Applied Evolutionary Economics and Complex Systems

ISBN 10: 1843763699 / ISBN 13: 9781843763697

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Applied Evolutionary Economics and Complex Systems
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843763699
• ISBN 13: 9781843763697
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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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.

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