Biography

Professor

BA, University of Oregon, PhD Stanford University (economics)

Professor Steinmueller has been Professorial fellow at SPRU since 1997.   He began his studies in the areas of computer science, mathematics, economics, and Chinese language and history at the University or Oregon and Stanford University.  At Stanford (1974-1994), he was engaged in teaching, research, consulting while being a Deputy Director of what is now the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.  He was selected for a chair at MERIT at the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands where he developed a Doctoral training school prior to cming to SPRU.

Steinmueller has published widely in the field of the industrial economics of information and communication technology industries including integrated circuits, computers, telecommunications, software and the economic, social policy issues of the Information Society. He has also contributed to research in science policy and the economics of basic research. His central research interests are in:

• determinants and consequences of the industrial structure of high technology industries
• co-evolution of technology and organisation
• the social and economic consequences of information and communication technologies
• long term trends in productivity and output and the influence of knowledge and technology on these trends
• the social and economic value of basic research
• the links between information and knowledge through social networks spanning private, non-profit, and governmental organisations

Professor Steinmueller has been an advisor to several Directorates at the European Commission, the National Academies of Science and Engineering (US), and the Department of Trade and Industry and Office of Telecommunications (UK).

He established the research group in SPRU called Information, Networks and Knowledge (INK) with Professor Robin Mansell (honorary professor of U of Sussex and Professor at London School of Economics and Political Science) and remains its Director.   INK includes members from Freeman Centre (both SPRU and CENTRIM (Centre for Research on Innovation and Management) at the University of Brighton))

Mansell, Robin and Steinmueller, W Edward (2013) Copyright infringement online: the case of the Digital Economy Act judicial review in the United Kingdom. New Media and Society. ISSN 1461-4448

Rosenberg, Nathan and Steinmueller, Edward W (2013) Engineering Knowledge. Industrial and Corporate Change. ISSN 0960-6491

Mansell, Robin and Steinmueller, W Edward (2013) Digital infrastructures, economies, and public policies: contending rationales and outcome assessment strategies. In: The Oxford handbook of internet studies. Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management . Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780199589074

Steinmueller, Ed (2013) The pre-industrial energy crisis and resource scarcity as a source of transition. Research Policy. ISSN 0048-7333 (In Press)

Steinmueller, Ed (2010) Economics of technology policy. In: Handbook of the economics of innovation. North Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 1181-1218. ISBN 9780444536099

Dalle, Jean Michel, David, Paul A, den Besten, Matthijs and Steinmueller, W Edward (2008) Empirical issues in open source software. Information Economics and Policy, 20 (4). pp. 301-304. ISSN 0167-6245

Mateos-Garcia, Juan and Steinmueller, W Edward (2008) The institutions of open source software: Examining the Debian community. Information Economics and Policy, 20 (4). pp. 333-344. ISSN 0167-6245

Mateos-Garcia, Juan and Steinmueller, W Edward (2008) Open, But How Much? Growth, Conflict, and Institutional Evolution in Open-Source Communities. In: Community, Economic Creativity, and Organization. OUP, pp. 254-281. ISBN 978-0199545506

Steinmueller, Ed (2008) Peer-to-peer media file sharing: from copyright crisis to market? In: Peer-to-peer video: the economics, policy, and culture of today's new mass medium. Springer, pp. 15-42. ISBN 9780387764498

Mateos-Garcia, Juan, Steinmueller, Ed and Geuna, Aldo (2008) Creative User Engagement and Content: Innovation Dynamics and Applications. Economia E Politica Industriale, 19 (1). ISSN 0391-2078

Steinmueller, Ed (2007) Economic foundations of the information and communication technology industries. In: The Oxford handbook of information and communication technologies. Oxford University Press, pp. 196-219. ISBN 9780199266234

Steinmueller, Ed, Antonelli, C, Foray, D and Hall, B, eds. (2005) New Frontiers In The Economics Of Innovation And New Technology. Edward Elgar. ISBN 1-843-76631-0

Steinmueller, Ed (2004) The European software sectoral system of innovation. In: Sectoral systems of innovation: concepts, issues and analyses of six major sectors in Europe. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 193-242. ISBN 9780521833219

Foray, Dominique and Steinmueller, W Edward (2003) The economics of knowledge reproduction by inscription. Industrial and Corporate Change, 12 (2). pp. 299-319. ISSN 0960-6491

Foray, Dominique and Steinmueller, Edward (2003) On the economics of R&D and technological collaborations: insights and results from the Project COLLINE. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 12 (1). pp. 77-91. ISSN 1043-8599

Steinmueller, Ed, ed. (2003) Science and Innovation: Rethinking the Rationales for Funding and Governance. Edward Elgar. ISBN 1-84376-109-2

Steinmueller, W Edward (2001) ICTs and the possibilities for leapfrogging by developing countries. Industrial and Corporate Change, 140 (2). pp. 193-210. ISSN 0960-6491

Steinmueller, Ed (2000) Will new information and communication technologies improve the 'codification' of knowledge? Industrial and Corporate Change, 9 (2). pp. 361-376. ISSN 0960-6491

Steinmueller, Ed and Mansell, Robin (2000) Mobilizing the Information Society: Strategies for Growth and Opportunity. Oxford Oxford University Press, xxiii 516. ISBN 198295561

Langlois, Richard N and Steinmueller, W Edward (1999) The evolution of competitive advantage in the worldwide semiconductor industry 1947-1996. In: Sources of Industrial Leadership: Studies of Seven Industries. Cambridge University Press, pp. 19-78. ISBN 052164254X

Arundel, A and Steinmueller, E (1998) The use of patent databases by European small and medium-sized enterprises. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 10 (2). pp. 157-172. ISSN 09537325

David, Paul A and Steinmueller, W Edward (1996) Standards trade and competition in the emerging global information infrastructure environment. Telecommunications Policy, 20 (10). pp. 817-830. ISSN 03085961

David, Paul A, Mowery, David C and Steinmueller, William Edward (1992) The Economic Analysis of Payoffs from Basic Research--An Examination of the Case of Particle Physics Research. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2 (1).