Frontiers of evolutionary economics : competition, self-organization, and innovation policy /
Frontiers of evolutionary economics : Competition, self-organisation, and innovation policy
edited by John Foster and J. Stanley Metcalfe.
- xii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Based on papers and commentaries from a workshop held at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, in July 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Modern evolutionary economic perspectives: an overview / Theoretical Perspectives. The coevolution technology and institutions as the driver of economic growth / Commentary: institutions, macroevolution and economic selection / From evolution to language and learning / Commentary: from evolution to language and learning / Theorizing complexity / Commentary: simplicity in theories of complexity - defining, knowing and doing / Self-organizing and Darwinian selection in economic and biological evolutions: an enquiry into the sources of organizing information / Commentary: the origins of successful economic organizations - a Darwinian explanation with room for self-organizing / History-friendly theories in economics: reconciling universality and context in evolutionary analysis / Commentary: history-friendly theories in economics - reconciling universality and context in evolutionary analysis / Empirical Perspectives. Considerations about a production system with qualitative change / Heterogeneity and evolutionary change: empirical conception, findings and unresolved issues / Commentary: heterogeneity and evolutionary change - empirical conception, findings and unresolved issues / Measuring complexity: puzzles and tentative solutions / Commentary / Knowledge, ignorance and the evolution of complex systems / Commentary: knowledge, ignorance and the evolution of complex systems / Promoting innovation: an overview of the application of evolutionary economics and systems approaches to policy issues / John Foster and J. Stanley Metcalfe -- Richard R. Nelson -- John M. Gowdy. Bart Nooteboom -- Paolo Ramazzotti. Robert Delorme -- Drew Wollin. Pavel Pelikan -- Bryan Morgan. Kurt Dopfer -- Jason Potts -- Paolo Saviotti. Uwe Cantner and Horst Hanusch -- John Nightingale. Francisco Louca -- Steve Keen. Peter M. Allen -- Kevin Bryant. Kevin Bryant. 1. Pt. I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. II. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
"Evolutionary economists have been drawn into the modern complexity science literature which attempts to provide an understanding of how and why 'complex adaptive systems' engage in processes of self-organization. The goal is to provide an integrated analysis of both selection and self-organization that is uniquely economic in orientation." "This book will appeal to evolutionary and industrial economists and policymakers involved with issues of innovation and management scientists."--BOOK JACKET.