“Instinct, Habits, Workmanship, Idle Curiosity and Technological Progress: Prerequisite of Innovation”

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https://doi.org/10.17981/econcuc.38.2.2017.09

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Instincts, Habits, Instinct of Workmanship, Idle Curiosity, Economic Progress

Abstract

The present essay pursues to connect the concepts of instinct, habits, instinct of workmanship and idle curiosity, all of them researched by Thorsten Veblen, with the Theory of Economic Progress, from Clarence E. Ayres, both economists considered founding fathers of the Institutionalism in Economics, to aim to the beginning of a definition process for a theoretical framework to support a future doctoral thesis in the  Innovation aspects. We believe that the Institutionalism, as an economic thought, represents a solid conceptual framework to deeply explore the development of Innovation

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Guillermo Eduardo Marquez Ferro, Universidad del Norte

Guillermo Márquez F., Ingeniero Industrial de la Universidad del Norte, con M.A. Marketing Management, California State U., Sonoma CA, USA. y estudios de verano en UC Berkeley, CA, USA. Más de 33 años de experiencia en la logística del transporte de químicos al granel, estados sólido, líquido y gaseoso. Promotor de las Sociedades Portuarias Fluviales de P. Berrio y Barrancabermeja. Promotor de la Operadora de Transporte Internacional “Compass Rose Shipping Ltd” de Monómeros y Clipper Shipping. Miembro de la Mesa Nacional de Servicios Portuarios” del SENA, períodos 2006-2010 y 2014-2017. Vicepresidente Comercial de Servicios Postales Nacionales, 4-72,  operador público del correo de Colombia, 2010-2012. Miembro de la Comisión de Competitividad, coordinando la  Mesa de Logística del Departamento del Atlántico, 2008-2014. Miembro del equipo fundador del Centro de Excelencia en Puertos Logística y Transporte, CEDEX, de la División de Ingenierías. Coordinador del Diálogo Colombo-Holandés en Logística, Puertos y Transporte, 2017. Profesor de Maestrías y Especializaciones en universidades a nivel nacional y en Uninorte. Adscrito a la Escuela de Negocios como Profesor de Logistics$Distribution y Port Management, de los Pregrados de Administración de Empresas y Negocios Internacionales, Escuela de negocios. Áreas de Investigación y Consultoría: Transporte Fluvial, Marítimo y Multimodal, Logística Internacional de Cargas al Granel, Minerales e Industriales y Logistics.

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2017-10-30

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Marquez Ferro, G. E. (2017). “Instinct, Habits, Workmanship, Idle Curiosity and Technological Progress: Prerequisite of Innovation”. ECONÓMICAS CUC, 38(2), 113–120. https://doi.org/10.17981/econcuc.38.2.2017.09

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Vol. 38 No. 2 (2017)

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