Prof Birgitte Andersen — Birkbeck, University of London

Overview

Biography

Birgitte Andersen,
Professor of the Economics and Management of Innovation,

Professor Birgitte Andersen’s academic research foundation and business leadership experiences bridge the gap between (1) the academic theoretical and ‘methods’ world, and (2) knowledge of the emerging technology and industry trends in a future-facing business and policy world. Therefore, much of her teaching and impact builds upon these two spheres:

(1)

Professor Birgitte Andersen (PhD Economics) is CEO of Big Innovation Centre since 2011. During the internet boom, Birgitte launched and ran (2000-2010) probably UK’s biggest interdisciplinary postgraduate programmes on E-Commerce at Birkbeck, University of London (Birkbeck), where she gained her Professorship. She is called in by the media (e.g. BBC World, Al Jazeera, SKY, Bloomberg) and cited by the mainstream press (newspapers and tech-press as Forbes). Her work on IPRs, AI, and the digital and economy and innovation is published in academic journals and highlighted in government reports.

She has advised economists and policymakers of national governments (including UK Intellectual Property Office, Bank of England, Department of Industry, and Parliament) in and beyond Europe including OECD, UN and WIPO; and large firms, and serves as an expert defence witness in the UK courts on matters of IP use on the Internet. She was the Rapporteur for the EU Commission representing the EU Expert Group on Knowledge Transfer and Open Innovation and sat on the EU Expert Advisory Panel for Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenge: Europe in a Changing World – Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies. Since October 2018, Birgitte is appointed to the Arab League Expert Group regarding the Digital Government Strategy for the Arab World.

(2)

Big Innovation Centre, of which Professor Birgitte Andersen is CEO since 2011 is an exclusive technology & innovation network, which through innovation showcasing and think-tank work helps companies promote their public image, their markets and build their supplier networks.

Twice voted “Think-Tank of the Year” in the UK (in 2018 and 2019 at the PRCA Public Affairs Awards), Big Innovation Centre is the founding Secretariat of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain (APPG AI and APPG Blockchain) hosted in UK Parliament, and at the centre of mapping global and regulatory trends in these areas. Their work is used by the media (TV, newspapers, Forbes and tech press). With franchises in the middle east (Riyadh and Dubai) and India (Hyderabad) Big Innovation Centre is part of a global partnership. Big Innovation Centre has also been awarded at Greater London Enterprise Awards 2020 as “Leading Specialists for Inspiring Innovation – UK”.

Qualifications

PhD Economics, University of Reading, 1997
MSc Economics , University of Aalborg, 1993
MA Economic Development and International Trade, University of Reading , 1992
BSc Economics, University of Aalborg, 1990

Web profiles

Research

Research interests

Intellectual Property Rights: Strategy, Risk and Political Economy
Innovation Management, Technology Policy
Digital Transformation Business Models
Artificial Intelligence Applications, Big Data Governance

Research Centres and Institutes

CEO and Co-Founder, Big Innovation Centre

Supervision and teaching

Teaching

Professor Birgitte Andersen is course convenor and lecturer on the following Post Graduate Course for MSc Students: Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness (Since 2004).

This course can help to futureproof your career with 21st-century business-skills: Focusing on INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS and future-proofing business models for DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION and investment in this future, this course addresses today’s intangible sources of corporate competitiveness and value creation for financial performance, market dominance, technological advantage, building dynamic capabilities, business models, new markets, entrepreneurial finance, and more.

Previous Post-Graduate Courses Professor Andersen has taught include:

The Economics and Governance of Institutions and Innovation (EGII) (2000 to 2010)
E-commerce and Management (2000 to 2004)
Research Methods in Management (2000 to 2008)

Teaching modules

Intellectual Property and Intangible Assets Management (MOMN038H7)

Publications

Article

Andersen, Birgitte and Rosli, A. and Rossi, Federica and Yangsap, W. (2012) Intellectual property (IP) governance in ICT firms: strategic value seeking through proprietary and non-proprietary IP transactions. International Journal of Intellectual Property Management 5 (1), pp. 19-38. ISSN 1478-9647.
Andersen, Birgitte and Rossi, Federica (2012) Inefficiencies in markets for intellectual property rights: experiences of academic and public research institutions. Prometheus 30 (1), pp. 5-27. ISSN 0810-9028.
Rossi, Federica and Andersen, Birgitte and Rosli, A. and Yangsap, W. (2012) Are there 'institutional failures' in intellectual property marketplaces? evidence from information and communication technology firms. International Journal of Management 30 (2), pp. 723-739. ISSN 0813-0183.
Andersen, Birgitte and Rossi, Federica (2011) UK universities look beyond the patent policy discourse in their intellectual property strategies. Science and Public Policy 38 (4), pp. 254-268. ISSN 0302-3427.
Andersen, Birgitte and Rossi, Federica (2011) Intellectual property governance and knowledge creation in UK universities. Economics of Innovation and New Technology 20 (8), pp. 701-725. ISSN 1043-8599.
Andersen, Birgitte and Rossi, Federica (2010) Intellectual property governance and the pursuit of economic rewards in UK universities. Strategic Change 19 (5-6), pp. 239-258. ISSN 1086-1718.
Andersen, Birgitte and Striukova, L. (2010) Where value resides in the modern enterprise. Strategic Change 19 (3-4), pp. 103-123. ISSN 1086-1718.
Andersen, Birgitte and Rossi, Federica and Stephan, J. (2010) Intellectual Property (IP) marketplaces and how they work: evidence from German pharmaceutical firms. Review of European Economic Policy 45 (1), pp. 35-47. ISSN 0020-5346.
Andersen, Birgitte (2010) Shackling the digital economy means less for everyone: the impact on the music industry. Prometheus 28 (4), pp. 375-383. ISSN 0810-9028.
Andersen, Birgitte and Frenz, Marion (2010) Don't blame the P2P file-sharers: the impact of free music downloads on the purchase of music CDs in Canada. Journal of Evolutionary Economics 20 (5), pp. 715-740. ISSN 0936-9937.
Rossi, Federica and Andersen, Birgitte and Stephan, J. (2010) Intellectual property marketplaces and how they work: evidence from German pharmaceutical firms. Intereconomics 45 (1), pp. 35-47.
Andersen, Birgitte and Frenz, Marion (2008) Why music downloads and P2P filesharing may be good news for the music industry. E-Britain (2), pp. 23-25.
Andersen, Birgitte and Konzelmann, Suzanne J. (2008) In search of a useful theory of the productive potential of intellectual property rights. Research Policy 37 (1), pp. 12-28. ISSN 0048-7333.
Andersen, Birgitte and Kozul‐Wright, R. and Kozul‐Wright, Z. (2007) Rents, rights n'rhythm: cooperation, conflict and capabilities in the music industry. Industry & Innovation 14 (5), pp. 513-540. ISSN 1366-2716.
Andersen, Birgitte and Macmillan, Fiona (2003) Music and intellectual property rights (IPRs) for business and society. Proceedings of the Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, Music Industry Workshop pp. 81-94.
Andersen, Birgitte and Kozul‐Wright, Z. and Kozul‐Wright, R. (2002) Copyrights, competition and development: the case of the music industry. International Journal of Business and Society 3 (1), pp. 1-26. ISSN 1511-6670.

Book

Andersen, Birgitte, ed. (2011) Intellectual property rights in contemporary capitalism. Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9780415483469.

Book Section

Andersen, Birgitte (2011) Intellectual property rights. In: Chadwick, R. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics (Second Edition). Elsevier. pp. 737-743. ISBN 9780123739322.
Macmillan, Fiona (2006) Public interest and the public domain in an era of corporate dominance. In: Andersen, Birgitte (ed.) Intellectual Property Rights Innovation, Governance and the Institutional Environment. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781845422691.
Andersen, Birgitte and Kozul‐Wright, Z. and Kozul‐Wright, R. (2005) The social and economic effects of copyright in the music industry: contribution to the convergence versus divergence debate. In: Macmillan, Fiona (ed.) New Directions In Copyright Law. New Directions in Copyright Law. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. pp. 131-165. ISBN 9781845422608.
Macmillan, Fiona and Andersen, Birgitte (2003) Music and intellectual property rights (IPRs) for business and society. In: Kozul-Wright, Z. (ed.) Proceedings of the Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, Music Industry Workshop, United Nations. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. pp. 81-94.

Conference Item

De Silva, Muthu and Wright, M. and Andersen, Birgitte (2015) Entrepreneurial co-creation: a framework and typology?. Academy of Management Conference, 2015, Vancouver, Canada

Monograph

Andersen, Birgitte (2017) Patent due diligence 2.0. Big Innovation Centre.
Andersen, Birgitte (2017) Policy proposition think piece - Intangible asset reporting and an intangible assets charter. The Intangible Gold Project.
De Silva, Muthu and Andersen, Birgitte (2015) Technology and innovation centres contributing to Europe 2020: how to generate value through EU funding. Big Innovation Centre.
Andersen, Birgitte and De Silva, Muthu and Levy, C. (2013) Collaborate to innovate: how business can work with universities to generate knowledge and drive innovation. Big Innovation Centre.
Andersen, Birgitte and Rossi, Federica (2010) The flow of knowledge from the academic research base into the economy: the use and effectiveness of formal IPRs and "soft IP" in UK universities. UK: IPO.
Andersen, Birgitte and Frenz, Marion (2008) The impact of music downloads and P2P file-sharing on the purchase of music in Canada. Dynamics of Institutions of Markets in Europe.

Business and community

Media

I am happy to receive enquiries from the media on the following topics:

Business Innovation, Competition, and Technology Policy
Intellectual Property Rights: Strategy and Political Economy
Artificial Intelligence (ethics, jobs, data)
Global Growth Hubs and Innovation Systems