This doctoral thesis investigates changes in the volume and character of Swedish manufacturing sector innovation output … observations of nearly 4000 innovations is explored. It is found that innovation output is at its greatest during the economically … more novel than those of any other period. Innovation output observed in the relatively prosperous period 1994-2007 is …

Non-technological innovation is an important element of firms' innovation activities that both supplement and … complement technological innovation, i.e. the introduction of new products and new processes. We analyse the spread of … nontechnological innovation in firms, their relation to technological innovation, and their effects to firm performance and success …