Classifications of innovations: Survey and future directions

Mario Coccia

CERIS Working Paper from CNR-IRCrES Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth - Torino (TO) ITALY - former Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth - Moncalieri (TO) ITALY

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to focus on similarity and/or heterogeneity of taxonomies of innovation present in the economic fields to show as the economic literature uses different names to indicate the same type of technical change and innovation, and the same name for different types of innovation. This ambiguity of classification makes it impossible to compare the various studies; moreover the numerous typologies existing in the economics of innovation, technometrics, economics of technical change, management of technology, etc., have hindered the development of knowledge in these fields. The research presents also new directions on the classification of innovation that try to overcome these problems.

Keywords: Classifications; Taxonomy; Technical change; Product; Innovation Patterns; Management of Technology; Economics of innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B11 B12 B20 B41 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2006-06
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