This book examines the historic role of professional and demanding military customers in industrial development. Particular emphasis is paid to public procurement of military equipment as a catalyst for innovation; and the civilian commercialization of military technologies (from gunpowder and...

This book explores the macroeconomic significance of the cloud of technological spillovers surrounding advanced industrial production: How do innovations contribute to economic growth? What policies can help maximize the economic potential of innovation?

On the Cloud of Technology that Surrounds Advanced Production: A Summary of Results -- The Art of Defining, Pricing, and Marketing Advanced Multidimensional Products that Spill Technology -- Spillovers and Innovative Technology Supply: A Literature Survey -- Capturing the Direct and the...

This book examines the nature of social innovation processes which determine the economic and social performance of nations, regions, industrial sectors and organizations.

While innovative technology supply has been the focus of much neo-Schumpeterian modelling, few have addressed the critical and more resource-demanding commercializing of the same technologies. The result may have been a growth policy focused on the wrong problem. Using <italic>Competence Bloc Theory</italic> and...