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- Book Title
- How Transformative Innovations Shaped the Rise of Nations: From A
- Publication Date
- 2018-05-30
- ISBN
- 9781783087327
- Subject Area
- Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
- Publication Name
- How Transformative Innovations Shaped the Rise of Nations : from Ancient Rome to Modern America
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Social Aspects, Entrepreneurship, General, International / General, World
- Publication Year
- 2018
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- Textbook
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
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- 1 in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
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- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 332 Pages
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The first thesis of 'How Transformative Innovations Shaped the Rise of Nations' is that economic growth, national dominance and global leadership are fueled primarily by embracing innovations, in particular transformative innovations. A transformative innovation is one that changes the lives of people, reshapes the structure of society, disrupts the balance of power within and among nations, and creates enormous wealth for its sponsors. The adoption of a transformative innovation spawns numerous other related or consequent innovations. It provides a competitive advantage to a nation and may propel a small, backward region to world leadership in as short a time as a century. Further, the transformative innovation can sometimes itself promote the positive environment that leads to further innovations. Thus, embracing innovation can start a positive cycle of wealth creation, economic dominance and a positive environment for further innovation. This positive cycle continues as long as the environment that spawned the innovation remains supportive or until another transformative innovation arises elsewhere. The second thesis of 'How Transformative Innovations Shaped the Rise of Nations' is that innovation is not adopted randomly across time and nations. Rather, it is sustained by an environment characterized by key institutional drivers within a country or region, three of the most important of which are openness to new ideas, technologies and people, especially immigrants; empowerment of individuals to innovate, start businesses, trade and keep rewards for these activities; and competition among nations, patrons, entrepreneurs or firms. Geography, resources, climate, religion and colonization probably played a role as well. However, past treatments of the rise of nations have overemphasized the role of these other factors; they have downplayed or ignored the role of innovations and the institutional drivers that led to their development and adoption.
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Anthem Press
ISBN-10
1783087323
ISBN-13
9781783087327
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242821521
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Number of Pages
332 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
How Transformative Innovations Shaped the Rise of Nations : from Ancient Rome to Modern America
Publication Year
2018
Subject
Social Aspects, Entrepreneurship, General, International / General, World
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2018-022188
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
303.483
Lc Classification Number
Cb478
Table of Content
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Global Influence of Transformative Innovations; 2. Roman Concrete: Foundations of an Empire; 3. Swift Equine Warfare and the Rise of the Mongolian Empire; 4. How Gunpowder Shaped the Fortunes of Nations; 5. Golden Age of Chinese Water Navigation; 6. Venetian Shipbuilding: Mastering the Mediterranean; 7. Portuguese Caravel: Building an Oceanic Empire; 8. Fluyt and the Building of the Dutch Empire; 9. Patenting: Institutionalizing Innovation; 10. The Steam Engine and the Rise of the British Empire; 11. American Mass Production and the Rise of the USA; 12. Lessons; Notes; Index.
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