Sammanfattning
Understanding how innovation comes about is essential to furthering economic development and sustainable transitions. Noting “creative response” (Schumpeter, 1947) as a broad notion of how agents respond to changes in their environment, this lemma surveys main contributions to our understanding of innovation as endogenous to social and economic mechanisms. Through a review of economic historical debates, this entry discusses the problem of to what extent significant innovations emerge “ab nihilo”, or reflect the problems and opportunities of the day.
| Originalspråk | engelska |
|---|---|
| Titel på värdpublikation | Elgar Encyclopedia on the Economics of Knowledge and Innovation |
| Redaktörer | Cristiano Antonelli |
| Förlag | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Sidor | 71-80 |
| Antal sidor | 10 |
| ISBN (elektroniskt) | 978 1 83910 698 9 |
| ISBN (tryckt) | 978 1 83910 698 9 |
| Status | Accepted/In press - 2022 okt. |
Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)
- Ekonomisk historia