This paper revisits the quot;what causes innovation - market pull or technology push?quot; debate to argue that the conceptualisation is flawed and that the firm is the only quot;agentquot; capable of innovative action. The paper differentiates between quot;usequot;, quot;needquot; and...

This article investigates whether firms react to a radical technological substitution threat by a deliberate acceleration of innovation in their existing technolgy - the "sailing ship effect". It has been argued that the effect is both significant and widespread and warrants a reexamination of...

This paper compares documented corporate patent practice with the way the patent institution has been modelled in economics and management writing. In particular, there is common confusion of the patent’s role as a temporary exclusive development right (correct) and the idea that the patent is...