It is now widely acknowledged that institutions are a crucial factor in economic performance. Major developments have been made in our understanding of the nature and evolution of economic institutions in the last few years. This book brings together some key contributions in this area by...

The purpose of this paper is a veblenian reinterpretation of contemporary theories of the firm and of their contributions to a better understanding of the so called knowledge-based economies. Within such economies, the role of knowledge and immaterial assets, firm governance and the relation...

This paper examines the links between philosophy and economics in John Dewey’s thought and underlines the contribution of the social philosophy by which the pragmatist philosopher constructs those links. We show that his social philosophy, that he considered as contributing to the resolution...

Nous mettons en avant les proximités fortes de Dewey et Commons sur leur philosophie sociale, leur éthique démocratique et leur visée réformiste ; ces proximités étant ancrées dans la conception de l'enquête sociale portée par le pragmatisme de Dewey dans laquelle Commons se place....

J. Dewey and J.R. Commons have shared a common intellectual and practical engagement for democracy. This paper contends that the proximity of their analysis is larger than the explicit tribute Commons? conception of social sciences pays to Dewey?s social philosophy. On the basis of a...

By illuminating the philosophical roots of the various notions of knowledge employed by economists, this Handbook helps to disentangle conceptual and typological issues surrounding the debate on knowledge amongst economists. Wide-ranging in scope, it explores fundamental aspects of the...