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During the last decade there has been an increasing tendency towards the theoretical unification of different branches of the social sciences. One field of interest in this universal process is the unification of four different theories - innovation diffusion theory, economic utility theory, urban/regional relative dynamics and ecological competition theory - which had previously developed independently without much interaction. This paper aims to review briefly the progress made to date, and to demonstrate the mutual interdependence of the above-mentioned theories. We shall also describe the nature of the ongoing research in this area.
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Sonis, M. (1987). Log-Linear Relative Dynamics: Unification of Theories. In: Batten, D., Casti, J.L., Johansson, B. (eds) Economic Evolution and Structural Adjustment. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 293. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02522-2_8
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