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Innovation is critically important for countries seeking to
maintain or improve their competitive advantage in the global
economy. This book addresses the major current policy debates in
science, technology and innovation focusing mainly on Europe but
also including comparisons with other countries around the
world.The R&D policies of five European countries - the UK, The
Netherlands, France, Finland and Germany - are examined to
understand national innovation systems and public policies, the
determination of R&D spending priorities, research
responsibilities and the allocation of funds. The authors combine
interviews with senior civil servants, analyses of government
publications and various government statistics on R&D
performance. They consider national debates on science, technology
and innovation policies within the wider context of the overarching
political and administrative culture, and relate actual innovation
and research policies to structural and institutional features of
national economies. This book will be warmly welcomed by scholars
and all those in decision making positions in government and
non-governmental institutions on research, innovation and
technology.
Paul Stoneman and Nigel Gilbert breathe new energy into this
classic bestselling textbook providing clear, relevant advice and
extensive coverage of all the research methods you need to
understand today's society. Packed full of examples from across the
social sciences, Researching Social Life sets out all of the
challenges and opportunities of interpreting and conducting
research with qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods. The book
follows the chronology of a typical research project, from initial
conception through to the collection, management and analysis of
data; it also includes material on how best to write up and
disseminate your research. This pragmatic approach mirrors the
reality of conducting research and allows the handpicked,
internationally renowned contributors to embed real case studies
from their own research in each chapter. The student-oriented
pedagogy is carefully woven throughout the book and further
supported by a cutting-edge website. Key tools include: In-depth
worked examples Case studies Discussion questions Checklists
Annotated further reading Practical top tips for doing research.
With unparalleled breadth and depth this trusted and respected
textbook is an essential guide for anyone engaging with social
research.
Economics has not given sufficient attention to the microeconomic
analysis of innovation and technological change. Counteracting this
imbalance, The Microeconomics of Product Innovation considers how
the use of economic analysis can guide and inform the search for
insight in the generation and adoption of new products synonymously
labelled product innovation. Written in an accessible tone and
restricting its analysis to the use of microeconomics, this book
encompasses the definition of product innovation. It explores means
of measurement and revealed patterns of the extent of product
innovation; the economic analysis of the forces driving the demand
for, the supply of, and incentives to generate new products;
empirical evidence upon the determinants of the extent of product
innovation; the diffusion of product innovations; product
innovation and firm performance; price measurement under product
innovation; product innovation and welfare; and public policy and
product innovation.
Paul Stoneman and Nigel Gilbert breathe new energy into this
classic bestselling textbook providing clear, relevant advice and
extensive coverage of all the research methods you need to
understand today's society. Packed full of examples from across the
social sciences, Researching Social Life sets out all of the
challenges and opportunities of interpreting and conducting
research with qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods. The book
follows the chronology of a typical research project, from initial
conception through to the collection, management and analysis of
data; it also includes material on how best to write up and
disseminate your research. This pragmatic approach mirrors the
reality of conducting research and allows the handpicked,
internationally renowned contributors to embed real case studies
from their own research in each chapter. The student-oriented
pedagogy is carefully woven throughout the book and further
supported by a cutting-edge website. Key tools include: In-depth
worked examples Case studies Discussion questions Checklists
Annotated further reading Practical top tips for doing research.
With unparalleled breadth and depth this trusted and respected
textbook is an essential guide for anyone engaging with social
research.
At its heart this book is about innovation and the innovation
process. On the way, it considers culture and the cultural
industries, aesthetics, creativity and the creative industries, and
a number of other similar topics.
Much of the existing economic literature on innovation has taken a
particularly technological or functional viewpoint as to what sort
of new products and processes are to be considered innovations. One
of the key things this book shows is that there is a type of
innovation, here labelled "soft innovation," primarily concerned
with changes in products (and perhaps processes) of an aesthetic or
intellectual nature, that has largely been ignored in the study of
innovation prevalent in economics. Examples of innovations that, as
a result of this refocusing, are here placed at the centre of the
analysis include: the writing and publishing of a new book, the
writing, production, and launching of a new movie, the development
and launch of a new advertising promotion, the design and
production of a new range of furniture, and architectural activity
in the generation of new built form designs. The realisation of the
existence of soft innovation means that, not only is innovation
more widespread than previously considered, but that it may also
take a different form than commonly considered.
Soft Innovation addresses key issues such as:
* The measurement of the rate and extent of soft innovation,
* The determinants of the rate and direction of soft innovation and
diffusion,
* The impacts of soft innovation and diffusion upon outputs,
productivity, employment, firm performance, trade, and economic
welfare,
* Policy, considering whether there is a rationale for government
intervention in the soft innovation generation and diffusion
processes, and if so what instruments can be used in such
intervention?
Soft Innovation breaks new ground in the study of innovation, and
will be key reading for academics and researchers of Innovation,
Marketing, and Design, as well as consultants, practitioners, and
policy-makers concerned with the creative industries.
A growing awareness of the contribution that technological change
has made and can make to economic and social welfare has brought
science and technology policy to the forefront of public
discussions in both national and international forums. The papers
in this volume, first presented at a Centre for Economic Policy
Research conference held in London in September 1986 on the
Economics of Technology Policy, represent a wide ranging
contribution to the debate. Generally aimed at the non-specialist,
the papers cover both the experience and application of policy as
well as providing in-depth discussions of the rationale for
intervention in the process of technological change. The authors
include both policy-makers (Barber, Ergas and White) and the
academic economists (Dasgupta, David, Griliches, Lyons, Pakes,
Stiglitz and Stoneman). The volume will be of particular interest
to policy-makers and their advisers concerned with
technology-related issues and will contribute significantly to
undergraduate and graduate courses in the same area.
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