Frontiers of evolutionary economics : competition, self-organization, and innovation policy /

"Evolutionary economists have been drawn into the modern complexity science literature which attempts to provide an understanding of how and why 'complex adaptive systems' engage in processes of self-organization. The goal is to provide an integrated analysis of both selection and sel...

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Other Authors: Foster, John, 1947-, Metcalfe, J. S. (J. Stanley)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : E. Elgar Pub., c2001.
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Summary:"Evolutionary economists have been drawn into the modern complexity science literature which attempts to provide an understanding of how and why 'complex adaptive systems' engage in processes of self-organization. The goal is to provide an integrated analysis of both selection and self-organization that is uniquely economic in orientation." "This book will appeal to evolutionary and industrial economists and policymakers involved with issues of innovation and management scientists."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Based on papers and commentaries from a workshop held at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, in July 1999.
Physical Description:xii, 397 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1840645253
1843763370 (pbk.)