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Schumpeterian Themes on Industrial Evolution, Structural Change and their Microfoundations: an Introduction

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  • Giovanni Dosi

    (LEM - Laboratory of Economics and Management - SSSUP - Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna = Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies [Pisa])

  • Jean-Luc Gaffard

    (OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po)

  • Lionel Nesta

    (OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po)

Abstract

This special issue on "Schumpeterian themes on industrial evolution, structural change, and their microfoundations" addresses the microeconomic patterns of industrial evolution and the ensuing processes of structural change in the economy. Despite the variety of angles of observation, the essays which follow are all in a broad sense "Schumpeterian," sharing at least four basic notions (...).

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  • Giovanni Dosi & Jean-Luc Gaffard & Lionel Nesta, 2008. "Schumpeterian Themes on Industrial Evolution, Structural Change and their Microfoundations: an Introduction," Post-Print hal-03415829, HAL.
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