Atkinson, Robert D.

Innovation economics : the race for global advantage / Robert D. Atkinson and Stephen J. Ezell. - New Haven, [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2012. - viii, 431 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-415) and index.

The race for global innovation advantage -- Explaining U.S. economic decline -- Learning from the wrong masters: lessons from UK industrial decline -- Why do so many refuse to see U.S. structural economic decline? -- What are innovation and innovation policy and why are they important? -- Crafting innovation policy to win the race -- Cheating as a way to win the race: innovation mercantilism as the strategy of choice -- Winning the race for innovation advantage with the eight "I's" of innovation policy -- The only thing we have to fear is fear itself: why don't we have more innovation and more innovation policy? -- Can nations overcome the barriers to innovation? -- Creating a robust global innovation system.

9780300168990 (alk. paper)

2012006642


Technological innovations--Economic aspects--United States.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
Innovaciones tecnológicas--Aspectos económicos--Estados Unidos.
Innovaciones tecnológicas--Aspectos económicos.
Difusión de las innovaciones--Estados Unidos.
Diffusion of innovations--United States.
Industrial policy--United States.

HC 110 / A877i 2012

338/.0640973