Social Innovation: Integrating Micro, Meso, and Macro Level Insights From Institutional Theory

From a Micro–Macro Framework to a Micro–Meso–Macro Framework

S.H. Christensen et al. (eds.), Engineering, Development and Philosophy, Philosophy of Engineering and Technology 11, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5282-5_2, © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012 Abstract At the beginning of the twentyfi rst century, the philosophy of engineering is becoming its own distinct branch of philosophy. The growing importance of philosophy of engineering cannot be...

response articles: micro and macro analysis

the present study reports an analysis of response articles in four different disciplines in the social sciences, i.e., linguistics, english for specific purposes (esp), accounting, and psychology. the study has three phases: micro analysis, macro analysis, and e-mail interview. the results of the micro analysis indicate that a three-level linguistic pattern is used by the writers in order to cr...

A micro-meso-macro perspective on the metholdology of evolutionary economics: integrating history, simulation and econometrics

Applied economics has long been dominated by multiple regression techniques. In this regard, econometrics has tended to have a narrower focus than, for example, psychometrics in psychology. Over the last two decades, the simulation and calibration approach to modeling has become more popular as an alternative to traditional econometric strategies. However, in contrast to the well-developed meth...

007 Bp: Engaging and Working with Decision Makers: Micro, Meso and Macro Level Reflections

Exploring associations between micro-level models of innovation diffusion and emerging macro-level adoption patterns

A micro-level agent-based model of innovation diffusion was developed that explicitly combines (a) an individual's perception of the advantages or relative utility derived from adoption, and (b) social influence from members of the individual's social network. The micro-model was used to simulate macro-level diffusion patterns emerging from different configurations of micro-model parameters. Mi...