The dynamics of firms in a micro-to-macro model: The role of training, learning and innovation

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 435-457

  Ballot, Gérard ^a   Taymaz, Erol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON ASSAS   (France)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Diffusion; Endogeneous growth; Evolutionary theory; Human capital; Innovation; Learning; Microsimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031283638     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001910050052     Document Type: Article

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