Handbook of the Economics of Innovation

By Bronwyn H. Hall (editor), Nathan Rosenberg (editor),

Book cover of Handbook of the Economics of Innovation: Volume 1

Book description

Economists examine the genesis of technological change and the ways we commercialize and diffuse it. The economics of property rights and patents, in addition to industry applications, are also surveyed through literature reviews and predictions about fruitful research directions.

Two volumes, available as a set or sold separately

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1 author picked Handbook of the Economics of Innovation as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is the first volume of a two-volume, tour de force, which jointly offers 29 specially written papers by major contributors to the field that broadly explore the genesis of technological change and the ways it is commercialized and diffused.

It is an invaluable source of literature surveys of the many different areas covered within the definition of the economics of innovation and also provides predictions of fruitful research directions.

Having myself edited a Handbook some years earlier I know both the time and effort involved but also the extent of knowledge dissemination that a book such as this can…

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