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Capabilities, Innovation and Economic Growth: Policymaking for Freedom and Efficiency book cover

1st Edition

Capabilities, Innovation and Economic Growth Policymaking for Freedom and Efficiency

By Michele Capriati Copyright 2018
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

268 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The question of whether we can foster growth and innovation while promoting individual freedoms poses a challenge for everyone studying and working on innovation and development policies. Whilst innovation literature is largely dominated by a focus on efficiency, development literature tends to focus on equality and pays less attention to mechanisms fostering economic and social change. This book... Read more

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List of Figures



List of Maps







  1. Introduction: Capabilities, Innovation and Economic Growth






Part one - Ideas



2. The Toolbox



2.1 Innovation, Growth and Development



2.2 Human Development and Capability Approach



3. The Interconnections between Freedom and Innovation



3. 1 Technologies, Inclusive Innovation and Capabilities



3.2 Human Capabilities and Learning Capabilities



3.3 Innovation, Capabilities And Inequality



3.4 Innovation, Public Institution and Democracy



3.5 Innovation, Social Networks and Social Security



3.6 Innovation, Growth And Freedom: The Virtuous Circles



Part two - Empirics



4. Innovation, Human Development and Economic Growth: Interpretations and Empirical Analysis



4.1 Innovation and Growth



4.2 Growth and Human Development



4.3 Innovation and Human Development



5. Innovation, Human Development and Economic Growth in National and Regional Innovation Systems: a Descriptive Analysis



5.1 Introduction



5.2 National Systems



5.2 Regional Systems



6. Innovation, Human Development and Economic Growth: an Empirical Analysis



6.1 Introduction



6.2 Correlation Analysis



6.3 Empirical Analysis: the Model and Econometric Strategy



6.4 Empirical Analysis: the Results





Part three - Policy



7. An Introduction to Policies



7.1 Policy Matters



7.2 Market Failures



7.3 Criticism



7.4 System Failures



7.5 The Informational Basis of the Innovation Systems Approach



7.6 The Role of the State and Non-Market

Biography

Michele Capriati is Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Bari, Italy.

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