Perspectives on Innovation

by Edited by Franco Malerba , Stefano Brusoni

• ISBN13: 9780521685610
• ISBN10: 0521685613
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-16
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Innovation has become a major field of study in economics, management, sociology, science and technology, and history. Case studies, empirical models, appreciative analyses and formal theories abound. However, after several decades of study on innovation, and so many different types of contribution, there are still many phenomena we know very little about. The debate on innovation still has much to deliver; important questions remain unanswered and many problems require solution. Bringing together many leading figures in the field, this collection aims to address these concerns by offering detailed analyses of topics that are crucial for understanding innovation. In addition, it offers discussions of topics that researchers are just beginning to explore and of topics that continue to defy our efforts to understand and systematise. This important and wide-ranging collection will be essential reading for academic researchers and graduate students who wish to gain a broad overview of frontier-research in innovation.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. viii
List of tables	p. x
List of contributors	p. xi
Prefatory note	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Innovation and economic growth	p. 25
Understanding economic growth as the central task of economic analysis	p. 27
Innovation and economic growth theory: a Schumpeterian legacy and agenda	p. 42
Comments to Chapters 1 and 2	p. 64
The microdynamics of the innovation process	p. 71
Schumpeter's prophecy and individual incentives as a driver of innovation	p. 73
Creative destruction in the PC industry	p. 105
Comments to Chapters 3 and 4	p. 141
Innovation and industrial dynamics	p. 151
Statistical regularities in the evolution of industries: a guide through some evidence and challenges for the theory	p. 153
Spin-off entry in high-tech industries: motives and consequences	p. 187
Comments to Chapters 5 and 6	p. 219
Innovation and institutions	p. 225
Schumpeterian innovation in institutions	p. 227
Innovation and Europe's academic institutions - second thoughts about embracing the Bayh-Dole regime	p. 251
Comments to Chapters 7 and 8	p. 279
Innovation, firms' organization, and business strategies	p. 291
Bringing selection back into our evolutionary theories of innovation	p. 293
From leadership to management: mobilizing knowledge for innovation in strategic alliances	p. 308
Comments to Chapters 9 and 10	p. 322
Innovation and entrepreneurship	p. 331
Schumpeterian legacies for entrepreneurship and networks: the social dimensions of entrepreneurial action	p. 333
Knowledge-based entrepreneurship: the organizational side of technology commercialization	p. 352
Comments to Chapters 11 and 12	p. 372
Innovation and evolution of the university system	p. 379
Academic entrepreneurs and technology transfer: who participates and why?	p. 381
Modelling and measuring scientific production: a first estimation for a panel of OECD countries	p. 399
Comments to Chapters 13 and 14	p. 430
Innovations and public policy	p. 439
Innovation systems, innovation policy and restless capitalism	p. 441
Intellectual property rights and competition policy	p. 455
The policy-shaper's anxiety at the innovation kick: how far do innovation theories really help in the world of policy?	p. 464
Index	p. 490
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