E-Book, Englisch, Band 31, 250 Seiten
Bas / Antonelli / Latham The Economics of Persistent Innovation: An Evolutionary View
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-387-29245-8
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 31, 250 Seiten
Reihe: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation
ISBN: 978-0-387-29245-8
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
William Latham Christian Le Bas Persistence of firm innovative behavior became an important topic in applied industrial organization with the publication of the seminal empirical work of P. Geroski and his colleagues (1997). Evidence that firms innovate persistently has led previous studies to focus on the determinants of innovation persistence and on its heterogeneity across industries, technologies and countries. The aims of this book are: (1) to illumine the scale and scope of the phenomenon of persistence in innovation, and (2) to account for the principal factors that explain why some firms innovates persistently and others do not. Because this book deals intensively and extensively with the subject of firm innovation persistence, which is not, as yet, a well-known term, we need to provide a nontrivial definition of it that encompasses the full range topics we want to address and aids our understanding of how they are related to each other. We begin with a careful identification of 'innovation. ' Our first definition is drawn from K. Pavitt (2003), 'innovation processes involve the exploration and exploitation of opportunities for a new or improved product, process or service, based either on an advance in technical practice or a change in market demand, or a combination of the two. ' While this definition is clear, and conforms well to both our empirical and theoretical perspectives, some elaboration may help to clarify the concept.
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1;PREFACE AND A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS;12
2;INTRODUCTION;15
3;REFERENCES;21
4;Chapter 1 PERSISTENCE IN INNOVATION: DEFINITIONS AND CURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIELD;22
5;Chapter 2 DETERMINANTS OF PERSISTENCE IN INNOVATION: A STUDY OF FRENCH PATENTING*;40
6;Chapter 3 FACTORS OF ENTRY AND PERSISTENCE ININNOVATION: A COMPETENCE BASED APPROACH;61
7;Chapter 4 CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSISTENT INVENTORS AS REVEALED IN PATENT DATA;120
8;Chapter 5 COMPARING INNOVATIVE PERSISTENCE ACROSS COUNTRIES: A COX- MODEL OF PATENTING IN THE UK AND FRANCE;138
9;Chapter 6 PERSISTENT ADOPTION OF TIME- SAVING PROCESS INNOVATIONS;185
10;Chapter 7 TOWARDS AN EVOLUTIONARY THEORY OF PERSISTENCE IN INNOVATION;226
11;Chapter 8 PRINCIPAL FINDINGS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH AGENDA;249
12;INDEX;260
