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David C. Mowery

David C. Mowery

William A. & Betty H. Hasler Professor of New Enterprise Development
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Education

BA, economics, Stanford University
MA, economics, Stanford University
Ph.D., economics, Stanford University


Positions Held

At Haas since 1988
1988 - present Professor, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
- present Director, Ph.D. Program Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
- present Deputy Director, Institute for Management, Innovation, and Organization
- Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
1982 - 88 Assistant and Associate Professor, Social and Decision Sciences Department, Carnegie-Mellon University
1987 - 88 Assistant to the Counselor, Office of the United States Trade Representative
1987 - 88 Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow
1986 - 87 Study Director, Panel on Technology and Employment of the National Academy of Sciences
1984 - 86 Visiting scholar, Center for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University
1981 - 82 Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard Business School


External Service and Assignments

  • Expert Witness, Congressional hearings on science and technology policy issues
  • Member, National Research Council panels, including Competitive Status of the US Civil Aviation Industry, Causes and Consequences of the Internationalization of US Manufacturing, Federal Role in Civilian Technology Development, US Strategies for the Children's Vaccine Initiative, and Applications of Biotechnology to Contraceptive Research and Development
  • Member, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1997-2003· Member, Presidential Commissions on Offsets in International Trade, 2000-2001
  • Co-Editor, Industrial and Corporate Change, "Special Issue in Honor of Richard Nelson," 2001
  • Co-Editor, Management Science, "Special Issue on University Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship," 2001
  • Adviser, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and various federal agencies and industrial firms


Current Research and Interests

  • Impact of technological change on economic growth and employment
  • Management of technological change
  • International trade policy and US technology policy, especially high-technology joint ventures


Selected Papers and Publications

  • "The Sources of Industrial Leadership: Introduction " (with R.R. Nelson), in D.C. Mowery and R.R. Nelson, eds., The Sources of Industrial Leadership (Cambridge University Press, 1999).
  • "The Global Computer Software Industry," in D.C. Mowery and R.R. Nelson, eds., The Sources of Industrial Leadership, (Cambridge University Press, 1999)
  • "The Evolution of Strategy in the World's Largest Chemical Firms" A.D. Chandler, T. Hikino, and D.C. Mowery), in A. Arora, R. Landau, and N. Rosenberg, eds., Strategy for Competitiveness: The Global Chemicals Industry (John Wiley & Sons, 1998).
  • "Collaborative R&D: How Effective Is It?" Issues in Science and Technology, 1998.
  • Paths of Innovation: Technological Change in 20th-Century America, (with N. Rosenberg). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998.
  • Editor. The International Computer Software Industry: A Comparative Study of Industry Evolution and Structure. Oxford, Engalnd: Oxford University Press, 1996.
  • Science and Technology Policy in Interdependent Economies. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994.


Teaching

  • BA 292B-1, Behavioral Science, Fall 1998


Honors and Awards

  • Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching (PhD Program), 1996, 2001
  • Raymond Vernon Prize, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1992
  • Co-author of paper named a "Significant Article," 20th Anniversary issue of Research Policy, 1993
  • Fritz Redlich Prize, Economic History Association, 1987
  • Newcomen prize, Business History Review, 1984
  • A.B. with Honors and Distinction; Phi Beta Kappa, 1974

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