Economics of Innovation, Incentives &; Uncertainty

The authors have gathered research from across the globe in the study of the economics of innovation, incentives and uncertainty. Topics include incentives for SME's in the European Union; technology innovation and economic success in Japanese manufacturing firms; non-point pollution policy in the presence of uncertainty; the use of DEA-DA for corporate value assessment; the impact of system of trade preferences (non-reciprocal) on development outcomes in beneficiary economies; the innovation and export activity causal link; uncertainty in the labour and financial markets and the sluggish U.S. macroeconomic performance; the implications of strategic delegation in a mixed oligopoly model; monetary uncertainty and the demand for money in the U.S.; and bonus/promotion schemes as incentives.