Innovation is often seen as carried out by highly educated labor in R&D intensive companies with strong ties to leading centers of excellence in the scientific world. Seen from this angle innovation is a typical “first world” activity. There is, however, another way to look at innovation...

Contents: Introduction / Jan Fagerberg -- Part I Essentials -- 1. Jan Fagerberg (2004), 'Innovation: a guide to the literature', in Jan Fagerberg, David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson (eds), Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Chapter 1, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1-26 -- 2. Jan Fagerberg...