The Political Economy Of Innovation

Author : W. Kingston
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789400960718

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The Political Economy of Innovation by W. Kingston Pdf

Innovation is the turning of ideas into concrete realities. To the extent that this process is an economic one, it must also be subject to political decisions, and these determine which ideas are to have resources made available for their in novation. This book attempts to trace the relationship between ideas, resources and politics. Chapter I deals with the way economic innovation depends both upon markets and upon interference with markets. Schumpeter taught us how market power is essential for innovation. This chapter stresses that the inverse is also true: Innovation can take place wherever there is market power. A most important corollary of this, is that failure to develop any particular type of market power, need not prevent innovation from happening. It will then take place under the protection of whatever market power there is, and it will be geographically located wherever that market power is effective. Chapter II identifies and seeks to fill a major gap in the literature on innova tion, by showing how important modern marketing has become for providing the conditions under which money may be rationally invested at high risk to get new things done. Marketing monopoly, or Persuasive market power, is now at least as important as the market power of Capability, or as the several types of Specific market power, in interference with market forces. It is therefore equally important for innovation.

Author : Professor Ivar Jonsson
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472466822

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The Political Economy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Professor Ivar Jonsson Pdf

Providing a critical overview of existing research and demonstrating the importance of a transdisciplinary framework for studies of innovation and entrepreneurship, this book advances a general concept of ‘collective entrepreneurship’ that emphasises the social and collaborative nature of innovation and entrepreneurship, thus shedding light on processes of innovation and entrepreneurship as active practices of social construction. As such, it will appeal to scholars of economic sociology, political science, economic geography and economists, as well as those with interests in innovation policy.

Author : W Kingston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1984-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9400960727

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Author : Ivar Jonsson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317020837

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The Political Economy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Ivar Jonsson Pdf

This book offers a general theoretical framework for approaching innovation and entrepreneurship, using practical and up-to-date examples to demonstrate three different levels of innovation and entrepreneurship: the macro-level, which concerns the impact of innovation activity on economic growth and production systems; the meso-level, which concerns the relations between firms, research institutes and governmental bodies and their role in innovation activity; and the micro-level, which concerns the dynamics of innovations within firms and organisations. Providing a critical overview of existing research and demonstrating the importance of a transdisciplinary framework for studies of innovation and entrepreneurship, the author advances a general concept of ’collective entrepreneurship’ that emphasises the social and collaborative nature of innovation and entrepreneurship, thus shedding light on processes of innovation and entrepreneurship as active practices of social construction. As such, it will appeal to scholars of economic sociology, political science, economic geography and economists, as well as those with interests in innovation policy.

Author : Iurii Bazhal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319548524

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The Political Economy of Innovation Development by Iurii Bazhal Pdf

This book finds that the R&D and technological innovation of a country is not a result, but a factor, of sustained economic growth. Bazhal develops Schumpeter's theory to argue that genuine economic growth - especially in transitioning and developing countries - is only possible with innovation. With a particular focus on the work of Ukrainian economists, Tugan-Batanobvsky and Vernadsky, the text seeks to move the discipline forward and explain why innovation has become a primary factor of economic development in recent decades and why its role will become even more dominant in the future. Chapters interrogate whether modern economic theory can explain how we ensure the effective functioning of the market economy. The book shows that explanations of economists and politicians regarding the nature of the current economic and financial crisis, and the causes of huge gaps in levels of wealth in market economies, demonstrates that there are not enough satisfactory answers to this question.

Author : Ben R. Martin
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 1781959447

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The political economy of science, technology, and innovation by Ben R. Martin Pdf

Author : Peter F. Cowhey,Jonathan D. Aronson
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262260541

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Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets by Peter F. Cowhey,Jonathan D. Aronson Pdf

Innovation in information and communication technology (ICT) fuels the growth of the global economy. How ICT markets evolve depends on politics and policy, and since the 1950s periodic overhauls of ICT policy have transformed competition and innovation. For example, in the 1980s and the 1990s a revolution in communication policy (the introduction of sweeping competition) also transformed the information market. Today, the diffusion of Internet, wireless, and broadband technology, growing modularity in the design of technologies, distributed computing infrastructures, and rapidly changing business models signal another shift. This pathbreaking examination of ICT from a political economy perspective argues that continued rapid innovation and economic growth require new approaches in global governance that will reconcile diverse interests and enable competition to flourish. The authors (two of whom were architects of international ICT policy reforms in the 1990s) discuss this crucial turning point in both theoretical and practical terms.

Author : Ben R. Martin,Paul Nightingale
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025069860

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The Political Economy of Science, Technology and Innovation by Ben R. Martin,Paul Nightingale Pdf

A collection of papers by leading scholars on the role of scientific and technological innovation in modern industry. Topics covered include the historical roots of the subject, the function of science in technological innovation and economic growth, and the climate for innovation in industry.

Author : Jingjing Huo
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198735847

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How Nations Innovate by Jingjing Huo Pdf

How Nations Innovate compares how affluent capitalist economies differ in their patterns of technological innovation. Building on the 'varieties of capitalism' literature, this book goes beyond the traditional focus on 'radical versus incremental innovation' in existing scholarship, and takes the comparison of capitalism to an entirely new set of questions around technological innovation. For example, which type of capitalism engages in job-threatening innovation? Whose innovation widens income inequality? Whose innovation raises productivity? Which type of capitalism has more effective financial markets for innovation? Whose innovators emphasize 'control' rather than 'flexibility' during innovation? By addressing these questions, the author demonstrates that the way nations innovate often has deep, and sometimes counter-intuitive, implications for how they compare in many areas of socio-economic performance. For example, although venture capital is most active in Anglo-Saxon economies, it seems that venture-capital performance in stimulating innovation is also poorest in precisely these countries. On the issue of employment, the author argues that, whilst technological innovation in Anglo-Saxon economies creates jobs, innovation in European economies destroys jobs. Nations also differ in the nature of income inequality driven by innovation. While innovation pushes top earners further ahead of median earners in Anglo-Saxon economies, it drags bottom earners further behind the median in European economies. Finally, varieties of capitalism also differ in their ability to cope with the volatilities of innovation. While Anglo-Saxon economies face a trade-off between low volatility and high innovation output, these two goals seem jointly achievable in European economies.

Author : David Tyfield,Rebecca Lave,Samuel Randalls,Charles Thorpe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317412038

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The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Science by David Tyfield,Rebecca Lave,Samuel Randalls,Charles Thorpe Pdf

The political economy of research and innovation (R&I) is one of the central issues of the early twenty-first century. ‘Science’ and ‘innovation’ are increasingly tasked with driving and reshaping a troubled global economy while also tackling multiple, overlapping global challenges, such as climate change or food security, global pandemics or energy security. But responding to these demands is made more complicated because R&I themselves are changing. Today, new global patterns of R&I are transforming the very structures, institutions and processes of science and innovation, and with it their claims about desirable futures. Our understanding of R&I needs to change accordingly. Responding to this new urgency and uncertainty, this handbook presents a pioneering selection of the growing body of literature that has emerged in recent years at the intersection of science and technology studies and political economy. The central task for this research has been to expose important but consequential misconceptions about the political economy of R&I and to build more insightful approaches. This volume therefore explores the complex interrelations between R&I (both in general and in specific fields) and political economies across a number of key dimensions from health to environment, and universities to the military. The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Science offers a unique collection of texts across a range of issues in this burgeoning and important field from a global selection of top scholars. The handbook is essential reading for students interested in the political economy of science, technology and innovation. It also presents succinct and insightful summaries of the state of the art for more advanced scholars.

Author : Mark Zachary Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190464141

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The Politics of Innovation by Mark Zachary Taylor Pdf

Why are some countries better than others at science and technology (S&T)? Written in an approachable style, The Politics of Innovation provides readers from all backgrounds and levels of expertise a comprehensive introduction to the debates over national S&T competitiveness. It synthesizes over fifty years of theory and research on national innovation rates, bringing together the current political and economic wisdom, and latest findings, about how nations become S&T leaders. Many experts mistakenly believe that domestic institutions and policies determine national innovation rates. However, after decades of research, there is still no agreement on precisely how this happens, exactly which institutions matter, and little aggregate evidence has been produced to support any particular explanation. Yet, despite these problems, a core faith in a relationship between domestic institutions and national innovation rates remains widely held and little challenged. The Politics of Innovation confronts head-on this contradiction between theory, evidence, and the popularity of the institutions-innovation hypothesis. It presents extensive evidence to show that domestic institutions and policies do not determine innovation rates. Instead, it argues that social networks are as important as institutions in determining national innovation rates. The Politics of Innovation also introduces a new theory of "creative insecurity" which explains how institutions, policies, and networks are all subservient to politics. It argues that, ultimately, each country's balance of domestic rivalries vs. external threats, and the ensuing political fights, are what drive S&T competitiveness. In making its case, The Politics of Innovation draws upon statistical analysis and comparative case studies of the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Turkey, Israel, Russia and a dozen countries across Western Europe.

Author : Daniele Archibugi,Jeremy Howells,Jonathan Michie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521633613

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Innovation Policy in a Global Economy by Daniele Archibugi,Jeremy Howells,Jonathan Michie Pdf

Innovation Policy in a Global Economy concludes the successful sequence of books on Globalisation and Technology edited by Daniele Archibugi and Jonathan Michie, following Technology, Globalisation and Economic Performance (Cambridge University Press, 1997) and Trade, Growth and Technical Change (Cambridge University Press, 1998). This final volume argues that the opportunities offered by globalisation will only be fully realised by organisations which have developed institutions that allow for the transfer, absorption, and use of knowledge. Innovation Policy in a Global Economy is relevant for graduate and undergraduate courses in management and business, economics, geography, international political economy, and innovation and technology studies. Presenting original theoretical and empirical research by leading international experts in an accessible style, Innovation Policy will be vital reading for researchers and students and of use to public policy professionals.

Author : Cecilia Rikap,Bengt-Åke Lundvall
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030894436

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The Digital Innovation Race by Cecilia Rikap,Bengt-Åke Lundvall Pdf

This book develops new theoretical perspectives on the economics and politics of innovation and knowledge in order to capture new trends in modern capitalism. It shows how giant corporations establish themselves as intellectual monopolies and how each of them builds and controls its own corporate innovation system. It presents an analysis of a new form of production where Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, and their counterparts in China, extract value and appropriate intellectual rents through privileged access to AI algorithms trained by data from organizations and individuals all around the world. These companies’ specific form of production and rent-seeking takes place at the global level and challenges national governments trying to regulate intellectual monopolies and attempting to build stronger national innovation systems. It is within this context that the authors provide new insights on the complex interplay between corporate and national innovation systems by looking at the US-China conflict, understood as a struggle for global technological supremacy. The book ends with alternative scenarios of global governance and advances policy recommendations as well as calls for social activism. This book will be of interest to students, academics and practitioners (both from national states and international organizations) and professionals working on innovation, digital capitalism and related topics.

Author : Daniele Archibugi,Jeremy Howells,Jonathan Michie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521633273

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Innovation Policy in a Global Economy by Daniele Archibugi,Jeremy Howells,Jonathan Michie Pdf

Innovation and globalization are changing the nature of economic life. This book argues that the transfer and use of knowledge requires the development of appropriate institutional infrastructures. The opportunities offered by globalization will only be fully realized by actively pursuing policies to enhance the absorption and development of knowledge. The book is relevant for courses in management and business, economics, geography, international political economy, and innovation and technology studies. It will be of interest to all concerned with public policy toward the economy.

Author : John Gaventa,Alison Mathie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Canada
ISBN : 1552667693

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Citizen-led Innovation for a New Economy by John Gaventa,Alison Mathie Pdf

"This collection of case studies provides a window onto citizen organizing for change that, when assembled together, give form and substance to the ideal of a new economy based on fairness and environmental sustainability. Occurring in response to the economically distorting effects of globalization, the environmental degradation brought about by industrial development, and a deep concern about climate change, these are stories of local citizens grappling with complex problems in their local communities, forging innovation, prising open cracks in the system and seizing opportunities to redirect economic life. They are challenging the short term focus in our political leadership by their commitment to take action now for future generations."--