Arjan Van Rooij
Biographic Data
| ID | 1467920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arjan Van Rooij |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arjan |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Rooij |
| SIGNATURE | VAN ROOIJ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sisyphus in business
By studying three cases of obvious failure (Nokia, Baan and LG Philips Displays), this article identifies three causes of failure in business (fallibility, error and flaw) and defines three types of failing firms from these causes (Icari, Fools and Rogues). In this way, this article provides a simple typology of failure, enhancing our understanding of this phenomenon. All too often failure is approached as something to avoid and as something dist…
University Knowledge Production and Innovation
Adapt or perish? Assessing the recent shift in the European research funding arena from ‘Elsa’ to ‘RRI’
Two decades ago, in 1994, in the context of the 4(th) EU Framework Programme, ELSA was introduced as a label for developing and funding research into the ethical, legal and social aspects of emerging sciences and technologies. Currently, particularly in the context of EU funding initiatives such as Horizon2020, a new label has been forged, namely Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). What is implied in this metonymy, this semantic shift? Wha…
Gaps and Plugs
Claim and control
This article tries to provide a balanced view of firm patenting. Two different literatures provide two different functions of patents: patents enable a firm to claim a technology and they enable a firm to control that technology and to control markets. This article argues that claim and control are complementary functions, and that both need to be taken into account, but also that control gains in importance over time. It does so with a case stud…
Knowledge, money and data
This paper aims to build an integrated account of the history of twentieth-century laboratories. The historical literature is fragmented, which has led to the impression that one type of laboratory has dominated, or has become more important than other types. The university laboratory has also unjustly shaped the conceptualization of other types of laboratory. This paper approaches laboratories as sites of organized knowledge production, and as e…
Modellen van onderzoek. De oprichting van TNO, 1920-1940
TSEG (Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis) - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, is het Nederlands-Vlaamse vaktijdschrift op het gebied van de sociale en economische geschiedenis
Methods for Innovation
In this article the varying methods firms use to innovate are central in an attempt to balance our understanding of innovation processes. Often, research-driven innovation attracts the most attention, obscuring the contributions of other company functions and of external technology. In this article, three key parameters are used to distinguish methods of innovation: scope (of the technological work undertaken), localization (who was involved in t…
Engineering Contractors in the Chemical Industry. The Development of Ammonia Processes, 1910–1940
Ammonia is the crucial intermediate for the production of nitrogen fertilisers. BASF, today still one of the largest chemical companies in the world, was the first company to develop a process for the synthesis of ammonia from its compounds hydrogen and nitrogen: the well‐known Haber–Bosch process. Other processes were developed as well in the 1910s and ’20s but these technologies have often been classified as ‘imitations’, neglecting the crucial…
Adapt or perish? Assessing the recent shift in the European research funding arena from ‘Elsa’ to ‘RRI’
Two decades ago, in 1994, in the context of the 4(th) EU Framework Programme, ELSA was introduced as a label for developing and funding research into the ethical, legal and social aspects of emerging sciences and technologies. Currently, particularly in the context of EU funding initiatives such as Horizon2020, a new label has been forged, namely Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). What is implied in this metonymy, this semantic shift? Wha…
Sisyphus in business
By studying three cases of obvious failure (Nokia, Baan and LG Philips Displays), this article identifies three causes of failure in business (fallibility, error and flaw) and defines three types of failing firms from these causes (Icari, Fools and Rogues). In this way, this article provides a simple typology of failure, enhancing our understanding of this phenomenon. All too often failure is approached as something to avoid and as something dist…
Knowledge, money and data
This paper aims to build an integrated account of the history of twentieth-century laboratories. The historical literature is fragmented, which has led to the impression that one type of laboratory has dominated, or has become more important than other types. The university laboratory has also unjustly shaped the conceptualization of other types of laboratory. This paper approaches laboratories as sites of organized knowledge production, and as e…
University Knowledge Production and Innovation
Gaps and Plugs
Claim and control
This article tries to provide a balanced view of firm patenting. Two different literatures provide two different functions of patents: patents enable a firm to claim a technology and they enable a firm to control that technology and to control markets. This article argues that claim and control are complementary functions, and that both need to be taken into account, but also that control gains in importance over time. It does so with a case stud…
Modellen van onderzoek. De oprichting van TNO, 1920-1940
TSEG (Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis) - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, is het Nederlands-Vlaamse vaktijdschrift op het gebied van de sociale en economische geschiedenis
Engineering Contractors in the Chemical Industry. The Development of Ammonia Processes, 1910–1940
Ammonia is the crucial intermediate for the production of nitrogen fertilisers. BASF, today still one of the largest chemical companies in the world, was the first company to develop a process for the synthesis of ammonia from its compounds hydrogen and nitrogen: the well‐known Haber–Bosch process. Other processes were developed as well in the 1910s and ’20s but these technologies have often been classified as ‘imitations’, neglecting the crucial…
Modellen van onderzoek. De oprichting van TNO, 1920-1940
TSEG (Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis) - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, is het Nederlands-Vlaamse vaktijdschrift op het gebied van de sociale en economische geschiedenis
Methods for Innovation
In this article the varying methods firms use to innovate are central in an attempt to balance our understanding of innovation processes. Often, research-driven innovation attracts the most attention, obscuring the contributions of other company functions and of external technology. In this article, three key parameters are used to distinguish methods of innovation: scope (of the technological work undertaken), localization (who was involved in t…
Knowledge, money and data
This paper aims to build an integrated account of the history of twentieth-century laboratories. The historical literature is fragmented, which has led to the impression that one type of laboratory has dominated, or has become more important than other types. The university laboratory has also unjustly shaped the conceptualization of other types of laboratory. This paper approaches laboratories as sites of organized knowledge production, and as e…
Claim and control
This article tries to provide a balanced view of firm patenting. Two different literatures provide two different functions of patents: patents enable a firm to claim a technology and they enable a firm to control that technology and to control markets. This article argues that claim and control are complementary functions, and that both need to be taken into account, but also that control gains in importance over time. It does so with a case stud…
Gaps and Plugs
University Knowledge Production and Innovation
Adapt or perish? Assessing the recent shift in the European research funding arena from ‘Elsa’ to ‘RRI’
Two decades ago, in 1994, in the context of the 4(th) EU Framework Programme, ELSA was introduced as a label for developing and funding research into the ethical, legal and social aspects of emerging sciences and technologies. Currently, particularly in the context of EU funding initiatives such as Horizon2020, a new label has been forged, namely Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). What is implied in this metonymy, this semantic shift? Wha…
Sisyphus in business
By studying three cases of obvious failure (Nokia, Baan and LG Philips Displays), this article identifies three causes of failure in business (fallibility, error and flaw) and defines three types of failing firms from these causes (Icari, Fools and Rogues). In this way, this article provides a simple typology of failure, enhancing our understanding of this phenomenon. All too often failure is approached as something to avoid and as something dist…
Business (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Industrial organization (3 works) · Knowledge management (3 works) · Knowledge production (3 works) · Chemistry (2 works) · History (2 works)