Complexity thinking and evolutionary economic geography

@article{citeulike:2847216, abstract = {Thus far, most of the work towards the construction of an evolutionary economic geography has drawn upon a particular version of evolutionary economics, namely the Nelson-Winter framework, which blends Darwinian concepts and metaphors (especially variety, selection, novelty and inheritance) and elements of a behavioural theory of the firm. Much less attention has been directed to an alternative conception based on complexity theory, yet in recent years complexity theory has increasingly been concerned with the general attributes of evolutionary natural and social systems. In this article we explore the idea of the economic landscape as a complex adaptive system. We identify several key notions of what is being called the new complexity economics', and examine whether and in what ways these can be used to help inform an evolutionary perspective for understanding the uneven development and adaptive transformation of the economic landscape. 10.1093/jeg/lbm019}, author = {Martin, Ron and Sunley, Peter }, citeulike-article-id = {2847216}, doi = {10.1093/jeg/lbm019}, journal = {J Econ Geogr}, keywords = {complexity, geography}, month = {September}, number = {5}, pages = {573--601}, posted-at = {2008-07-23 17:44:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Complexity thinking and evolutionary economic geography}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbm019}, volume = {7}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2847216 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2847216 TI - Complexity thinking and evolutionary economic geography JF - J Econ Geogr VL - 7 IS - 5 SP - 573 EP - 601 N2 - Thus far, most of the work towards the construction of an evolutionary economic geography has drawn upon a particular version of evolutionary economics, namely the Nelson-Winter framework, which blends Darwinian concepts and metaphors (especially variety, selection, novelty and inheritance) and elements of a behavioural theory of the firm. Much less attention has been directed to an alternative conception based on complexity theory, yet in recent years complexity theory has increasingly been concerned with the general attributes of evolutionary natural and social systems. In this article we explore the idea of the economic landscape as a complex adaptive system. We identify several key notions of what is being called the new complexity economics', and examine whether and in what ways these can be used to help inform an evolutionary perspective for understanding the uneven development and adaptive transformation of the economic landscape. 10.1093/jeg/lbm019 KW - complexity KW - geography AU - Martin, Ron AU - Sunley, Peter PY - 2007/09/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbm019 ER -