Contents
Preface

Part I: Context
1. What is the Economics of Innovation About?
2. Innovation in the History of Economic Thought

Part II: Aspects of Innovation
3. Basic Concepts in Innovation
4. Process Innovation
5. Product Innovation
6. Innovative Pricing
7. Network Effects and Standards
8. Intellectual Property

Part III: How Firms Achieve Innovation
9. Innovation and Creativity
10. The Entrepreneur and Innovation
11. Organisation for Innovation
12. Vision and Innovation
13. Clusters and Networks
14. Division of Labour

Part IV: Innovation and the Consumer
15. The Passive Consumer and the Active Consumer
16. The Diffusion of Innovations

Part V: The Effects of Innovation
17. Innovation and Trade
18. Innovation and Market Structure
19. Innovation and Wealth Creation
20. Innovation and Competitiveness
21. Innovation and Sustainability

Part VI: Innovation and Government
22. Innovation and Policy

References
Index