Review of Theories of Invention and Innovation

Thomas Kaiserfledt ()
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Thomas Kaiserfledt: CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology, Postal: CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, http://www.infra.kth.se/cesis/cesis/index2.htm
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No 47, Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation from Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies

Abstract: This paper review existing theories of invention and innovation putting them at the center of the understanding of cultural change. After a survey of different categories of inventions and innovations, it introduces a taxonomy relying on the origins of invention and innovation highligting individual qualities, social invironments, resources access and incentives for problem solving. Following this taxonomy, different theories are analyzed and compared. Features of theories are evaluated with respect to their explanatory power. Conclusively. historical trends of theories are outlined as well as some preliminary results ragarding different points of directionss of existing theories.

Keywords: Innovation theory; innovation; invention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cul, nep-ent, nep-hpe and nep-ino
Date: 2006-03-28

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