Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883-1950), outstanding representative of the neoclassic wave and Vienna School, is the author of the Theory of Industrial Innovation (wich, according to the Austrian economist, includes five cases), developed by the scientists approaching this economic thinking, also...

The concept of life cycle stages has a significant impact upon business strategy and performance. 

Human society is now in a new, post-industrial age, described by the power of the new micro-electronics and informatics technologies that lead us into the future knowledge based society. 

Continuous technological specialisation of a national economies, conducted by the dynamic comparative advantage, is not only the effect of free market forces accompanied by commercial openness, as it depends on many other factors, among which technological progress is essential.

The IT revolutions change the economic behaviour until the microeconomic level.

We develop a dynamic model to analyze the sources and the evolution of social participation and social capital in a growing economy characterized by exogenous technical progress. Starting from the assumption that the well-being of agents basically depends on material and relational goods, we...

According to exiting literature, most change programs fail to manage and/or meet the expectations of stakeholders; leading to the failure of larger strategic organisational and transformational initiatives. Undoubtedly, change management necessitates introspective planning and responsive...

Can rural areas in Developing Countries, where still the majority of population lives and poverty is often a general condition, actively participate in and take advantage from the so-called Knowledge Society? This article presents the main applications of Information and Communication...

<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...

In this study we use a unique database covering 25 manufacturing and service sectors for 15 European countries over the period 1996-2005, for a total of 2,295 observations, and apply GMM-SYS panel estimations of a demand-for-labour equation augmented with technology. We find that R&D...