Greenhalgh, Christine.

Innovation, intellectual property and economic growth / Christine Greenhalgh, Mark Rogers. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010. - xvi, 366 p. : ill ; 24 cm.



The nature and importance of innovation -- The nature and role of intellectual property -- The measurement of innovation, productivity, and growth -- The national innovation system -- Innovative firms and markets -- Intellectual property rights and firms -- Diffusion and social returns -- Models of economic growth -- Innovation and globalization -- Technology, wages, and jobs -- Microeconomic policies to promote firm-level innovation -- Macroeconomic issues and policy.

Christine Greenhalgh explains the complex process of innovation & how it sustains the growth of firms, industries & economies, combining microeconomic & macroeconomic analysis.

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Diffusion of innovations.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
Economic development.
Intellectual property.

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