Powerful Finance and Innovation Trends in a High-Risk Economy

Foreword; L.C.Bresser-Pereira Introduction: How Does Finance Condition Innovation Trajectories; B.Laperche& D.Uzunidis PART I: THE FINANCE AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY Innovation and Predation; J.K.Galbraith Innovation, Finance and Economic Movements; D.Uzunidis Macroeconomic Policy, Investment and Innovation; M.Sawyer Doctrinal Roots of Short-Termism; J.E.Sawyer Finance, State and Innovative Entrepreneurs in the Contemporary Economy; S.Boutillier The Political Economy of R&D in a Global Financial Context; J.Courvisanos Finance and Intellectual Property Rights as the Two Pillars of Capitalism Changes; G.Liodakis PART II: INNOVATION TRAJECTORIES AND PROFITABILITY IN FIRM'S STRATEGIES The Firm and its Governance over the Industry Life-Cycle; J.Krafft& J-L.Ravix Economic Change and the Organization of Industry: is the Entrepreneur the Missing Link?; E.Barreiro& J.T.Ravix Innovation and Profitability in the Computer Industry; C.Genthon Creation and Co-Evolution of Strategic Options by Firms: An Entrepreneurial and Managerial Approach towards Flexibility and Resource Allocation; T.B.Helmchen Financial Means' Competencies and Innovation: Comparative Advantages between SMEs and Big Enterprises; F.Munier The Financing of Innovative Activities by Banking Institutions: Policy Issues and Regulatory Options; E.Ughetto Innovation and the Profitability Imperative: Consequences on the Formation of the Firm's Knowledge Capital; B.Laperche