Innovation, entrepreneurship, geography, and growth /

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Other Authors: McCann, Philip, 1964-, Oxley, Les
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2013.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, GEOGRAPHY AND GROWTH; 2 THEORIES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE; 1. Models of Creative Destruction and the Business Cycle; 1.1 Schumpeter's Theory of Business Cycles and Creative Destruction; 1.2 A Formal Model; 2. Innovation and Implementation Cycles; 3. Models of Production Under Asymmetric Information; 3.1 Costly State Verification; 3.2 Moral Hazard; 3.3 Adverse Selection; 4. Concluding Remarks; Note; References.
  • 3 THE TRANSATLANTIC PRODUCTIVITY GAP: A SURVEY OF THE MAIN CAUSES1. Introduction; 2. Historical Evolution of the EU-US Productivity Growth Differentials; 2.1 Productivity Differences between the US and EU as a Whole; 2.2 Productivity Differences US and Different Parts of Europe; 3. The R & D-ICT Intensity Gap; 4. Industry Comparisons and the Diffusion of ICTs; 4.1 The New Economy Effect; 4.2 Service Sectors; 4.3 The Case of Retailing; 5. Other Issues: Market Rigidities, Firm Organization and Entrepreneurship; 5.1 Product Markets; 5.2 Labour Markets; 5.3 Organizational and Managerial Issues.
  • 5.4 The Entrepreneurial Environment and Culture6. Measurement Issues; 7. Conclusions; Note; References; 4 A SURVEY OF THE INNOVATION SURVEYS; 1. Introduction to Innovation; 2. Evolutions in Our Understanding of Innovation; 3. Measures of Innovation; 3.1 Innovation Surveys Around the World; 3.2 Survey-Related Researches; 3.2.1 Dependent Variables; 3.2.2 Independent Variables; 3.2.3 Firm Behaviour and Strategy; 3.2.4 The Overall Environment of the Firm; 4. Final Remarks; Notes; References; 5 KNOWLEDGE DYNAMICS, STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF BUSINESS SERVICES; 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Knowledge, Technology and Structural Change2.1 Knowledge and Technology; 2.2 Technology and Structural Change; 3. Structural Change and the Raise of (Knowledge-Intensive) BS; 3.1 'Much Ado About Services': From the Classical Tradition of Unproductive Hands to the Cost Disease; 3.2 Knowledge Dynamics, Intermediate Demand and KIBS Growth; 4. Knowledge Dynamics and Spatial Agglomeration of BS; 4.1 Urbanisation Externalities and Knowledge Density; 4.2 Backward and Forward Linkages; 5. Concluding Remarks; Notes; References.
  • 6 MULTILEVEL APPROACHES AND THE FIRM-AGGLOMERATION AMBIGUITY IN ECONOMIC GROWTH STUDIES1. The Firm in Agglomeration Studies: The Missing Link?; 2. The Macro to Micro Link in Agglomeration Economics and Organization Studies; 2.1 Agglomeration Economics; 2.2 Agglomeration in Organization Studies; 3. The Multilevel Model; 3.1 From Macro to Micro; 3.2 The Multilevel Framework; 4. Case Study 1: New Firm Survival and Growth in Advanced Producer Services; 4.1 Agglomeration in the Advanced Producer Service Sector; 4.2 A Mixed Hierarchical and Cross-Classified Model.