This book investigates the relationship between corporate governance, market structure and innovation. The editors …pt. 1. Market structure, corporate governance and innovation -- pt. 2. Privatization, liberalization and R&D activities …

This comprehensive collection presents the classic articles in the economics of invention and innovation. It covers … Theory of Induced Invention', Economic Journal, 76 (302), June, 344-57 -- M.I. Kamien and N.L. Schwartz (1969), 'Induced … topics related to sources of inventive and innovative activity, including exogenous and endogenous innovation, with an …

in it, drawing a portrait of contemporary capitalism in which the grip of law threatens the pioneers of innovation … for postgraduate students and researchers of the economics of innovation and IP law. Its original empirical analysis will … also prove insightful to industrial economists, policymakers, IP lawyers and innovation managers in cultural and creative …

Drawing upon evolutionary economics and resource-based approaches, the author utilises US patent data from 1930-1990 to …

This book addresses the role of cooperation, networks and institutions in the context of regional innovation systems …. It emphasises the importance of these factors in the emergence of local innovation systems, using detailed examples of … political perspective, and highlight the local mechanisms which are involved in the development of innovation systems. They …

system that can be stylized as 'the invention of the method of innovation'. The central theme of the book is the vital role … geography of innovation in strategic clusters of venture capital firms and IT knowledge workers. The author provides a sharply … comparisons of theory and data on the emergence of new 'strategic cities'. Lastly, it offers a brief, readable, detailed, and …

interest in economics - particularly the economics of innovation - business and management, and science and technology. It will …

Contents: Preface and acknowledgements -- Part I: What and why -- 1. Theory-driven, practice-driven, and "sweet spot … contributions to theory and practice. Throughout the book, the authors argue that there is a 'sweet spot' where both scholarly and …