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Mark Lorenzen

Mark Lorenzen
Professor with special responsibilities , M. Sc., Ph.D.
Mark Lorenzen

Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics

Kilevej 14a, 3th floor
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Tel.: +45 3815 2928
Fax:+ 45 3815 2540
E-mail: mark@cbs.dk



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Affiliated with imagine.. Creative Industries Research and Danish Research Unit on Industrial Dynamics (DRUID)

My research centers around economic geography and regional development (clusters, innovation systems, and localized learning) and is theoretically founded upon organizational economics (resource-based and knowledge-based perspectives on organization and coordination) and economic sociology (social capital, trust, and embeddedness).
Empirically, I have worked on clusters, innovation policies and regional development in Denmark; the UK; Spain; Germany; France; Switzerland; India; and the US; and on the film industry (in Denmark, Bollywood, and Hollywood); the design industry; the music industry; the telecom and medico industries; and the furniture industry.

Primary research areas

  • Clusters and regional development
  • Networks and inter-organizational learning
  • Institutional economics and economic sociology
  • Innovation and innovation systems
  • Strategy and the ressource-based perspective
  • Creative industries and project organization


Selected publications

Mark Lorenzen and Nicolai Foss (2009): Towards an Understanding of Cognitive Coordination: Theoretical Developments and Empirical Illustrations, Organization Studies, vol. 30 no. 11: 1201-1226.
Mark Lorenzen and Kristina Vaarst Andersen (2009): Centrality and Creativity: Does Richard Florida’s Creative Class Offer New Insights Into Urban Hierarchy? Economic Geography, vol. 85, no. 4: 363-390.
Mark Lorenzen and Florian Arun Taeube (2008): Breakout from Bollywood? The Roles of Social Networks and Regulation in the Evolution of Indian Film Industry, Journal of International Management, vol. 14 no. 3: 286-299.
Mark Lorenzen (2007):Social Capital and Localized learning: Proximity and Place in Technological and Institutional Dynamics, Urban Studies, vol. 44, no. 4: 799-817.
Mark Lorenzen (2007): Internationalization vs. Globalization of the Film Industry, Industry and Innovation, vol. 14 no. 4: 349-357.
Mark Lorenzen and Lars Frederiksen (2005): The Management of Projects and Product Experimentation: Examples from the Music Industry, European Management Review, vol. 2, no. 3: 198-211.


Last updated by Shi Hua Chen Kold, Mark Lorenzen 12/01/2012