Agents intentionality, capabilities and the performance of systems of innovation
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UAM. Departamento de Análisis Económico, Teoría Económica e Historia EconómicaPublisher
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Análisis Económico: Teoría Económica e Historia EconómicaDate
2011Serie/Num.
Economic analysis working papers series. 3/2011ISSN
1885-6888Subjects
Systems of innovation; Intentionality; Evolving capabilities; Evolutionary efficiency; EconomíaAbstract
We are interested on why and how an economic system evolves and, in
particular, on the causes of the differences across systems of innovation (SI). SI’s
performance differs substantially because there are specific causes at work, apart from
the differences in the underlying technologies, institutions, etc. In particular, we refer to
the intentionality of the agents interacting within a system for innovation to find out the
relationship between agents’ goals, SI’s performance and its policy implications. The
underlying thesis in this paper is that agent intentionality is a necessary condition for a
substantive explanation of the dynamism of any socio-economic system. The paper
departs from an abstract definition of a system as a set of constitutive elements and the
connections among them serving a common purpose. And explores how intentionality
shapes the structure, evolution and performance of an SI. In this context an evolutionary
efficiency criterion is proposed.
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Encinar del Pozo, María Isabel
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