Bruno van Pottelsberghe

Rector​

Working together with all the stakeholders of our ecosystem, our goal is to make Corvinus a more attractive university in Europe, with state-of-the-art training and research.​

Bruno J. M. T. G. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie (born 17 August 1968 in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium) is a Belgian economist and the Rector of Corvinus University of Budapest, effective from August 2024, onwards. He is known for his leadership experience in higher education and for his extensive scientific work in economics of innovation (effectiveness of science and technology policies, and of intellectual property policies).

Early life and education​

Bruno van Pottelsberghe was born in Belgium in August 1968. From 1970 to 1978 in lived in Zaïre (currently RDC). He graduated from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) with a Bachelor in Economics in 1990, a Master in Business Economics in 1992, a research Master in Econometrics in 1994, and a Master in International Relations in 1995. In 1998, he obtained a Ph.D. in Economics with highest honors from the same university. His doctoral dissertation, supervised by Prof. Henri Capron, was entitled “Assessing the Efficiency of Science and Technology Policies inside the Triad”.

Personal life​

Bruno van Pottelsberghe is married and has two children. He is fluent in French and in English.

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Corvinus University of Budapest
From Learning to Giving Back – Interview with Rector Bruno van Pottelsberghe
2026.09.22.

Corvinus has established the Corvinus Alumni Scholarship to offer alumni community the opportunity to give back, support outstanding talent, and actively contribute to the future of the university. Why shall you donate? What can students and alumni benefit from the Alumni Scholarship Program? We interviewed Rector Bruno van Pottelsberghe about the newly introduced initiative.

Corvinus University of Budapest
Corvinus Rector tops Hungary’s rankings in Research.com’s world evaluation of economics researchers
2026.05.08.

Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Rector of Corvinus University of Budapest, whose research focuses on innovation and patents, ranks first in Hungary in both the Economics and Finance field and the Business and Management field. In the global ranking for Economics, third place is also held by a researcher with ties to Corvinus: James J. Heckman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, Professor at the University of Chicago, and honorary doctor of Corvinus.

Career

  • Dean, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM) (Sept. 2021 – Aug. 2024.)
  • Academic Director, Executive MBA (2014 – 2024.)
  • Advisor to the Rector and President of ULB for Technology Transfer issues (Jan. 2005 – 2024)
  • Dean, SBS-EM (Sept. 2011 – Sept. 2017)
  • Acting Dean, SBS-EM (April 2011 – Sept. 2011)
  • Vice Dean, SBS-EM (Sept. 2010 – April 2011)
  • Full Professor (Prof. Ordinaire), Solvay SA Chair of Innovation (Sept. 2010 – 2024.)
  • Professor, Solvay SA Chair of Innovation (Oct. 2008 – Sept. 2010)
  • Associate Professor, Solvay SA Chair of Innovation (Oct. 1999 – Oct. 2008)
  • Vice President, Solvay Business School (Sept. 2001 – Sept. 2005)
  • Academic Director – MBA (Sept. 2002 – Sept. 2005)
  • Director – International Exchange Programme (Sept. 2002 – Sept. 2005)
  • Associate Director – International Exchange Programme (Sept. 2000 – Sept. 2002)
  • Associate Director – MBA (Sept. 2001 – Sept. 2002)
  • Chairman (Oct. 2023 – Present)
  • Secretary General (May 2018 – Sept. 2021)
  • Chairman (Sept. 2012 – May 2018)
  • Initiator and Co-founder of the network
  • Senior Research Fellow (Dec. 2007 – Sept. 2011)
  • Chief Economist (Nov. 2005 – Dec. 2007)
  • Consultant - Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) – Economic Analysis and Statistics Division (EASD) (Sept. 1997 – Oct. 1999)
  • Visiting Researcher (Feb. – June 1996)
  • Visiting Researcher (Aug. – Dec. 1995)
  • Research Fellow (Sept. 1996 – Sept. 1997)
  • Ph.D. Mini-Arc Scholarship (Sept. 1992 – Sept. 1996)
  • Visiting Researcher at METI/RI in Tokyo, Japan (1995)
  • Visiting Researcher at Columbia Business School in New York, USA (1996)
  • Economist and Advisor at OECD – DSTI in Paris, France (1997-1999)
  • Visiting Professor at Hitotsubashi University in Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan (2003)
  • Chief Economist at the European Patent Office in Munich, Germany (2005-2007)

He has negotiated over 130 international exchange partnerships, with 50% outside Europe, and has been EFMD’s EQUIS Peer Reviewer for at least 12 schools.

Research and publications

Van Pottelsberghe’s research activity focuses on innovation and patents, with over 60 published articles in peer-reviewed journals, about 15,000 citations on Google Scholar, and an H-index of 55, as of May 2026. He has supervised 11 Ph.D. Students.

  • van Pottelsberghe B., 2017, Growth, R&D spillovers and the role of patent systems – A compendium of 20 years of research on innovation economics, World Scientific Publisher, 300 p. [5]
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2017, The Economics of the European Patent System (translated in Chinese), National Publication Foundation, China, March, 250 p. [4]
  • van Pottelsberghe B., 2009, Lost Property: the European patent system and why it doesn’t work, Bruegel Blueprint, June, 68 p. [3]
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2007, The Economics of the European Patent System, Oxford University Press, Oxford, February, 250 p. [2]
  • Peeters C. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie (Editors), 2006, Economic and Management Perspectives on Intellectual Property Rights, Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan, 266 p. [1]
  • Douhard, J. And van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 2024, The cost of sustainability in the construction sector – The case of family houses in Belgium, Journal of Cleaner Production 483, [61; IF(2025)=10.0]
  • Petit E., van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, B. & Gimeno-Fabra, L. 2023, Are patent offices substitutes ? Research Policy, 52(8). [60; IF(2022)=7.2]
  • Petit E., van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, B. & Gimeno-Fabra, L. 2021, Global patent systems: revisiting the national bias hypothesis, Journal of International Business Policy, 5, 56–67 [59; IF(2022)=7.9]
  • Gimeno-Fabra L. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2020, Decoding patent examination services, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 1-24. [58; IF(2021)=1.56] 
  • Honoré F., F. Munari, and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2015, Corporate governance practices and companies’ R&D intensity: Evidence from European countries, Research Policy, 44 (2), 533-543. [57; IF(2015)=2.26] 
  • Danguy J., G. De Rassenfosse, and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2014, On the origins of the worldwide surge in patenting: an industry perspective on the R&D–patent relationship, Industrial and Corporate Change, 23 (2), 535-572. [56; IF(2015)=1.37] 
  • Schoen, A., van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, B., and J. Henkel, 2013, Governance typology of universities’ technology transfer processes, Journal of Technology Transfer, 39 (3), 435-453. [55; IF(2015)=1.18] 
  • Picard P. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2013, Patent office governance and patent examination quality, Journal of Public Economics, 104(C), pages 14-25. [54; IF(2015)=1.46] 
  • de Saint-Georges, M. and van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, B., 2013, A Quality Index for Patent Systems, Research Policy, 42 (3), 704-719. [53; IF(2015)=2.26] 
  • de Rassenfosse G., H. Dernis, D. Guellec, L. Picci and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2013, The worldwide count of priority patents: A new indicator of inventive activity, Research Policy, vol. 42 (3), 720-737. [52; IF(2015)=2.26]
  • de Rassenfosse G. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2013, The role of fees in patent systems: Theory and evidence, Journal of Economics Surveys, 2013, 27 (4), 696-716 [51; IF(2011)=1.58] 
  • Mejer M. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2012, Economic incongruities in the European patent system, European Journal of Law and Economics, 34(1); 215-234. [50; IF(2015)=0.42] 
  • de Rassenfosse G., and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2012, On the price elasticity of demand for patents, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 74(1), 58-77. [49; IF(2010)=1.18] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 2011, The quality factor in patent systems, Industrial and Corporate Change, 20(6), 1755-1793. [(48; IF(2011)=1.24] 
  • Danguy J. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2011, Patent fees for a sustainable EU patent system, World Patent Information, 33, (3), 240-247. [47] 
  • Van Looy, B., J. Callaert, E. Sapsalis, and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2011, Entrepreneurial effectiveness of European universities: an empirical assessment of antecedents and trade-offs, Research Policy, 40(4), 553-564. [46; IF(2011)=2.51]
  • van Zeebroeck N. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2011, The vulnerability of patent value determinants, Economics of Innovation and New Technologies, 20(3), 283-308. [45] 
  • van Zeebroeck N. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2011, Filing strategies and patent value, Economics of Innovation and New Technologies, 20 (6), 539-561. [44] 
  • Danguy J. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2011, Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Community Patent, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis (Berkeley Electronic Press), 2(2), pp. 1-41.[43] 
  • Mejer M. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2011, Patent backlogs at USPTO and EPO: Systemic failure vs deliberate delays, World Patent Information, 33, 2, 122-127. [42] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 2011, Europe should stop taxing innovation, World Patent Information, 33(1), 16-22. [41] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B. and M. Mejer, 2010, The London agreement and the cost of patenting in Europe, European Journal of Law and Economics, 29(2), 211-237. [40] 
  • Mathieu A. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2010, A Note on the Drivers of R&D Intensity, Research in World Economy, 1(1), November, pp. 56-65. [39] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B. and D. François, 2009, The cost factor in patent systems, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 9(4), 329-355. [38] 
  • Harhoff D., K. Hoisl, B. Reichl, B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2009, Patent validation at the country level: the role of fees and translation costs, Research Policy, 38(9), pp. 1423-1437. [37; IF(2009)=2.66] 
  • van Zeebroeck N., B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie and D. Guellec, 2009, Claiming more: the increased voluminosity of patent applications and its determinants, Research Policy, 38(6), 1006-1020. [36; IF(2009)=2.66] 
  • de Rassenfosse G., and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2009, A policy insight into the R&D-patent relationship, Research Policy, 38(5), 2009, June, 779-792. [35; IF(2009)=2.66] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B. and G. de Rassenfosse, 2008, Policymakers and the R&D-patent relationship, Intereconomics – Review of European Economic Policy, 43(6), November/December, 377-380. [34] 
  • Mathieu A., M. Meyer and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2008, Turning science into business: a case study of a major European research university, Science and Public Policy, 35 (9), pp. 669-679. [33] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 2008, Europe’s R&D: Missing the wrong targets?, Intereconomics – Review of European Economic Policy, 43(4), July/August, 220-225. [32] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B. and N. van Zeebroeck, 2008, A brief history of space and time: the scope-year index as a patent value indicator based on families and renewals, Scientometrics, 75(2), May, 319–338. [31; IF(2007)=1.47]
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., S. Vandecandelaere and E. de Béthune, 2008, Policy recommendations for the Belgian patent system, World Patent Information, 30 (2), 309–319. [30] 
  • van Zeebroeck N., B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie and D. Guellec, 2008, Patents and academic research: A state of the art, Journal of Intellectual Capital, 9(2), 246-263. [29] 
  • Bozkaya A. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2008, Who funds technology-based small firms? Evidence from Belgium, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 17(1&2), 97-122. [28] 
  • van Zeebroeck N., N. Stevnsborg, B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, D. Guellec and E. Archontopoulos, 2008, Patent inflation in Europe, World Patent Information, 30(1), 43-52. [27] 
  • de Rassenfosse G., and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2007, Per un pugno di dollari: A first look at the price elasticity of patents, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 23(4), 588-604. [26; IF(2006)=0.73] 
  • Lazaridis G., and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2007, The rigour of EPO’s patentability criteria: An insight into the “induced withdrawals”, World Patent Information, 29(4), 317-326. [25] 
  • Archontopoulos E., D. Guellec, N. Stevnsborg, B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, and N. van Zeebroeck, 2007, When small is beautiful: Measuring the evolution and consequences of the voluminosity of patent applications at the EPO, Information Economics and Policy, 19(2), 103-132. [24; IF(2006)=0.53]
  • Mortehan O. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2007, The impact of collaborative agreements on firms’ performances – The case of the IT industry in the 90s, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 19(2), 127-144. [23]
  • Sapsalis E., and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2007, The institutional sources of knowledge and the value of academic patents, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 16(2), 139-157. [22] 
  • Sapsalis E., B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, and R. Navon, 2006, Academic vs. industry patenting – An in-depth analysis of what determines patent value, Research Policy, 35(10), 1631-1645. [21; IF(2005)=1.84] 
  • van Zeebroeck N., B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, and W. Han, 2006, Issues in measuring the degree of technological specialisation with patent data, Scientometrics, 66(3), 481-492. [20; IF(2005)=1.74] 
  • Peeters C. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2006, Innovation strategy and the patenting performances of large firms, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 16(1-2), 109-135. [19; IF(2005)=0.53] 
  • Mortehan O. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2006, Collaborative agreements and R&D intensity, Taiwan Academy of Management Journal, 6(2), 11-14. [18] 
  • Cincera M., van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., and R. Veugelers, 2006, Assessing the foreign control of production of technology: The case of a small open economy, Scientometrics, 66(3), 493-512. [17; IF(2005)=1.47]
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2004, From R&D to productivity growth: do the institutional settings and the sources of funds of R&D matter?, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 66(3), 353-376. [16; IF(2003)=0.54] 
  • Siegel D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2003, Symposium overview: Economics and managerial implications of university technology transfer, Guest Editors, Journal of Technology Transfer, 28(1), 5-8. [15] 
  • Saragossi S. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2003, What patent data reveals about universities – The case of Belgium”, Journal of Technology Transfer, 28(1), 47-51. [14] 
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2003, The impact of public R&D expenditure on business R&D, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 12(3), 225-244. [13] 
  • Le Bas C. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2002, Le rendement social des activités de R-D en France- Mesure, évolution et différenciation industrielle, Revue d’Economie Politique, 2, 55-74. [12] 
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2002, The value of patents and patenting strategies: countries and technology areas patterns, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 11(2), 133-148. [11] 
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2001, R&D and productivity growth – A panel data analysis of 16 OECD countries, English and French, OECD Economic Studies, 33, 2001/2, 103-126. [10] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B. and F. Lichtenberg, 2001, Does foreign direct investment transfer technology across borders?, Review of Economics and Statistics, 83(3), 490-497. [9; IF(2003)=1.27] 
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2001, The internationalisation of technology analysed with patent data, Research Policy, 30(8), 1256-1266. [8; IF(2003)=1.40] 
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2001, The effectiveness of public policies in R&D, Revue d’Economie Industrielle, 94(1), 49-68. [7] 
  • Dernis H., D. Guellec and B. Van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2001, Using patent counts for cross-country comparisons of technology output, STI Review, 27, OECD, 129-146. [6] 
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2000, Applications, grants and the value of patents, Economics Letters, 69(1), 109-114. [5; IF(2003)=0.34] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 2000, Book Review : Innovation policy in a global economy, by D. Archibugi, J. Howells, and J. Michie (Editors), Economic Systems Research; 12(3), 429-431. [4] 
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 1999, Does government support stimulates private R&D ?, (English and French), OECD Economic Studies, 29, 95-122. [3] 
  • Lichtenberg F. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 1998, International R&D spillovers: A comment, European Economic Review, 42(8), 1483-1491. [2; IF(2003)=1.021] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 1997, Issues in assessing the effect of interindustry R&D spillovers, Economic Systems Research, 9(4), 331-356. [1]
  • Mathieu A. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2007 (2005), The economic role of the aviation industry in Belgium, Brussels Economic Review, 48 (4), 393-418. [11] 
  • Galland P. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2005, The economic impact of Microsoft, Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, XLIV(3), 61-76. [10] 
  • Nysten S., E. Megally and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2004, Analyse critique des incitants fiscaux à la R&D des entreprises (A critical analysis of fiscal incentives to business R&D), Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, XLIII (2), 71-92. [9] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 2004, Les politiques de sciences et technologie et l’objectif de Lisbonne (Science and Technology policies and the Lisbon Objective), Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, XLIII (1), 69-86. [8] 
  • Cincera M., L. Kempen, B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, R. Veugelers and C. Villegas Sanchez Carolina, 2003, Productivity Growth, R&D and the role of international collaborative agreements: Some evidence for Belgian manufacturing companies, Brussels Economic Review, 46(3), 107-140. [7] 
  • Sapsalis E., and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2003, Insight into the patenting performance of Belgian universities, Brussels Economic Review, 46(3), 37-58. [6] 
  • Cincera M. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2001, International R&D spillovers : a survey, Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, 169, 3-32. [5] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 1997, “Governments’ attitudes towards the globalization of economy and technology”, Hiroshima Journal of International Studies, 3, 53-70. [4] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 1995, The role and determinants of R&D investments in high-tech industries”, Cahiers d’Economie, N° X, Centre Universitaire Luxembourgeois, Luxembourg, 67-86. [3] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 1994, Industries sidérurgiques européennes et japonaises: vers une convergence ?”, Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, 141(1), 3-44. [2] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 1993, La compétitivité actuelle et future de l’industrie sidérurgique belge, Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, 138(2), 185-215. [1]
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., and L. K. Mahina, 2026, “European Patent System.” in Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, 967-975. [24]
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 2021, Innovation Economics Approach to Intellectual Property Law Scholarship, Chapter 27, in Calboli I. and M.-L. Montagnani (Eds), Handbook on Intellectual Property Law Research – Lenses, Methods, and Approaches, forthcoming. [23] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B. and M. Mejer, 2010, On the consequences of a highly fragmented European patent system, in V. Ghosal (Editor), Reforming Rules and Regulations, MIT Press, forthcoming. [22] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B. 2010, The governance of the European patent system, in E. Fabry and G. Ricard-Nihoul (Editor), Think Global – Act European, The Contribution of 14 European Think Tanks to the Spanish, Belgian and Hungarian Trio Presidency of the European Union, Notre Europe, Paris, 40-44. [21] 
  • Mathieu A. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2008, “R&D intensity: an insight into the Japanese success and the Lisbon failure”, in Takako Ueta and E. Remacle (Eds), Tokyo-Brussels Partnership – Security, Development and Knowledge-based Society, PIE-Peter Lang, Brussels-Bern, pp. 67-92. [20] 
  • Guellec D., B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie and N. van Zeebroeck, 2007, “Patent as a market instrument”, Chapter 4, in Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, The Economics of the European Patent System, Oxford University Press, pp. 85-113. [19] 
  • Stevnsborg N. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2007, “Patenting Procedures and Filing Strategies at the EPO”, Chapter 6, in Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, The Economics of the European Patent System, Oxford University Press, pp. 155-183. [18] 
  • Peeters C. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2006, “Understanding the patenting behaviour of firms”, in Bosworth D. and E. Webster (Eds.), The Management of Intellectual Property, New Horizons in Intellectual Property Series, Cheltenham, UK, Edwar Elgar, 221-248. [17] 
  • Bozkaya A. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2006, “The Financial Architecture of Technology-Based Small Firms: An Explorative Study.” in Shaker Zahra et al. (Eds.), Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Chapter XIX, Venture Capital and Angel Financing. Wellesley, MA, USA: Babson College. [16] 
  • Peeters C. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2007, “Introduction: Advanced research findings and fields for further research in economics and management of intellectual property”, in : Peeters C. and B. van Pottelsberghe (Eds), Economic and Management Perspectives on Intellectual Property Rights, Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan, 2006, 1-18.[15] 
  • Peeters C. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2006, “Complex innovation strategies and the patenting behaviour of firms”, Chapter 9, in Peeters C. and B. van Pottelsberghe (Eds), Economic and Management Perspectives on Intellectual Property Rights, Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan, 199-221. [14] 
  • Romain A. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2006, “On the relationship between patents and venture capital”, Chapter 10, in: Peeters C. and B. van Pottelsberghe (Eds), Economic and Management Perspectives on Intellectual Property Rights, Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan, 222-237. [13] 
  • Cincera M., B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie and R. Veugelers, 2004, “The internationalisation of technology: a more complete picture for Belgium”, Chapter 14, in A. Spithoven and P. Teirlinck (Eds), Beyond Borders – Internationalisation of R&D and Policy Implications for Small Open Economies, Elsevier, 359-386. [12]
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2004, “Measuring the internationalisation of the generation of knowledge – An approach based on patent data”, Chapter 29, jointly with D. Guellec, in H.F. Moed, W. Glänzel and U. Schmoch (Eds), Handbook of Quantitative Science and Technology Research – The use of publication and patent statistics in studies of science and technology systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 645-662. [11] 
  • Megally E. , S. Nysten and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2004, “Evaluation of the current fiscal incentive toward business R&D in Belgium”, R&D and Innovation in Belgium, Working Documents, ISBN: 90-807015-80, 31 p. [10] 
  • “Raising EU R&D intensity – Improving the effectiveness of the mix of public support mechanisms for private sector research and development”, Independent Expert Group Report to the EC (including Bruno van Pottelsberghe), code EUR 20713, ISBN 92-894-5578-0, 2003, 140 p. [9] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 2003, “Get your business started”, in : Aernoudt R. (Ed.), “The Irresistible taste of Entrepreneurship”, Roularta Books. [8] 
  • van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie B., 2001, “Financing innovation”, in : Aernoudt R. (Ed.), “Financing SME’s – The European approach”, Roularta Books. [7] 
  • Peeters C. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2002, “S&T policies, R&D and economic growth – Empirical evidence and recent trends”, in : Clarysse B. and M. Cincera, (Editors), “Empirical evaluations of S&T Policies”, SSTC. [6] 
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2001, “The internationalisation of technology analysed through patent data”, in : Khalil T., L. Lefebre and R. Mason (Ed.), “Management of technology – The key to prosperity in the third millenium”, 528 p. [5] 
  • Guellec D. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2001, “Valeur et probabilité de délivrance des brevets”, in : M. Catin, B. Guilhon, and C. Le Bas, (Editors), “Activités technologiques, connaissance et organisation”, L’Harmattan. [4] 
  • Capron H., M. Cincera and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2000, “The national innovation system and its international linkages – Chapter 6”, in: H. Capron and W. Meeusen (Editors), “The Belgian national innovation system”, Physica-Verlag, Chapter 6, 117-136. [3] 
  • Capron H. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 1997, “Public support to business R&D: A survey and some new quantitative evidence”, in: “Policy evaluation in innovation and technology – Towards best practices”, OECD, Chapter 10, 171-188. [2] 
  • Capron H. and B. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 1997, “Public support to business R&D: An integrated assessment scheme”, in: “Policy evaluation in innovation and technology – Towards best practices”, OECD, Chapter 4, 35-48. [1]

Several dozens of working papers are available on my REPEC page, including the most recent ones. The following list includes working papers published by other institutions than my main affiliations (ULB, CEPR, Bruegel), or the most recent working papers that are under referee process.

  • “Europe should stop taxing innovation”, Bruegel Policy Brief, 2010/2, March. [10] 
  • “Handle with care! Post-crisis growth in the EU”, Bruegel Policy Brief, 2009/2. [10] 
  • “Europe’s R&D: missing the wrong target?”, Bruegel Policy Brief, 2008/3. [9] 
  • “Economic cost-benefit analysis of the Community patent” (07.04.2009), by J. Danguy and B. van Pottelsberghe on behalf of the European Commission, and available on the following website: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/indprop/patent/index_en.htm#studies [8] 
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