My research areas

My research focuses on the economics and management of innovation and intellectual property on one side and on data and text mining technologies on the other side. Subjects covered include

• Economics of innovation and intellectual property rights
  • IP management
  • patent systems
  • patenting strategies
  • patent families, renewals, citations, oppositions
  • patent value and patent quality
  • technological specialization
  • productivity of researchers
  • research policies
  • research use of patented inventions
  • research exemptions
• Data and text mining technologies
  • Object oriented development
  • Link analysis
  • Clustering
  • Text classifiers
  • Intelligent agents

Some techniques used in my research:

• Econometric methods & tools
  • Cross-section Analysis
  • Ordinary Least Squares
  • Logit/Probit Models
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimators
  • Count Models
  • Survival Time Analysis
  • Panel Data Analysis
• Computer techniques
  • Database management
  • Data and Text Mining
  • Business intelligence
  • Java Programming
• Statistical Programs
  • Stata
  • Matlab
  • SAS

Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) Keywords:

• L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure; Industrial Price Indices
• L33 - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises; Privatization; Contracting Out
• O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development
• O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
• O34 - Intellectual Property Rights: National and International Issues
• O57 - Comparative Studies of Countries

Affiliations:

• Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
• Solvay Business School (SBS)
• Centre Emile Bernheim (CEB)
• Dpt des Sciences de la Communication et de l'Information (STIC)
• Cf. also RePEc, Scientific Commons, Google Scholar