A Theory of Knowledge Growth - Couverture souple

Carnabuci, Gianluca

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9056294032 ISBN 13 : 9789056294038

Editeur : Amsterdam University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Why do certain domains of human knowledge advance faster than others? This thesis sets out to answer this question by elaborating upon the notion that new ideas spring from hybridizations of existing ideas. Over time, such hybridizations form a path-dependent network structure of interconnected and interconnecting knowledge domains. This thesis develops a network-analytic approach to model this structure and to investigate its effects. Based on all technological knowledge patented in the United States between 1975 and 1999, this thesis demonstrates that the network position a knowledge domain is embedded in at a given point in time affects its subsequent growth prospects in important and predictable ways.

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À propos de l?auteur

Gianluca Carnabuci (1973) attained an M.A. in Political Science at the University of Genoa, Italy, a post-graduate diploma in Decision Theory and Institutions at LIUC University, Italy, and with this dissertation a PhD in Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Currently, he is assistant professor at Bocconi University, Italy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Amsterdam University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9056294032
• ISBN 13: 9789056294038
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 158
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