This paper argues that existing critiques of technical fixes are unable to explain our
simultaneous enamourment and distrust with technical fixes, and that to do so, we need a …

In this article we take a fresh look at Research and Innovation (R&I hereinafter) policy and
define a new notion: Schumpeterian catalytic R&I policy. Such policy style amends and …

Coevolution in economic systems plays a key role in the dynamics of contemporary
societies. Coevolution operates when, considering several evolving realms within a …

In this paper, we propose an agent-based model in which industrial dynamics depend on
consumer social learning and firm innovation efforts. We draw on behavioral economics and …

Purpose A serious problem in the pandemic days is that in this period many firms face
difficulties with remaining on the market. It causes that the entrepreneurs do not undertake …

The Sarewitz–Nelson (SN) rules are proposed in a context in which it is widely recognized
that the advance of technology has been extremely uneven across different technologies …

In this work, we apply a stochastic component to a previously proposed deterministic model
which expounds the 'sailing-ship effect'–that is, the reaction of an existing technology to the …

Together with the concepts of equilibrium, scarcity, choosing, etc., efficiency is at the core of
economics. However, in an evolutionary context, efficiency raises several issues concerning …

This is an analysis of the wide theoretical context and consequential work of Richard Nelson
and Sidney Winter. We assume as a norm for this chapter that we must do an embryological …

“En el centro de la teoría económica está el concepto de eficiencia”(Leibenstein, 1966: 392),
junto con otros conceptos fundamentales como el de equilibrio (Tieben, 2012), elección …