New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation And New Technology: Essays in Honour of Paul A. David
Автор: [автор не указан] Год: 2006 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 485 ISBN: 1843766310 Recent research on the economics of innovation has acknowledged the importance of path dependence and networks in the evolution of economies and the diffusion of new techniques, products, and processes. These are topics pioneered by Paul A. David, one ofthe world's leading scholars in the economics of innovation. This outstanding collection provides a fitting tribute to the diversity and depth of Paul David's contributions. The papers included range from simulation models of the evolution of marketstructure in the presence of innovation, through historical investigations of knowledge networks and empirical analysis of contemporary networks, to the analysis of the diffusion of innovations using simulation and analytic models and of the diffusion ofknowledge using patent data.