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Diversity In The Knowledge Economy And Society: Heterogeneity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship


The key message of this book is that heterogeneity should be seen as an intrinsic and indispensable element of knowledge systems.


Av Fuglestved, Kirsten

The authors address the concept of heterogeneity in a multi-disciplinary fashion,
including perspectives from evolutionary economics and innovation system studies, and relate this approach to existing theories in a broad range of fields.

Contributors include, in addition to E. Carayannis, a number of researcher at NIFU STEP: H. Godø, E.J. Iversen, A. Kaloudis, M. Knell, Å. Mariussen, S.O. Nås, F. Ørstavik, T. Sandven, O.R. Spilling, H. Wiig Aslesen.

This book is part of the The GWU/NIFU STEP series on Science, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship.

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Last updated on 31/03/2008 by Kirsten Fuglestved