- Schumpeterian rent
Schumpeterian rents are earned by innovators and occur during the period of time between the introduction of an
innovation and its successfuldiffusion . It is expected that successful innovations, in time, will be imitated, but until that occurs, the innovator will earn Schumpeterian rents. This term was coined by the economistJoseph Schumpeter . This type of rent is also called Entrepreneurial rent. [Collis, Montgomery. "Corporate Strategy: A Resource based Approach" Second Edition, p44]Ricardian and Schumpeterian rents are two types of
economic rent .References
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