Innovation and employment : process versus product innovation / Charles Edquist, Leif Hommen, Maureen McKelvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edquist, Charles, 1947-

Contributor:

Hommen, Leif.

McKelvey, Maureen D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Employment (Economic theory).

Economic development.

Physical Description:

xii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2001]

Contents:

Part I Theoretical Approach and Conceptual Framework 1

1 A systems of innovation perspective on employment 3

2 Specification of basic concepts 10

2.1 Product innovations 12

2.2 Process innovations 14

2.3 Investment, consumer and intermediate products 17

2.4 High-, medium- and low-technology sectors 18

Part II Innovations and Employment 23

3 Process innovations and employment 27

3.1 Technological process innovations 27

3.2 Organizational process innovations 34

3.3 Summary and future research questions 39

4 Product innovations and employment 46

4.1 New material goods 47

4.2 New intangible services 62

4.3 Summary and future research questions 76

5 Dynamic and secondary effects of systemic interaction 83

5.1 Compensation mechanisms in process innovations 83

5.2 Counteracting mechanisms in product innovations: substitution 97

5.3 Counteracting mechanisms in product innovations: product to process innovation 100

5.4 Dynamic impacts of services 105

Part III Summary, Conclusions and Policy Implications 113

6.1 Justification of analytical framework 115

6.2 Different kinds of growth 118

6.3 Some general propositions 122

7 Implications for public policy and firm strategy 130

7.2 Reasons for public policy intervention 131

7.3 Selectivity in innovation policy 134

7.4 Policy implications of the SI approach 135

7.5 Public innovation policy for employment creation 143

7.6 Policy and strategy options 147

7.7 Firm diversity and incentives to innovate 157

Appendix A Defining and measuring product and process innovations 167

Appendix B Organizational innovations 172

Appendix C Taxonomies of innovation 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-206) and index.

ISBN:

1840644141

1840644273

OCLC:

45320818