TY - JOUR
T1 - The other angle of Maslow's pyramid: How scarce environments trigger low-opportunity-cost innovations
AU - Boudesseul, Jordane
AU - Rubiños, Cathy
PY - 2019/11/20
Y1 - 2019/11/20
N2 - Is it true that innovation occurs only in abundant environments? Baumard defends that increased standards of living are a necessary condition for a change in life history strategy to help understand the Industrial Revolution. Here, we argue that many examples of innovations occur in scarce environments when there is near-zero opportunity cost. We suggest potential psychological pathways to explain this dual-cognitive process.
AB - Is it true that innovation occurs only in abundant environments? Baumard defends that increased standards of living are a necessary condition for a change in life history strategy to help understand the Industrial Revolution. Here, we argue that many examples of innovations occur in scarce environments when there is near-zero opportunity cost. We suggest potential psychological pathways to explain this dual-cognitive process.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X19000104
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X19000104
M3 - Note
SP - e195
JO - The Behavioral and brain sciences
JF - The Behavioral and brain sciences
SN - 1469-1825
ER -