Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change

by Denise Pumain, Geoffrey West, Sander van der Leeuw

Book Overview

Introduction.- Section 1: From biology to society.- Ch 1: Lane, Maxfield, Read and van der Leeuw, From population to organization thinking.- Ch 2: Read, Lane and van der Leeuw, The innovation innovation.- Ch 3: van der Leeuw, Lane and Read, The long-term evolution of social organization.- Ch 4: Ginzburg, Biological metaphors in economics: Natural selection and competition.- Ch 5: White, Innovation in the context of networks, hierarchy and social cohesion.-...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402096623
• ISBN13: 9781402096624
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"