Powerful Finance and Innovation Trends in a High-Risk Economy

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction: How does Finance Condition Innovation Trajectories?....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Innovation and Predation....Pages 13-18
Innovation, Finance and Economic Movements....Pages 19-34
Macroeconomic Policy, Investment and Innovation....Pages 35-49
Doctrinal Roots of Short-Termism....Pages 50-65
Finance, State and Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary Economy....Pages 66-87
The Political Economy of R&D in a Global Financial Context....Pages 88-109
Finance and Intellectual Property Rights as the Two Pillars of Capitalism Changes....Pages 110-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
The Firm and its Governance over the Industry Life Cycle....Pages 131-148
Economic Change and the Organization of Industry: Is the Entrepreneur the Missing Link?....Pages 149-166
Innovation and Profitability in the Computer Industry....Pages 167-182
Creation and Co-evolution of Strategic Options by Firms: an Entrepreneurial and Managerial Approach of Flexibility and Resource Allocation....Pages 183-206
Financial Means’ Competencies and Innovation: Comparative Advantages between SMEs and Big Enterprises....Pages 207-223
The Financing of Innovative Activities by Banking Institutions: Policy Issues and Regulatory Options....Pages 224-247
Innovation and the Profitability Imperative: Consequences on the Formation of the Firm’s Knowledge Capital....Pages 248-269
Back Matter....Pages 270-277