Author: Franco Malerba
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: six, major, sectors, europe, analyses, issues, systems, innovation, concepts, sectoral
Number of Pages: 536
Published: 2004-09-27
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0521833213
ISBN-13: 9780521833219

Innovation and technological change follow markedly different pathways depending on the sector in which they take place. Contributions from eighteen experts in their fields consider the framework of sectoral systems of innovation to analyze the innovation process, factors affecting innovation, the relationship between innovation and industry dynamics, changing boundaries and transformation of sectors, and the determinants of the innovation performance of firms and countries in different sectors.Book DescriptionThis volume provides a novel way of examining innovation in sectors by proposing the

Author: Franco Malerba
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: six, major, sectors, europe, analyses, issues, systems, innovation, concepts, sectoral
Number of Pages: 536
Published: 2009-05-07
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0521111382
ISBN-13: 9780521111386

Innovation and technological change follow markedly different pathways depending on the sector in which they take place. Contributions from eighteen experts in their fields consider the framework of sectoral systems of innovation to analyze the innovation process, factors affecting innovation, the relationship between innovation and industry dynamics, changing boundaries and transformation of sectors, and the determinants of the innovation performance of firms and countries in different sectors.

Authors:Franco Malerba, Stefano Brusoni,
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: innovation, perspectives
Number of Pages: 514
Published: 2007-04-16
List price: $54.00
ISBN-10: 0521685613
ISBN-13: 9780521685610

Innovation has become a major field of study in economics, management, sociology, science and technology, and history. Case studies, empirical models, appreciative analyses and formal theories abound. However, after several decades of study on innovation, and so many different types of contribution, there are still many phenomena we know very little about. The debate on innovation still has much to deliver; important questions remain unanswered and many problems require solution. Bringing together many leading figures in the field, this collection aims to address these concerns by offering det

Authors:Stefano Breschi, Franco Malerba,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: innovation, networks, clusters
Number of Pages: 524
Published: 2006-02-16
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0199275556
ISBN-13: 9780199275557

Governments and regional authorities often express the belief that the key to prosperity and economic expansion is related to the ability of countries to sustain regional clusters of competitiveness and innovation. The book reviews the most important conceptual approaches to the analysis of the emergence, growth and evolution of clusters of innovation. Drawing from the different experiences of industrial districts and high-tech regions such as Silicon Valley, Boston’s biotech region and Hsinchu-Taipei, the contributions in this book offer a broad interpretative framework and policy impli

Authors:Stefano Breschi, Franco Malerba,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: innovation, networks, clusters
Number of Pages: 500
Published: 2007-08-23
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0199275564
ISBN-13: 9780199275564

Governments and regional authorities often express the belief that the key to prosperity and economic expansion is related to the ability of countries to sustain regional clusters of competitiveness and innovation. The book reviews the most important conceptual approaches to the analysis of the emergence, growth and evolution of clusters of innovation. Drawing from the different experiences of industrial districts and high-tech regions such as Silicon Valley, Boston’s biotech region, and Hsinchu-Taipei, the contributions in this book offer a broad interpretative framework and policy impl

Authors:Franco Malerba, Sunil Mani,
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
Keywords: actors, structure, evolution, countries, developing, systems, innovation, production, sectoral
Number of Pages: 394
Published: 2009-11-09
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 184844656X
ISBN-13: 9781848446564

This book examines in detail the features and dynamics of sectoral systems of innovation and production in developing countries. Processes of rapid growth are usually associated with specific sectors such as automobiles, electronics or software, as well as with the transformation of traditional sectors such as agriculture and food. The book shows, however, that the variations across all these sectors in terms of structure and dynamics is so great that a full understanding of these differences is necessary if innovation is to be encouraged and growth sustained. The expert contributors promote t

Authors:Franco Mormando, Franco Mormando, Thomas Worcester,
Publisher: Truman State University Press
Keywords: century, essays, studies, sixteenth, baroque, plague, byzantium, piety
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2007-10-15
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 1931112738
ISBN-13: 9781931112734

Plague was one of the enduring facts of everyday life on the European continent, from earliest antiquity through the first decades of the eighteenth century. It represents one of the most important influences on the development of Europe s society and culture. In order to understand the changing circumstances of the political, economic, ecclesiastical, artistic, and social history of that continent, it is important to understand epidemic disease and society’s response to it. This research draws extensively upon a wealth of primary sources, both printed and painted, and includes ample bib