How nations innovate :
Material type: TextPublication details: United Kingdom 2015 Description: viii, 262 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9780198735847 (hardback); 0198735847 (hardback)Subject(s): Technological innovations | Economic development | Economic development | Technological innovations | Nation | InnovationspotenzialDDC classification: 330 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Click here to access onlineItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | HC79 .H86 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0164121 |
Who are better hunters for innovation? -- Whose innovation creates more jobs? -- Whose innovation creates more inequality? -- Who faces a dilemma between volatility and output in innovation?
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.
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