This chapter presents the methods and contributions of evolutionary approach to economic dynamics. First, we expose why economic dynamics can indeed be considered as evolutionary. Second, we discuss sources of diversity and selection mechanisms that drive these dynamics, in the context of...

The question of why economies grow has been at the heart of economic inquiry since Adam Smith. The final article is a review of the recent book Why Economies Grow: The Forces That Shape Prosperity and How to Get Them Working Again by Jeff Madrick. He argues that the growth of markets through...

The paper aims at assessing the net impact of the accumulation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) capital on the economy. In a first part, focusing on the supply-side of the economy, we show that the growth accounting methodology cannot provide us with a measure of the net...

La Déclaration du millénaire fixe à 2015 la date butoir pour la réalisation de l’objectif visant à réduire de moitié le nombre de personnes qui vivent dans l’extrême pauvreté. Compte tenu des résultats exceptionnels obtenus dans certains pays en développement, la possibilité...

What can studying the creation of knowledge tell us about how new technical fields emerge and develop? This paper shows how a knowledge community may be necessary to support the legitimacy of new products that undergo performance evaluation before purchase. Using historical and ethnographic data...

French Abstract: Entre 1950 et 1973, un processus de convergence absolue entre les États-Unis, considéréscomme les leaders technologiques du monde, et les pays d'Europe de l'Ouest et le Japon étaitobservable. Mais ce processus progressivement s'est atténué pour disparaitre...

Trend productivity growth is a crucial determinant of future living standards as well as fiscal balances. In this article, Benoit Robidoux and Bing-Sun Wong from Finance Canada examine the issue of whether trend productivity growth has increased in Canada and conclude that in fact it has. If...

The factors behind the emergence of the New Economy are still poorly understood. In this article, Pascal Petit from CEPREMAP and CNRS in France provides an institutional perspective on the developmental phases or roots of this New Economy. He analyzes the structural, institutional and...

Nous analysons dans quelle mesure la formation peut atténuer les effets défavorables, pour l’emploi des seniors, des changements technologiques et organisationnels. À partir d’un panel d’entreprises françaises suivies sur la seconde moitié des années 1990, nous confirmons le...

This article examines the technology transfer-based partnerships between public research organisations (sources of knowledge, innovation and technology) and users (firms, public administrations, etc.) as dynamic processes for a mutual learning. This process can provide for the R&D organisations...