National Systems of Innovation : Toward a Theory of Innovation and Interactive Learning

Intro -- Front Matter -- Half Title -- Title -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. National Systems of Innovation -- 1.2.1. A First Definition -- 1.2.2. Nation States and National Systems -- 1.2.3. National Systems, Globalisation and Regionalisation -- 1.2.4. Public Policy and National Systems of Innovation -- 1.2.5. Performance of National Systems of Innovation -- 1.2.6. The Normative Dimension -- 1.3. Towards a Theory -- 1.3.1. Innovation as a Cumulative Process -- 1.3.2. Learning and the Structure of Production -- 1.3.3. Learning and the Institutional Set Up -- 1.3.4. Product Innovation and User-Producer Interaction -- 1.3.5. Learning, Searching and Exploring7 -- 1.3.6. Incremental Versus Radical Innovations -- 1.3.7. Defining the NSI - The Role of Theory and History -- 1.4. The Elements of the System -- 1.5. Opening the System -- 1.6. Alternative Approaches and Methods -- 1.6.1. Introduction -- Friedrich List -- Christopher Freeman -- Richard Nelson -- Michael Porter -- 1.6.2. Different Methods to Analyse National Systems of Innovation -- 1.6.3. Conclusions and Open Ends -- Part I: Toward a New Approach to National Systems of Innovation -- Chapter 2. Institutional Learning -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The Heritage from Veblen -- 2.3. How Institutions Learn -- 2.3.1. The Importance of Institutions -- 2.3.2. Institutions, Stability and Change -- 2.3.3. Institutions and the Growth of Knowledge -- 2.4. Institutions and Learning in the Economy -- 2.4.1. Institutions and the Accumulation of Knowledge -- 2.4.2. The Importance of Forgetting -- 2.4.3. Different Kinds of Learning -- 2.4.4. Learning and Searching -- 2.4.5. The Roots of Innovation -- 2.5. The Importance of Institutional Diversity -- 2.6. National Systems of Innovation.