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Industrial Organisation and Innovation

An International Study of the Software Industry

Salvatore Torrisi (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

1998
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85898-894-8 (ISBN)

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This important book provides a systematic and quantitative analysis of the development of the software industry: the major growth industry in advanced economies of the world. It presents the results of a comprehensive set of industry surveys to shed light on the differences in specialization and performance of US and European software firms.Salvatore Torrisi analyses the development of the software industry within the context of theories of technical change. He interprets exhaustive surveys of firms participating in software industries conducted between 1990 and 1997. These reveal the main characteristics of innovation activities in software, including the characteristics of product and process innovations, the sources of technological change within firms, the instruments for the protection of innovation and the nature of innovative skills. The author also compares the historical evolution of software activities in Europe and in the United States and explains the differences in specialization and performance in terms of the geographical proximity to leading hardware manufacturers, the size of the domestic market, regulation and public policies, including property rights and anti-trust.

This unparalleled book will be required reading for academics interested in industrial organisation and the economics of innovation.

Salvatore Torrisi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Contents: Preface by Kevin Pavitt 1. Introduction 2. Innovation and Knowledge-Intensive Production 3. The Market for Software and Services 4. The Evolution of Industry Structure, Industrial Policies and Firm Strategies 5. Product and Process Innovation in Software Activities 6. In-House Skills and External Sources of Innovation 7. Conclusions 8. Appendices

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.8.1998
Reihe/Serie	New Horizons in the Economics of Innovation series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Wirtschaftsinformatik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-85898-894-2 / 1858988942
ISBN-13	978-1-85898-894-8 / 9781858988948
Zustand	Neuware