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Creative response in economic history

In: Elgar Encyclopedia on the Economics of Knowledge and Innovation

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  • Josef Taalbi

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Understanding how innovation comes about is essential to furthering economic development and sustainable transitions. Noting "creative response" (Schumpeter, 1947) as a broad notion of how agents respond to changes in their environment, this contribution surveys main contributions to our understanding of innovation as endogenous to social and economic mechanisms. Through a review of economic historical debates, this entry discusses the problem of to what extent significant innovations emerge "ab nihilo", or reflect the problems and opportunities of the day.

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  • Josef Taalbi, 2022. "Creative response in economic history," Chapters, in: Cristiano Antonelli (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia on the Economics of Knowledge and Innovation, chapter 8, pages 71-80, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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