Theorien der Behavioral Labor Economics weichen vom Standardmodell der Ökonomie ab und stellen insbesondere die diesem Standardmodell zugrunde liegende Annahme von rationalen und egoistischen Entscheidern – der Annahme des Homo oeconomicus – infrage. Sie unterstellen Handlungsweisen, die...

Although various user-centric innovation concepts have proved successful in niche markets and specific industries, there is yet little understanding how these models may become more widely diffused in manufacturing industries. We apply an evolutionary economics perspective to explore possible...

We consider a class of random perturbations of Hamiltonian systems with many degrees of freedom. We assume that the perturbations consist of two components: a larger one which preserves the energy and destroys all other first integrals, and a smaller one which is a non-degenerate white noise...

Foresight has evolved as a distinct prospective analytical tool: it considers alternative futures of various S&T fields or socio-economic systems by bringing together the perspectives of various stakeholder groups, and thus assists the decision-making processes at different levels. However, in...

The book investigates two important subjects simultaneously. On the one hand, it is concerned with the detailed processes which have lead to quite different innovation diffusion pathways of combined heat and power technology in the UK and Germany since the early Eighties. On the other hand, this...

Governments are increasingly utilising research and innovation (R&I) policy to foster economic and societal change. Yet, the empirical correlation between these policies and socio-technical transformations remains under-explored. The report investigates this relationship by comparing the...