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Working Papers

2018

1. Évolutionary theories of ecnomic and technological change: present status and future prospects
   Post-Print, HAL

2011

2. Economic Emergence: an Evolutionary Economic Perspective
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (3)
3. Herr Schumpeter and the Classics
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (2)

2010

4. Systems thinking, market failure, and the development of innovation policy- The case of Australia
   Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge (2009) View citations (1)

2009

5. Evolutionary Growth Theory
   Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics View citations (2)

2008

6. "Only Connect": Academic-Business Research Collaborations and the Formation of Ecologies of Innovation
   Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research View citations (4)

2005

7. Innovation Systems and the Competitive Progress in Developing Economies
   Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)

2004

8. Accounting for Evolution: An Assessment of the Population Method
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (2)

2003

9. Adaptive Economic Growth
   Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article Adaptive economic growth, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society (2006) View citations (114) (2006)

2002

10. Economic Development and the Competitive Process
    Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2010

1. Technology and economic theory
   Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2010, 34, (1), 153-171 View citations (19)

2009

2. Dancing in the Dark: Competition over the "Meaning of Competition"
   Economia politica, 2009, (2), 203-224
3. Evolution and economic complexity: an overview
   Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2009, 18, (7), 607-610 View citations (10)

2008

4. Accounting for economic evolution: Fitness and the population method
   Journal of Bioeconomics, 2008, 10, (1), 23-49 View citations (22)
5. TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE
   Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2008, 17, (7-8), 611-614 View citations (4)
6. Technological paradigms: past, present and future
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2008, 17, (3), 467-484 View citations (24)

2007

7. Alfred Marshall's Mecca: Reconciling the Theories of Value and Development
   The Economic Record, 2007, 83, (s1), S1-S22 View citations (15)
8. Mapping evolutionary trajectories: Applications to the growth and transformation of medical knowledge
   Research Policy, 2007, 36, (5), 789-806 View citations (106)

2006

9. Adaptive economic growth
   Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2006, 30, (1), 7-32 View citations (114)
   See also Working Paper Adaptive Economic Growth, Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers (2003) View citations (17) (2003)
10. Book Review: Ulrich Witt. 2003. The Evolving Economy: Essays on the Evolutionary Approach to Economics. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, ix+405 pp. $125.00
    Journal of Bioeconomics, 2006, 8, (1), 95-99
11. Creative Destruction and the Measurement of Productivity Change
    Revue de l'OFCE, 2006, 97 bis, (5), 373-397 View citations (14)

2005

12. Competition and the regulation of economic development
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2005, 45, (2-3), 215-235 View citations (14)
    See also Chapter Competition and the Regulation of Economic Development, Chapters, 2007 (2007) (2007)
13. Ed Mansfield and the Diffusion of Innovation: An Evolutionary Connection
    The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2005, 30, (2_2), 171-181 View citations (10)
    See also Chapter Ed Mansfield and the Diffusion of Innovation: An Evolutionary Connection, Springer Books, 2005, 259-269 (2005) View citations (8) (2005)
14. Emergent innovation systems and the delivery of clinical services: The case of intra-ocular lenses
    Research Policy, 2005, 34, (9), 1283-1304 View citations (47)

2004

15. The Ordering of Change: Polanyi, Schumpeter and the Nature of The Market Mechanism
    Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 2004, 14, (2), 31 View citations (3)
16. The entrepreneur and the style of modern economics
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2004, 14, (2), 157-175 View citations (34)
17. Tribute to Mark Perlman
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2004, 14, (2), 117-118

2003

18. Horndal at Heathrow? Capacity creation through co-operation and system evolution
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2003, 12, (3), 437-476 View citations (8)
19. Industrial Growth and the Theory of Retardation. Precursors of an Adaptive Evolutionary Theory of EconomicChange
    Revue économique, 2003, 54, (2), 407-431 View citations (13)

2002

20. Introduction - Le marché et l'organisation des échanges
    Revue d'Économie Industrielle, 2002, 101, (1), 9-10
21. On the Optimality of the Competitive Process: Kimura's Theorem and Market Dynamics
    Journal of Bioeconomics, 2002, 4, (2), 109-133 View citations (5)
22. special issue: Introduction to the special issue: Change, Transformation and Development
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2002, 12, (1), 1-1
23. special issue: Knowledge of growth and the growth of knowledge
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2002, 12, (1), 3-15 View citations (35)

2001

24. Firm routines, customer switching and market selection under duopoly
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2001, 11, (4), 433-456 View citations (4)
25. Innovation and the demand for food and drug labelling regulation in an evolutionary model of industry dynamics
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2001, 12, (4), 457-477
26. Institutions and Progress
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2001, 10, (3), 561-86 View citations (49)
27. special issue: Consumption, preferences, and the evolutionary agenda
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2001, 11, (1), 37-58 View citations (20)

1998

28. Compound Learning, Neural Nets And The Competitive Process
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 1998, 7, (4), 271-302 View citations (2)

1997

29. Genetic algorithms in evolutionary modelling
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 1997, 7, (4), 375-393 View citations (16)
30. Science policy and technology policy in a competitive economy
    International Journal of Social Economics, 1997, 24, (7/8/9), 723-740
31. The Evolutionary Explanation of Total Factor Productivity Growth: Macro Measurement and Micro Process
    Revue d'Économie Industrielle, 1997, 80, (1), 93-114 View citations (8)

1995

32. Economics, Organization, and Management: A Review
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 1995, 4, (2), 491-97
33. Technology Systems and Technology Policy in an Evolutionary Framework
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1995, 19, (1), 25-46 View citations (157)
34. The Design of Order. Notes on Evolutionary Principles and the Dynamics of Innovation
    Revue Économique, 1995, 46, (6), 1561-1583 View citations (4)

1994

35. COMPETITION, EVOLUTION AND THE CAPITAL MARKET
    Metroeconomica, 1994, 45, (2), 127-154 View citations (2)
36. Competition, Fisher's Principle and Increasing Returns in the Selection Process
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 1994, 4, (4), 327-46 View citations (83)
37. Evolutionary Economics and Technology Policy
    Economic Journal, 1994, 104, (425), 931-44 View citations (116)
38. Standards, selection and variety: an evolutionary approach
    Information Economics and Policy, 1994, 6, (3-4), 243-268 View citations (20)

1992

39. Variety, Structure and Change: an evolutionary perspective on the compétitive process
    Revue d'Économie Industrielle, 1992, 59, (1), 46-61 View citations (7)

1991

40. Technological development as an evolutionary process: A study of the interaction of information, process, and control technologies: John Hagedoorn,Paull Kalff and Jaap Korpel, (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1988) pp. 220, Dfl 190
    Research Policy, 1991, 20, (3), 275-276

1984

41. A theoretical approach to the construction of technological output indicators
    Research Policy, 1984, 13, (3), 141-151 View citations (138)
42. Technology and policy in cable TV development in the UK
    Telecommunications Policy, 1984, 8, (3), 223-235 View citations (1)

1983

43. The Verdoorn Law and the Salter Mechanism: A Note on Australian Manufacturing Industry
    Australian Economic Papers, 1983, 22, (41), 364-73 View citations (1)

1981

44. On Duality and Basic Commodities in an Open Economy
    Australian Economic Papers, 1981, 20, (36), 133-41 View citations (6)
45. On the transformation of theorems
    Journal of International Economics, 1981, 11, (2), 267-271 View citations (1)
46. Some Long- Run Theory of Employment, Income Distribution and the Exchange Rate
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1981, 49, (1), 1-20 View citations (14)

1979

47. Divergent Expectations and the Dynamic Stability of Some Simple Macro Economic Models
    Economic Journal, 1979, 89, (356), 789-98 View citations (2)
48. Inflation and output dynamics with a floating exchange rate
    European Economic Review, 1979, 12, (1), 73-89

1977

49. Reswitching, primary inputs and the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson theory of trade
    Journal of International Economics, 1977, 7, (2), 201-208 View citations (3)
    See also Chapter Reswitching, Primary Inputs and the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson Theory of Trade, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 1979, 38-46 (1979) (1979)

1974

50. A Note on the Gain from Trade*
    The Economic Record, 1974, 50, (4), 581-595 View citations (2)
    See also Chapter A Note on the Gain from Trade, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 1979, 47-63 (1979) (1979)

1973

51. The Non-Substitution Theorem and International Trade Theory
    Australian Economic Papers, 1973, 12, (21), 267-69 View citations (1)
    See also Chapter The Non-Substitution Theorem and International Trade Theory, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 1979, 123-126 (1979) (1979)

1972

52. Reswitching and Primary Input Use
    Economic Journal, 1972, 82, (325), 140-57 View citations (21)
    See also Chapter Reswitching and Primary Input Use, Palgrave Macmillan Books, 1979, 15-37 (1979) View citations (5) (1979)

1971

53. Some Effects of Taxation in a Linear Model of Production
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1971, 39, (3), 171-85 View citations (3)

1970

54. Diffusion of Innovation in the Lancashire Textile Industry
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1970, 38, (2), 145-62 View citations (4)

Edited books

2017

1. Creative Destruction, vol Two volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing

Chapters

2009

1. The Broken Thread: Marshall, Schumpeter and Hayek on the Evolution of Capitalism
   Chapter 6 in Marshall and Schumpeter on Evolution, 2009

2007

2. Competition and the Regulation of Economic Development
   Chapter 2 in Competitive Advantage and Competition Policy in Developing Countries, 2007
   See also Journal Article Competition and the regulation of economic development, Elsevier (2005) View citations (14) (2005)
3. Policy for Innovation
   Chapter 58 in Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics, 2007 View citations (7)
4. Replicator Dynamics
   Chapter 27 in Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics, 2007 View citations (1)

2005

5. Ed Mansfield and the Diffusion of Innovation: An Evolutionary Connection
   Springer View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Ed Mansfield and the Diffusion of Innovation: An Evolutionary Connection, Springer (2005) View citations (10) (2005)

2004

6. Competition, innovation and economic development: the instituted connection
   Chapter 3 in Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development, 2004 View citations (1)

2003

7. Equilibrium and evolutionary foundations of competition and technology policy: new perspectives on the division of labour and the innovation process
   Chapter 7 in The Evolutionary Analysis of Economic Policy, 2003, pp 162-190

2000

8. Instituted Economic Processes, Increasing Returns and Endogenous Growth
   Chapter 14 in Is Economics an Evolutionary Science?, 2000, pp 197-226

1995

9. Diffusion of Innovation Ancient and Modem: A Review of the Main Themes
   Chapter 9 in The Handbook of Industrial Innovation, 1995

1988

10. Part VII - Formal Models
    Chapter 24-27 in Technical Change and Economic Theory, 1988, pp 528-630

1987

11. On the Economics of Structural Change and the Evolution of Technology
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)

1979

12. A Note on the Gain from Trade
    Palgrave Macmillan
    See also Journal Article A Note on the Gain from Trade*, The Economic Society of Australia (1974) View citations (2) (1974)
13. Growth and Distribution in an Open Economy
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (5)
14. Heterogeneous Capital and the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson Theory of Trade
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)
15. On Foreign Trade
    Palgrave Macmillan
16. Reswitching and Primary Input Use
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Reswitching and Primary Input Use, Royal Economic Society (1972) View citations (21) (1972)
17. Reswitching, Primary Inputs and the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson Theory of Trade
    Palgrave Macmillan
    See also Journal Article Reswitching, primary inputs and the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson theory of trade, Elsevier (1977) View citations (3) (1977)
18. The Golden Rule and the Gain from Trade
    Palgrave Macmillan
19. The Non-Substitution Theorem and International Trade Theory
    Palgrave Macmillan
    See also Journal Article The Non-Substitution Theorem and International Trade Theory, Wiley Blackwell (1973) View citations (1) (1973)