“The architecture of innovation” is a reference book of the year 2012 and
there are two reasons to state this: first, the author Josh Lerner is one of the most
trustful voices regarding the innovation concept and second, despite of the fact that
there are numerously studies regarding this concept, new insights are brought into
this work. The main idea of the book is concentrated on the answer to the question
“Is there any rhyme or reason why some firms, individuals, or nations are
particularly innovative while others are not?” (p4) The author ensures us that “the
innovation can be understood and managed” (p4) and he explains this, step by step,
in all the 8 chapters of this book, succeeding to offer full information picked up
from the specialized literature regarding the innovation, from many case studies,
interviews and statistics, giving to the reader a complete perspective of the matter.
