Physics – Physics and Society
Scientific paper
2010-01-08
Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems 21(2) ([1998] 2000) 173-192
Physics
Physics and Society
Scientific paper
Schumpeter's (1939) distinction between changes in the form of the production function corresponding to innovation, and shifts along the production function corresponding to factor substitution, does not preclude that the underlying dynamics interact. In an evolutionarily complex system, such interactions are expected: they lead to non-linear terms in the model, and therefore to stabilization and self-organization in addition to selection and variation. Relatively simple simulations enable us to specify various concepts used in 'evolutionary economics' in terms of non-linear dynamics. While a technological trajectory can be considered as a stabilization in a (distributed) environment, a technological regime can be defined as a next-higher-order globalization in a hyper-space. A regime is able to restore its order despite local disturbances, for example by the political system. Technology policies may be effective at the level of the (sub-)systems if they provide the relevant agents with room for 'creative destruction' of the globalized hyper-systems. Implications for firm behaviour and innovation policies are elaborated.
den Besselaar Peter Van
Leydesdorff Loet
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