Applied Evolutionary Economics and Complex Systems - Hardcover

 
9781843763697: Applied Evolutionary Economics and Complex Systems
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1843763699 ISBN 13: 9781843763697
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

This book takes up the challenge of developing an empirically based foundation for evolutionary economics built upon complex system theory.

The authors argue that modern evolutionary economics is at a crossroads. At a theoretical level, modern evolutionary economics is moving away from the traditional focus of the operation of selection mechanisms and towards concepts of 'complex adaptive systems' and self-organisation. On an applied level, new and innovative methods of empirical research are being developed and considered. The contributors take up this challenge and examine aspects of complexity and evolution in applied contexts. The topics covered in this book include innovation and technology in industry, industry life cycles, time series econometrics and evolutionary economics, complexity and variety, entrepreneurship and evolutionary theory and the relationship between ecological and evolutionary economics.

Applied Evolutionary Economics and Complex Systems will appeal to evolutionary and industrial economists and scholars of innovation studies, as well as management scientists and policymakers involved with issues of innovation.

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About the Author

Edited by John Foster, Professor of Economics and Head, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia and Werner Hölzl, Research Group Growth and Employment in Europe, Department of Economics, WU Wien, University of Economics and Business, Austria

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Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1843763699
ISBN 13 
9781843763697
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
304
Editor
Foster John, Hölzl Werner