An economic analysis of innovation :
Balzat, Markus, 1975-
An economic analysis of innovation : extending the concept of national innovation systems / Markus Balzat. - Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006. - xv, 187 p. : ill. 24 cm. - New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-179) and index.
Contents: Introduction -- Explaining basic elements of the NIS concept -- The development of the NIS concept -- The specifics and the usefulness of NIS benchmarking -- Development and application of an NIS performance model -- Summary and outlook.
Offers a comprehensive account of the varieties of research in National Innovations Systems (NIS) and extends the field of analysis by considering NIS performance. Reviewing the theoretical foundations and building blocks of NIS, the requirement of a comparative account of NIS becomes obvious. This book illuminates the concept national innovation systems from different perspectives. Starting from fundamental conceptual and theoretical issues, it describes and discusses the main development lines of the approach of national innovation systems, and goes on to illustrate an empirical application of this branch of research, offering a new alternative for the quantitative comparative study of national innovation systems.
9781845426163 1845426169
2005058950
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
Technology and state.
HC79.T4 / B36 2006
338.064
An economic analysis of innovation : extending the concept of national innovation systems / Markus Balzat. - Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006. - xv, 187 p. : ill. 24 cm. - New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-179) and index.
Contents: Introduction -- Explaining basic elements of the NIS concept -- The development of the NIS concept -- The specifics and the usefulness of NIS benchmarking -- Development and application of an NIS performance model -- Summary and outlook.
Offers a comprehensive account of the varieties of research in National Innovations Systems (NIS) and extends the field of analysis by considering NIS performance. Reviewing the theoretical foundations and building blocks of NIS, the requirement of a comparative account of NIS becomes obvious. This book illuminates the concept national innovation systems from different perspectives. Starting from fundamental conceptual and theoretical issues, it describes and discusses the main development lines of the approach of national innovation systems, and goes on to illustrate an empirical application of this branch of research, offering a new alternative for the quantitative comparative study of national innovation systems.
9781845426163 1845426169
2005058950
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
Technology and state.
HC79.T4 / B36 2006
338.064