Chapter Round Table comment: From «useful knowledge» to a «culture of growth»
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 in...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Florence
Firenze University Press
2023
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| Series: | Datini Studies in Economic History
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (4 p.) |
| ISBN: | 979-12-215-0092-9.26 9791221500929 |
| Access: | Open Access |