The Economics of Persistent Innovation: An Evolutionary View

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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bas, Christian. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Latham, William. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, 31
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29245-8
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Table of Contents:
  • Persistence in Innovation: Definitions and Current Development of the Field
  • Determinants of Persistence in Innovation: A Study of French Patenting
  • Factors of Entry and Persistence In Innovation: A Competence Based Approach
  • Characteristics of Persistent Inventors as Revealed in Patent Data
  • Comparing Innovative Persistence Across Countries: A Cox-Model of Patenting in the UK and France
  • Persistent Adoption of Time-Saving Process Innovations
  • Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Persistence in Innovation
  • Principal Findings, Policy Implications and Research Agenda.