Brent Rowe

Expertise

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

Biography

Brent Rowe is an economist in RTI's Technology Economics and Policy Group. He has expertise in the evaluation of innovative technologies, the development of economic impact models, and the analysis of technology policies. Mr. Rowe has analyzed the adoption of new technologies and standards by such industries as semiconductors, biotechnology, and information technology. Over the past several years, he has participated in numerous studies aimed at identifying the costs and benefits of a variety of techniques and technologies seeking to improve cyber security and border security. Mr. Rowe has presented his work at numerous conferences and has published articles in a variety of journals. He also recently coauthored a book entitled Cyber Security: Economic Strategies and Public Policy Alternatives.

Education

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

Selected Publications

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

Gallaher, M.P., A. Link, and B.R. Rowe (2008). Cyber Security: Economic Strategies and Public Policy Alternatives. Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar.

O'Connor, A.C. and B.R. Rowe (2008). Public-private partnership to develop technology infrastructure: A case study of the economic returns of DNA diagnostics. Economics of Innovation and New Technology.

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: 415-848-1330
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San Francisco, California 94104