How will the industrial changes implicit within new biotechnologies affect modern agriculture? This book investigates …

This book examines in detail the features and dynamics of sectoral systems of innovation and production in developing …, as well as with the transformation of traditional sectors such as agriculture and food. The book shows, however, that the … is necessary if innovation is to be encouraged and growth sustained …

Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and … how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including … climate change on agriculture -- 4. The Ricardian method -- 5. Modeling adaptation to climate change -- 6. Structural …

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 …

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 …

This comprehensive collection presents the classic articles in the economics of invention and innovation. It covers … topics related to sources of inventive and innovative activity, including exogenous and endogenous innovation, with an … Innovation', Research Policy, 6 (1), January, 37-76 -- Paul M. Romer (1990), 'Endogenous Technological Change', Journal of …