Inventing ideas : patents, prizes, and the knowledge economy

"This books shows how and why the ideas of creative individuals promote progress. The insights are based on original archival research regarding over one hundred thousand inventors, patented inventions, and innovation prizes in Europe and the United States during industrialization. This systema...

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Main Author Khan, B. Zorina (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects
Creative ability.
Patents.
Technological innovations > Awards.
Right of property.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780190936112
0190936118
019093610X
9780190936099
0190936096
9780190936105
9780190936075
9780190936082
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 462 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Inventing Ideas
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Knowledge, Institutions, and Economic Progress
  • 2. Trolls and Other Patent Inventions
  • 3. Inventing Prizes
  • 4. Elites and Useful Knowledge in Britain
  • 5. Prestige and Profit: The Royal Society of Arts
  • 6. Administered Invention in France
  • 7. Going for Gold: Prizing Innovation
  • 8. "Creative Destruction": War and Technology
  • 9. Of Apples and Ideas: Knowledge Spillovers in Patents and Prizes
  • 10. Designing Women: Gender and Innovation
  • 11. Selling Ideas: Global Markets for Patented Inventions
  • 12. Innovations in Law
  • 13. National Innovation Systems and Innovation in Nations
  • 14. Conclusion: Now and Then
  • Appendixes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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