Brent Rowe

Expertise

Technology Adoption and Diffusion; Economics of Cyber Security; Technology Infrastructure

Biography

Mr. Rowe, an economist at RTI International, has conducted numerous technical and economic analyses of public policy issues, including studies for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He has studied the costs of inadequate supply chain integration and the impact of DNA analysis technologies, and more recently has worked on several studies looking at cyber security. He has analyzed the business costs associated with moving to a new Internet standard, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), and the potential security and non-security benefits. Mr. Rowe has also studied the inefficiency of private sector cyber security investment strategies. He has made numerous presentations to technical and non-technical audiences related to his research, and has published in peer-review journal articles and co-authored a forthcoming book on the economic and policy implications of cyber security.

Education

MS, Economics, NC State University; BS, Economics, NC State University; BS, Electrical Engineering, NC State University

Selected Publications

Gallaher, M.P., A. Link, and B.R. Rowe (forthcoming). Cyber Security: Economic Strategies and Public Policy Alternatives. Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar.

O'Connor, A.C. and B.R. Rowe (forthcoming). Public-private partnership to develop technology infrastructure: A case study of the economic returns of DNA diagnostics. Economics of Innovation and New Technology.

Tassey, G., M.P. Gallaher, and B.R. Rowe (forthcoming). Complex standards and sustained Innovation: the Internet protocol. International Journal of Technology Management.

Rowe, B.R., and M.P. Gallaher (2006). Could IPv6 improve network security? And if so, at what cost? I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society 2(2):231-267.

Gallaher, M.P., and B.R. Rowe (2006). The costs and benefits of transferring technology infrastructures underlying complex standards: The case of IPv6. Journal of Technology Transfer 31:519-544.

Contact Information

browe@rti.org
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Fax: 415-538-0879
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San Francisco, California 94105