Rudi Bekkers

As a researcher, I publish in a range of journals, including Research Policy, California Management Review, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Technovation, Industrial and Corporate Change, Telecommunications Policy, and more.

Many of my recent papers are pushed as Open Access , or under a similar license that allows anyone to download a copy for free. For other papers, you might need a subscription or license from the publisher. You can also find my work in Scopus, in ORCID, at ResearchGate, and in my Google Scholar profile.

Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Emilio Raiteri, Rudi Bekkers (2023). Discrimination in the Patent System: Evidence from Standard-Essential Patents. Journal of Law and Economics 66(4) 739-763. DOI: 10.1086/725934

Contreras, Jorge L. and Bekkers, Rudi and Biddle, Brad and Bonadio, Enrico and Carrier, Michael A. and Chao, Bernard H. and Duan, Charles and Gilbert, Richard and Henkel, Joachim and Hovenkamp, Erik and Husovec, Martin and Jakobs, Kai and Kim, Dong-hyu and Lemley, Mark A. and Love, Brian J. and McDonagh, Luke and Scott Morton, Fiona M. and Schultz, Jason and Simcoe, Timothy S. and Urban, Jennifer M. and Xiang, Joy, Preserving the Royalty-Free Standards Ecosystem (2023). European Intellectual Property Review 45(7) 371-375. Request a copy

Rudi Bekkers, Christian Catalini, Arianna Martinelli, Cesare Righi, and Timothy Simcoe (2023). Disclosure Rules and Declared Essential Patents. Research Policy 52(1) 104618. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2022.104618.

M. v. d. Kam and R. Bekkers (2022). Mobility  in the smart grid: roaming protocols for EV charging. In IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 14(1), 810-822. DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2022.3202608.

Rudi Bekkers, Elena M. Tur, Joachim Henkel, Tommy van der Vorst, Menno Driesse, Jorge L. Contreras. (2022). Overcoming inefficiencies in patent licensing: A method to assess patent essentiality for technical standards. Research Policy 51(10). DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2022.104590.

Persoon, P.G.J., Bekkers, R.N.A.., Alkemade, F. (2022). The knowledge mobility of renewable energy technologies Energy Policy Energy Policy 161 (2022) 112670. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112670.

Persoon, P.G.J., Bekkers, R.N.A., Alkemade, F. (2021). How cumulative is technological knowledge? Quantitative Science Studies, 1-27. DOI: 10.1162/qss_a_00140.

Lisa Teubner, Joachim Henkel, Rudi Bekkers (2021) Industry consortia in mobile telecommunications standards setting: Purpose, organization and diversity. Telecommunications Policy 45(3). DOI:10.1016/j.telpol.2020.102059.

Persoon, P.G.J., Bekkers, R.N.A.., Alkemade, F. (2020). The science base of renewables. Technological Forecasting & Social Change 158 (120121). DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120121.

Bekkers, R.  Martinelli, A., Tamagni, F. (2020). The impact of including standards-related documentation in patent prior art: Evidence from an EPO policy change. Research Policy 49(7). Published on-line 23 July 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104007.

Roland Ferwerda, Michel Bayings, Mart Van der Kam, Rudi Bekkers (2018). Advancing E-Roaming in Europe: Towards a Single “Language” for the European Charging Infrastructure. World Electrical Vehicle Journal  9(4), 50. DOI: 10.3390/wevj9040050.

R. Bekkers, G. Bombaerts (2017). Introducing broad skills in higher engineering education: The Patents and Standards course at Eindhoven University of Technology. Technology and Innovation 19:493-507. DOI: 10.21300/19.2.2017.493.

R. Bekkers (2017). Where patents and standards come together. In: R. Hawkins (ed.) Handbook of Standards and Innovation. Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI: 10.4337/9781783470082

Negin Salimi, Rudi Bekkers & Koen Frenken (2016). Success factors of university-industry PhD projects. Science and Public Policy 43 (6), 812–830. DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scv076

Byeongwoo Kang, Rudi Bekkers (2015). Just-in-time patents and the development of standards. Research Policy 44, 1948–1961. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.07.001

Negin Salimi, Rudi Bekkers & Koen Frenken (2015). Does working with industry come at a price? A study of doctoral candidates’ performance in collaborative vs. non-collaborative Ph.D. projects. Technovation 41-42, pp 51-61. DOI:10.1016/j.technovation.2015.03.007 

Negin Salimi, Rudi Bekkers & Koen Frenken (2015). Governance mode choice in collaborative Ph.D. projects. Journal of Technology Transfer. 40 (5), 840–858. DOI: 10.1007/s10961-014-9368-5 [p] [s] [w]  [f] [doi]

Uijl, S. d., Bekkers, R., & de Vries, H. J. d. (2013). Managing Intellectual Property Using Patent Pools: Lessons from Three Generations of Pools in the Optical Disc Industry. California Management Review, 55(4), 31-50. DOI: 10.1525/cmr.2013.55.4.31 [p] [ft] [js] [f][doi] 

Rudi Bekkers, Arianna Martinelli (2012), Knowledge positions in high-tech markets: Trajectories, standards, strategies and true innovators, Technological Forecasting & Social Change 79, 1192–1216. DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.01.009 [p] [f] [doi]

Rudi Bekkers, Eric Iversen and Knut Blind (2012). Emerging ways to address the reemerging conflict between patenting and technological standardization. Industrial and Corporate Change, Volume 21, Number 4, pp. 901–931. DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtr067

Gilsing, V., Bekkers, R., Bodas Freitas, I. M., & van der Steen, M. (2011). Differences in technology transfer between science-based and development-based industries: Transfer mechanisms and barriers. Technovation, 31 (21) pp. 638-647. DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2011.06.009

Bekkers, R., Bongard, R. & Nuvolari, A. (2011). An empirical study on the determinants of essential patent claims in compatibility standards. Research Policy, 420, 1001-1015. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.05.004

Africa Villanueva-Felez, Rudi Bekkers and Jordi Molas-Gallart (2010). University–industry relationships and the role of the individual: Network ties and the diversity of knowledge transfer. Industry & higher education, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp 1–8. DOI: 10.5367/000000010791657446

Rudi Bekkers, Joel West (2009). The Limits to IPR Standardization Policies as Evidenced by Strategic Patenting in UMTS. Telecommunications Policy 33 (2009) 80–97. DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2008.11.003

Rudi Bekkers, Joel West (2009). Standards, patents and mobile phones: Lessons from ETSI’s handling of UMTS. Journal of IT standards and standardization research 7(1), 13-34. DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2009010102

Rudi Bekkers, Isabel Maria Bodas de Araújo Freitas (2008). Analysing preferences for knowledge transfer channels between universities and industry: To what degree do sectors also matter? Research Policy 37 (2008) 1837–1853. DOI: 0.1016/j.respol.2008.07.007

Bert-Jaap Koops & Rudi Bekkers (2007). Interceptability of telecommunications: Are U.S. and Dutch law prepared for the future? Telecommunications Policy 31 (2007) 45–67. DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2006.11.006

Bekkers, R., V. Gilsing, and M. van der Steen (2006), Determining Factors of the Effectiveness of IP-based Spin-offs: Comparing the Netherlands and the US. Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol 31., No. 5, p. 545-566. DOI: 10.1007/s10961-006-9058-z

Bekkers, R. (2003). Thesis review – The process of Standard making: the Case of cellular Mobile telephony by Vladislav Fomin. Journal of IT Standards & Standardization Research, 1(2), 67-72.

Bekkers, R. (2003). Book review: A world of standards by Nils Brunsson and Bengt Jacobsson. Organization Studies, 24(2), pp. 344-348. DOI: 10.1177/0170840603242008

Bekkers, R., Duysters, G. & Verspagen, B. (2002). ‘Intellectual property rights, strategic technology agreements and market structure: The case of GSM.’ In: Research Policy Vol. 31 Issue 7, pp. 1141-1161. DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00189-5

Bekkers, R., Verspagen, B. & Smits, J. (2002). ‘Intellectual property rights and standardization: The case of GSM.’ In: Telecommunications Policy 26 (2002), p. 171-188. DOI: 10.1016/S0308-5961(02)00007-1

Bekkers, R. & Liotard, I. (1999). ‘The tense relation between mobile telecommunications standards and IPR.’ European intellectual property review, Vol. 21, Issue 3, pp. 110-126.

Marijke L.Van Vonderen, Rudi Bekkers, Ria Hermanussen, Gizella Sikora & Árpád Tóth (1996). Gender and Doubts About Study in Technology: A Dutch-Hungarian Comparison. Journal of General Psychology. Vol. 123, Issue 1, p. 5-18. DOI: 10.1080/00221309.1996.9921255