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This article revisits the socioeconomic theory of the Austrian School economist Ludwig M. Lachmann. By showing that the common claim that Lachmann's idiosyncratic (i.e., eclectic and multidisciplinary) approach to economics entails nihilism is unfounded, it reaches the following conclusions. (1)...
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The paper revisits the socioeconomic theory of the Austrian School economist Ludwig M. Lachmann. By showing that the common claim that Lachmann's idiosyncratic (read: eclectic and multidisciplinary) approach to economics entails nihilism is unfounded, it reaches the following conclusions. (1)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014051184
innovation. We develop a formal model of an innovation arising from the combination of two existing modules with the objective to … innovation) and the benefits associated with returns to scale. We derive conditions for optimal diversity under different regimes …
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The fundamental problem in the field of technology studies is how technology evolves and sustains economic change in human society. This study confronts the problem here by proposing the theory of technological host-parasites coevolution, an approach that may be useful for bringing a new...
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The standard neoclassical approach to economic theorising excludes, by definition, economic emergence and the related phenomenon of entrepreneurship. We explore how the most economic of human behaviours, entrepreneurship, came to be largely excluded from mainstream economic theory. In contrast,...
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Political activism positively affects firm innovation. Firms that support more politicians, politicians on … innovation. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that political activism is valuable because it helps reduce political … uncertainty, which, in turn, fosters firm innovation. Also consistent with this hypothesis, we show that politically active firms …
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about future performance and standard measures of corporate innovation. We begin by developing a career concern model where … probability of failure, are more likely to pursue innovation, and that this effect is larger in more competitive industries. We …
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We explore the regional co-evolution of firm population size, private-sector patenting and public research in the empirical context of German laser research and manufacturing over more than 40 years from the emergence of the industry to the mid-2000s. Our qualitative as well as quantitative...
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diffusion of technological innovation. This study shows, using global data of countries, that institutional change, based on a … relation between technological innovation and level of democracy can be explained with following factors: higher economic … technological innovation can sustain best practices of political economy for the development of economies in the presence of …
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origin and diffusion of technological innovation across economies. This study suggests that institutional change, based on a … of technological innovation, can propose best practices directed to support a higher economic freedom in society … technological innovation to govern the development of economies in the presence of globalization and geographical expansion in world …
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