reported by actors and direct observers, ranging from innovation and improvisation to obstruction, failure, and fraud. Further …, History of Industry and Technology, at Rutgers University, USA. His publications include fourteen books and seventy scholarly …

In this paper, we describe the historical co-evolution of innovation and economic growth in Germany since 1871. The … country's rise as an industrial power in the late 19th century, through its innovation and entrepreneurial performance, is … nevertheless a period during which innovation went into relative decline. We document this decline and offer four broad …