Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technological Change

by Link, Albert; Siegel, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780199268825
• ISBN10: 0199268827
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-07-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book presents a reader-friendly analysis and synthesis of the key economic and management approaches to innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological change. Link and Siegel provide precise definitions of key concepts, present numerous historical examples to illustrate these concepts, outline a framework for analyzing key topics, compare and contrast different theoretical frameworks, provide a reader-friendly interpretation of quantitative and qualitative findings, and emphasize international comparisons of innovation infrastructure and technology policy. Key topics covered include: DT basic concepts of innovation and technological change, DT a history of the role of the entrepreneur in innovation, DT the impact of innovation and information technology on performance, DT the analysis of technological spillovers, DT innovation in the service sector, DT university technology commercialization and entrepreneurship, including property-based institutions such as research parks and incubators, DT entrepreneurship in the public sector, DT the first systematic analysis and synthesis of the new interdisciplinary literature on technology commercialization and entrepreneurship at universities. While the book reflects the complexities of debate around these topics, it will be an important guide to the area for academics, graduate, and advanced undergraduate students of Business Studies, Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Studies. The book also provides a roadmap of specific recommendations for managers and policymakers.

Author Biography

Donald S. Siegel is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management of the University of California, Riverside.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Tables	p. ix
Innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological change: an overview	p. 1
The entrepreneur as innovator	p. 14
Fundamental concepts of innovation and technological change	p. 27
R&D and firm performance	p. 36
The economics of R&D and economic growth	p. 74
Innovation in the service sector	p. 86
Technological spillovers and general purpose technologies	p. 97
University technology transfer	p. 108
University research parks	p. 138
Government as entrepreneur and innovator	p. 149
Innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological change: a research agenda	p. 171
References	p. 180
Index	p. 206
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