The Rise and Fall of Business Firms: A Stochastic Framework on Innovation, Creative Destruction and Growth - Hardcover

Buldyrev, S. V.; Pammolli, F.; Riccaboni, M.; Stanley, H. E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107175488 ISBN 13: 9781107175488

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Combining a statistical physics approach and rigorous econometric analysis, this new framework looks at growth and decline in business firms.

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About the Authors

S. V. Buldyrev is Professor of Physics at Yeshiva University. His research interests span theoretical and computational statistical physics and its applications to various complex systems, physical chemistry, material science and biological physics.

F. Pammolli is Professor of Economics and Management at Politecnico di Milano. He served as the Founding Rector of the IMT School for Advanced Studies and is currently a member of the Investment committee of the European Fund for Strategic Investments at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. His research interests span the analysis of a variety of complex industrial and technological systems, with particular reference to pharmaceuticals and the life sciences.

M. Riccaboni is Professor of Economics and Director of the Ph.D. Track in Economics, Networks and Business Analytics at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. His current research focuses on industrial organization, network analysis and the economics of innovation, with particular reference to the life sciences.

H. E. Stanley is William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Polymer Studies at Boston University. He is one of the founding fathers of econophysics, a pioneer of interdisciplinary science and has made seminal contributions to the field of statistical physics. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and a recipient of numerous awards throughout his career.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107175488
• ISBN 13: 9781107175488
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238