Innovation, complexity and economic evolution : from theory to policy

Pier Paolo Saviotti

Innovation, Complexity and Economic Evolution: from Theory to Policy * Pier Paolo Saviotti *Ch. 1. Manmade artefacts, physical technologies and institutions *Introduction *2) Manmade artefacts and structural change in socioeconomic systems *2.1) MMAs and the twin characteristics representation *2.2) Generalised production of services. *2.3) MMAs, wants, needs and basic human functions *2.4) Analytical implications of the twin characteristic representation *Fig 1.4. Characteristics representation of pure substitution. T1 = pre-existing technology; T2 = new technology *Fig 1.5. Twin characteristics representation of partial substitution. T1 = old technology, T2 = new technology *Box 1.1 *Examples of different types of substitution *Box 1.2 *Examples of technological specialization *3) Concepts in the economics of innovation. *3.1) Innovation concepts and the twin characteristics representation *3.2) General Purpose Technologies (GPTs). *4) MMAs, physical technologies and the environment *4.1) Sharing economy *5) Institutions and organizational forms *5.1) Transformations and transitions *6) Summary and conclusions *ECONOMICS, QUALITATIVE CHANGE AND DISCONTINUITIES *1) The nature of qualitative change *2) Qualitative and quantitative change *2.1) Is it possible to distinguish qualitative and quantitative change? *2.2) Variety vs differentiation *2.3) Implications of qualitative and quantitative change *3) Some analytical implications *3.1) Competition *3.2) Complementarity *3.3 Demand theory *4) Conclusions *Ch 3 *ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR AS THE MOST GENERAL FORM OF SOCIOECONOMIC BEHAVIOUR *Introduction *2) Adaptation and systems *2.1) System stability and change *2.2) System dynamics *2.4) Closed and open systems *3) Adaptive Behaviour *3.1) ADTO and ADOF *3.2) Collective and individual adaptation *3.3) Adaptation, stability and change *3.4) Fitness *3.5) Barriers to adaptation *4) Adaptive behaviour vs optimizing rationality *Summary. *Ch 4. KNOWLEDGE AND ECONOMICS *1. INTRODUCTION *2) Some considerations on the nature of knowledge *2.2) Two properties of knowledge *2.2.1) Knowledge as a co-relational structure. *3. Knowledge in socioeconomic systems *3.1. The production of knowledge *3.2. Knowledge and institutions *4). EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS *4.1) The knowledge base of the firm *4.2) Knowledge properties *5. Summary and conclusions *Ch 5 Structural change, Differentiation and Economic Development *1) From stylized facts to theoretical understanding *1.1) Stylized facts *1.2) Efficiency and creativity *1.3) Structural change, differentiation and economic development *1.5) Structure, order and change *2) Structural change and differentiation in the literature on economic growth and development *2.1) Models *2.2) Empirical studies of variety and diversification *3) Present state and future developments *4) Summary and conclusions *CH 6. COMPLEXITY AND EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES. *2) Antecedents and recent developments *2.1) Evolutionary and constructivist rationalisms as alternative modes of knowledge. *2. 2). Structure, order and change *2.1.3) Rules and institutions *2.3) Complexity and evolutionary theories *3) Summary *Ch 7. EVOLUTIONARY POLITICAL ECONOMICS *Introduction *2) On the interactions between innovations, technologies and institutions in recent history *2.1) The rise of manufacturing *2.2) From manufacturing to services *2.3) Recent trends: globalization, neoliberalism, AI, Knowledge based economy and society *3) Human decision-making *4) Summary and conclusions *Ch 8 *POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS *1) Future trends and policy implications *1.1. World challenges *1.2) Main points of evolutionary economics *2) Policy implications *2.4) Environment *3) Summary and conclusions of Ch 8 *REFERENCES *

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Year of publication:	2023
Authors:	Saviotti, Pier Paolo
Publisher:	London : Routledge
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Innovation \| Evolutionsökonomik \| Evolutionary economics

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Extent:	1 online resource
Series:	Routledge frontiers of political economy
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
ISBN:	978-1-003-29422-1 ; 1-003-29422-7 ; 978-1-000-83769-8 ; 1-000-83769-6 ; 978-1-000-83774-2 ; 1-000-83774-2 ; 978-1-032-27814-8 ; 978-1-032-27818-6
Other identifiers:	10.4324/9781003294221 [DOI]
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