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Innovation Patterns in Crisis and Prosperity

Schumpeter’s Long Cycle Reconsidered

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  • © 1987

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  1. Alfred Kleinknecht

    1. Limburg University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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With the economic problems facing Western economics during the last decade, theories about an alleged forty-five to sixty years' pulsation in economic life (the Kondratieff-Schumpeter cycle) have experienced a remarkable renaissance. Based on a new econometric test method, the author argues that long waves can be identified not only in price series but also in the aggregate output of a number of key industrialized countries. The author's own research corroborates Schumpeter's hypothesis that, far from being caused by a flash of genius, radical innovations occur in clusters, interacting with economic fluctuations and social change.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Alfred Kleinknecht
      Pages 1-14

  3. The Long Wave: A Real Phenomenon?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Testing Long Waves

      • Alfred Kleinknecht
      Pages 17-50

  4. Long Waves in Radical Innovations?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-55
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    2. Basic Innovations, Radically New Products, Major Innovations: An Assessment of Recent Research

      • Alfred Kleinknecht
      Pages 57-75

    3. Key and Master Patents in the Long Run: Evidence From Baker’s Data

      • Alfred Kleinknecht
      Pages 77-108

    4. R & D, Patenting and New Research Laboratories in a Long Wave Context

      • Alfred Kleinknecht
      Pages 109-113

    5. Putting Things Together

      • Alfred Kleinknecht
      Pages 115-124

  5. Innovation and Growth Patterns in the Postwar Upswing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-128
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    2. A Shift From Product to Process Innovation During the Postwar Upswing?

      • Alfred Kleinknecht
      Pages 129-158

    3. Radical Innovations, Follow-through Innovations and Growth: the Example of West German Industry

      • Alfred Kleinknecht
      Pages 159-173

    4. Patenting, Investment and Employment: A Cross-section Test for Dutch Manufacturing Industry

      • Alfred Kleinknecht
      Pages 175-196

    5. Summary and Conclusions

      • Alfred Kleinknecht
      Pages 197-213

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 215-235
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Limburg University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Alfred Kleinknecht

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Innovation Patterns in Crisis and Prosperity

  • Book Subtitle: Schumpeter’s Long Cycle Reconsidered

  • Authors: Alfred Kleinknecht

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18559-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Alfred Kleinknecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-40745-5Published: 09 February 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-18561-0Published: 01 January 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-18559-7Published: 09 February 1987

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 235

  • Topics: Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

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