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Nonlinear dynamism of innovation and business cycles

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The aim of this paper is to describe the nonlinear dynamism of innovation and to clarify the role of innovation for economic development in terms of Kondratiev business cycles, especially the causal relation of the bubble economy and depressions with innovations. Any paradigm of technological innovation develops within a definite time span reaching maturity. This nonlinear nature clarifies many characteristic features of innovation. Schumpeter’s innovation theory on business cycles is examined through this dynamism. Trunk innovation is defined as that which plays a decisive role in building infrastructures and inducing subsequent innovations. Every innovation has its own technological development period just before the innovation diffusion. The emergence of new markets can be estimated by chasing the ongoing technologies.

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  1. Institute of Technoeconomics, 82, Kamifusa-cho, Koyama,Kita-ku, Kyoto, 603-8143, Japan

    Masaaki Hirooka

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  1. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Chair for Microeconomics, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Uwe Cantner

  2. Department of Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Elias Dinopoulos

  3. Graduate School of Business, University of Florida, 201 Bryan Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611-7150, USA

    Robert F. Lanzillotti

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Hirooka, M. (2005). Nonlinear dynamism of innovation and business cycles. In: Cantner, U., Dinopoulos, E., Lanzillotti, R.F. (eds) Entrepreneurships, the New Economy and Public Policy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26994-0_16

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