The nature and importance of innovation -- The nature and role of intellectual property -- The measurement of innovation, productivity, and growth -- The national innovation system -- Innovative firms and markets -- Intellectual property rights and firms -- Diffusion and social returns -- Models of economic growth -- Innovation and globalization -- Technology, wages, and jobs -- Microeconomic policies to promote firm-level innovation -- Macroeconomic issues and policy.

Christine Greenhalgh explains the complex process of innovation & how it sustains the growth of firms, industries & economies, combining microeconomic & macroeconomic analysis.