Key concepts of innovation: The fundamentals of innovation were discussed in week 1. This is the first chapter of the book "Oxford Handbook of Innovation". Professor Jan Fagerberg (University of Oslo) is one of the world leaders of this field. It is still the most useful guide to master the study of techno-economic change: 1-Fagerberg-chap01- Intro-1.pdf

The innovation process: This paper was done by two leading thinkers of innovation policy in the US during the 1980s and brings on the "second generation model" (chain-linked model): Kline and Rosenberg (1986) An overview of innovation.pdf. This paper makes an overview of the "models of innovation" perspective and sketches the "second generation model" (multi-channel model): Caraca et al (2009) From Queen to Cinderella.pdf

Learning and industrial dynamics: On week 2 we saw the topic of the rate and direction of knowledge growth - we introduced the notion of technological trajectories (here they are Geroski (2003) The Emergence of New Markets-12-26.pdf). We also unpacked the theme of sectoral change - we introduced concepts like dominant design and shake-outs (see here Geroski (2003) The Emergence of New Markets-44-59.pdf).