The Organization of Economic Innovation in

Within the literature on industrial economics and innovation there have been surprisingly few attempts to build analytical frameworks that are based on the distinctive features and institutional characteristics of Europe, and especially of the European Union. This collection explains the organization and dynamics of innovative activities in Europe. Theoretical advances in the economics of technological innovation have been placed alongside empirical research relating to the interaction between the industrial structures of individual member nations and the linking regulations of the European Union. The team of distinguished international contributors includes Paul David and Nick Von Tunzelmann. The Organization of Economic Innovation in Europe is a significant addition to the literature on the economics of innovation and technology.

Introduction: the organization of innovative activity in Europe: towards a conceptual framework
Patterns of Innovative Activity
The co-evolution of technological knowledge and corporate organizations
Large firms in Europe's innovative activities
Technological entry and diversification in Europe, the United States and Japan
Spatial patterns of innovation: evidence from patent data
Innovation and the size of industrial clusters in Europe
'Convergence' and corporate change in the electronics industry
The dynamics of localised technology changes: the role of demand-pull in a skill intensive industry
The case of the Italian mechanical industry
Interfirms collaborations and research networks
Cooperative learning and the evolution of inter-firm agreements in the European electronics industry
Firm specialisation and growth: a study of the European software industry
European biotechnology: leaning and catching up
The research network and the new economics of science: from metaphors to organizational behaviours
The dynamics of research networks in Europe
Patterns of university research in Europe
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