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 …

Analysing the USA and Japan from the late 19th century to the present day, the book provides an accessible synthesis of …1. Introduction -- 2. Organizational innovations from the 1860s in the USA and Japan -- 3. The role of OIs in the … the USA and Japan -- 7. Empirical evidence on the links between industrial sectoral growth and the Lean Production System …

Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: innovation beyond national systems fragility: institutional bricolage …. 'reassembling the social', in entrepreneurial innovation and academic entrepreneurship studies: the 'amphibious scientists …Europe needs more innovative companies that grow quickly and end up big. This book examines SME growth, innovation and …

Industrial innovation is essential for national and corporate competitiveness. Understanding the nature, determinants … and consequences of innovation is a key task of managers, public policymakers and all students of industry and business …pt. 1. The nature, sources and outcomes of industrial innovation -- pt. 2. Sectoral and industrial studies of …

Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively … European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised …. However, these civilisations have not always been unified politically. In their history, there have been long spells of …

This important new book presents the theoretical, econometric and applied foundations of the economics of innovation as … well as offering a new approach to the measurement of technical change. The author, a leading expert in innovation … reliable indicators of the quality of innovation in new products have been sorely lacking. The author examines the theoretical …

the economics of innovation and technical change. Key topics include: * technological paradigms and innovation diffusion … innovation * industrial dynamics * evolutionary theories in economics * institutions, technical change and economic growth. The … book will be welcomed by scholars and students of innovation, industrial organization, business and institutional and …

USA and South Africa draw upon various disciplines to explain how regional actors perform regional learning …