Innovation and Regional Inequality: Is There a World Beyond Empirical Regularities?

Supporting Students with “MyGrades”: A Tool to Help Students
Bouki, V., Economou, D. and Fragkandreas, T. 2026. Supporting Students with “MyGrades”: A Tool to Help Students. Annual Westminster Learning and Teaching Symposium 2026. Centre for Education and Teaching Innovation (CETI) 02 - 02 Jul 2026 University of Westminster.

Navigating Westminster: An Educator-Centered Evalua-tion of an Educational Game for Academic Orientation
Bouki, V., Economou, D., Fragkandreas, T. and Pedersen, F.S. 2026. Navigating Westminster: An Educator-Centered Evalua-tion of an Educational Game for Academic Orientation. 5th International Conference on Technology and Innovation in Learning, Teaching and Education (TECH-EDU 2026). Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece. Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece 22 - 24 Jun 2026 Springer.

When Does an Innovation System Induce Inequality?
Fragkandreas, T. 2025. When Does an Innovation System Induce Inequality? School of Marketing and Management Annual Conference. University of Westminster, London, UK 21 - 21 May 2025

Was Schumpeter a Marxist? Reflections and Implications for Critical Innovation Studies
Fragkandreas, T. 2025. Was Schumpeter a Marxist? Reflections and Implications for Critical Innovation Studies. 1st Critical Innovation Studies Workshop. University of Westminster, London, UK 28 May 2025

Is the Linear Model of Innovation Actually Dead?
Fragkandreas, T. 2025. Is the Linear Model of Innovation Actually Dead? Global Economic Policy Group 2025. University of Westminster, London, UK 21 - 21 May 2025

When Does a Regional Innovation System Shape Inequality?
Fragkandreas, T. 2025. When Does a Regional Innovation System Shape Inequality? Regional Studies Association’s Annual Conference 2025 . University of Porto, Porto, Portugal 06 - 09 May 2025

Case Study Research on Innovation Systems: Paradox, Dialectical Analysis and Resolution
Fragkandreas, T. 2025. Case Study Research on Innovation Systems: Paradox, Dialectical Analysis and Resolution. Research Policy. 54 (1) 105136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105136

Innovation (as a Systemic Activity) and Income Inequality: Conceptual Model and Causal Mechanisms
Fragkandreas, T. 2023. Innovation (as a Systemic Activity) and Income Inequality: Conceptual Model and Causal Mechanisms. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4553983

Striking the Golden Mean: Organisational Identity and Innovation in the German Games Industry
Fragkandreas, T. and Storz, C. 2022. Striking the Golden Mean: Organisational Identity and Innovation in the German Games Industry. 34th SASE Annual conference 2022 (Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics). Amsterdam, Netherlands 09 - 11 Jul 2022

Three Decades of Research on Innovation and Inequality
Fragkandreas, T. 2022. Three Decades of Research on Innovation and Inequality. AHE Conference 2022 - Association for Heterodox Economics. SOAS, London, UK 06 - 08 Jul 2022

Three decades of research on innovation and inequality: Causal scenarios, explanatory factors and suggestions
Fragkandreas, T. 2022. Three decades of research on innovation and inequality: Causal scenarios, explanatory factors and suggestions. Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation. 38 (2), pp. 147-193. https://doi.org/10.13169/prometheus.38.2.0147

Innovation Systems and Income Inequality: In Search of Causal Mechanisms
Fragkandreas, T. 2021. Innovation Systems and Income Inequality: In Search of Causal Mechanisms. Birkbeck College, University of London.

"Innovation-Productivity Paradox: Implications for Regional Policy" Background paper for the OECD-EC High-Level Expert Workshop series “Productivity Policy for Places”, March 3 and 5
Fragkandreas, T. 2021. "Innovation-Productivity Paradox: Implications for Regional Policy" Background paper for the OECD-EC High-Level Expert Workshop series “Productivity Policy for Places”, March 3 and 5. Paris OECD Publishing.

Innovation Studies and Policy: A Topic-Sentiment Analysis
Fragkandreas, T., Leitzinger, L. and Liebald, M. 2021. Innovation Studies and Policy: A Topic-Sentiment Analysis. 32nd Annual EAEPE Conference 2020. Online 02 - 04 Sep 2021

Innovation Systems and Inequality
Fragkandreas, T. 2020. Innovation Systems and Inequality. European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy Workshop on Innovation Networks. Stuttgart Feb 2020

Do Innovation Systems Induce Inequality?
Fragkandreas, T. 2020. Do Innovation Systems Induce Inequality? Society for the Advancement of Socioeconomics (SASE) Annual Conference 2020. Online 18 - 21 Jul 2020

Innovation and Inequality: Review and Avenues
Fragkandreas, T. 2020. Innovation and Inequality: Review and Avenues. 32nd Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy. (online conference) 02 - 04 Sep 2022

The Paradox of Case Study Research in Innovation Systems Studies: A Dialectical Analysis
Fragkandreas, T. 2020. The Paradox of Case Study Research in Innovation Systems Studies: A Dialectical Analysis. British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference 2020. Alliance Manchester Business School I University of Manchester 02 - 04 Sep 2020 British Academy of Management.

Knowledge Diffusion in Management: Kaizen in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fragkandreas, T. 2020. Knowledge Diffusion in Management: Kaizen in Sub-Saharan Africa. in: Firms, Institutions, and the State in East Asia Marburg Metropolis. pp. 89-110

Critical Realism in Economics: Methodologically Weak or Untapped
Fragkandreas, T. 2019. Critical Realism in Economics: Methodologically Weak or Untapped. 2nd Vienna Conference on Pluralism in Economics. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna 15 - 16 Apr 2019

Do Innovation Systems Induce Inequality?
Fragkandreas, T. 2019. Do Innovation Systems Induce Inequality? AFEP-IIPPE International Conference. Lille, France 03 - 05 Jul 2019

Innovation paradoxes: a review and typology of explanations
Fragkandreas, T. 2017. Innovation paradoxes: a review and typology of explanations. Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation. 35 (4), pp. 267-290. https://doi.org/10.1080/08109028.2018.1506620

Innovation and Inequality: An Outline of an Alternative Perspective
Fragkandreas, T. 2016. Innovation and Inequality: An Outline of an Alternative Perspective. 19th Uddevalla Symposium. London, UK 30 Jun - 02 Jul 2016

Two Decades of Research on Innovation Paradoxes: A Review and Directions for Future Research
Fragkandreas, T. 2015. Two Decades of Research on Innovation Paradoxes: A Review and Directions for Future Research. 17th Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics. Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK 02 - 04 Jul 2015

When Innovation Does Not Pay Off: Introducing the “European Regional Paradox”
Fragkandreas, Thanos 2013. When Innovation Does Not Pay Off: Introducing the “European Regional Paradox”. European Planning Studies. 21 (12), pp. 2078-2086. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2012.741566

When innovation does not pay-off: A tale of competitiveness in seven European regions
Fragkandreas, T. 2013. When innovation does not pay-off: A tale of competitiveness in seven European regions. 42nd Annual Conference and 3rd Annual Doctoral Colloquium. Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK 20 - 22 Aug 2013

Reflections on social capital and economic performance
Fragkandreas, T. 2012. Reflections on social capital and economic performance. International Review of Sociology / Revue Internationale de Sociologie. 22 (2), pp. 259-271. https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2012.696968

When Innovation does not Pay-off: An intriguing Observation from the European Regional Innovation Scoreboard
Fragkandreas, T. 2011. When Innovation does not Pay-off: An intriguing Observation from the European Regional Innovation Scoreboard. Annual Conference of the International Association of Critical Realism. Olso, Norway Sep 2011

Is Critical Realism a philosophy in search of a method?
Fragkandreas, T. 2011. Is Critical Realism a philosophy in search of a method? Annual Conference of the International Association of Critical Realism. Olso, Norway Sep 2011

''The Structure of Invention'': A Critical Analysis
Fragkandreas, T. 2011. ''The Structure of Invention'': A Critical Analysis. Discussion Group, Centre for Innovation Management Research, Birkbeck, University of London. London Nov 2011