Market Structure, Corporate Performance, and Innovative Activity

by Paul Geroski

Overview

Innovation in products and processes is an increasingly significant source of competitive advantage for firms and nations. Drawing on extensive data on major innovations in the UK, this book examines the role of innovation in the structure of markets and the performance of firms. Geroski draws valuable lessons for makers of public and business innovation policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198288558
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/23/1995
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	9.36(w) x 6.24(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

London Business School

Table of Contents

List of FiguresList of Tables1. Introduction2. The SPRU Innovations Database3. Innovation and the Evolution of Market Structure4. Innovation, Technological Opportunity, and Market Structure5. Entry and the Rate of Innovation6. Entry, Innovation, and Productivity Growth7. Innovation and the Sectoral Sources of UK Productivity Growth8. The Profitability of Innovating Firms9. Innovation, Profitability, and Growth over the Business Cycle10. Some ReflectionsReferencesIndex

Editorial Reviews

"The author clearly has an intimate knowledge of his subject, and communicates his thoughts lucidly using a minimum of economic jargon...what makes this book of special note are the chapters concerning the design of the database and the substansive lessons to be learned from considering this set of investigations collectively...Readers should be encouraged by 10 pages of well-chosen, up-to-date reference materials and a particularly comprehensive index in this book."—Journal of Prod. Innov. Manag.

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