This volume presents selected contributions from the 2018 conference of the International Schumpeter Society (ISS). The selected chapters in this volume reflect the state-of-the-art of Schumpeterian economics dedicated to the three conference topics innovation, catch-up, and sustainability....

Innovation, Catch-up and Sustainable Development -- PART I INNOVATION -- The Influence of Science and ‘Industrial Enlightenment’ on Steelmaking, 1786-1856 -- Science and Technology Relatedness: The Case of DNA Nanoscience & DNA Nanotechnology -- Observable Factors of Innovation Strategy:...

This book explores the question of whether and how meme theory or "memetics" can be fruitfully utilized in evolutionary economics and proposes an approach known as "economemetics" which is a combination of meme theory and complexity theory that has the potential to combat the fragmentation of...

Editorial Introduction: We are the Memes, Resistance is Futile -- A Brief Overview of Memetics and Some Essential Context -- It’s more than Complicated! Using Organizational Memetics to Capture the Complexity of Organizational Culture -- A Case for Economemetics? -- It’s a Match! Simulating...

Introduction: Demand, Complexity, and Long-Run Economic Evolution -- Part I Re-thinking the Economic Possibilities of Our Grandchildren -- Work and Consumption in an Era of Unbalanced Technological Advance -- Institutions Hold Consumption on a Leash: An Evolutionary Economic Approach to the...

This book brings together original research on the role of networks in regional economic development and innovation. It presents a comprehensive framework synthesizing extant theories, a palette of real-world cases in the aerospace, automotive, life science, biotechnology and health care...

This book is at the cutting edge of the ongoing research in bioeconomy and encompasses both technological and economic strategies to master the transformation towards a knowledge- and bio-based production system. The volume combines different international perspectives with approaches of the...