Economic theory is currently at a crossroads, where many leading mainstream economists
are calling for a more realistic and practical orientation for economic science. Indeed, many …

Jefiey Goldstein mergence, as in the title of this new journal, refers to the arising of novel
and coherent structures, patterns, and properties during the process of self-organization in …

This exciting new book from Geoffrey Hodgson is eagerly awaited by social scientists from
many different backgrounds. This book charts the rise, fall and renewal of institutional …

In this book the author lays the foundations for a new political economy of information. The
information space, or I-Space is the conceptual framework in which organizations …

Of paramount importance to the natural sciences, the principles of Darwinism, which involve
variation, inheritance, and selection, are increasingly of interest to social scientists as well …

A clear methodological and philosophical introduction to complexity theory as applied to
urban and regional systems is given, together with a detailed series of modelling case …

Complex systems are becoming the focus of important innovative research and application
in many areas, reflecting the progressive displacement of classical physics and the …

The industrial landscape is becoming increasingly complex and dynamic, with innovative
technologies stimulating the emergence of new applications, business models and …

In today's economy, the key ingredients in success and survival are adaptability and the
capacity to learn and change. Recent progress in the theory of complex systems provides a …

The purpose of this paper is to outline an evolutionary approach to the process of
competition among institutions. We shall focus, in particular, on two issues: first, the role of …