This chapter reviews the empirical literature on the determination of firms' and industries'
innovative activity and performance, highlighting the questions addressed, the approaches …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the perceptible movement of empirical scholars
from a narrow concern with the role of firm size and market concentration toward a broader …

While a large literature has emerged on the likelihood of innovative activity for firms in the
private sector, due to a scarcity of data little is known why innovative activity varies across …

First published in 1997. Massive technological development has changed the face of
industry drammatically. This text provides an analysis of the trends and dynamics of …

The procedures and the nature of “technologies” are suggested to be broadly similar to
those which characterize “science”. In particular, there appear to be “technological …

THIS ESSAY concerns the determinants and effects of innovative activities in contemporary
market economies. In the most general terms, private profit-seeking agents will plausibly …

Utilizing a unique data set, Zoltan Acs and David Audretsch provide a rich empirical analysis
of the increased importance of small firms in generating technological innovations and their …

It once took two decades to replace one-third of the Fortune 500; now a subset of new firms
are challenging and displacing this elite group at a breathtaking rate, while armies of …

This chapter focuses on the geographic dimensions of knowledge spillovers. The starting
point comes from the economics of innovation and technological change. This tradition …

This chapter reviews and integrates much of what has been learned on the processes of
technological evolution, their main features, and their effects on the evolution of industries …