Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, Volume 1

Economists examine the genesis of technological change and the ways we commercialize and diffuse it. The economics of property rights and patents, in addition to industry applications, are also surveyed through literature reviews and predictions about fruitful research directions.

- Two volumes, available as a set or sold separately




Readership
Students and researchers studying technological change. Articles are written by economists for a multidisciplinary readership, including industry professionals, attorneys, educators, and anyone interested in new technologies.

Quotes

For too long the policy importance of innovation has taken a back seat to short-term stimulus initiatives. Hall and Rosenberg have assembled a scholarly collection of papers that provide a timely guide for rediscovering the role of innovation in economic growth.
Albert N. Link, University of North Carolina at Greensboro


Table of Contents



Volume 1:


Introduction and Overview


Introduction to the handbook - Bronwyn H. Hall and Nathan Rosenberg


The contribution of economic history to the study of innovation and technical change: 1750-1914. - Joel Mokyr


Technological change and industrial dynamics as evolutionary processes - Giovanni Dosi and Richard R. Nelson


Empirical studies of innovative activity - Wesley M. Cohen


Invention and Innovation


The economics of science - Paula E. Stephan


University research and public-private interaction - Dominique Foray and Francesco Lissoni


Property rights and invention - Katherine E. Rockett


The geographic localization of invention - Maryann P. Feldman and Dieter F. Kogler


Open User Innovation - Eric von Hippel


Learning by doing - Peter Thompson


Innovative conduct in U.S. computing and internet markets - Shane Greenstein


Pharmaceutical innovation - F. M. Scherer


Collective invention and invention networks - Woody Powell and Eric Gianella


Commercialization of Innovation


The financing of R&D and innovation - Bronwyn Hall and Josh Lerner


Markets for technologies - Ashish Arora and Alfonso Gambardella


Technological innovation and the theory of the firm: Explorations into the role of enterprise level knowledge and capabilities - David J. Teece


Volume 2:



Diffusion


The diffusion of new technology - Paul Stoneman and Giuliana Battisti


General purpose technologies - Timothy Bresnahan


International trade, foreign direct investment, and technology Spillovers - Wolfgang Keller


Innovation outcomes


Innovation and economic development - Jan Fagerberg, Martin Srholec, and Bart Verspagen


Energy, the environment, and technological change - David Popp, Richard G. Newell, and Adam B. Jaffe


The economics of innovation and technical change in agriculture - Philip G. Pardey, Julian M. Alston, and Vernon W. Ruttan


Measurement of Technical Change


Growth accounting - Charles Hulten




Author Information
Edited by Bronwyn H. Hall, University of California at Berkeley,CA, USA and Nathan Rosenberg, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA