Entrepreneurship and Innovation: An Economic ApproachM.E. Sharpe, 2002 - 269 oldal This is a groundbreaking economic analysis of entrepreneurship and the development process for innovation. The author strives to distinguish the role of the capitalist from that of an entrepreneur, and to show how the actions of the entrepreneur impact new employment, economic growth, and advancements in the overall standard of living. The book provides in-depth discussion of several critical concepts: the economic development of a product; Schumpeter's temporary monopoly control; the economic bounds of product and process innovations; and changing production functions. It also develops and integrates an analysis of how innovation-induced modifications in either products or processes affect both short-run and long-run average costs in production. As a special feature, each chapter includes an interview with a successful entrepreneur, and suggested readings are also provided. |
Tartalomjegyzék
Introduction and Overview | 3 |
A Brief Economic History of Entrepreneurship in America | 5 |
A Brief Outline of the Remaining Chapters | 11 |
Robert Walker | 14 |
Capitalism and Entrepreneurship Economic Differences | 31 |
Evaluating Risk | 34 |
Risk of the Capitalist and Risk of the Entrepreneur | 36 |
Barbara Houghteling | 40 |
Moving from the Batch to the Flow Process | 138 |
Tim Galloway | 141 |
Integration of Product and Process Innovations | 153 |
Timeline for Product and Process Innovations | 156 |
Economies of Scale Economies of Scope and Economies of Integration | 159 |
Tom OGorman | 163 |
Technology and Economics A Multidisciplinary Approach to Innovations | 173 |
Technology and Innovations Used to Reduce Time Lags in the Development of Marketable Products | 176 |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 57 |
Evolutionary and Revolutionary Innovations | 62 |
Characteristics of the Entrepreneur | 67 |
Maurice McDaniel | 72 |
Economic Development of a Product | 79 |
The Role of Research and Development | 83 |
Assuring the Success of Marketable Products | 87 |
Troy McWhinney | 91 |
Innovations in Products | 105 |
Competitors and Reverse Engineering | 108 |
The Need to Discover New Input Suppliers | 109 |
Attaining and Maintaining Temporary Monopoly Control | 112 |
Gordon Hannaford | 114 |
Innovations in Process | 131 |
Input Changes in the Production Process | 133 |
Examples of Technology Used to Develop Better and Cheaper Products | 179 |
George Lundeen | 183 |
Microeconomics and Innovations | 195 |
Bringing About New Products and New Markets | 200 |
Changing Economic Theory to Incorporate the Entrepreneur and Innovations | 203 |
Linda Ligon | 206 |
Economic Sources of Innovations | 213 |
ProducerLed Innovations | 217 |
Government Research and Development for Innovations | 220 |
Chuck Freitag | 224 |
The Entrepreneur in the American Economy | 235 |
John Freeman | 240 |
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