A neo-darwinian foundation of evolutionary economics: With an application to the theory of the firm

摘要: The focus of evolutionary economics is a process continuous economic and organizational change. Currently there no agreement on the explanation evolution. Rather are competing interpretations. To achieve common understanding evolution, from perspective history thought, at first theoretical approaches Schumpeter Marshall with regard to development or evolution dealt with. After that, concept socio-economic in broad nature elaborated. It summed up version generalized Darwinism. In this, seen as change that leads adaptation complex systems, result causal interaction among variation, selection retention variety. As (slightly) different interpretation presently predominating approach neo-Schumpeterian presented. has gained wide application theory innovation later - based Penrose resource-based theories firm. this dynamic creation exploitation resources, mainly knowledge, turns out be centre attention an