Why Schumpeter has had so little influence on today's main line economics, and why this may be changing

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 901-916

  Nelson, Richard R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative destruction; Evolutionary economics; Innovation; Schumpeter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869168521     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-012-0296-y     Document Type: Article

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