The book illustrates the considerable advances in modern evolutionary economics and addresses core questions of economic behaviour, interaction of heterogeneous actors in uncertain environments and the possibility of aggregating observations on a macro-economic level. It presents the foundations of economic change as the major building blocks of an economic approach that focusses on complex processes driven by endogenous innovation as well as crisis. The theoretical considerations are complemented by econometric studies to demonstrate the relevance of evolutionary-economic thinking to improve our understanding of the most challenging issues related to economic growth and development.

Introduction.- Part 1 Foundations of Economic Change.- Foundations of economic change-an extended Schumpeterian approach.- Behavior and Cognition of Economic Actors in Evolutionary Economics.- Upward and downward complementarity: The meso core of evolutionary growth theory.- Part 2: Aggregate Outcomes.- Global Dynamics, Capabilities and the Crisis.- Convergence or Divergence: A Nonparametric Analysis on China's Regional Disparity.- Micro to Macro Evolutionary Modeling - On the economics of self-organization of dynamic markets by ignorant actors.- Firms Navigating Through Innovation Spaces: A Conceptualization.- A Proposal for a 'National Innovation System plus Subjective Well Being' Approach and an Evolutionary Systemic Normative Theory of Innovation.- Part 3: Behaviour.- The reason why seemingly fit firms do not necessarily grow: Confounded economic selection and how to measure it.- The roots of growth: entrepreneurship, innovation and the capitalist firm.- The Journey of Innovation From Incremental to Radical Innovation and High-Tech Innovation Cascades.- Schumpeterian incumbents and industry evolution.- Incremental by Design? On the Role of Incumbents in Technology Niches An Evolutionary Network Analysis.- Entrepreneurs' Overoptimism during the early Life Course of the Firm.- Part 4: Interaction.- Knowledge Spillovers through FDI and Trade: Moderating Role of Quality Adjusted Human Capital.- Export, R&D and New Products. A Model and a Test on European Industries.- Using Simulation Experiments to Test Historical Explanations: The Development of the German Dye Industry 1857-1913.- From the Marshallian search for Equilibrium to Schumpeterian Dynamics. A Simulation Model.- Understanding the complex nature of innovation network evolution.- Why Does Sports Equipment Sometimes Become Too Sophisticated and Expensive? : A Case Study of the Overshooting Hypothesis in Board Sports.