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  • MPI Ethno. Forsch.  (2)
  • HU-Berlin Edoc
  • Edward Elgar Publishing  (2)
  • Innovation  (2)
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    Online Resource
    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781781956410
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 176 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Frenken, Koen Innovation, evolution and complexity theory
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    Keywords: Innovation ; Systemtheorie ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Technological innovations ; System theory ; Technische Innovation ; Systemtheorie
    Abstract: The motivation behind this book is the desire to integrate complexity theory into economic models of technological evolution. By means of developing an evolutionary model of complex technological systems, the book contributes to the neo-Schumpetarian literature on innovation, diffusion and technological paradigms. Recent advances in complexity theory provide a new understanding of technological innovation and complex problem-solving. This book offers an approach based on Stuart Kauffman's NK-model of complex systems to better understand and analyse search strategies that firms apply to develop new technologies. The models deal with a range of topics including bounded rationality, myopia, decomposability, modularity and the emergence of technological paradigms. Empirical applications include the evolution of early 18th century steam engine technology, 20th century aircraft and helicopter designs and recent innovations in personal computers. Innovation, Evolution and Complexity Theory makes excellent use of complexity theory and large datasets on technologies with which to complement the analysis. The book will be of great interest to evolutionary and innovation economists and academics as well as scholars in the interdisciplinary field of complexity theory and industrial organisation
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Part I: Theoretical contributions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Technology landscapes -- 3. Generalised genotype-phenotype maps -- 4. A model of technological paradigms -- Part II: Empirical applications -- 5. Entropy statistics -- 6. Early evolution of steam engines -- 7. Trajectories in aircraft and helicopters -- 8. The advent of portable computers -- 9. Directions for future research -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-169) and index
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    ISBN: 9781035304905
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 260 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The Internet and mobile telecommunications system of innovation
    DDC: 004.67/8
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    Keywords: Internet ; Mobilkommunikation ; Funktechnik ; Innovation ; Welt ; Wireless Internet ; Wireless communication systems ; Wireless Internet ; Wireless communication systems ; Mobile Telekommunikation ; Technische Innovation
    Abstract: This book examines the 'new' areas of telecommunications technology, focusing particularly on fixed data communications (including the internet) and mobile telecommunications (including the mobile internet). A sectoral systems of innovation approach is used as a conceptual framework for the analysis of the telecommunications sector, in terms of equipment, access and content. The authors consider the emergence and expansion of new technologies and explore how the sectoral system of innovation is evolving and how previously independent systems are now converging. In particular, they address the question of equipment production and the provision of intangible service products such as internet access and content. By addressing the production of both goods and services, they highlight the critical interdependence of service innovations and manufacturing innovations. Some of the specific topics discussed within the book include: * the challenges for Europe of fixed data communications * second and third generation mobile telecommunications systems * data communication via satellite and television subsystems * the dynamics and trends of the internet services industry * policy implications for the future of the telecommunications sectoral system of innovation. The book is a comprehensive theoretical, empirical and policy oriented account of the emergence and evolution of the sectoral system of innovation of the internet and mobile telecommunications. It will be an invaluable source of reference for academic researchers and policymakers in the fields of macroeconomics, industrial economics and innovation, as well as consultants and firms operating in the communications industry
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface 1. The fixed internet and mobile telecommunications sectoral system of innovation: Equipment, access and content -- 2. Fixed data communications: Challenges for Europe -- 3. The global system for mobile telecommunications (GSM): Second generation -- 4. The universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS): Third generation -- 5. Data communication: Satellite and tv subsystems -- 6. The internet services industry: Sectoral dynamics of innovation and production -- 7. The internet services industry: Country-specific trends in the UK, Italy and Sweden -- 8. Policy implications for the future of the sectoral system -- Abbreviations -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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