Dynamism : the values that drive innovation, job satisfaction, and economic growth / Edmund S. Phelps, Raicho Bojilov, Hian Teck Hoon, Gylfi Zoega.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phelps, Edmund S., Author.

Bojilov, Raicho, Author.

Hoon, Hian Teck, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations.

Entrepreneurship.

Job satisfaction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Nobel Laureate Edmund Phelps argues that the high level of innovation in the West was not a result of scientific discoveries plus entrepreneurship. Rather, modern values—particularly the individualism and self-expression prevailing among the people—fueled the dynamism needed for widespread innovation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: A Theory of Innovation, Flourishing, and Growth

Overview of the Chapters

1. Innovation: The Source of Rapid Growth

2. Sources of Indigenous Innovation and Channels of Its Transmission across Countries

3. Indigenous Innovation during the IT Revolution: We Never Had It So Good?

II. THE ROOTS AND BENEFITS OF INNOVATION

4. A Case Study of Iceland’s Successful Innovators

5. The Force of Values

6. Individual Values, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation

7. Innovation, Job Satisfaction, and Performance in Western European Countries

8. Growth Effects of Additive and Multiplicative Robots alongside Conventional Machines

9. Wage Effects of Additive and Multiplicative Robots alongside Factory Buildings and Physical Structures

10. Additive Robots, Relative Prices, and Indigenous Innovation

Epilogue

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780674246669

0674246667

9780674246683

0674246683

OCLC:

1148873023