Abstract

The cooperation between big science organizations (BSOs) and industrial organizations (IOs) is considered to be the key to promoting industrial development and realizing economic and social benefits of big science infrastructures (BSIs). This study takes the European big science market (EBSM) as a case and analyzes its construction based on institution-cognitive-network framework of the sociology of markets. The findings are as follows: (1) The EBSM supports the establishment of cooperative relations between BSOs and IOs. (2) The big science market (BSM) is not an abstract or a priori existence, but a concrete form jointly constructed by European governments, BSOs and IOs. (3) Governments are not mere funding providers, but are a dominant player through making big science industrial policies and establishing various institutions. Finally, this study puts forward countermeasures and suggestions for the cooperation between BSOs and IOs.