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The Two Sides of Innovation [electronic resource] : Creation and Destruction in the Evolution of Capitalist Economies / edited by Guido Buenstorf, Uwe Cantner, Horst Hanusch, Michael Hutter, Hans-Walter Lorenz, Fritz Rahmeyer.

Contributor(s): Buenstorf, Guido [editor.] | Cantner, Uwe [editor.] | Hanusch, Horst [editor.] | Hutter, Michael [editor.] | Lorenz, Hans-Walter [editor.] | Rahmeyer, Fritz [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Economic Complexity and Evolution: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013Description: VI, 309 p. 4 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319014968.Subject(s): Management | Industrial management | Evolutionary economics | Industrial organization | Economic policy | Economic growth | Regional economics | Spatial economics | Economics | Economic Growth | Institutional/Evolutionary Economics | R & D/Technology Policy | Innovation/Technology Management | Industrial Organization | Regional/Spatial ScienceAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 338.9 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Innovation: Conditions to Successfully Create Novelty for Economic Development -- Innovation: Induced Structural Change, Coping and Normative Assessment -- Innovation and the Evolution of Capitalism.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This volume is devoted to innovation with a special focus on its two sides, namely creation and destruction, and on its role in the evolution of capitalist economies. The first part of the book looks at innovation and its effects on economic performance, addressing issues of motives, behavioral rules under uncertainty, actor properties, and technology characteristics. The second part concentrates on potential consequences of innovative activities, in particular structural change, the "innovation-mediated" effect of skill-oriented policies on regional performance, the destructive effects of innovation activities, and the question whether novelty is always good. The role of innovation in the evolution of capitalism itself is discussed in the third part.
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Innovation: Conditions to Successfully Create Novelty for Economic Development -- Innovation: Induced Structural Change, Coping and Normative Assessment -- Innovation and the Evolution of Capitalism.

This volume is devoted to innovation with a special focus on its two sides, namely creation and destruction, and on its role in the evolution of capitalist economies. The first part of the book looks at innovation and its effects on economic performance, addressing issues of motives, behavioral rules under uncertainty, actor properties, and technology characteristics. The second part concentrates on potential consequences of innovative activities, in particular structural change, the "innovation-mediated" effect of skill-oriented policies on regional performance, the destructive effects of innovation activities, and the question whether novelty is always good. The role of innovation in the evolution of capitalism itself is discussed in the third part.

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