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Working Papers

Our working paper series aims to broaden the public availability of the research undertaken by the School's faculty by presenting work suitable for submission to a refereed journal or to the editor of a book. Our intention is to provide a way for our colleagues to receive early copies of research that is beginning the journey to publication. We shall be grateful if the papers are referenced in the usual way and the author's copyright is observed. Readers are advised that these are 'pre-publication' versions and are subject to revisions in the refereeing process.

41  Integrating Investment and Equity: A Critical Regionalist Agenda for a Progressive Regionalism
Jennifer Clark and Susan Christopherson
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40  Potential Impacts of Energy and Climate Policies on the U. S. Pulp and Paper Industry
Marilyn A. Brown and Nilgun Atamturk
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39  The Residential Energy and Carbon Footprints of the 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Marilyn A. Brown and Elise Logan
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38  Technological diversity, scientific excellence and the location of inventive activities abroad: the case of nanotechnology
Andrea Fernández-Ribas and Philip Shapira
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37  The Transportation Energy and Carbon Footprints of the 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Frank Southworth, Anthon Sonnenberg, and Marilyn A. Brown
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36  Analyzing Framing Processes By Means Of Logical Argument Mapping
Michael H.G. Hoffmann
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35  Promoting University–Industry Linkages in Japan: Faculty Responses to a Changing Policy Environment
John P. Walsh, Yasunori Baba, Akira Goto & Yoshihito Yasaki
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34  For Money or Glory?: Commercialization, Competition and Secrecy in the Entrepreneurial University
Wei Hong and John P. Walsh
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33  On Being Stuck: Looking for the Limits of Ethics in the Built Environment
Robert Kirkman and Douglas S. Noonan
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32  Policy Considerations for States Supporting Stem Cell Research: Evidence from a Survey of Stem Cell Scientists
Aaron D. Levine
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31  Normativity and Innovation: An Approach to Concepts of Innovation from the Perspective of Philosophy of Technology
Jan C. Schmidt
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30  Innovation and Inequality
Susan E. Cozzens
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29  A Science of Science and Innovation Policy Research Agenda
Irwin Feller and Susan Cozzens
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28  Governing Confusion: How Statutes, Fiscal Policy, and Regulations Impede Clean Energy Technologies
Marilyn Brown and Sharon (Jess) Chandler
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27  Evolving regimes of multi-university research evaluation
Diana Hicks
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26  NBIC-Interdisciplinarity? A Framework for a Critical Reflection on Inter- and Transdisciplinarity of the NBIC-scenario
Jan C. Schmidt
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25  Power and limits of dynamical systems theory in conflict analysis
Michael H. G. Hoffmann
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24  Cognitive Conditions of Diagrammatic Reasoning
Michael H. G. Hoffmann
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23  Mitigating Climate Change Through Green Buildings and Smart Growth
Marilyn Brown, Frank Southworth
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22  Traditional versus decentralized innovation strategies of multinational enterprises
Andrea Fernandez-Ribas, Philip Shapira, Jan Youtie
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21  Searching for Patterns of Competitive and Relational Contracting over Time: Do Prime and Subcontractor Networks Follow Similar Patterns?
Gordon Kingsley and Branco Ponomariov
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20  Where Excludability Matters: Material v. Intellectual Property in Academic Biomedical Research
John P. Walsh, Charlene Cho and Wesley M. Cohen
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19  Promoting a Level Playing Field for Energy Options: Electricity Alternatives and the Case of the Indian Point Energy Center
Marilyn A. Brown and Benjamin K. Sovacool
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18  Developing an “Energy Sustainability Index” to Evaluate American Energy Policy
Marilyn A. Brown and Benjamin K. Sovacool
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17  Learning from People, Things, and Signs
Michael H. G. Hoffmann
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16  Beyond Value Neutrality: An Alternative to Monetary Monism in Ecological Economics
Bryan G. Norton
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15  Seeing problems, seeing solutions. Abduction and diagrammatic reasoning in a theory of scientific discovery
Michael H. G. Hoffmann
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14  From Experts’ Beliefs to Safety Standards: Explaining Preferred Radiation Protection Standards in Polarized Technical Communities
Richard Barke, Carol L. Silva, Hank C. Jenkins-Smith
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13  Balancing Uncertain Risks and Benefits in Human Subjects Research
Richard Barke
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12  Urban Environments and Neighborhood Change: Exploring Urban Sorting Beyond the Featureless Plain
Douglas S. Noonan
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11  Art of the State: Explaining State-Level Appropriations to Arts Agencies
Douglas S. Noonan
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10  Superfund, Hedonics, and the Scales of Environmental Justice
Douglas S. Noonan
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9  The curse of the Hegelian heritage: “Dialectic,” “contradiction,” and “dialectical logic” in Activity Theory
Michael H.G. Hoffmann
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8  Exploring epistemological approaches to argumentation: From evaluation standards to the practice of argumentation
Michael Hoffmann
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7  Recurrence of the Same? Intelligent Design and the Biology Classroom
Jason Borenstein
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6  Logical argument mapping: A method for overcoming cognitive problems of conflict management
Michael H.G. Hoffmann
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5  Public and Private Universities: Unequal Sources of Regional Innovation?
Deepak Hegde
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4  Highly innovative small firms in the markets for technology
Diana Hicks & Deepak Hegde
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3  Globalization of U.S. Corporate R&D: More of the Same or Something New?
Deepak Hegde and Diana Hicks
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1  Change and innovation in Georgia manufacturing: A 10 year perspective
Philip Shapira, Jan Youtie, Deepak Hegde, Kathy Brice
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