1st Edition

The Political Economy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship From Theories to Practice

By Ivar Jonsson Copyright 2015
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a general theoretical framework for approaching innovation and entrepreneurship, using practical and up-to-date examples to demonstrate three different levels of innovation and entrepreneurship: the macro-level, which concerns the impact of innovation activity on economic growth and production systems; the meso-level, which concerns the relations between firms, research institutes... Read more

The Political Economy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Biography

Ivar Jonsson is Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Østfold University College, Norway.

’This book provides a broad introduction to economic and sociological innovation and entrepreneurship theory. If you are looking for a book that presents modern innovation theories and their historical predecessors - from Say to Nelson and Winter, from Weber to Putnam - whilst discussing their relative explanatory power, this is it.’ Jon Sundbo, Roskilde University, Denmark