economics

Industry policy as innovation policy

Authors: 
Jason Potts, and Kate Morrison
Publication date: 
1 February 2008

Kate Morrison and Jason Potts, 'Industry policy as innovation policy’ in Greg Hearn and David Rooney (eds) Knowledge policy: Challenges for the 21st century. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

A version of this document available to download is the submission relating to items 1,2 and 3 of the Productivity Commission’s Terms of Reference for its study of public support for science and innovation in Australia.

Knowledge policy: challenges for the 21st century

Authors: 
Greg Hearn, and David Rooney
Publication date: 
1 February 2008

The production of knowledge has become central to economic life. Competitiveness in the 21st century market place is now characterized by the ability to translate scientific and technological knowledge into innovation. But does this render cultural and social knowledge unimportant?

The allocation of complexity

Authors: 
Jason Potts, Kate Morrisson and J. Clark
Publication date: 
1 January 2008

ABSTRACT: Much thought and effort has gone into the design of new conceptual frameworks and theoretical tools for the analysis of evolving, self-transforming economic systems. Nevertheless, why not follow Marshall?

Ontology in economics

Authors: 
Jason Potts
Publication date: 
1 January 2008

Jason Potts (forthcoming) 'Ontology in Economics' in R Poli (ed) Theory and Applications of Ontology: A handbook. Springer Verlag.

The cultural economy today

Publication date: 
1 January 2008

Stuart Cunningham, Jason Potts and John Banks have written the opening chapter in the forthcoming title Cultural Economy to be published by Sage in September 2008 as part of their Cultures and Globalization series.

The Cultural Economy is edited by: Helmut K. Anheier at the University of California, Los Angeles and Yudhishthir Raj Isar from the The American University of Paris.

Evolutionary Economics of Creative Industries - forthcoming publications

Authors: 
Jason Potts, Stuart Cunningham, Gerard Goggin, Larissa Hjorth, J.S. Metcalfe, J. Foster, K. Morrison, J. Clark
Publication date: 
1 January 2008

Foster, J. and Potts, J., (forthcoming) ‘On the use of simulation and econometrics to empirically analyze the rule-structure of an evolving economic system’. Schumpeter Society Conference Volume. (eds) J Gaffard and U Cantner, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.

Articles

Potts, J. and Cunningham, S., ‘Four models of the Creative Industries’, International Journal of Cultural Policy, forthcoming vol 14, no 3 (2008).

Creative industries mapping: where have we come from and where are we going?

Publication date: 
1 January 2008
Publication: 
cij.1.1.7.pdf

This paper proposes that there have been three iterations of creative industries mapping to date.

New economics for new media

Publication date: 
1 January 2008

Cunningham, S. and Potts, J., ‘New economics for new media’, Mobile Media Reader (eds Gerard Goggin and Larissa Hjorth) forthcoming Routledge 2008

Created in China: the great new leap forward

Authors: 
Michael Keane
Publication date: 
30 October 2007

This book examines China’s creative economy — and how television, animation, advertising, design, publishing and digital games are reshaping traditional understanding of culture.

The General Theory of Economic Evolution

Authors: 
Jason Potts, and Kurt Dopfer
Publication date: 
12 September 2007

The first book to chart the development of the field of evolutionary economics, this book provides an integrated generic framework to define the rules of an economic system; how they are coordinated and the causes and consequences of their change.