Inventing Ideas - Patents, Prizes, and the Knowledge Economy

Based on original archival research, Inventing Ideas sheds light on the origins of the knowledge economy through empirical analysis of over one hundred thousand inventors and innovations in Britain, France, and the United States during the first and second industrial revolutions.

About the author

B. Zorina Khan is Professor of Economics at Bowdoin College and National Bureau of Economic Research

Summary

Based on original archival research, Inventing Ideas sheds light on the origins of the knowledge economy through empirical analysis of over one hundred thousand inventors and innovations in Britain, France, and the United States during the first and second industrial revolutions.

Additional text

The book is full of fascinating anecdotes and clever uses of historical data...this book brings a much-needed perspective to the debate about how societies should promote innovation. I encourage anyone interested in innovation policy to read it

Product details

• Authors: B. Zorina Khan, B. Zorina (Professor of Economics Khan, Khan B. Zorina
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780190936075
• ISBN: 978-0-19-093607-5
• No. of pages: 488
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology