HISTORY

A brief history of DRUID

DRUID was established in 1995, based on a generous funding from the Danish Social Science Research Council (SSF) and the Danish Ministry of Industry. During first phase of operation (DRUID I: 1996-2001) the essential infrastructure and co-coordinated research program was put in place, based on research groups from Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and Aalborg University (AAU). Individual researchers from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and Aarhus School of Business (ASB) also joined. Gradually DRUID evolved into a “hub” of a large international network in industrial dynamics supported by two annual conferences and an internationally well-recognized electronic working paper series. The DRUID Winter Conference was designed to provide an opportunity for DRUID PhD students, as well as for PhD students from the international network, to present their work to peers, DRUID senior faculty and invited international merited scholars, who have been invited to present their work in plenary sessions. The DRUID Summer conference became devoted to a specific theme of interest to DRUID. The two conferences continue to be central components of DRUID’s activities.

This basic structure was consolidated, the doctoral training program developed and the international network extended during DRUID II (2002-2004). A targeted program was put in place to attract internationally recognized female scholars to help provide role models for the increasing number of female PhD scholars entering the previously almost exclusively male research field of industrial dynamics. DRUID became part of the board and faculty of ESSID: The European Summer School of Industrial Dynamics on Corse (France), and started to be invited to send faculty and doctoral students in their final years to present their work at CCC: The US Consortium for Cooperation and Competition, which include Berkeley, Carnegie-Mellon, Columbia, Harvard, MIT, Michigan, NYU, Stanford, Northwester, Wharton, Duke, among others. More efforts were also placed in encouraging and supporting junior faculty in the DRUID network when attempting to publish internationally. The activities were financially assisted by donations from the current Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, the Danish Social Science Research Council (SSF) and by the Danish Research Training Council (FUR) but it became increasingly clear that the continued expansion of DRUID’s activities and the ongoing increase in their quality and depth would be severely curtailed if continuously relying on such ad-hoc funding. Consequentially, negotiations were initiated and successfully completed with AAU and CBS who agreed to co-finance DRUID’s infrastructure as a cross-university and cross-departmental research unit.

DRUID III (2005-2007) was thus well equipped to celebrate its 10th anniversary in June 2005 with its largest and most ambitious conference so far. DRUID’s international exposure and research visibility increased by the subsequent publication of several special issues of high-end journals and books from recognized scientific publishers. The introduction of a double blind review process for all unsolicited conference submissions – based on DRUID’s initial corps of more than 75 dedicated external reviewers – helped further maintain and further improve the overall quality of the sessions. The annual DRUID prizes and plaudits for best papers were well accepted and the effort of the DRUID advisory board during the selection process helped augment their status in the community. The Danish Ministry of Research assisted financially by annual donations to DRUID’s basic activities. The founding editor of the journal Industry and innovation, suggested that DRUID took over the editorship and the hand-over was completed and a new DRUID editor appointed with Routledge as publisher. DRUID was from the very beginning part of establishing the European network on the Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe (DIME), which was recognized and sponsored by the European Union’s 6th Framework Program for research as a network of excellence. DIME now consist of more than 150 scholars from over 50 universities throughout Europe, working on the economic and social consequences of increasing globalization and the rise of the knowledge economy. Beyond being part of the research program, DRUIDs are serving on the executive committee and chairing the Governing Board of DIME.

During DRUID IV (2008-2010) a number of new initiatives were taken to support and enhance the research program, including biannual highly targeted workshops co-organized by DRUID and Stanford University (SCANCOR) – the first held during the spring of 2008. DRUID offered to host the CCC annual colloquium in 2009 and a prominent member of DRUID was the local organizer of the upcoming International Joseph Alois Schumpeter Society’s meeting held back-to-back with the DRUID Summer Conference 2010. DRUID held its 25th Celebration Conference at Copenhagen Business School June 17-20, 2008. Internally, the research program was strengthened, as the research group on Strategic Organization Design from SDU became part of DRUID IV.

DRUID V (2010-present) sees the growth of DRUID’s annual Summer conferences, alternating between locations in Denmark and at international partner universities: DRUID10 at Imperial College Business School (London, UK), DRUID13 at ESADE (Barcelona, Spain), DRUID15 at LUISS (Rome, Italy), DRUID-Asia16 at NUS and SMU (Singapore), DRUID17 at NYC Stern (USA), and DRUID23 at NOVA SBE (Lisbon, Portugal). In 2023, DRUID has included Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences as a Danish partner university.

The DRUID Executive Committee 1996-2013

DRUID Society (2011-2013)
Peter Maskell (Chairman)
Jesper Lindegaard Christensen
Mette Præst Knudsen
Mark Lorenzen

DRUID Samarbejdsnævn  (2011-2013)
Peter Maskell (Chairman)
Keld Laursen
Michael S. Dahl
Thorbjørn Knudsen

DRUID IV (2008-2010)
Peter Maskell, CBS (Chairman/DRUID Director)
Bent Dalum, AAU (Deputy Director)(Passed away on January 29, 2010)
Jesper Lindgaard Christensen, AAU
Michael S. Dahl
Mette Præst Knudsen (From June 2010)
Thorbjørn Knudsen, SDU
Keld Laursen, CBS
Mark Lorenzen, CBS

DRUID III (2005-2007)
Peter Maskell, CBS (Chairman/DRUID Director)
Bent Dalum, AAU (Deputy Director)
Jesper Lindgaard Christensen, AAU
Michael S. Dahl (from September 2006)
Ina Drejer, AAU (until June 2006)
Morten Berg Jensen, AAU (until August 2006)
Lars Bo Jeppesen, CBS
Keld Laursen, CBS
Mark Lorenzen, CBS

DRUID II (2002-2004)
Peter Maskell, CBS (Chairman/DRUID Director)
Bent Dalum, AAU (Deputy Director)
Jens Frøslev Christensen, CBS
Jesper Lindgaard Christensen, AAU
Ina Drejer, AAU (from October 2004)
Nicolai J. Foss, CBS (from March 2003)
Lars Bo Jeppesen, CBS (from October 2004)
Keld Laursen, CBS
Mark Lorenzen, CBS (from October 2004)

DRUID I (1996-2001)
Bengt-Åke Lundvall, AAU (Chairman/DRUID Director until July 1, 2001)
Jens Frøslev Christensen, CBS
Esben Slot Andersen, AAU
Bent Dalum, AAU
Peter Maskell, CBS (Chairman/DRUID Director from July 1, 2001)

DRUID’s International Scientific Advisory Committee 1996 – 2013

Steven Klepper:
It is with great sadness we have been informed that Steven Klepper, a long standing member of the DRUID Scientific Advisory Committee passed away peacefully Monday, May 27, 2013, in his home, surrounded by loved ones, from complications of melanoma. Steve’s contributions to DRUID have been numerous and his approach exceptionally supportive not least regarding the formation of the DRUID Academy for Doctoral Training. Steven was a founding member of the Consortium for Competitiveness and Collaboration that many young DRUIDs have benefited from participating in over the years. He will be deeply missed as a colleague, teacher, commentator and very influential researcher, but most of all as a very good and loyal friend.

DRUID V (2011-2013)
Professor Anita McGahan (Chairman), Rotman School of Management
Professor Gautam Ahuja, University of Michigan
Professor Mark Dodgson, University of Queensland Business School
Professor Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina
Professor Andrea Fosfuri, Univsersidad Carlos III de Madrid
Professor Alfonso Gambardella, Università Bocconi
Professor Meric Gertler, University of Toronto
Professor Steven Klepper, Carnegie Mellon University (Passed away on May 27, 2013)
Professor Aija Leiponen, Cornell University
Professor Daniel A. Levinthal, Wharton University of Pennsylvania
Professor Francesco Lissoni, Università Bocconi
Professor Maureen McKelvey, University of Gothenburg
Professor Ammon Salter, Imperial College Business School
Professor Olav Sorenson, Yale School of Management
Professro Bart Verspagen, Maastricht University
Professor Sidney Winter, The Wharton School

DRUID IV (2008-2010)
Professor Anita McGahan (Chairman), Rotman School of Management
Professor Gautam Ahuja, University of Michigan
Professor Mark Dodgson, University of Queensland Business School
Professor Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina
Professor Andrea Fosfuri, Univsersidad Carlos III de Madrid
Professor Alfonso Gambardella, Università Bocconi
Professor Meric Gertler, University of Toronto
Professor Steven Klepper, Carnegie Mellon University
Professor Aija Leiponen, Cornell University
Professor Daniel A. Levinthal, Wharton University of Pennsylvania
Professor Francesco Lissoni, Università Bocconi
Professor Maureen McKelvey, University of Gothenburg
Professor Ammon Salter, Imperial College Business School
Professor Olav Sorenson, Yale School of Management
Professro Bart Verspagen, Maastricht University
Professor Sidney Winter, The Wharton School

DRUID III (2005-2007)
Professor Bo Carlsson (Chairman), Dept. of Economics, Case Western Reserve University
Professor Jacques DeBandt, LATAPSES, Groupe des Laboratoires du CNRS
Professor Giovanni Dosi, S. Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
Professor Anita McGahan, Boston University, School of Management, USA
Professor Maryann Feldman, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada
Professor Dominique Foray, EPFL, Switzerland
Professor Paul Andrew Geroski, London Business School (Deceased August 28, 2005)
Professor Richard N. Langlois, University of Connecticut
Professor Brian J. Loasby, Department of Economics, University of Stirling
Professor Jacques Mairesse, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques
Professor Franco Malerba, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
Professor J. Stanley Metcalfe, CRIC, University of Manchester, UK
Professor Patrick Llerena, University Louis Pasteur
Professor Richard Nelson, Columbia University
Professor Michael Storper, University of California, USA and LSE, UK
Professor Sidney Winter, The Wharton School
Professor Ulrich Witt, Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Wirtschaftssystemen

DRUID II (2002-2004)
Professor Bo Carlsson (Chairman), Dept. of Economics, Case Western Reserve University
Professor Jacques DeBandt, LATAPSES, Groupe des Laboratoires du CNRS
Professor Giovanni Dosi, S. Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
Professor Dominique Foray, Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
Professor Paul Andrew Geroski, London Business School
Professor Richard N. Langlois, University of Connecticut
Professor Brian J. Loasby, Department of Economics, University of Stirling
Professor Jacques Mairesse, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques
Professor Franco Malerba, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
Professor J. Stanley Metcalfe, CRIC, University of Manchester, UK
Professor Patrick Llerena, University Louis Pasteur
Professor Richard Nelson, Columbia University
Professor Keith Pavitt, SPRU, University of Sussex (Deceased December 20, 2002)
Mr. G. B. Richardson, Keeble College, Oxford, UK
Professor Luc Soete , Maastricht University
Professor Sidney Winter, The Wharton School
Professor Ulrich Witt, Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Wirtschaftssystemen 

DRUID I (1996-2001)
Professor Bo Carlsson (Chairman), Dept. of Economics, Case Western Reserve University
Professor Jacques DeBandt, LATAPSES, Groupe des Laboratoires du CNRS
Professor Giovanni Dosi, S. Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
Professor Dominique Foray, CNRS/IMRI University of Paris-Dauphine
Professor Paul Andrew Geroski, London Business School
Professor Richard N. Langlois, University of Connecticut
Professor Brian J. Loasby, Department of Economics, University of Stirling
Professor Jacques Mairesse, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques
Professor Franco Malerba, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
Professor J. Stanley Metcalfe, CRIC, University of Manchester, UK
Professor Patrick Llerena, University Louis Pasteur
Professor Richard Nelson, Columbia University
Professor Keith Pavitt, SPRU, University of Sussex
Mr. G. B. Richardson, Keeble College, Oxford, UK
Professor Luc Soete , Maastricht University
Professor Sidney Winter, The Wharton School
Professor Ulrich Witt, Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Wirtschaftssystemen