The neo-Schumpeterian approach to innovation and Keynes’s probability: initial explorations

The aim of the paper is to show that Keynes’s concept of probability can enrichthe understanding of the process of the introduction of innovation offered by the Neo-Schumpeterian approach. To deal with uncertainty Neo-Schumpeterians introduce the conceptof routines. What is suggested here is that th...

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Autor: Crocco, Marco
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:Brasil
Recursos:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/1072
Acesso em linha:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1072
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Neo-Schumpeterian analysis
uncertainty
innovation
probability
Análise neo-schumpeteriana
incerteza
inovação
probabilidade
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Resumo:The aim of the paper is to show that Keynes’s concept of probability can enrichthe understanding of the process of the introduction of innovation offered by the Neo-Schumpeterian approach. To deal with uncertainty Neo-Schumpeterians introduce the conceptof routines. What is suggested here is that the concepts of Degree of Rational Belief andWeight of Argument, which come from the Keynes theory of probability, when used togetherwith the concept of routines, help understand the rationality of the decision-making processin introduction of an innovation. JEL Classification: O31.