This is a reprint of a classic work of research on innovation first published in 1989. Resulting from the Minnesota Innovation Research Program (MIRP), the book includes a revised and expanded Preface and will complement the three other books growing out of the program, all published by...

The shift of technological innovations from physicaldevices to knowledge-based services is examined.Four sectors of theindustrial infrastructure (institutional arrangements, resource endowments,consumer demand, and proprietary activities) are presented to aid in theanalysis. Technological...

'Overall, I found this book insightful and intriguing. As an interested. outsider, I appreciated the aim of the activity-based framework and its key. concepts. While I believe that many scholars will similarly recognize the. significance of the theoretical apparatus developed, the real value of...