In this essay I compare two different theoretical frameworks in economics for orienting analysis of issues in technology policy. One is a neoclassical framework that sees appropriate policies as dealing with market failuresʺ. The other framework is provided by an evolutionary and institutional...

Die vorliegende Dissertation besteht aus fünf voneinander unabhängigen Papieren, die zwei größeren Forschungsfelder abdecken: die Ökonomie des Alterns und die Innovationsökonomik. Die ersten drei Kapitel betrachten den Einfluss der Interaktion zwischen Generationen auf die Eltern...

This dissertation consists of five distinct empirical papers covering two large areas of research that are rather independent from each other: the economics of ageing and the economics of innovation. The first three chapters cover the impact of intergeneration interaction on the parents of adult...

Innovation and the reshaping of the world economy -- Innovation : relationships, characteristics, origins, drivers -- Diffusion -- Innovation and economic theory -- Innovation and the economy : the impact of innovation at the level of the national economy and at the level of sectors --...