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Industrial Organisation and Innovation: An International Study of the Software Industry (New Horizons in the Economics of Innovation)
enlarge	Author: Salvatore Torrisi Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub Category: Book List Price: ~~$130.00~~ Buy New: $126.00 as of 2/9/2012 02:58 CST details You Save: $4.00 (3%) In Stock New (5) Used (5) from $29.75 Seller: the_book_depository_ Sales Rank: 6,073,204 Media: Hardcover Pages: 197 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1 Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.1 ISBN: 1858988942 Dewey Decimal Number: 338.7610053 EAN: 9781858988948 ASIN: 1858988942 Publication Date: October 1998 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: Brand New. Delivery is usually 5 - 8 working days from order, International is by Royal Mail Airmail



Editorial Reviews: Product Description 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 innovative 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 specialisation 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.