Contents: Preface 1. Nonlinear Dynamism of Innovation: Executive Summary Part I: Diffusion of Innovation and Economic Growth 2. Dynamics of Product Diffusion and Economic Development 3. Kondratiev Business Cycles and Innovation Dynamism 4. Sequence of Bubble, Crash and Depression 5. Trunk Innovations and Institutional Change Part II: Dynamics of Technological Development and Emergence of New Industries 6. Technological Development and the Innovation Paradigm 7. Comprehensive Description of the Innovation Paradigm and the Role of the Development Trajectory 8. National Systems of Innovation and Industrial Competitiveness 9. Technology Fusion and the Evolution of Innovation Paradigms Part III: Nonlinear Dynamics of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer 10. Knowledge Transfer and Complexity in Innovation Systems 11. Technology Foresight and Long-Term Perspectives 12. Nonlinear Dynamics and Economic Development: New Insight into the Economics of Technological Change References Index.