We are witnessing an increasing adoption of digital technologies in manufacturing industries
around the globe. This trend is often debated under the label Industry 4.0. A key claim put …

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the
trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit …

The article presents results of spectral analysis that has detected the presence of Kondratieff
waves (their period equals approximately 52–53 years) in the world GDP dynamics for the …

Economic crises cause companies to reduce their investment, including investment in
innovation where returns are uncertain and long-term. This has been confirmed by the 2008 …

Although the global economy has more or less recovered from the most severe
manifestations of the global financial and economic crisis, it is obvious that the economy of …

In the present article we analyze the relationships between K-waves and major
technological breakthroughs in history and offer forecasts about features of the sixth …

Wireless communications technologies have undergone rapid changes over the last 30
years from analog approaches to digital-based systems. These technologies have improved …

A debate exists in literature between the Goldstein's theory that Kondratieff-waves (K-waves)
or Long Waves (LWs) are linked to hegemonic wars occurring in the final phase of …

A fundamental problem in the field of the economics of innovation is how to explain the
sources of path-breaking innovations that support the human development and socio …

A fundamental problem in the field of the technological studies is to explain the source and
nature of general purpose technologies (GPTs) that can support the patterns of long waves …