# Bert Sadowski
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# Bert Sadowski
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##### Contact
[b.m.sadowski@tue.nl](#)
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##### Department / Institute
[Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences](https://www.tue.nl/en/our-university/departments/industrial-engineering-and-innovation-sciences)
[EAISI](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/eaisi)
##### Group
[Technology, Innovation & Society](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/innovation-sciences/technology-innovation-society)
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## RESEARCH PROFILE
Bert Sadowski is associate professor of Economics of Innovation and Technological Change with the research group Technology, Innovation & Society at the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. His expertise is in the field of Economics of Innovation and Technological Change, Management of Innovation, and Regulatory Economics. Subjects of his research are digital markets, open data, big data strategies, and the internet of things (IoT).
## ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Bert Sadowski studied Technology and Innovation Management at the University of Sussex (Brighton, United Kingdom) where he obtained his MSc in 1991. He then started his PhD research at the Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the same university, where he obtained his doctorate in 1994. From 1994 to 1998 he worked as an assistant professor at Maastricht University and from 1998 to 2000 he was assistant professor of the Economics of Infrastructure at Delft University of Technology. In 2000, he was appointed as associate professor in International Management at Radboud University Nijmegen. In 2002, Bert Sadowski was appointed associate professor of Economics of Innovation and Technological Change with the research group Technology, Innovation & Society at the TU/e department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. During 2012 he was a visiting professor and S T Fellow at the Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand).
## Key Publications
- [See all publications](https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/bert-m-sadowski//publications/)
- [### Advanced users and the adoption of high speed broadband: results of a living lab study in the Netherlands
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
(2017)
B.M. Sadowski](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/1f9768ae-0d88-4d4c-a224-932aac63626e)
- [### Catching Up in the Face of Technological Discontinuity
Journal of Evolutionary Economics
(2020)
Peili Yu,Junguo Shi,Bert M. Sadowski,Önder Nomaler](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/df696496-3993-424e-b41e-78baf4a251e0)
- [### Open-Source or Open-Slather? Governing Blockchain Applications as Common-Pool Resources
(2019)
Bert M. Sadowski,Bronwyn Howell,Petrus Potgieter](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/74d4d59d-503a-45f9-a5d3-3ec2589154b3)
- [### The changing role of Guanxi in influencing the development of entrepreneurial companies : a case study of the emergence of pharmaceutical companies in China
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
(2016)
H. Peng,G.M. Duysters,B.M. Sadowski](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/04aecdc1-0afb-4b5a-b808-fe692c931e69)
- [### Joint Effects of Ownership and Competition on the Relationship between Innovation and Productivity: Application of the CDM Model to the Chinese Manufacturing Sector
Management and Organization Review
(2020)
J. Shi,Bert M. Sadowski,Sihan Li,Z.O. (Önder) Nomaler](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/c3dba777-4531-4d45-a17f-dd0d122d9f6c)
## Current Educational Activities
- [Economic policy in practice: social cost benefit analysis](https://tue.osiris-student.nl/#/onderwijscatalogus/extern/cursus/?cursuscode=0SV70&collegejaar=2025)
- [Infonomics](https://tue.osiris-student.nl/#/onderwijscatalogus/extern/cursus/?cursuscode=0EM190&collegejaar=2025)
- [Governing innovations](https://tue.osiris-student.nl/#/onderwijscatalogus/extern/cursus/?cursuscode=0EM120&collegejaar=2025)
- [Concept vs reality (note: 2nd course)](https://tue.osiris-student.nl/#/onderwijscatalogus/extern/cursus/?cursuscode=5USUA0&collegejaar=2025)
## Ancillary Activities
No ancillary activities