Dr. Anthony Bartzokas is Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT and on the faculty of the Department of Economics, University of Athens, Greece. He is an economist by training with a PhD in the Economics of Technological Change. His work in recent years has focused on trajectories of technological change, with special reference to the role of financial markets, industrial organization and environmental regulation in Developed and Industrializing Countries. He has carried out extensive research on the impact of innovation and technology policy in industrialization and economic development with financial support from several international organizations and the European Union. At UNU-MERIT he was involved in setting up the new Phd Programme on Innovation Studies and Development and served as the first coordinator of the Programme.