learning groups. For this, it employs a constructivist, interactionist theory of knowledge and learning. It employs elements of … transaction cost theory and of social theory of trust. Transaction cost economics neglects learning and trust, but elements of the … theory are still useful. The framework is used in an empirical study in a consultancy company, to explore what learning …

(Schumpeterian) welfare theory. This paper sketches the role of knowledge in an economy and argues that a static Paretian welfare … economics acknowledges the role of knowledge. In a dynamic welfare economics, I suggest, different costs of communication are … Right (IPR) law are evaluated to determine the extent to which they affect communication costs and thus future economic …