Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I INTRODUCTORY: THE MICROECONOMICS AND MACROECONOMICS OF GROWTH
6. Chapter 1 On Macroeconomic Models of Free-Market Innovation and Growth 13
7. Chapter 2 The Macro-context of the Microeconomics of Innovation 20
8. Part II INSTITUTIONAL BASES FOR CAPITALIST GROWTH
9. Introduction and Comments 29
10. Chapter 3 Institutional Bases for Capitalist Growth 35
11. Chapter 4 Capitalism and Economic Liberty: The Political Foundations of Economic Growth 48
12. Part III INNOVATION IN MODERN CORPORATIONS
13. Introduction and Comments 71
14. Chapter 5 Endogenous Forces in Twentieth-Century America 80
15. Chapter 6 Interfirm Collaboration Networks: The Impact of Network Structure on Rates of Innovation 100
16. Part IV THE CONTINUING ROLE OF INDEPENDENT INNOVATORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
17. Introduction and Comments 133
18. Chapter 7 The Small Entrepreneur 140
19. Chapter 8 Toward Analysis of Capitalism’s Unparalleled Growth: Sources and Mechanism 158
20. Part V DISSEMINATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE PATENT SYSTEM
21. Introduction and Comments 179
22. Chapter 9 Patents, Licensing, and Entrepreneurship: Effectuating Innovation in Multi-invention Contexts 185
23. Chapter 10 The Market for Technology and the Organization of Invention in U.S. History 213
24. Part VI INNOVATION AND TRADE
25. Introduction and Comments 245
26. Chapter 11 Innovation and Its Effects on International Trade 261
27. Chapter 12 Innovation, Diffusion, and Trade 276
28. Part VII FINANCE AND INNOVATION IN THE FREE-MARKET ECONOMY
29. Introduction and Comments 301
30. Chapter 13 Radical Financial Innovation 306
31. Chapter 14 Finance and Innovation 324
32. Part VIII TOWARD SOME LESSONS
33. Introduction and Comments 337
34. Chapter 15 The Economic Performance of Nations: Prosperity Depends on Dynamism, Dynamism on Institutions 342
35. Chapter 16 Pharmaceutical Patenting in Developing Countries and R&D 357
36. Contributors 367
37. Index 369