Edited by Hardy Hanappi, University of Technology, Institute for Mathematical Methods in Economics, Research Group Economics, Vienna, Austria and Wolfram Elsner, Professor of Economics, iino - Institute for Institutional and Innovation Economics, Faculty of Business Studies and Economics, University of Bremen, Germany

• Contents:Introduction: Evolutionary Economics in the MakingHardy Hanappi and Wolfram Elsner PART I: EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS1. Heuristic Twists and Ontological Creeds: A Road Map for Evolutionary EconomicsUlrich Witt 2. Generalized Darwinism from the Bottom Up: An Evolutionary View of Socio-Economic Behavior and OrganizationJ.W. Stoelhorst 3. Comparative Industrial Evolution and the Quest for an Evolutionary Theory of Market DynamicsGuido Buenstorf 4. European Contributions to Evolutionary Institutional Economics: The Cases ‘Open-Systems Approach’ (OSA) and ‘Cumulative Circular Causation’ (CCC)Sebastian Berger and Wolfram Elsner 5. Institutions as Determinants of Preference Change: A One Way Relation?Martin Binder and Uta-Maria Niederle PART II: COMPLEXITY, NON-KNOWLEDGE AND STRATEGY6. Complex Individuals: The Individual in Non-Euclidian SpaceJohn B. Davis 7. The Importance of Ignorance: Non-Knowledge and the Limits of BayesianismOliver Kessler 8. Strong Uncertainty and How to Cope with it to Improve Action and CapacityPaul Davidson 9. Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: An Evolutionary Learning PerspectiveCarl Henning Reschke and Sascha Kraus 10. The Problem of Knowledge in Economics: Prices, Contracts and OrganizationsStavros Ioannides Index

'Hanappi and Elsner have brought together in this volume a group of essays that reveal both the diversity and continuity of the European contribution to evolutionary institutional economics. The essays are rich in methodological significance and analytical detail. The range of topics covered is truly impressive, reflecting the multifaceted nature of this literature. It should serve as an important reference on evolutionary institutional economics for many years to come.'

Edited by Hardy Hanappi, University of Technology, Institute for Mathematical Methods in Economics, Research Group Economics, Vienna, Austria and Wolfram Elsner, Professor of Economics, iino - Institute for Institutional and Innovation Economics, Faculty of Business Studies and Economics, University of Bremen, Germany

• Contents:Introduction: Evolutionary Economics in the MakingHardy Hanappi and Wolfram Elsner PART I: EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS1. Heuristic Twists and Ontological Creeds: A Road Map for Evolutionary EconomicsUlrich Witt 2. Generalized Darwinism from the Bottom Up: An Evolutionary View of Socio-Economic Behavior and OrganizationJ.W. Stoelhorst 3. Comparative Industrial Evolution and the Quest for an Evolutionary Theory of Market DynamicsGuido Buenstorf 4. European Contributions to Evolutionary Institutional Economics: The Cases ‘Open-Systems Approach’ (OSA) and ‘Cumulative Circular Causation’ (CCC)Sebastian Berger and Wolfram Elsner 5. Institutions as Determinants of Preference Change: A One Way Relation?Martin Binder and Uta-Maria Niederle PART II: COMPLEXITY, NON-KNOWLEDGE AND STRATEGY6. Complex Individuals: The Individual in Non-Euclidian SpaceJohn B. Davis 7. The Importance of Ignorance: Non-Knowledge and the Limits of BayesianismOliver Kessler 8. Strong Uncertainty and How to Cope with it to Improve Action and CapacityPaul Davidson 9. Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: An Evolutionary Learning PerspectiveCarl Henning Reschke and Sascha Kraus 10. The Problem of Knowledge in Economics: Prices, Contracts and OrganizationsStavros Ioannides Index

'Hanappi and Elsner have brought together in this volume a group of essays that reveal both the diversity and continuity of the European contribution to evolutionary institutional economics. The essays are rich in methodological significance and analytical detail. The range of topics covered is truly impressive, reflecting the multifaceted nature of this literature. It should serve as an important reference on evolutionary institutional economics for many years to come.'

Edited by Hardy Hanappi, University of Technology, Institute for Mathematical Methods in Economics, Research Group Economics, Vienna, Austria and Wolfram Elsner, Professor of Economics, iino - Institute for Institutional and Innovation Economics, Faculty of Business Studies and Economics, University of Bremen, Germany

• Contents:Introduction: Evolutionary Economics in the MakingHardy Hanappi and Wolfram Elsner PART I: EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS1. Heuristic Twists and Ontological Creeds: A Road Map for Evolutionary EconomicsUlrich Witt 2. Generalized Darwinism from the Bottom Up: An Evolutionary View of Socio-Economic Behavior and OrganizationJ.W. Stoelhorst 3. Comparative Industrial Evolution and the Quest for an Evolutionary Theory of Market DynamicsGuido Buenstorf 4. European Contributions to Evolutionary Institutional Economics: The Cases ‘Open-Systems Approach’ (OSA) and ‘Cumulative Circular Causation’ (CCC)Sebastian Berger and Wolfram Elsner 5. Institutions as Determinants of Preference Change: A One Way Relation?Martin Binder and Uta-Maria Niederle PART II: COMPLEXITY, NON-KNOWLEDGE AND STRATEGY6. Complex Individuals: The Individual in Non-Euclidian SpaceJohn B. Davis 7. The Importance of Ignorance: Non-Knowledge and the Limits of BayesianismOliver Kessler 8. Strong Uncertainty and How to Cope with it to Improve Action and CapacityPaul Davidson 9. Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: An Evolutionary Learning PerspectiveCarl Henning Reschke and Sascha Kraus 10. The Problem of Knowledge in Economics: Prices, Contracts and OrganizationsStavros Ioannides Index

'Hanappi and Elsner have brought together in this volume a group of essays that reveal both the diversity and continuity of the European contribution to evolutionary institutional economics. The essays are rich in methodological significance and analytical detail. The range of topics covered is truly impressive, reflecting the multifaceted nature of this literature. It should serve as an important reference on evolutionary institutional economics for many years to come.'