apply the general concept of social interactions to the area of the economics of innovation and technological change. In …

local and technological innovation systems and the dynamics of innovation cascades …

hypothesis of an inverted U-shaped relationship between the agglomeration of innovation activities and productivity growth. The …

This paper contributes the analysis of the persistence of innovation activities, as measured by different innovation …&D investments in innovation persistence and analyses differentiated patterns of persistence across product and process innovation … of innovation persistence. The highest level of persistence is found for R&D-based innovation activities, witnessing the …

Innovation is the result of intentional decision-making that takes place in out-of-equilibrium conditions. The farther … equilibrium and the stronger the likelihood for innovation to take place. The hypothesis of a U-relationship between levels of …

This Element combines the advances of the economics of knowledge and innovation implementing the Schumpeterian notion …