Patrick Cohendet

Patrick Cohendet is Professor of Economics at the University of Strasbourg, France. He is presently visiting professor at HEC Montréal business school in Canada and belongs to the International Business Department which is in charge of all the campuses abroad of HEC Montréal, including a campus abroad in Vietnam (2009 and forecasted in 2020). He was director of the International Business Department in years 2007 and 2008. His research interests include Economics of Innovation, Technology Management, Knowledge Management, Theory of the firm, and Economics of creativity. He is the author or co-author of 15 books and over 50 articles in refereed journals. He has conducted a series of economic studies on innovation (measurement of spin-offs, evaluation of the economic benefits of R&D projects, evaluation of technology transfer etc.). These studies were carried out by his research laboratory BETA of the University of Strasbourg for different European and North American organisations such as the European Commission, the EU, OECD, Council of Europe, or the Canadian Space Agency.