Handbook on the Economic Complexity of Technological Change - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848442564 ISBN 13: 9781848442566

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Handbook on the Economic Complexity of Technological Change This comprehensive and innovative Handbook applies the tools of the economics of complexity to analyse the causes and effects of technological and structural change. Full description

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‘. . . My overall impression of the Handbook is very favourable. It gives a broad overview of the different topics addressed by complexity economics, especially with regard to innovation and knowledge management. Knowledge and innovation are treated as the emergent properties of a system in which heterogeneous actors interact in different ways at different levels: the firm (meso), the individual (micro), and society (macro). Both Antonelli’s and Bonaccorsi’s chapters are treasure troves of concepts and ideas, although not necessarily for the complexity novice. Lane’s chapter, however, provides an excellent introduction. . . For researchers in the field of economics and those that are interested in ‘complexity in the real world’, this Handbook provides ample discussion and research roads ahead.’ Author: Andreas Ligtvoet, Science and Public Policy

‘A series of in-depth critical insights on the nature and role of organizational thinking and the dynamics of structural change are discussed in a new methodological approach that provides academics with a scholarly discussion of evolutionary economics. . . The editor. . . provides an international symposium of collected research and knowledge key to any college-level discussion of technology and economics.’ Author: The Midwest Book Review

‘Antonelli’s Handbook is an impressive compendium of theoretical approaches to complexity in economics that has emerged during the last two decades. . . this Handbook is an amazing excursus on the state of the art of complexity thinking in the economics of technological change. Not only did the compendium reinforce the achievements of other theory textbooks in this field; it also paves the way for a “normalisation” of complexity in economics. It strongly defends the advantage of operationalization and applied research in economics and touches upon important policy implications. Therefore, it is a must-read both for the scientist and for the policy researcher in the field of innovation and technological change.’ Author: Manfred Paier, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation

‘The editor of this Handbook, Cristiano Antonelli, is to be commended for the high quality of the group of authors he has assembled for this project. They provide excellent coverage of the various areas within the field, covering complexity of innovation, complexity of knowledge, complexity of structural change and development, and lessons and implications for economic policy. This is an important and evolving topic, and this book captures the cutting edge of research on it, particularly in connection with the broader idea of economic complexity.’ Author: J. Barkley Rosser, Jr, James Madison University, US

From the Author

Edited by Cristiano Antonelli, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics "Cognetti de Martiis", University of Torino and Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1848442564
• ISBN 13: 9781848442566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Antonelli Cristiano