Economic Rent as an Incentive for Innovation
When a firm can gain an economic rent by innovating, it has a clear incentive to do so. A simple decision rule applies: if the economic rent from an action is positive, the firm should pursue it. For example, technology A was already available but remained unused. It was only adopted when a first-mover, known as an entrepreneur, responded to the incentive created by an increase in the relative price of labor, which made the new technology more profitable.
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