Innovation, Complexity and Economic Evolution: from Theory to Policy *
Pier Paolo Saviotti *
Ch. 1. Manmade artefacts, physical technologies and institutions *
Introduction *
2) Manmade artefacts and structural change in socioeconomic systems *
2.1) MMAs and the twin characteristics representation *
2.2) Generalised production of services. *
2.3) MMAs, wants, needs and basic human functions *
2.4) Analytical implications of the twin characteristic representation *
Fig 1.4. Characteristics representation of pure substitution. T1 = pre-existing technology; T2 = new technology *
Fig 1.5. Twin characteristics representation of partial substitution. T1 = old technology, T2 = new technology *
Box 1.1 *
Examples of different types of substitution *
Box 1.2 *
Examples of technological specialization *
3) Concepts in the economics of innovation. *
3.1) Innovation concepts and the twin characteristics representation *
3.2) General Purpose Technologies (GPTs). *
4) MMAs, physical technologies and the environment *
4.1) Sharing economy *
5) Institutions and organizational forms *
5.1) Transformations and transitions *
6) Summary and conclusions *
ECONOMICS, QUALITATIVE CHANGE AND DISCONTINUITIES *
1) The nature of qualitative change *
2) Qualitative and quantitative change *
2.1) Is it possible to distinguish qualitative and quantitative change? *
2.2) Variety vs differentiation *
2.3) Implications of qualitative and quantitative change *
3) Some analytical implications *
3.1) Competition *
3.2) Complementarity *
3.3 Demand theory *
4) Conclusions *
Ch 3 *
ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR AS THE MOST GENERAL FORM OF SOCIOECONOMIC BEHAVIOUR *
Introduction *
2) Adaptation and systems *
2.1) System stability and change *
2.2) System dynamics *
2.4) Closed and open systems *
3) Adaptive Behaviour *
3.1) ADTO and ADOF *
3.2) Collective and individual adaptation *
3.3) Adaptation, stability and change *
3.4) Fitness *
3.5) Barriers to adaptation *
4) Adaptive behaviour vs optimizing rationality *
Summary. *
Ch 4. KNOWLEDGE AND ECONOMICS *
1. INTRODUCTION *
2) Some considerations on the nature of knowledge *
2.2) Two properties of knowledge *
2.2.1) Knowledge as a co-relational structure. *
3. Knowledge in socioeconomic systems *
3.1. The production of knowledge *
3.2. Knowledge and institutions *
4). EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS *
4.1) The knowledge base of the firm *
4.2) Knowledge properties *
5. Summary and conclusions *
Ch 5 Structural change, Differentiation and Economic Development *
1) From stylized facts to theoretical understanding *
1.1) Stylized facts *
1.2) Efficiency and creativity *
1.3) Structural change, differentiation and economic development *
1.5) Structure, order and change *
2) Structural change and differentiation in the literature on economic growth and development *
2.1) Models *
2.2) Empirical studies of variety and diversification *
3) Present state and future developments *
4) Summary and conclusions *
CH 6. COMPLEXITY AND EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES. *
2) Antecedents and recent developments *
2.1) Evolutionary and constructivist rationalisms as alternative modes of knowledge. *
2. 2). Structure, order and change *
2.1.3) Rules and institutions *
2.3) Complexity and evolutionary theories *
3) Summary *
Ch 7. EVOLUTIONARY POLITICAL ECONOMICS *
Introduction *
2) On the interactions between innovations, technologies and institutions in recent history *
2.1) The rise of manufacturing *
2.2) From manufacturing to services *
2.3) Recent trends: globalization, neoliberalism, AI, Knowledge based economy and society *
3) Human decision-making *
4) Summary and conclusions *
Ch 8 *
POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS *
1) Future trends and policy implications *
1.1. World challenges *
1.2) Main points of evolutionary economics *
2) Policy implications *
2.4) Environment *
3) Summary and conclusions of Ch 8 *
REFERENCES *
