This book addresses the foundations of economic growth at the firm level, combining both theoretical and econometric contributions by established scholars. Challenging contributions revisit Marshall’s view on the management of innovation, investigate the decision of firms to venture into...

<i> Competition as a Trip to the Unknown: from Pricing Games to Experimental Actions </i> (by Sergio Bruno) - ABSTRACT: Competitive interactions are commonly regarded as equilibrium quantities and prices, with prices close to costs. This analysis fails explaining how different markets and modern...

<i> La valutazione nella definizione di un programma di interventi per lo sviluppo </i> (di Sergio Bruno e Alessandra De Lellis) - ABSTRACT: This article criticises the analytical basis and the use of cost benefit analysis on several (though non exhaustive) grounds, but above all for its intrinsic...

<em>Versatility, Production and Time: The Roots of Economic Changes</em> - The consideration of time to build makes sharp differences when qualitative or quantitative changes in production occur. There are two different perspectives, the "sectoral’and the Neoaustrian one. A sectoral model immune of...