Innovation, industrial dynamics and structural transformation : Schumpeterian legacies

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Innovation, industrial dynamics and structural transformation : Schumpeterian legacies

Uwe Cantner, Franco Malerba, editors

Springer, c2007

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"Some of the contributions have been published in Journal of evolutionary economics, volume 16, 1-2, 2006"--T.p. verso

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Description

This book provides an account of work in the Schumpeterian and evolutionary tradition of industrial dynamics and the evolution of industries. It is shown that over time industries evolve and change their structure. In this dynamic process, change is affected and sometimes constraint by many factors, including knowledge and technologies, the capabilities and incentives of actors, new products and processes, and institutions.

Table of Contents

Innovation, entrepreneurship, the firm and industry evolution.- Innovation and the evolution of industries.- Entrepreneurship, evolution and the human mind.- Division of labor and division of knowledge: Why the nature of the causality matters for the evolutionary theory of the firm.- Entry of new firms and small firms.- Young firm growth in high-tech sectors: The role of founders' human capital.- Product entry in a fast growing industry: The LAN switch market.- Network externalities and networks of innovators.- Network effects and the choice of mobile phone operator.- Evolving networks of inventors.- Why do firms disclose knowledge and how does it matter?.- Innovation and competitiveness in local SMEs: Characteristics of firms, entrepreneurs, environment and their interrelationships.- Innovation and industrial transformation in various sectors.- New combinations in old industries: The introduction of radical innovations in tire manufacturing.- Fitness determinants in creative industries: A longitudinal study on the Hollywood film-making industry, 1992-2003.- The selection environment for gas to liquids technology and technological strategies: Challenging the natural trajectory.- Innovation and employment in Europe: A sectoral perspective.- Knowledge diffusion, spillovers and firm strategies.- A laboratory experiment of knowledge diffusion dynamics.- To innovate or to transfer?.- Dynamic gap bridging and realized gap set development: The strategic role of the firm in the coevolution of capability space and opportunity space.- Patents - patenting strategies and impacts of patents.- Innovation strategy and the patenting behavior of firms.- Effects of patenting behavior on corporate growth: A panel data analysis of German start-up firms.- Public Policy - competition policy and the patent system.- What's the aim for competition policy: Optimizing market structure or encouraging innovative behaviors?.- Social and technological efficiency of patent systems.

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  • NCID
    BA81677090
  • ISBN
    • 9783540494645
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berlin
  • Pages/Volumes
    vii, 424 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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