Contents: Preface -- 1. Innovation, IP and intellectual capitalism -- 2. Analytical framework -- 3. Patents and … analysis -- 6. What explains fluctuations in patenting frequency and propensity? -- 7. Discussion and general innovation and IP … innovation system developments in Europe, Asia and the US -- 10. Transnational policy recommendations and policy issues -- 11 …

Localized creativity, small high-tech entrepreneurship, related innovation platforms, social capital embedded in … illustrate that these capabilities are much needed in the current globalized economy as a path towards sustainability and for …

Contents: 1. An Introduction: Mapping the field(s) of sustainable innovation / Frank Boons and Andrew McMeekin -- Part … I: Visions of sustainable innovation -- 2. How does innovation sustain 'sustainable innovation'? / Benoît Godin and … Gérald Gaglio -- 3. Innovation in the circular and the performance economy / Walter R. Stahel -- Part II: Sustainable …

performance in context -- Diversity of consumers, product innovation and economic performance -- Schumpeter and the dynamics of … capitalism : the driving force of business innovation -- Reasons for business diversity and their economic importance … -- Diversity and the evolution of competitive economic systems -- Competition, diversity, evolution and sustainability : are there …

. 'Solar Cities' in China as leaders in photovoltaic manufacturing / Qing Ye and Marina van Geenhuizen -- 5. Urban Innovation … Wixted and Adam Holbrook -- Transport -- 7. Cities and adoption of Innovation in passenger mobility / Hans Jeekel -- 8 …. Living labs in health care innovation: critical factors and potential roles of city government / Marina van Geenhuizen and …

, emerging economies and innovation from a variety of different perspectives. Innovation is regarded as a core driving force in … the global economy but the authors show how it can impede as well as encourage sustainability. The book brings together …

pt. 1. Urban creativity and growth -- pt. 2. Cities, innovation and productivity -- pt. 3. Urban systems … of this process. Forces that are driving city growth include agglomeration spillovers, concentration of innovation and … positive reinforcing system that attracts more people with new ideas and information, fuelling innovation, new products and …

-operative governance -- pt. IV. The true value of membership -- pt. V. Participation in financial markets -- pt. VI. Innovation in co …

Cycles, crises and innovation are the major economic forces that shape capitalist economies. Using a critical realist …-provoking book examines how the rise of capital through investment enshrines innovation in profit and power which in turn determines … the course of cycles and crises. The author concludes by arguing for strategic intervention by transformative eco-innovation …

This unique and informative book highlights the relationship between crisis, innovation, and sustainable development … multidisciplinary perspective, this volume will appeal to postgraduate students and researchers in the economics of innovation …