Part I. Innovation – Where We Are and How We Got Here -- Chapter 1. Introduction, Alf Rehn and Anders Örtenblad -- Chapter 2. Innovation, Labor Displacement, and the Role of the State: The Classical Economists’ Perspective, Samuel Hollander -- Chapter 3. Innovation Ethics, Thomas Taro...

At least since Schumpeter published his work "The Theory of Economic Development" (1912), a wide body of literature has focused on the evolutionary process behind firm growth and survival. Recently a growing interest is devoted to the variable "location" as a critical factor, shaping firm...