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Isolation and Technological Innovation

verfasst von : Peter Hall, Robert Wylie

Erschienen in: The Evolution of Economic and Innovation Systems

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Despite its importance as a formative influence in evolutionary biology, the notion of isolation has received relatively little attention in evolutionary economics and its application to technological innovation. This paper makes the case that isolation, in many guises, is a pervasive and permanent feature of the economic landscape and that its implications for technological innovation deserve further analysis. Isolation and potential implications for innovation are discussed in the early part of the paper and case studies of two military innovations are then used to illustrate the value of explicitly recognising various forms of isolation in explaining observed aspects of innovation process and outcomes.

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Metadaten
Titel
Isolation and Technological Innovation
verfasst von
Peter Hall
Robert Wylie
Copyright-Jahr
2015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13299-0_9

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