The concept of innovation ecosystems has become popular during the last 15 years, leading
to a debate regarding its relevance and conceptual rigor, not the least in this journal. The …

The Internet revolution has led to the advancement of online business all over the world. The
environmental, social, and economic aspects are significant to the e-commerce sector, on …

The topics addressed in this paper concern the (much-needed) transition to sustainability
and what role (innovation) policy can play in speeding up such changes. In their Discussion …

Innovation is everywhere. In the world of goods (technology), but also in the world of words:
innovation is discussed in the scientific and technical literature, but also in the social …

The aim of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, the economic insights on the employment
impact of technological change are discussed covering both classical theories and updated …

This essay begins with a recounting of the rise of the Mass Production techno-economic
paradigm and the emergence of the systemic economic crisis in the early 1970s. It then …

The 2008 economic crisis has severely reduced the short-term willingness of firms to invest
in innovation. But this reduction has not occurred uniformly and a few firms even increased …

The purpose of the paper is to describe and explain sectoral patterns of technical change as
revealed by data on about 2000 significant innovations in Britain since 1945. Most …

First published in 1997. Massive technological development has changed the face of
industry drammatically. This text provides an analysis of the trends and dynamics of …

Method in Social Science was widely praised on its first publication for providing a series of
penetrating reflections on central questions in social science discourse. This second edition …