Isolation and technological innovation

Peter Hall () and Robert Wylie

Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2014, vol. 24, issue 2, 357-376

Abstract: Despite its importance as a formative influence in evolutionary biology, the notion of isolation has received relatively little attention in evolutionary economics and its application to technological innovation. This paper makes the case that isolation, in many guises, is a pervasive and permanent feature of the economic landscape and that its implications for technological innovation deserve further analysis. Isolation and potential implications for innovation are discussed in the early part of the paper and case studies of two military innovations are then used to illustrate the value of explicitly recognising various forms of isolation in explaining observed aspects of innovation process and outcomes. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: Isolation; Innovation; Evolution; Technology; Defence; O330 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s00191-014-0347-7

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