Foundations of Economic Change: A Schumpeterian View on Behaviour, Interaction and Aggregate Outcomes

Front Matter ....Pages i-vii
 Introduction: Foundations of Economic Change—Behavior, Interaction and Aggregate Outcomes  (Uwe Cantner, Andreas Pyka)....Pages 1-6
Front Matter ....Pages 7-7
 Foundations of Economic Change: An Extended Schumpeterian Approach  (Uwe Cantner)....Pages 9-49
 Behavior and Cognition of Economic Actors in Evolutionary Economics  (Richard R. Nelson)....Pages 51-67
 Upward and Downward Complementarity: The Meso Core of Evolutionary Growth Theory  (Kurt Dopfer, Jason Potts, Andreas Pyka)....Pages 69-80
Front Matter ....Pages 81-81
 Global Dynamics, Capabilities and the Crisis  (Jan Fagerberg, Martin Srholec)....Pages 83-106
 Convergence or Divergence: A Nonparametric Analysis on China’s Regional Disparity  (Xiang Deng, Jianping Li, Jing Song)....Pages 107-122
 Micro to Macro Evolutionary Modeling: On the Economics of Self Organization of Dynamic Markets by Ignorant Actors  (Gunnar Eliasson)....Pages 123-185
 Firms Navigating Through Innovation Spaces: A Conceptualization of How Firms Search and Perceive Technological, Market and Productive Opportunities Globally  (Maureen McKelvey)....Pages 187-206
 A Proposal for a ‘National Innovation System Plus Subjective Well-Being’ Approach and an Evolutionary Systemic Normative Theory of Innovation  (Hans-Jürgen Engelbrecht)....Pages 207-231
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 Confounded, Augmented and Constrained Replicator Dynamics  (Jacob Rubæk Holm, Esben Sloth Andersen, J. Stanley Metcalfe)....Pages 235-255
 The Roots of Growth: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and the Capitalist Firm  (Michael Joffe)....Pages 257-267
 The Journey of Innovation  (Jorge Niosi)....Pages 269-282
 Schumpeterian Incumbents and Industry Evolution  (Guido Buenstorf)....Pages 283-297
 Incremental by Design? On the Role of Incumbents in Technology Niches  (Daniel S. Hain, Roman Jurowetzki)....Pages 299-332
 Entrepreneurs’ Over-optimism During the Early Life Course of the Firm  (Zornitza Kambourova, Erik Stam)....Pages 333-353
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 Knowledge Spillovers Through FDI and Trade: The Moderating Role of Quality-Adjusted Human Capital  (Muhammad Ali, Uwe Cantner, Ipsita Roy)....Pages 357-391
 Export, R&D and New Products: A Model and a Test on European Industries  (Dario Guarascio, Mario Pianta, Francesco Bogliacino)....Pages 393-432
 Using Simulation Experiments to Test Historical Explanations: The Development of the German Dye Industry 1857–1913  (Thomas Brenner, Johann Peter Murmann)....Pages 433-459
 The Marshallian and Schumpeterian Microfoundations of Evolutionary Complexity: An Agent Based Simulation Model  (Cristiano Antonelli, Gianluigi Ferraris)....Pages 461-500
 Understanding the Complex Nature of Innovation Network Evolution  (Muhamed Kudic, Jutta Guenther)....Pages 501-524
 Why Does Sports Equipment Sometimes Become Too Sophisticated and Expensive? A Case Study of the Overshooting Hypothesis in Board Sports  (Stuart Thomas, Jason Potts)....Pages 525-538