Recent publications

Books

• Universities, Innovation and the Economy Routledge (June 2006)
• Bagchi-Sen, S and Lawton Smith H (eds) Economic Geography: then, now and the future (October 2006) Routledge

Edited Books

• Hilpert, U and Lawton Smith, H (eds) Networking Regionalised Innovative Labour Markets Routledge (forthcoming 2012)

Journal articles

• Lawton Smith, H, Romeo, S and Virahsawmy, M ‘Business and professional networks: scope and outcomes in Oxfordshire’ Environment and Planning A (Forthcoming 2012)
• Bagchi-Sen, S and Lawton Smith, H ‘Firm heterogeneity in biotech: absorptive capacity, strategies, and local-regional connections’ European Planning Studies (forthcoming 2012)
• Lawton Smith, H and Bagchi-Sen, S (forthcoming 2012) ‘The research university, entrepreneurship and regional development: research propositions and current evidence’ Entrepreneurship & Regional Development (on-line 18 August 2011)
• Bagchi-Sen, S and Lawton Smith, H ‘The Role of the American University as an Agent of Regional Economic Development’ Geography Compass (forthcoming 2012)
• Chapman, D, Lawton Smith, H, Wood, P Barnes, T and Romeo, S Entrepreneurial Academics and Regional Economic Development: the case of spinoffs from London's Universities, Industry and Higher Education (forthcoming 2012)
• Imprese ad alta tecnologia, università e sviluppo nella regione di Oxford (High technology entrepreneurship, universities and the development of the Oxford city-region) Stato e Mercato 3 451-478, December 2011
• Asheim, B T Lawton Smith, H and Oughton, C (2011) Regional Innovations Systems: Theory, Empirics and Policy Regional Studies Special issue on Regional Innovation Systems 45, 7 875-892
• Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R (2011) ‘Scientific Labour Markets, Networks and Regional Innovation Systems’ Regional Studies special issue on Regional Innovation Systems  45, 7 961-978
• Asheim, B T Lawton Smith, H and Oughton, C Regional Innovations Systems: Theory, Empirics and Policy Regional Studies Special issue on Regional Innovation Systems (Forthcoming 2011)
• Lawton Smith, H and Bagchi-Sen, S  (2010) ‘Triple Helix and Regional Development: a perspective from Oxfordshire’  Special issue of Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 22, No. 7 September/ October 2010
• Lawton Smith, H and Waters, R ‘Scientific Labour Markets, Networks and Regional Innovation Systems’ Regional Studies special issue on Regional Innovation Systems (forthcoming 2010)
• Technicians: skills, age and gender profiles and training implications in Oxfordshire Professional Geographer (2009) 61, 1 59-69
• Lawton Smith, H, Romeo, S and Bagchi-Sen, S (2008) ‘Oxfordshire Biomedical University Spin-offs:  An Evolving System, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 1, 2, 303-319
• Bagchi-Sen, S and Lawton Smith, H (2008) ‘Institutions, Industry and Barriers in the Biotechnology Sector: Developed-Developing Country Perspectives’ Regional Studies 42, 7 961 – 975
• Chadwick, A., J. Glasson, and H. Lawton Smith ‘Employment Growth in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Great Britain During the 1990s – Variations at the Regional and Sub-Regional Level’, Local Economy 23,1, 7-19
• Waters, R. and H. Lawton Smith (2008) ‘Social Networks in High Technology Local Economies: The Cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’ European Urban and Regional Studies 15(1): 21-37.
• Lawton Smith, H. (2007) ‘Universities in Europe: innovation and economic development’, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 239-26.
• Lawton Smith, H. (2007) 'Universities, Innovation and territorial development: A review of the evidence', Environment and Planning C. 25(1): 98–114.
• Lawton Smith, H. and S. Bagchi-Sen (2006) ‘University-industry interactions: the case of the UK biotech industry’, Industry and Innovation 13(4): 371-392.
• Lawton Smith, H. and K.W. Ho (2006) ‘Measuring the performance of Oxfordshire’s spin-off companies’, Research Policy 35: 1554-1568.
• Glasson, J., A. Chadwick, A and H. Lawton Smith (2006) ‘The growth of Oxfordshire’s high-tech economy’, European Planning Studies 14(4): 503-524.
• Lawton Smith, H., J. Glasson and A. Chadwick (2005) ‘The geography of talent: entrepreneurship and local economic development in Oxfordshire’, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 17: 449-476.
• Lawton Smith, H. and R. Waters (2005) ‘Rates of Turnover in High-technology Agglomerations: Knowledge Transfer in Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire’, Area 37(2): 189-198.