SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
VOL. 5, NO. 5, PGS. 1–9

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Innovation and Economic Growth in a Time of Climate Crisis
A conversation with Martin Fransman

Martin Fransman 1 is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Innovation Ecosystems: Increasing Competitiveness.

What is innovation, and why is it important? Does innovation play the same role in non-capitalist societies as in capitalist societies?

At a general level, innovation is about doing new things. But that is very general. For a working definition, the best is the one given by Joseph Schumpeter, and followed by organisations such as the OECD. Essentially, Schumpeter said that innovation is about four things. The first is that innovation [...]

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Juan
09/09/2021

Translation:

The comparison with the so-called non-capitalist countries and alluding to historically backward societies or forms of social organization takes the content of the article out of context. If it is understood as non-capitalists (strictly speaking) to China and Russia, it would enrich the analysis.

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