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The 1990s have witnessed a vast growth of research on the topics of
trust and learning. This can be explained by the profound
technological and organizational changes that have made both
inter-and intra-firm trust indispensable for sustaining the forms
of learning that underlie successful competitive performance.Trust
and Economic Learning brings together innovative research by an
internationally recognized group of scholars from Europe and the
United States. The distinction between trust and a variety of
related concepts, including reputation, implicit contracts and
confidence is examined. The links between learning and trust are
then explored using a number of original empirical contributions
and theoretical approaches including an adaptation of game theory,
Marengo's computational model of organizational learning and the
'step by step' rule developed by Lazaric and Lorenz. In addition,
Bayesian learning models are compared with evolutionary approaches
based on tools of artificial intelligence to evaluate the
preconditions for establishing trust. This unique volume will be a
highly useful companion to traditional graduate-level texts in
industrial organization. It constitutes a valuable source of
knowledge for practitioners and policymakers alike. It will also be
of interest to scholars interested in evolutionary and
institutional economics, technology and innovation and
international business.
The literature on innovation in Africa is rapidly expanding, and a
recurring thread in the emergent literature is the pervasiveness of
systemic weaknesses that inhibit the innovation process. Despite
these, firms are able to innovate in Africa. It is then logical to
ask: how do African firms manage to overcome the prevalent
constraints and learn to innovate? This book directly tackles this
question, with a view to improving our understanding of the
innovation landscape in Africa. The book brings together some of
the latest innovation research from across the African continent,
ranging from Tanzania and Ethiopia in the east to Nigeria in the
west. The chapters included in the collection adopt different but
complementary theoretical and methodological approaches to address
a rich mix of interrelated issues. These issues include the factors
that enhance or inhibit innovation in African firms, the sources of
(knowledge/information for) innovation, policy options for
overcoming constraints and facilitating firm-level innovation, the
nature and roles of brokers and intermediaries in dealing with
innovation constraints and in facilitating the innovation process
and the role of interactive learning and acquisition of embodied
technology in the innovation process. This book was originally
published as a special issue of Innovation and Development.
This book explores the capacity of the Danish innovation system to
respond to key societal challenges including the green imperative
of achieving growth with environmental sustainability and the need
to adapt to new and possibly disruptive changes in technology,
often referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The book is
divided into four main parts. The first describes the evolving
characteristics of the Danish system of research and innovation
with special attention to the role of policy at the national and
regional levels. The second part focuses on interorganisational
relations, including the position of Danish firms in national and
global value chains. The third part examines changes in labour
markets and in the educational and training system, and it
considers the impact of new technologies including robotics and
artificial intelligence on employment and skills. The fourth part
turns to issues of climate change and environmental sustainability
including an assessment of the Danish economy's success in meeting
the challenges of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The book
will be of particular interest to small countries, of which the
Danish innovation system is representative, but it also appeals
more broadly to an audience interested in innovation systems and
policies to support economic development.
This comprehensive two-volume collection draws together the key
contributions - both theoretical and empirical - from economics and
management literature on human and organisational knowledge,
learning and routine behaviours. Volume I discusses conceptions of
knowledge and the problems of organisational and technological
learning. Volume II contains both theoretical and applied research
on organisational routines.
The literature on innovation in Africa is rapidly expanding, and a
recurring thread in the emergent literature is the pervasiveness of
systemic weaknesses that inhibit the innovation process. Despite
these, firms are able to innovate in Africa. It is then logical to
ask: how do African firms manage to overcome the prevalent
constraints and learn to innovate? This book directly tackles this
question, with a view to improving our understanding of the
innovation landscape in Africa. The book brings together some of
the latest innovation research from across the African continent,
ranging from Tanzania and Ethiopia in the east to Nigeria in the
west. The chapters included in the collection adopt different but
complementary theoretical and methodological approaches to address
a rich mix of interrelated issues. These issues include the factors
that enhance or inhibit innovation in African firms, the sources of
(knowledge/information for) innovation, policy options for
overcoming constraints and facilitating firm-level innovation, the
nature and roles of brokers and intermediaries in dealing with
innovation constraints and in facilitating the innovation process
and the role of interactive learning and acquisition of embodied
technology in the innovation process. This book was originally
published as a special issue of Innovation and Development.
This book explores the capacity of the Danish innovation system to
respond to key societal challenges including the green imperative
of achieving growth with environmental sustainability and the need
to adapt to new and possibly disruptive changes in technology,
often referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The book is
divided into four main parts. The first describes the evolving
characteristics of the Danish system of research and innovation
with special attention to the role of policy at the national and
regional levels. The second part focuses on interorganisational
relations, including the position of Danish firms in national and
global value chains. The third part examines changes in labour
markets and in the educational and training system, and it
considers the impact of new technologies including robotics and
artificial intelligence on employment and skills. The fourth part
turns to issues of climate change and environmental sustainability
including an assessment of the Danish economy's success in meeting
the challenges of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The book
will be of particular interest to small countries, of which the
Danish innovation system is representative, but it also appeals
more broadly to an audience interested in innovation systems and
policies to support economic development.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
When seeking to bench mark the performance of European economies,
commentators often look to compare them to the economies of Japan
and the United States. How Europe's Economies Learn shows how this
is seriously misleading, and how any such comparison needs to be
complemented with an understanding of the fundamental differences
between Europe's economies. The contributors provide an up-to-date
description and analysis of the way differences in state systems
and institutional contexts, such as labour markets, education and
training systems, and financial systems, shape learning processes
and innovation performance across the member nations of the
European Union. In doing so, it draws important conclusion for how
policy strategies should be designed at the national and European
levels in order to further promote the goals of the Lisbon process.
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