Evolutionary and Neo-Schumpeterian Approaches to Economics

1. The Neo-Schumpeterian and Evolutionary Approach to Economics - an Introduction; L. Magnusson. Part I: Evolutionary Theory. 2. What is Evolutionary Economics? R. Langlois, M.J.Everett. 3. The Unit which Evolves: Linking Self-Reproduction and Self-Interest; M. Hutter. 4. On the Nature of Economic Evolution: John R. Commons and the Metaphor of Artificial Selection; Y. Ramstad. Part II: Neo-Schumpeterian Dynamics. 5. The Phenomenon of Economic Change: Neoclassical vs. Schumpeterian Approaches; K. Dopfer. 6. The Theory of the Firm and the Theory of Economic Growth; G. Eliasson. 7. Evolutionary Regimes and Industrial Dynamics; G. Dosi, F. Malerba, L. Orsenigo. 8. The Role of Firm Difference in an Evolutionary Theory of Technical Advance; R. Nelson. Part III: Critique and New Challenges. 9. The Integration of Theory and History: Methodology and Ideology in Schumpeter's Economics; W. Lazonick. 10. Neo-Schumpeterians and Economic Theory; A. Heertje. Rethinking Economics. From GNP-Growth to Ecological Sustainability; P. Söderbaum. Innovations and Institutions: an Historical Approach; L. Magnusson, G. Marklund. Index.