The Oxford Handbook of Innovation

by Fagerberg, Jan; Mowery, David C.; Nelson, Richard R.

• ISBN13: 9780199286805
• ISBN10: 0199286809
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This handbook looks to provide academics and students with a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the phenomenon of innovation. Innovation spans a number of fields within the social sciences and humanities: Management, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Politics, Psychology, and History. Consequently, the rapidly increasing body of literature on innovation is characterized by a multitude of perspectives based on, or cutting across, existing disciplines and specializations. Scholars of innovation can come from such diverse starting points that much of this literature can be missed, and so constructive dialogues missed. The editors ofThe Oxford Handbook of Innovationhave carefully selected and designed twenty-one contributions from leading academic experts within their particular field, each focusing on a specific aspect of innovation. These have been organized into four main sections, the first of which looks at the creation of innovations, with particular focus on firms and networks. Section Two provides an account of the wider systematic setting influencing innovation and the role of institutions and organizations in this context. Section Three explores some of the diversity in the working of innovation over time and across different sectors of the economy, and Section Four focuses on the consequences of innovation with respect to economic growth, international competitiveness, and employment. An introductory overview, concluding remarks, and guide to further reading for each chapter, make this handbook a key introduction and vital reference work for researchers, academics, and advanced students of innovation. About the Series Oxford Handbooks in Business & Management bring together the world's leading scholars on the subject to discuss current research and the latest thinking in a range of interrelated topics including Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Public Management, International Business, and many others. Containing completely new essays with extensive referencing to further reading and key ideas, the volumes, in hardback or paperback, serve as both a thorough introduction to a topic and a useful desk reference for scholars and advanced students alike.

Author Biography

Jan Fagerberg is Professor at the University of Oslo, where he is affiliated with the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK). David C. Mowery is Milton W. Terrill Professor of Business at the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. His academic awards include the Raymond Vernon Prize from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, the Economic History Association's Fritz Redlich Prize, the Business History Review's Newcomen Prize, and the Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award. Richard R. Nelson is a Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York

Table of Contents

List of Figures	xii
List of Tables	xiii
List of Boxes	xv
List of Contributors	xvii
Innovation: A Guide to the Literature	1	(28)
Jan Fagerberg
PART I INNOVATION IN THE MAKING
Introduction	28	(1)
The Innovative Firm	29	(27)
William Lazonick
Networks of Innovators	56	(30)
Walter W. Powell
Stine Grodal
Innovation Processes	86	(29)
Keith Pavitt
Organizational Innovation	115	(33)
Alice Lam
Measuring Innovation	148	(33)
Keith Smith
PART II THE SYSTEMIC NATURE OF INNOVATION
Introduction	180	(1)
Systems of Innovation: Perspectives and Challenges	181	(28)
Charles Edquist
Universities in National Innovation Systems	209	(31)
David C. Mowery
Bhaven N. Sampat
Finance and Innovation	240	(26)
Mary O'Sullivan
Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights	266	(25)
Ove Granstrand
The Geography of Innovation: Regional Innovation Systems	291	(27)
Bjørn Asheim
Meric S. Gertler
Globalization of Innovation: The Role of Multinational Enterprises	318	(31)
Rajneesh Narula
Antonello Zanfei
PART III HOW INNOVATION DIFFERS
Introduction	348	(1)
Innovation through Time	349	(31)
Kristine Bruland
David C. Mowery
Sectoral Systems: How and Why Innovation Differs across Sectors	380	(27)
Franco Malerba
Innovation in ``Low-Tech'' Industries	407	(26)
Nick Von Tunzelmann
Virginia Acha
Innovation in Services	433	(26)
Ian Miles
Innovation and Diffusion	459	(28)
Bronwyn H. Hall
PART IV INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE
Introduction	486	(1)
Innovation and Economic Growth	487	(27)
Bart Verspagen
Innovation and Catching-up	514	(29)
Jan Fagerberg
Manuel M. Godinho
Innovation and Competitiveness	543	(25)
John Cantwell
Innovation and Employment	568	(31)
Mario Pianta
Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy	599
Bengt-Ake Lundvall
Susana Borras