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William Latham Christian Le Bas Persistence of firm innovative behavior became an important topic in applied industrial organization with the publication of the seminal empirical work of P. Geroski and his colleagues (1997). Evidence that firms innovate persistently has led previous studies to focus on the determinants of innovation persistence and on its heterogeneity across industries, technologies and countries. The aims of this book are: (1) to illumine the scale and scope of the phenomenon of persistence in innovation, and (2) to account for the principal factors that explain why some firms innovates persistently and others do not. Because this book deals intensively and extensively with the subject of firm innovation persistence, which is not, as yet, a well-known term, we need to provide a nontrivial definition of it that encompasses the full range topics we want to address and aids our understanding of how they are related to each other. We begin with a careful identification of "innovation. " Our first definition is drawn from K. Pavitt (2003), "innovation processes involve the exploration and exploitation of opportunities for a new or improved product, process or service, based either on an advance in technical practice or a change in market demand, or a combination of the two. " While this definition is clear, and conforms well to both our empirical and theoretical perspectives, some elaboration may help to clarify the concept.

Economics/Management Science. --- R & D/Technology Policy. --- Entrepreneurship. --- Economics/Management Science, general. --- Economics. --- Economie politique --- Entrepreneuriat --- AA / International- internationaal --- 338.043 --- 338.6 --- Technologische vooruitgang. Automatisering. Computers. Werkgelegenheid en informatica. --- Wetenschappelijk onderzoek en ontwikkeling. --- Technological innovations. --- Technological innovations --- Diffusion of innovations --- Economic History --- Political Institutions & Public Administration - General --- Business & Economics --- Government - General --- Law, Politics & Government --- Economic aspects --- Economic aspects. --- Innovations, Diffusion of --- Business. --- Management science. --- Economic policy. --- Business and Management, general. --- Acculturation --- Communication --- Culture diffusion --- Trade --- Economics --- Management --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Entrepreneur --- Intrapreneur --- Capitalism --- Business incubators --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Technologische vooruitgang. Automatisering. Computers. Werkgelegenheid en informatica --- Wetenschappelijk onderzoek en ontwikkeling --- Quantitative business analysis --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Organització industrial --- Gestió de la innovació --- Recerca industrial --- Emprenedoria --- Creadors d'empreses --- Emprenedors (Economia política) --- Entrepreneurship (Economia) --- Esperit emprenedor --- Esperit empresarial --- Iniciativa empresarial --- Capitalisme --- Emprenedoria social --- Beneficis --- Creació d'empreses --- Creativitat en els negocis --- I+D --- I + D --- I+D+I --- I + D + I --- Desenvolupament i investigació científica --- Desenvolupament tecnològic i investigació científica --- Investigació científica i desenvolupament --- Investigació, desenvolupament i innovació --- Investigació i desenvolupament --- Investigació industrial --- R+D --- R + D --- R+D+I --- R + D + I --- Recerca, desenvolupament i innovació --- Indústria --- Investigació --- Transferència de tecnologia --- Innovacions tecnològiques --- Invents --- Productes nous --- Administració --- Fertilització creuada de coneixements i tecnologies --- Innovació oberta --- Gestió de la tecnologia --- Administració industrial --- Economia dirigida --- Organització d'indústries --- Integració vertical --- Oligopolis --- Reconversió industrial --- Economia d'empresa