Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry traces the discovery and development of drugs in Japan and the UK both …-asthmatic drugs -- 5. Histamine H2 antagonists -- 6. LHRH analogues -- 7. Three case studies of pharmaceutical innovation in Japan …

Managing New Product Development and Innovation provides a new approach to the microeconomics of innovation by … measuring the technical quality of new products and guiding the managers of innovation and technology in the central … new product development and innovation. By quantifying product features and evaluating the costs and market value of …

pt. 1. Regional innovation systems, agglomeration economies and knowledge spillovers : theoretical approaches -- pt. 2 …. Regional innovation systems, agglomeration economies and knowledge spillovers : empirical studies -- pt. 3. Regional economic …This book begins with a theoretical examination of regional innovation systems, agglomeration economics and knowledge …

pt. 1. Innovation, agglomeration and location -- pt. 2. Regional competition …

Growth theories and space -- Development theories : regional production factors -- Development theories : innovation …

pt. 1. Innovation, entrepreneurship and clustering of high-tech. firms -- pt. 2. Case studies -- pt. 3. Cluster …

and practical implications for academics studying economics of innovation, industrial and regional economics, and regional …

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 …

-tech achievements. The authors argue that since commercialization has become the ultimate objective of innovation activity, the … innovation capability of the corporate sector. They go on to explore regions with the greatest scale and depth of high …