Flexibility and Stability in the Innovating Economy

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 11
List of Tables......Page 12
List of Boxes......Page 13
Contributors......Page 14
Preface......Page 18
1.1 Introduction......Page 20
1.2 Why this book?......Page 22
1.3 Overview of chapters......Page 30
1.3.1 Chapters in Theme 1: experimenting and inertia......Page 31
1.3.2 Chapters in Theme 2: evolution and adaptation of structure......Page 33
1.3.3 Chapters in Theme 3: innovating and technological transformation......Page 35
1.4 Beyond this book......Page 37
THEME 1: EXPERIMENTING AND INERTIA......Page 44
2.1 Introduction......Page 46
2.2 Changing nature of engineering practice and knowledge......Page 47
2.3 Case studies......Page 51
2.4 Discussion and conclusions......Page 61
3.1 Introduction......Page 67
3.2 Innovative opportunities......Page 68
3.3 Innovative opportunities in 3G and i-mode......Page 72
3.4 Dependencies in innovative opportunities......Page 77
3.5 Conclusions......Page 85
4.1 Introduction......Page 92
4.2 Empirical and theoretical background......Page 94
4.3 Innovation in capital goods and repositioning for PPPs......Page 100
4.4 Discussion and conclusions......Page 110
THEME 2: EVOLUTION AND ADAPTATION OF STRUCTURE......Page 116
5.1 Introduction......Page 118
5.2 Consumption networks not production functions......Page 120
5.3 The economy is a complex rule-system......Page 122
5.4 The growth of demand and the growth of economies......Page 123
5.5 Correlated preferences......Page 125
5.6 Analysis of economic networks......Page 126
5.7 Orders of complexity......Page 128
5.8 Micro–meso–macro......Page 130
5.9 The complexity of consumption and demand......Page 133
5.10 Evolution and aggregate demand......Page 136
6.1 Introduction......Page 140
6.2 Some evidence for structural adaptation......Page 147
6.3 Accounting for evolutionary adaptation......Page 154
6.4 The logistic principle......Page 159
6.5 Adaptation, complexity, and the problem of knowledge......Page 163
6.6 The correlation of knowing......Page 167
6.7 Conclusions......Page 171
7.1 Introduction......Page 176
7.2 The conceptual background......Page 177
7.3 A brief discussion of the semiconductor and computer industries......Page 179
7.4 Some theoretical statements on the changing vertical boundaries of firms......Page 182
7.5 The model......Page 186
7.6. The simulations......Page 194
7.7. Conclusions......Page 212
THEME 3: INNOVATING AND TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION......Page 218
8.1 Introduction......Page 220
8.2 Technological stability and the boundaries of the firm......Page 224
8.3 Technological change and the boundaries of the firm......Page 228
8.4 Conclusions......Page 236
9.1 Introduction......Page 246
9.2 Multilevel perspective and types of change......Page 248
9.3 Case studies......Page 255
9.4 Conclusions and policy implications......Page 268
10.1 Introduction......Page 276
10.2 Transformation as involving novelty, destruction, or renewal?......Page 278
10.3 Co-evolutionary processes in the innovating economy......Page 285
10.4 Discussion......Page 293
A......Page 302
C......Page 303
D......Page 305
E......Page 306
H......Page 307
I......Page 308
M......Page 309
N......Page 310
P......Page 311
S......Page 312
T......Page 314
V......Page 315
Z......Page 316