The terms 'evolution'and 'coevolution'are widely used in organization studies but rarely
defined. Often it is unclear whether they refer to single entities or populations. When specific …

The recent debate about the value of Darwinism as a source of ontological foundations for
evolutionary economics reduces to a disagreement about whether or not the causal logic of …

We develop a theory of economic organization grounded in the naturalistic paradigm
currently emerging at the intersection of biology and the behavioral and social sciences. The …

The Darwinian logic of evolution occurring via the mechanisms of variation, selection and
retention provides a possible theoretical framework from which to further develop the …

Purpose–The purpose of the article is to contribute to the debate on organizational
adaptation by providing both scholars and practitioners with reasoned observations as to …

This special issue of the Journal of Institutional Economics on the future of institutional and
evolutionary economics consists of this introduction, four full essays, and two sizeable …

Abstract According to the “Generalized Darwinism” movement (GD), the three principles of
variation, selection and retention/replication (labeled “Darwinian” in some variants of GD) …

Purpose The paper addresses the following research question: how do decision-makers use
heuristics in their international business (IB) environment? Whereas, the literature has …

In 1898, Thorsteiri Veblen asked:'Why is economics not an evolutionary science?'. Vcblen's
paper was a scathing attack on the state of economic theorizing in his time and outlined an …

Usually, evolutionary economists equate evolutionary theory with modern Darwinism.
However, the rise of evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) puts into question the …