Given
a general cost function, which is not only monetary but also may
describe emotional, social, political, relational or any other types of
costs, Innovation for a particular network is a new element
introduced in the network which reduces, even if momentarily, the costs
of transactions between at least two actors, elements or nodes, in the
network.
Given a general value function, which is not only monetary but also may describe emotional, social, political, relational or any other types of values, Innovation for a particular network is a new element introduced in the network which increases, even if momentarily, the value of transactions between at least two actors, elements or nodes, in the network.
Alternatively
Given a general value function, which is not only monetary but also may describe emotional, social, political, relational or any other types of values, Innovation for a particular network is a new element introduced in the network which increases, even if momentarily, the value of transactions between at least two actors, elements or nodes, in the network.
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