Discovery, Invention and Innovation

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Objective: Define discovery, invention, and innovation. Discuss the interactions between these activities. Discuss the incentive system promoting each. Briefly discuss the evolution of institutions promoting these activities. Next, discuss two learning strategies that promote innovation. Then, discuss the impact of constant advance of technology on industrial organization. The index for this Chapter is:

  1. Segment 1: Discovery, Invention, Innovation Index: An overview of the topic of discovery, invention, and innovation
  2. Segment 2; Definitions, Interactions, and Incentives: Definitions of discovery, invention, and innovation; the interaction among discovery, invention and innovation, and the incentives to make discoveries, inventions, and innovations.
  3. Segment 3; Evolution, Learning Strategies, Industrial Organization, and Opportunities: The evolution of institutions for providing discovery, invention, and innovation since 1790, learning strategies for invention and innovation,

Advanced material on discovery, invention, and innovation explores the relationship between bounded rational economic agents and innovation.