Knowledge and divergence from the perspective of early modern India
Abstract
This article explores the origins of divergent technological pathways in the early modern world, and the role that artisanal knowledge played in this process. It rejects older explanations based on societal differences in entrepreneurial propensities and incentives, and a more modern one based on factor cost. It argues instead for the importance of conditions that facilitated transactions between complementary skills. In India, the institutional...
Paper Details
Title
Knowledge and divergence from the perspective of early modern India
Published Date
Nov 1, 2008
Journal
Volume
3
Issue
3
Pages
361 - 387
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