The main aim of this study is to explain how institutional change, based on processes of democratization, governs the origin and diffusion of technological innovation across economies. This study suggests that institutional change, based on a progressive democratization of countries, is a...

Interesting problems for the studies of the Anthropocene are the analysis of effects of the predominant impact of human activities on ecosystems and population. This study considers the technological change as the human activity that generates a huge impact on ecosystems and also causes...

A fundamental problem in the field of the economics of innovation is how to explain the sources of path-breaking innovations that support the human development and socioeconomic progress in complex societies. The study here confronts this problem by developing the theoretical framework of global...