List of Figures ............................................... vii
List of Tables ................................................. ix
List of Contributors ......................................... xiii
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
By Christian Le Bas ......................................... xv
INTRODUCTION
By William Latham and Christian Le Bas ..................... xix
CHAPTER 1. PERSISTENCE IN INNOVATION: DEFINITIONS AND
CURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIELD
By Christian Le Bas and William Latham ............... 1
CHAPTER 2. DETERMINANTS OF PERSISTENCE IN INNOVATION: A STUDY
OF FRENCH PATENTING.
By Alexandre Cabagnols, Claudine Gay and Christian
Le Bas .............................................. 19
CHAPTER 3. FACTORS OF ENTRY AND PERSISTENCE IN INNOVATION:
A COMPETENCE-BASED APPROACH
By Alexandre Cabagnols .............................. 41
CHAPTER 4. CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSISTENT INVENTORS AS
REVEALED IN PATENT DATA
By William Latham, Christian Le Bas and Karim
Touach ............................................. 101
CHAPTER 5. COMPARING INNOVATIVE PERSISTENCE ACROSS
COUNTRIES: A COX-MODEL OF PATENTING IN THE UK AND
FRANCE
By Alexandre Cabagnols ............................. 119
CHAPTER 6. PERSISTENT ADOPTION OF TIME-SAVING PROCESS
INNOVATIONS
By Nilotpal Das and James G. Mulligan .............. 167
CHAPTER 7. TOWARDS AN EVOLUTIONARY THEORY OF PERSISTENCE IN
INNOVATION
By Christian Le Bas and William Latham ............. 209
CHAPTER 8. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND
RESEARCH AGENDA .................................... 233
By Christian Le Bas and William Latham
INDEX ......................................................... 245
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