Josef Taalbi
Senior lecturer
Creative response in economic history
Author
Editor
- Cristiano Antonelli
Summary, in English
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 lemma 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.
Department/s
- Department of Economic History
- Sustainability transformations over time and space
Publishing year
2022-10
Language
English
Pages
71-80
Publication/Series
Elgar Encyclopedia on the Economics of Knowledge and Innovation
Links
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Topic
- Economic History
Status
Published
Project
- SWINNO 3.0 Significant Swedish technological Innovations from 1970 until now
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-183910698-9
- ISBN: 978-183910699-6