Innovation dynamism and economic growth : a nonlinear perspective This pathbreaking book addresses the economics of technological change as revealed by a unique methodology that uncovers the true nature of technological development. Masaaki Hirooka bases this new approach to the economics of technological change on the recognition of the nonlinear dynamic nature of innovation pt. 1. Diffusion of innovation and economic growth pt. 2. Dynamics of technological development and emergence of new industries pt. 3. Nonlinear dynamics of innovation and knowledge transfer pt. 4. New insight into the economics of technological change