Innovation rents

Profits in excess of the opportunity cost of capital that an innovator gets by introducing a new technology, organizational form, […]

Innovation system

The relationships among private firms, governments, educational institutions, individual scientists, and other actors involved in the invention, modification, and diffusion […]

Inquisitiveness

The quality of wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people.

Insider trading

The trading of shares based on knowledge that no one else has. It was made illegal in the UK in […]

Insolvency

When a company becomes unable to pay off its creditors, or its liabilities exceed its assets.

Insolvent

Being without enough assets or income to pay debts.

Inspirational abilities

The Inspirational Leadership competency is the ability to inspire, to guide people to get the job done, to bring out […]

Institution

The laws and informal rules that regulate social interactions among people and between people and the biosphere, sometimes also termed […]

Institutional investor

A professional money manager who works for private investors and invests via pension and life insurance funds.

Intellectual property

Any works or inventions that are original creative designs. The individual or company responsible for the designs will be entitled […]