edited by Elias G. Carayannis, Aris Kaloudis and Åge Mariussen.
Northampton, MA :
Edward Elgar,
2008.
1 online resource (xiii, 331 pages) :
illustrations.
The GWU/NIFUSTEP series on science, innovation, technology and entrepreneurship
Includes bibliographical references and index.
COVER; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Technological evolution, innovation and human agency; 3. Heterogeneity in economic thought: foundations and modern methods; 4. Heterogeneity, rationality and institutions; 5. Conceptual framework for an analysis of diversity and heterogeneity in the knowledge economy and society; 6. Towards a communicative theory of diverse innovation systems; 7. Entrepreneurship and heterogeneity; 8. Heterogeneity interpreted and identified as changes in the populations of firms.
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Addresses the concept of heterogeneity in a multi-disciplinary fashion. This book includes perspectives from evolutionary economics and innovation system studies, and relates this approach to theories in a range of fields. It is intended for academics and researchers of innovation and science, knowledge management and economics.
Diversity in the knowledge economy and society.
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Creative ability in business.
Intellectual capital.
Knowledge management.
Technological innovations.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Leadership.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Organizational Development.