Communication and Coordination Strategies: Essays on the Emergence and Evolution of Economic Complexity

by Bernard Beaudreau

Economic complexity, like all other forms of complexity, evolved over time, from early Homo sapiens-sapiens to modern man. The rise of economic civilization was punctuated by a number of technology shocks, including the development of large-scale agriculture, the improvement of the steam engine by James Watt, and the application of electro-magnetic power by Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse. An oft-ignored fact, however, is that the basic knowledge/research...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595370322
• ISBN13: 9780595370320
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.0"