Chapter Round Table comment: From «useful knowledge» to a «culture of growth»
Abstract
we can state that economically useful knowledge could induce innovations which further deepened and widened this economically useful knowledge; and this cycle was at least one of the decisive factors of raising profitability and, as a final con-sequence, of economic growth becoming obvious in the industrial evolutions in different European and later also non-European countries. To say it more clearly: Innovations did influence economic growth. Cultural and institutional processes, which generated knowledge and human capital, could influence the development of labour productivity. Knowledge did contribute to reduce risks in pre-industrial societies through information, communication, and resilience
Keywords
Growth; innovation; knowledge economy; productivity; useful knowledgeDOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0092-9.26ISBN
9791221500929, 9791221500929Publisher
Firenze University PressPublisher website
https://www.fupress.com/Publication date and place
Florence, 2023Series
Datini Studies in Economic History, 3Classification
Sociology