TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frenken,Koen
TI  - Innovation, evolution, and complexity theory
SN  - 1843761971
AV  - T173.8 .F73 2006
U1  - 303.483 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Northampton, MA
PB  - Edward Elgar Pub.
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - System theory
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 1; Introduction --; 2; Technology landscapes --; 3; Generalised genotype-phenotype maps --; 4; A model of technological paradigms --; 5; Entropy statistics --; 6; Early evolution of steam engines --; 7; Trajectories in aircraft and helicopters --; 8; The advent of portable computers --; 9; Directions for future research
N2  - "This book offers an approach based on Stuart Kauffman's NK-model of complex systems to better understand and analyse search strategies that firms apply to develop new technologies. The models deal with a range of topics including bounded rationality, myopia, decomposability, modularity and the emergence of technological paradigms. Innovation, Evolution and Complexity Theory makes use of complexity theory and large datasets on technologies with which to complement the analysis." "The book will be of interest to evolutionary and innovation economists and academics as well as scholars in the interdisciplinary field of complexity theory and industrial organisation."--BOOK JACKET
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