| The Innovative Entrepreneur Contributor(s): Spulber, Daniel F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107047250 ISBN-13: 9781107047259 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $108.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industrial Management - Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship |
| Dewey: 338.04 |
| LCCN: 2013044708 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 7" W x 10.1" (1.90 lbs) 380 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Innovative entrepreneurs are the prime movers of the economy. The innovative entrepreneur helps to overcome two types of institutional frictions. First, existing firms may not innovate efficiently due to incumbent inertia resulting from adjustment costs, diversification costs, the replacement effect, and imperfect adjustment of expectations. The innovative entrepreneur compensates for incumbent inertia by embodying innovations in new firms that compete with incumbents. Second, markets for inventions may not operate efficiently due to transaction costs, imperfect intellectual property protections, costs of transferring tacit knowledge, and imperfect information about discoveries. The innovative entrepreneur addresses inefficiencies in markets for inventions through own-use of discoveries and adoption of innovative ideas. The Innovative Entrepreneur presents an economic framework that addresses the motivation of the innovative entrepreneur, the innovative advantage of entrepreneurs versus incumbent firms, the effects of competitive pressures on incentives to innovate, the consequences of creative destruction, and the contributions of the innovative entrepreneur to the wealth of nations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Spulber, Daniel F.: - Daniel F. Spulber is the Elinor Hobbs Distinguished Professor of International Business and Professor of Management Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, where he has taught since 1990. He is also Professor of Law at the Northwestern University Law School (Courtesy). Professor Spulber is the Research Director for the Searle Center on Law, Regulation and Economic Growth. He served as the founding director of Kellogg's International Business and Markets Program. He is also the author of numerous books, including The Theory of the Firm: Microeconomics with Endogenous Entrepreneurs, Firms, Markets, and Organizations (Cambridge University Press, 2009); Economics and Management of Competitive Strategy (2009); Networks in Telecommunications: Economics and Law (with Christopher Yoo, Cambridge University Press, 2009); and Global Competitive Strategy (Cambridge University Press, 2007). He received his PhD in economics from Northwestern University. |