Technological innovation: Galbraith, the Post Keynesians, and a heterodox future

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-102

  Courvisanos, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Human agency; Innovation policy; Research and development; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744535989     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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