'Frenkel and Maital provide a ground-breaking deeply-delving study of innovation systems, offering guidance for … decision-making practitioners that links theory with case-based learning opportunities.'--Michael Radnor, Chairman and co …-founder, Global Advanced Technology Innovation Consortium (GATIC). 'A must read for national policy makers, this book highlights the …

Innovation and Institutions is an extensive elaboration on the make up of systems of innovation. It examines why some … countries are more innovative than others, why national styles of innovation differ, and goes on to explore why some countries …

-Schumpeterian economics, namely, innovation and uncertainty. The authors demonstrate how neo-Schumpeterian economics is developing into a … comprehensive economic theory encompassing industry, the public sector and financial markets …pt. I. Industry and innovation -- pt. II. Finance in modern economics -- pt. III. The public sector and the future of …

Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively …. The existing literature tends to assume that the beneficial effects of inter state competition have been confined to … decentralised rule or inter state competition. The same is true for Japan. If the Hume-Kant hypothesis is correct, it should also …

Contents: Preface and acknowledgements -- Part I: What and why -- 1. Theory-driven, practice-driven, and "sweet spot …" management research -- 2. Developing your research philosophy -- 3. Creating value in organizational research: A relational view … -- 4. Relevant research: Yesterday and today -- Part II: How -- 5. Theorizing and practice -- 6. Research and practice -- 7 …

explores the fundamental theoretical basis of highway finance, in particular the use of tolls, and supports that theory with …

in closely controlled companies. In accordance with the real option theory, the results suggest that uncertainty leads …

Research suggests that innovation and technological change are crucial for the economic recovery of the former … centrally planned countries in Central and Eastern Europe. This book analyses the development of innovation systems and …. Included in the book are discussions on: * the process of transforming the innovation systems in Central and Eastern Europe * a …

and competition policy issues arising from trade liberalization …pt. 1. Trade liberalization -- pt. 2. Competition -- pt. 3. The World Trade Organization …