Handbook of Knowledge and Economics by Richard Arena (English) Hardcover Book

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Why do societies benefit differently from knowledge? Wide-ranging in scope, it explores fundamental aspects of the relationship between knowledge and economics – such as the nature of knowledge, knowledge acquisition and knowledge diffusion.

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Why do societies benefit differently from knowledge? How exactly does social interaction interfere with knowledge acquisition and diffusion? This original Handbook brings together a wide range of differing approaches to shed light on these questions and others relating to the role and relevance of knowledge in economic analysis. By illuminating the philosophical roots of the various notions of knowledge employed by economists, this Handbook helps to disentangle conceptual and typological issues surrounding the debate on knowledge among economists. Wide-ranging in scope, it explores fundamental aspects of the relationship between knowledge and economics - such as the nature of knowledge, knowledge acquisition and knowledge diffusion. This important compendium embraces various fields and traditions of economic analysis and discusses the role of knowledge in 21 papers from outstanding international scholars. Advanced scholars and postgraduate students interested in cross-fertilization between different fields of economic analysis will find this Handbook of considerable importance. Contributors: A. Amin, R. Arena, M. Augier, M.C. Becker, T. Brenner, T. Broekel, P. Cohendet, G. Dosi, J. Durieu, V. Dutraive, M. Egidi, A. Festre, D. Foray, T. Knudsen, N. Lazaric, B.J. Loasby, B.-A. Lundvall, P. Nightingale, B. Nooteboom, A. Orlean, R. Patalano, L. Ragni, S. Rizzello, P.P. Saviotti, P. Solal, A. Spada, U. Witt

Author Biography

Edited by Richard Arena, Professor of Economics, University of Nice–Sophia Antipolis and GREDEG – UMR 7321, Agnès Festré, Professor of Economics, University of Picardie Jules Verne/CRIISEA, University of Nice–Sophia Antipolis and GREDEG – UMR 7321 and Nathalie Lazaric, Research Professor, CNRS, University of Nice–Sophia Antipolis and GREDEG – UMR 7321, France

Table of Contents

Contents:IntroductionRichard Arena, Agnès Festré and Nathalie LazaricPART I: KNOWLEDGE AND ECONOMICS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE2. What Vilfredo Pareto Brought to the Economics of KnowledgeLudovic Ragni3. Knowledge in MarshallBrian J. Loasby4. Carl Menger and Friedrich von Wieser on the Role of Knowledge and Beliefs in the Emergence and Evolution of InstitutionsAgnès Festré5. The Pragmatist View of Knowledge and Beliefs in Institutional Economics: The Significance of Habits of Thought, Transactions and Institutions in the Conception of Economic BehaviorVéronique Dutraive6. Imagination and Perception as Gateways to Knowledge: The Unexplored Affinity between Boulding and HayekRoberta Patalano7. The knowledge–Rationality Connection in Herbert SimonSalvatore Rizzello and Anna SpadaPART II: ECONOMICS, KNOWLEDGE AND UNCERTAINTY8. A Note on Information, Knowledge and Economic TheoryGiovanni Dosi9. The Cognitive Explanation of Economic Behavior: From Simon to KahnemanMassimo Egidi10. Towards a Theoretical Framework for the Generation and Utilization of KnowledgePier Paolo Saviotti11. Models of Adaptive Learning in Game TheoryJacques Durieu and Philippe Solal12. The Fragility of Experiential KnowledgeDominique Foray13. One Knowledge Base or Many Knowledge Pools?Bengt-Åke Lundvall14. Knowledge in Finance: Objective Value versus ConventionAndré OrléanPART III: ECONOMICS, KNOWLEDGE AND ORGANIZATION15. Embodied Cognition, Organization and InnovationBart Nooteboom16. Knowledge and its Economic Characteristics: A Conceptual ClarificationUlrich Witt, Tom Broekel and Thomas Brenner17. Tacit KnowledgePaul Nightingale18. The Firm as a 'Platform of Communities': A Contribution to the Knowledge-based Approach of the FirmAsh Amin and Patrick Cohendet19. The Architecture and Management of Knowledge in OrganizationsMie Augier and Thorbjørn Knudsen20. Distributed Knowledge and its CoordinationMarkus C. Becker21. Evolution of Individual and Organizational Knowledge: Exploring Some Motivational Triggers Enabling ChangeNathalie LazaricIndex

Review

While there is growing recognition that understanding knowledge is at the very heart of economics, little work has been coming forth thus far representing in a comprehensive and coherent way its fundamental nature and wide-ranging consequences for economic analysis. The editors, Richard Arena, Agnes Festre, and Nathalie Lazaric, are to be commended for having filled this critical gap by providing a well-organized collection of outstanding articles. This rich and greatly needed Handbook, comprises of contributions about the role knowledge plays in the history of the discipline as well as the most significant current developments as we witness them, particularly in the branches of evolutionary, institutional and complexity economics. - --Kurt Dopfer, University of Gallen, Switzerland

Review Quote

'This Handbook is both an excellent resource and a challenge for the community of scholars inspired by the Austrian tradition. It both demonstrates the ongoing-relevance of the Austrian perspective in the context of the contemporary social sciences landscape and it is a source of a wealth of bold ideas on possible new research directions for the Austrian agenda in the coming years.'

Details ISBN1843764040 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd ISBN-10 1843764040 ISBN-13 9781843764045 Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom Format Hardcover Edited by Agnès Festré DEWEY 330 Media Book Illustrations Illustrations Pages 544 Language English Series Elgar Original Reference Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-06-29 AU Release Date 2012-06-29 NZ Release Date 2012-06-29 UK Release Date 2012-06-29 Author Agnès Festré Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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