Applied evolutionary economics : new empirical methods and simulation techniques / edited by Pier Paolo Saviotti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saviotti, Paolo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolutionary economics.

Physical Description:

xi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : E. Elgar, [2003]

Contents:

Part I Empirical Studies

2 Technological paradigms and the evolution of networks: lessons from the pharmaceutical industry / Fabio Pammolli, Massimo Riccaboni 35

3 Increasing returns and network structure in the evolutionary dynamics of industries / Andrea Bonaccorsi, Paola Giuri 50

4 The evolution of specialization: public research in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries / Aldo Geuna 94

5 Evolutionary patterns of innovation and product life cycle: empirical evidence from the electric motors industry / Edmar Luiz Fagundes de Almeida 122

6 Coping collectively with the exploration-exploitation trade-off in research consortia: the case of advanced batteries for electric vehicles / Philippe Larrue 150

7 Innovation direction and persistence within an industry: the refining processes case / Francois Bel, Bernard Bourgeois 179

8 An evolutionary view on persistence in innovation: an empirical application of duration models / C. Le Bas, A. Cabagnols, C. Gay 210

Part II Simulation Studies

9 Twin peaks: what the knowledge-based approach can say about the dynamics of the world income distribution / Andreas Pyka, Jens J. Kruger, Uwe Cantner 235

10 'Leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills': punctualism and gradualism in economic development / Witold Kwasnicki 260

11 Unlocking a lock-in: towards a model of technological succession / Paul Windrum 292

12 Selection and the learning curve / P.A. Geroski, M. Mazzucato 322.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1840648473

OCLC:

50410260