Baumol, William J. <br/><br/>
The microtheory of innovative entrepreneurship/ 
William J. Baumol 
 -  Princeton University Press,  2010. 
 - xiv, 246p.:  ill. ;   24cm. 
 - 	The Kauffman Foundation series on innovation and entrepreneurship .
<br/><br/><br/>Contents:	List of Figures and Tables ix <br/>PREFACE: The Innovative Entrepreneur in Dynamic Microtheory xi <br/>INTRODUCTION: Bringing Entrepreneurship and Innovation into the Theory of Value 1 <br/>CHAPTER 1: Entrepreneurship in Economic Theory: Reasons for Its Absence and Goals for Its Restoration 9 <br/><br/>PART I: Pricing, Remuneration, and Allocation of the Agents of Innovation <br/>CHAPTER 2: Toward Characterization of the Innovation Industry: The David-Goliath Symbiosis 25 CHAPTER 3: Entrepreneurship, Invention, and Pricing: Toward Static Microtheory 36 <br/>CHAPTER 4: Oligopolistic "Red Queen" Innovation Games, Mandatory Price Discrimination, and Markets in Innovation 57 <br/><br/>PART II: Welfare Theory: Technology Transfer, Imitation, and Creative Destruction <br/>CHAPTER 5: Optimal Innovation Spillovers: The Growth-Distribution Trade-off 77 <br/>CHAPTER 6: Enterprising Technology Dissemination: Toward Optimal Transfer Pricing and the Invaluable Contribution of "Mere Imitation" 101 <br/>CHAPTER 7: The Entrepreneur and the Beneficial Externalities of Creative Destruction 128 <br/><br/>PART III: Institutions, Payoffs, and the Entrepreneur's Choice of Activity: Historical Origins CHAPTER 8: Economic Warfare as a "Red Queen" Game: The Emergence of Productive Entrepreneurship 139 <br/>CHAPTER 9: On the Origins of Widespread Productive Entrepreneurship 152<br/>CHAPTER 10: The Allocation of Entrepreneurship Does Matter 165 CHAPTER 11: Mega-enterprising Redesign of Governing Institutions: Keystone of Dynamic Microtheory 172 <br/>CHAPTER 12: Summing Up: Yes, the Theory of Entrepreneurship Is on Its Way 188 Notes 197 References 225 <br/>Index 237<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691145846 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Entrepreneurship.           <br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Microeconomics.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Entrepreneurship.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.0410  / BAU/M