The contributors to this book examine developments in empirical methods and applied simulation in evolutionary economics. Using examples of innovation and technology in industry, it addresses a number of questions in a systematic manner.

The contributors to this book examine developments in empirical methods and applied simulation in evolutionary economics. Using examples of innovation and technology in industry, it addresses the following questions in a systematic manner: Can evolutionary economics use the same empirical methods as other research traditions in economics? Is there a need for empirical methods appropriate to the subject matter chosen? What is the relationship between appreciative theorizing, case studies and more structured empirical methods? What is the relationship of modelling and simulation to empirical analysis?

Part 1 Empirical studies. Part 2 Simulation studies.