Culture, Innovation, and Growth Dynamics: A New Theory for the Applicability of Ideas

by Ali Pirzadeh and Elias G. Carayannis

This book argues that ideas in the social realm are the context-bound products of distinct histories and cultures and thus cannot be co-opted across place and time. When ideas are used out of context, they become mere empty words that are depicted as absolute ideals, independent of the specific historical circumstances in which they were conceived. Therefore, highly ideologically guidelines based on one-size-fits-all principles are doomed to fail...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030149056
• ISBN13: 9783030149055
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 179 Pages