Evolutionary And Neo Schumpeterian Approaches To Economics

Author : Lars Magnusson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0585351554
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary and Neo-Schumpeterian Approaches to Economics written by Lars Magnusson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-11-23 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: not gentle to the capitalists" (Schumpeter, 1991). Thus, by instead portraying the conflict between entreprenuerial activity and the sociology of the modern state, he came quite close to the analysis carried out by Thorstein Veblen some decades earlier, who emphasized the conflict between p- gressive technology and the institutions of a contemporary "predatory dynastic State of early modern times, superficially altered by a suffusion of democratic and parliamentary institutions" (Veblen, 1964, p. 398). Modern neo-Schumpeterian approaches have continued to build on this groundwork provided by their master. During recent years there has been a great upsurge of discussion on technology, innovations, technological regimes, etc. from the dynamic perspective provided by Schumpeter (Dosi, 1984, Rosegger, 1985; Dosi et al., 1988). Thus the search process for (t- poral) extra profits has been stressed and has been used for modelling attempts. The wider institutional framework for technological change and innovation activity has also been strongly developed more recently. Hence emphasis has grown in the study of technological and industrial regimes, path dependency, and the network approach, developed recently, that social relationships structure the opportunities and constraints that face firms and agents that, for example, carry out innovations (Snehota, 1990).

Author : Pavel Pelikán
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolutionary Analysis of Economic Policy written by Pavel Pelikán and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional doctrines of economic policy have largely failed to address the fact that human economies are evolving, complex adaptive systems rather than equilibrating mechanisms. This volume represents a step towards a more evolutionary approach to economic policy.

Author : Esben Sloth Andersen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134208693
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Economics written by Esben Sloth Andersen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Jan Reijnders
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economics and Evolution written by Jan Reijnders and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an overview of principal characteristics of the modern evolutionary approach to economics and offers insight into the ideas of some of its important representatives and fields of application. Begins with a concise history of evolutionary economics, then discusses its relationship with neoclassical economics, arguing that the two approaches are complementary. Discusses the firm from an evolutionary and neoclassical standpoint, then looks at modern model building in relation to Schumpeter's work and to technological change. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Richard R. Nelson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108677975
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Evolutionary Economics written by Richard R. Nelson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary economics sees the economy as always in motion with change being driven largely by continuing innovation. This approach to economics, heavily influenced by the work of Joseph Schumpeter, saw a revival as an alternative way of thinking about economic advancement as a result of Richard Nelson and Sidney Winter's seminal book, An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, first published in 1982. In this long-awaited follow-up, Nelson is joined by leading figures in the field of evolutionary economics, reviewing in detail how this perspective has been manifest in various areas of economic inquiry where evolutionary economists have been active. Providing the perfect overview for interested economists and social scientists, readers will learn how in each of the diverse fields featured, evolutionary economics has enabled an improved understanding of how and why economic progress occurs.

Author : Ulrich Witt
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472102914
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explaining Process and Change written by Ulrich Witt and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International experts discuss new applications for evolutionary economics

Author : Horst Hanusch
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1847207014
Total Pages : 1229 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics written by Horst Hanusch and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics is a cutting-edge collection of specially commissioned contributions highlighting not only the broad scope but also the common ground between all branches of this prolific and fast developing field of economics. For 25 years economists have been investigating industrial dynamics under the heading of neo-Schumpeterian economics, which has itself become a mature and widely acknowledged discipline in the fields of innovation, knowledge, growth and development economics. The Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics surveys the achievements of the most visible scholars in this area. The contributions to the Companion give both a brief survey on the various fields of neo-Schumpeterian economics as well as insights into recent research at the scientific frontiers. The book also illustrates the potential of neo-Schumpeterian economics to overcome its so far self-imposed restriction to the domains of technology driven industry dynamics, and to become a comprehensive approach in economics suited for the analysis of development processes in all economic domains. Integrating both the public sector and financial markets, the book focusses on the co-evolutionary processes between the different domains. As a roadmap for the development of a comprehensive neo-Schumpeterian theory, the Companion will be an invaluable source of reference for researchers in the fields of industrial dynamics and economic growth, and academics and scholars of economics generally. PhD students will find the Companion an indispensable general introduction to the field of neo-Schumpeterian economics. It will also appeal to politicians and consultants engaged in national and international policy as the Companion deals with the highly important and ever topical phenomena of economic development.

Author : Andreas Pyka
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319620096
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Economic Change written by Andreas Pyka and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book illustrates the considerable advances in modern evolutionary economics and addresses core questions of economic behaviour, interaction of heterogeneous actors in uncertain environments and the possibility of aggregating observations on a macro-economic level. It presents the foundations of economic change as the major building blocks of an economic approach that focusses on complex processes driven by endogenous innovation as well as crisis. The theoretical considerations are complemented by econometric studies to demonstrate the relevance of evolutionary-economic thinking to improve our understanding of the most challenging issues related to economic growth and development.

Author : Yuichi Shionoya
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848446160
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marshall and Schumpeter on Evolution written by Yuichi Shionoya and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays offers a fresh and challenging interpretation which departs from the received views of two giants among the greatest economists of all times. Distinguished scholars of Marshall and Schumpeter engage in a lively discussion of their work and convincingly argue that, despite their differences, they shared a common drive towards a broader type of social science beyond economics. It is an intriguing account that will not fail to attract and fascinate the majority of readers. Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Università di Roma, Italy Ever since the development of the theory of biological evolution in the middle of the nineteenth century, evolutionary doctrine has posed challenges to economics. These came directly from the work of Darwin and Huxley and indirectly through economic history and the juxtaposition of dynamics with comparative statics the approach widely adopted by economists by the end of the century. The eminent historians of economics, Yuichi Shionoya and Tamotsu Nishizawa, together with a distinguished team of specialists, have produced an important set of essays that examine the positions on evolution of Marshall and Schumpeter and the economists who surrounded them. This collection is a valuable contribution to the history of economics and is highly relevant to controversies that rage still in the economics discipline today. Craufurd Goodwin, Duke University, US Traditionally it was understood that while Marshall was the synthesizer of neoclassical economics, Schumpeter challenged the dynamic conception of the economy in place of the static structure of economics. While historians of economic thought rarely discuss the work of Alfred Marshall and Joseph Schumpeter jointly, the contributors to this book do exactly this from the perspective of evolutionary thought. This unique and original work contends that, despite the differences between Marshallian and Schumpeterian thinking, they both present formidable challenges to a broad type of social science beyond economics, particularly under the influence of the German historical school. In a departure from the received view on the nature of the works of Marshall and Schumpeter, the contributors explore their themes in terms of an evolutionary vision and method of evolution; social science and evolution; conceptions of evolution; and evolution and capitalism. This timely resource will provide a stimulus not only to Marshall and Schumpeter scholarship within the history of economic thought but also to the recent efforts of economists to explore a research field beyond mainstream equilibrium economics. It will therefore prove a fascinating read for academics, students and researchers of evolutionary and heterodox economics and historians of economic thought.

Author : Richard W. England
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472104833
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Concepts in Contemporary Economics written by Richard W. England and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology reports on a number of contemporary attempts to introduce evolutionary concepts into economic analysis.