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Cover -- New Developments In Evolutionary Innovation: Novelty Creation In A Serendipitous Economy -- Copyright -- Foreword From Richard Nelson -- Foreword From Franco Malerba -- Contents -- List Of Figures -- List Of Contributors -- 1: New Developments In Evolutionary Innovation: An Introduction -- References -- 2: New Frontiers: Punctuated Equilibrium, Speciation, And Exaptation In Innovation -- Evolutionary Theory In Economics, Strategy, And Innovation -- An Overview Of The Current Paradigm: Neo-darwinian Evolution Towards A New Paradigm: Punctuated Equilibrium, Speciation, And Exaptation -- A Short Digression: Is There A True Link Between Biology And Technology? -- Woesian Models Of Technological Evolution -- Serendipity, Unprestateability, And Disequilibrium: A New Paradigm -- Innovating Without Planning: An Option-basedlogic -- References -- 3: On The Origins Of The Airframe Revolution: Managing Exaptive Radical Innovation -- Introduction -- The Airframe Revolution -- The Silent Inception Of The Airframe Revolution In Fokker's Memoir -- The Airframe Revolution: Contradictory Background The Exaptive Origins Of The Airframe Revolution -- On The True Origins Of The Airframe Revolution: A Microhistorical Account -- Exaptive Radical Innovation: Who Invented The Thick Wing? -- The Emergence Of A New Market: Evolving The Modern Airliner -- The Dynamics Of Gradual Revolution: A Stylized Model -- The Hidden Riches Of Engineering: How Normal Technology Can Foster Radical Innovation -- Discussion -- The Airframe Revolution: Summarizing The Case -- Is Exaptation Really Unpredictable? Rethinking An Ideological Tenet Predictable Exaptations: Towards A Methodology For Managing Radical Innovation -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- References -- 4: A Non-predictive View: Evolution, Unprestateability, Disequilibrium -- Evolution, Unprestateability, And Disequilibrium -- An Excursus On Equilibrium In The Economic Debate -- The Physical Roots Of Equilibrium -- The En