{"product_id":"innovation-ecosystems-9781032830407","title":"Innovation Ecosystems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about geography, economics, society, and innovation. Why did different regions evolve in different ways? What caused economic priorities and activities to go in one direction or another? The author believes that happenstance played a relatively minor role in this process. There were and are driving forces, as well as success factors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn each ecosystem, ambitious immigrants arrived, displaced native populations, and proceeded to develop and exploit the geography of their ecosystem, which included leveraging water resources for transportation, commerce, irrigation, etc. They often invented the means of development and exploitation, unfortunately including slavery, but also various technical methods, tools, and devices. Inventions that became innovations enabled industries, revenues, profits, and economic growth, initially for the ecosystem and then more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe impacts of geography and economics are profound. Available resources strongly affect the option\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019244241239,"sku":"9781032830407","price":38.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032830407.jpg?v=1750779648","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/innovation-ecosystems-9781032830407","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}