Routledge Studies in the Economics of Innovation
About the Book Series
The Routledge Studies in the Economics of Innovation series is our home for comprehensive yet accessible texts on the current thinking in the field. These cutting-edge, upper-level scholarly studies and edited collections bring together robust theories from a wide range of individual disciplines and provide in-depth studies of existing and emerging approaches to innovation, and the implications of such for the global economy.
FinTech, Financial Inclusion, and Sustainable Development: Disruption, Innovation, and Growth
1st Edition
By David Mhlanga
September 16, 2024
This book explores the significant impact of FinTech on the financial industry and how it could be used to promote legitimate development in the global economy. It takes readers on an engaging tour of the field of FinTech, immersing them in a thorough investigation of the technological advancements...
Global Innovation, Finance, and International Commerce
1st Edition
By F. John Mathis, Raja M. Almarzoqi
August 26, 2024
This book analyses the historical context and progression of "significant innovations" beginning with the industrial revolution, starting around 1750 to the present. It explores the interrelationship, causes, and evolutionary process of contemporary "disruptive" inventions and the role played by ...
Philosophy of Digital Currencies: A Theory of Monetizing Time
1st Edition
By Ugochukwu Chigoziem Ikpeazu
August 26, 2024
Current systems are failing the poor because these systems are unable to provide the financial inclusion needed for basic subsistence and commerce, which in turn would drive micro- and macro-economic growth. This book introduces the reader to a new way of thinking about how value can be created, ...
Economics of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industry: Supply Chain, Trade and Innovation
1st Edition
By Ramesh Bhardwaj
August 01, 2024
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, including analysis of its current trade and innovation strategies. Opening with a survey of the global pharmaceutical and medical device industry, Bhardwaj outlines the growing trade and trade ...
Industrial Revolution 4.0: Economic Foundations and Practical Implications
1st Edition
Edited
By Stanisław Mazur
May 27, 2024
The radical transformations to which the economy and society have been subjected for decades have gained momentum in recent years, not least because of the coronavirus pandemic, the consequences of which are yet to be fully understood. As a result, certain economic models and business practices are...
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: Innovation and Vulnerability in the Digital Economy
1st Edition
Edited
By Sven Van Kerckhoven, Usman W. Chohan
April 30, 2024
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) constitute a comparatively novel area in academic research and scholarship, but the budding interest in this category of digital and algorithmic organization across various disciplines provides an indication of the possibilities that DAOs wield in terms...
Innovation, Automation and a Sustainable Economy: Tackling the Inequality, Climate and Biodiversity Crises
1st Edition
By Jon-Arild Johannessen
April 03, 2024
Economic inequality, the environmental crisis and the climate crisis are systemically linked. Accordingly, they should be understood as a single, interconnected system and strategies for resolving them should be guided by this understanding. This book demonstrates how the Green New Deal and its ...
A Systemic Approach to Continuous Change in the Innovation Economy
1st Edition
By Jon-Arild Johannessen
January 29, 2024
Unpredictable and unforeseen, or black swan, events are occurring increasingly often, one such recent example is the coronavirus crisis of 2020. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, with its growing use of artificial intelligence, intelligent robots, intelligent informats and intelligent algorithms, ...
The Dynamics of the Innovation Divide between China and Europe: National and Regional Dimensions
1st Edition
Edited
By Arkadiusz Michal Kowalski
September 25, 2023
This book examines the problem of the innovation divide in the world economy, and convergence in innovation performance between leaders and followers, analysed through the prism of Chinese experiences, and explored from an European Union (EU) perspective. The rationale for research conducted in ...
China's Innovation Economy: Artificial Intelligence and the New Silk Road
1st Edition
By Jon-Arild Johannessen
May 31, 2023
Two trends will have more influence than anything else on the world’s future political and economic situation: the development of artificial intelligence and the emergence of China as a competitor to the United States on the international stage. This book is about the emerging innovation economy. ...
The Economics of Digital Transformation: The Disruption of Markets, Production, Consumption, and Work
1st Edition
By Katarzyna Śledziewska, Renata Włoch
May 31, 2023
The unprecedented Covid-19 crisis revealed the scale and scope of a new type of economy taking shape in front of our very eyes: the digital economy. This book presents a concise theoretical and conceptual framework for a more nuanced analysis of the economic and sociological impacts of the ...
The Political Economy of Digital Ecosystems: Scenario Planning for Alternative Futures
1st Edition
By Meelis Kitsing
May 31, 2023
This book connects political economy perspectives with scenario planning for mapping out future trajectories of digital ecosystems. The focus is purposefully on digital ecosystems as it encompasses economic, political and social contexts on a global, national and local level. The diversity of ...