Research Catalog

Title

Dynamism [electronic resource] : the values that drive innovation, job satisfaction, and economic growth / Edmund Phelps, Raicho Bojilov, Hian Teck Hoon, Gylfi Zoega.

Author

Phelps, Edmund S.

Publication

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.

Details

Additional Authors

• Bojilov, Raicho, 1982-
• Hoon, Hian Teck.
• Gylfi Zoega.

Description

1 online resource (xi, 240 pages) : illustrations; diagrams; charts.

Summary

"In Dynamism Nobel Laureate Edmund Phelps, Raicho Bojilov, Hian Teck Hoon, and Gylfi Zoega argue that the high level of innovation in the West was not a result of scientific discoveries plus entrepreneurship. Rather, modern values-particularly the individualism and self-expression prevailing among the people-fueled the dynamism needed for widespread innovation"--

Uniform Title

Dynamism (Online)

Alternative Title

Dynamism (Online)

Subject

• Technological innovations
• Entrepreneurship
• Job satisfaction
• Individualism
• Economic development

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction: a theory of innovation, flourishing, and growth / Edmund S. Phelps -- Overview of the chapters / Raicho Bojilov, Gylfi Zoega, and Hian Teck Hoon -- I. Estimating innovation - across time and across nations: Innovation - the source of rapid growth / Raicho Bojilov -- Sources of indigenous innovation and channels of its transmission across countries / Raicho Bojilov -- Indigenous innovation during the IT revolution - we never had it so good? / Raicho Bojilov -- II. The roots and benefits of innovation: A case study of Iceland's successful innovators / Gylfi Zoega -- The force of values / Gylfi Zoega -- Individual values, entrepreneurship, and innovation / Raicho Bojilov -- Innovation, job satisfaction, and performance in Western European countries / Gylfi Zoega -- III. Two applications of robots: Growth effects of additive and multiplicative robots alongside conventional machines / Hian Teck Hoon -- Wage effects of additive and multiplicative robots alongside factory buildings and physical structures / Hian Teck Hoon -- Additive robots, relative prices, and indigenous innovation / Hian Teck Hoon.

LCCN

2019054529

OCLC

ssj0002270524

Author

Phelps, Edmund S.

Title

Dynamism [electronic resource] : the values that drive innovation, job satisfaction, and economic growth / Edmund Phelps, Raicho Bojilov, Hian Teck Hoon, Gylfi Zoega.

Imprint

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.

Edition

First.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Bojilov, Raicho, 1982-

Hoon, Hian Teck.

Gylfi Zoega.