., Pengue, W.A., Sagar, A., Sugiyama, T., Tanaka, K., Verdolini, E., Witajewski-Baltvilks, J. (Lead Authors), Aleluia Reis, L., Babiker, M., Bai, X., Bekkers, R., Bertoldi, P. Burch, S., Cabeza, L.F., Caiafa, C. Cohen, B. Creutzig, F. Meza, M.J.F., Galeazzi, C., Geels, F. Grubb, M., Halsnæs, K., Jupesta, J. Kilkiş, S., Koenig, M., Köhler, J., Malhotra, A., Masanet, E., McDowall, W., Milojevic-Dupont, N., Mitchell, C., Nemet, G., Nilsson, L.J., Patt, A., Perkins, P., Roy, J., Safarzynska, K., Saheb, Y., Sharifi, A., Surana, K., van Aalst, M. van Diemen, R., Winkler, H. (Contributing Authors). Chapter 16: Innovation, technology development and transfer. In IPCC (2022), Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Working Group III contribution to the WGIII Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Open Access publication.

Abdelkafi, N., Bekkers, R. N. A., Bolla, R., Rodriguez-Ascaso, A. & Wetterwald, M. (2021). Understanding ICT Standardization: Principles and Practice (2nd edition). Sofia Antipolis, France: ETSI. 280 p. ISBN: 979-10-92620-50-1. Open Access publication.

Persoon, P.G.J., Bekkers, R.N.A.., Alkemade, F. (2021). The knowledge mobility of renewable energy technologies Energy Policy. Published online 25 November 2021. 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112670. Open Access publication.

La H.L., Bekkers R. (2021). Science and Technology Relatedness: The Case of DNA Nanoscience and DNA Nanotechnology. In: A. Pyka, K. Lee (eds.), Innovation, Catch-up and Sustainable Development (book series: Economic Complexity and Evolution). pp. 29-61. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-84931-3_3. Open Access publication.

Rudi Bekkers, Arianna Martinelli (2021). A Network Analysis Approach to Intellectual Property Research. In: Irene Calboli, Maria Lilla Montagnani (eds.), Handbook of Intellectual Property Research: Lenses, Methods, and Perspectives. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0198826745. Open Access publication.

Persoon, P.G.J., Bekkers, R.N.A., Alkemade, F. (2021). How cumulative is technological knowledge? Quantitative Science Studies, 1-27. DOI: 10.1162/qss_a_00140. Open Access publication.

Lisa Teubner, Joachim Henkel, Rudi Bekkers (2021) Industry consortia in mobile telecommunications standards setting: Purpose, organization and diversity. Telecommunications Policy 45(3). DOI:10.1016/j.telpol.2020.102059. Open Access publication.

Persoon, P.G.J., Bekkers, R.N.A.., Alkemade, F. (2020). The science base of renewables. Technological Forecasting & Social Change 158. Published on-line 23 July 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120121. Open Access publication.

Bekkers, R.  Martinelli, A., Tamagni, F. (2020). The impact of including standards-related documentation in patent prior art: Evidence from an EPO policy change. Research Policy 49(7). Published on-line 23 July 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104007. Open Access publication.

Roland Ferwerda, Michel Bayings, Mart Van der Kam, Rudi Bekkers (2018). Advancing E-Roaming in Europe: Towards a Single “Language” for the European Charging Infrastructure. World Electrical Vehicle Journal  9(4), 50. DOI: 10.3390/wevj9040050. Open Access publication.

R. Bekkers, G. Bombaerts (2017). Introducing broad skills in higher engineering education: The Patents and Standards course at Eindhoven University of Technology. Technology and Innovation (Journal of the National Academy of Inventors, US), 19:493-507. DOI: 10.21300/19.2.2017.493. Open Access publication.

R. Bekkers (2017). Where patents and standards come together. In: R. Hawkins (ed.) Handbook of Standards and Innovation. Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI: 10.4337/9781783470082

Negin Salimi, Rudi Bekkers & Koen Frenken (2016). Success factors of university-industry PhD projects. Science and Public Policy 43 (6), 812–830. DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scv076 [p] [f] [doi]

Byeongwoo Kang, Rudi Bekkers (2015). Just-in-time patents and the development of standards. Research Policy 44, 1948–1961. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.07.001 [p] [s] [w] [f] [doi]

Negin Salimi, Rudi Bekkers & Koen Frenken (2015). Does working with industry come at a price? A study of doctoral candidates' performance in collaborative vs. non-collaborative Ph.D. projects. Technovation 41-42, pp 51-61. DOI:10.1016/j.technovation.2015.03.007 [p] [s] [w] [f] [doi]

Negin Salimi, Rudi Bekkers & Koen Frenken (2015). Governance mode choice in collaborative Ph.D. projects. Journal of Technology Transfer. 40 (5), 840–858. DOI: 10.1007/s10961-014-9368-5 [p] [s] [w]  [f] [doi]

Rudi Bekkers, Matthew Dalais, Antoine Dore and Nikolaos Volanis. (2014). Understanding patents, competition & standardization in an interconnected world. ITU: Geneva. ISBN: 978-92-61-14921-5 [p] [f]

Maskus, K., Bekkers, R., Block, M.S., Contreras, J., Gilbert, R. J., Goodman, D. J., Marasco, A., Simcoe, T., Smoot, O., Suttmeier, R., Updegrove, A. (2013). In Maskus, K., & Merrill, S. A. (Eds.). Patent challenges for standard-setting in the global economy: Lessons from the ICT industry. Committee on Intellectual Property Management in Standard-Setting Processes Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs. National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington, D.C: The National Academies Press. DOI: 10.17226/18510; ISBN 978-0-309-29312-9 [p] [gb] [doi]

Uijl, S. d., Bekkers, R., & de Vries, H. J. d. (2013). Managing Intellectual Property Using Patent Pools: Lessons from Three Generations of Pools in the Optical Disc Industry. California Management Review, 55(4), 31-50. DOI: 10.1525/cmr.2013.55.4.31 [p] [ft] [js] [f] [doi]

Timmermans, B., Bekkers, R., & Bordoli, L. (2013). Knowledge reallocation and challenges for KIE: The case of the European roller coaster industry. In M. McKelvey & A. Heidemann Lassen, How Entrepreneurs do What they do: Case Studies in Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship. (pp. 119-132). Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI: 10.4337/9781781005507 [p]

Rudi Bekkers, Arianna Martinelli (2012), Knowledge positions in high-tech markets: Trajectories, standards, strategies and true innovators,Technological Forecasting & Social Change 79, 1192–1216. DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.01.009 [p] [f] [doi]

Rudi Bekkers, Eric Iversen and Knut Blind (2012). Emerging ways to address the reemerging conflict between patenting and technological standardization. Industrial and Corporate Change, Volume 21, Number 4, pp. 901–931. DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtr067

Gilsing, V., Bekkers, R., Bodas Freitas, I. M., & van der Steen, M. (2011). Differences in technology transfer between science-based and development-based industries: Transfer mechanisms and barriers. Technovation, 31 (21) pp. 638-647. DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2011.06.009

Bekkers, R., Bongard, R. & Nuvolari, A. (2011). An empirical study on the determinants of essential patent claims in compatibility standards. Research Policy, 420, 1001-1015. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.05.004

Bogers, Marcel, Bekkers, Rudi and Granstrand, Ove (2011), Intellectual Property and Licensing Strategies in Open Collaborative Innovation. In: Carmen de Pablos Heredero (Ed.), Open innovation at Firms and Public Administrations: Technologies for Value Creation. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-341-6.ch003 Chapter posted by permission of the publisher.

Africa Villanueva-Felez, Rudi Bekkers and Jordi Molas-Gallart (2010). University–industry relationships and the role of the individual: Network ties and the diversity of knowledge transfer. Industry & higher education, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp 1–8. DOI: 10.5367/000000010791657446

Bekkers, R. (2010). An evaluation of incentives and policies that affect research institutions’ knowledge transfer activities, at researcher and management level. In 2009 Expert Group on Knowledge Transfer, Final Report (pp. 82-111). Brussels: European Commission.

Bekkers, R., & West, J. (2010). Standards, Patents and Mobile Phones: Lessons from ETSI’s Handling of UMTS. In Information Resources Management Association (eds.) Networking and Telecommunications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications (pp. 235-257). IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-986-1; ISBN 1605669865

Rudi Bekkers, Joel West (2009). The Limits to IPR Standardization Policies as Evidenced by Strategic Patenting in UMTS. Telecommunications Policy 33 (2009) 80–97. DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2008.11.003

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. DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2009010102

Rudi Bekkers, Isabel Maria Bodas de Araújo Freitas (2008). Analysing preferences for knowledge transfer channels between universities and industry: To what degree do sectors also matter? Research Policy 37 (2008) 1837–1853. DOI: 0.1016/j.respol.2008.07.007

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. DOI: ISBN 978-90-5356-608-4

Bert-Jaap Koops & Rudi Bekkers (2007). Interceptability of telecommunications: Are U.S. and Dutch law prepared for the future? Telecommunications Policy 31 (2007) 45–67. DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2006.11.006

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. DOI: 10.1007/s10961-006-9058-z

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. DOI: 10.1177/0170840603242008

Bekkers, R. and B. Sampat (2003). “Rapporteurs' summary of the joint Netherlands-OECD expert workshop on the strategic use of IPRs by public research organizationsapporteurs”, Paris: OECD .

Bekkers, R.N.A. & van der Steen, M. (2003). ‘IP-based spin-offs of public research organisations in the Dutch life science and ICT sectors.’ In: Turning Science into Business: Patenting and licensing at public research organisations (p. 263-291). Paris: OECD. ISBN: 92-64-10022-9

Bekkers, R., Duysters, G. & Verspagen, B. (2002). ‘Intellectual property rights, strategic technology agreements and market structure: The case of GSM.’ In: Research Policy Vol. 31 Issue 7, pp. 1141-1161. DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00189-5

Bekkers, R., Verspagen, B. & Smits, J. (2002). ‘Intellectual property rights and standardization: The case of GSM.’ In: Telecommunications Policy 26 (2002), p. 171-188. DOI: 10.1016/S0308-5961(02)00007-1 Also in: Bekkers, R.N.A., Verspagen, B. & Smits, J.M. (2003). Intellectual property rights and standardization: the case of GSM. In S. Bolin (Ed.), The Standards Edge. Chapter 47 (pp. 473-496). USA: Sheridan Books.

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. ISBN 90-386-0953-1    

Bekkers, R.N.A. (2001). Mobile Telecommunications Standards: GSM, UMTS, TETRA and ERMES. Boston, MA: Artech House. ISBN: 9781580532501 [gb]

Bekkers, R. & Liotard, I. (1999). ‘The tense relation between mobile telecommunications standards and IPR.’ 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. ISBN: 9780890068069 [gb]

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. DOI: 10.1080/00221309.1996.9921255

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. ISBN: 9789055761159

Bekkers, R.N.A. (1999). ‘Telecommunicatienormen en intellectuele eigendomsrechten.’ [‘Telecommunications standards and intellectual property rights.’]. In: Informatie en informatiebeleid [Information and information policy], Vol. 17, Issue 2, pp. 36-44.

Bekkers, R.N.A. (1998). ‘Mobiele datacommunicatie’ [‘Mobile Telecommunications’]. 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. ISBN 90-5577-014-0

Bekkers, R.N.A. & Smits, J.M. (1997). Mobiele telecommunicatie: Europese netwerken [Mobile telecommunication: European networks]. Deventer, the Netherlands: Kluwer. ISBN 90-5576-114-1

Smits, J.M. & Bekkers, R.N.A. (1995). Mobiele telecommunicatie in Nederland en België : regulering, standaarden en toepassingen. [Mobile telecommunications: Regulations, standards, and applications]. Deventer: Kluwer Techniek. ISBN 90-557-6031-5