The Innovation Illusion: How So Little Is Created by So Many Working So Hard - Hardcover

Erixon, Fredrik; Weigel, Björn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300217404 ISBN 13: 9780300217407

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Timely, compelling, and certain to be controversial—a deeply researched study that reveals how companies and policy makers are hindering innovation-led growth

Conventional wisdom holds that Western economies are on the threshold of fast-and-furious technological development. Fredrik Erixon and Bjorn Weigel refute this idea, bringing together a vast array of data and case studies to tell a very different story.

With expertise spanning academia and the business world, Erixon and Weigel illustrate how innovation is being hampered by existing government regulations and corporate practices. Capitalism, they argue, has lost its mojo. Assessing the experiences of global companies, including Nokia, Uber, IBM, and Apple, the authors explore three key themes: declining economic dynamism in Western economies; growing corporate reluctance to contest markets and innovate; and excessive regulation limiting the diffusion of innovation. At a time of low growth, high unemployment, and increasing income inequality, innovation-led growth is more necessary than ever. This book unequivocally details the obstacles hindering our future prosperity.

About this title

Book Description:

Conventional wisdom asserts that Western economies are on the threshold of fast-and-furious technological development. Fredrik Erixon and Bjorn Weigel refute this idea, assessing the experiences of companies—including Nokia, Microsoft, IBM, and Apple—to illustrate how existing government regulations and corporate practices are, in fact, hampering our future prosperity.

About the Author:

Fredrik Erixon is the director and cofounder of the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE). Björn Weigel is a business strategist and investor/entrepreneur with extensive experience in working with innovative companies and start-ups. They both live in Sweden.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0300217404
• ISBN 13: 9780300217407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312