The economics of industrial innovation
Technical innovation has moved to center stage in contemporary debates on economic theory and policy, and Chris Freeman and Luc Soete have played a prominent part in these debates. For this new edition of the Economics of Industrial Innovation, they have rewritten all the existing chapters and added ten new ones that address recent advances in theory and in policymaking. In the new chapters they deal with the international dimensions of technological change including underdevelopment, technology transfer, international trade, and globalization. They have also strengthened the historical account of the rise of new technologies, a main feature of earlier editions. They take advantage of their experience on projects for the OECD, the European Union, and industry in other chapters on "The Information Society" and on environmental issues, as well as in the updated discussion of science and technology policy
viii, 470 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780262561136, 9780262061957, 0262561131, 0262061953
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1. Introduction
pt. 1. The rise of science-related technology. 2. The Industrial Revolution. 3. The age of electricity and steel. 4. Process innovations in oil and chemicals. 5. Synthetic materials. 6. Mass production and the automobile. 7. Electronics and computers
pt. 2. The micro-economics of innovations: the theory of the firm. 8. Success and failure in industrial innovation. 9. Innovation and size of firm. 10. Uncertainty, project evaluation and innovation. 11. Innovation and the strategy of the firm
pt. 3. Macro-economics of innovation: science, technology and growth, and globalization. 12. National systems of innovation. 13. Technology and economic growth. 14. Innovation and international trade performance. 15. Development and the diffusion of technology
pt. 4. Innovation and public policy. 16. Aspects of public policy for science, technology and innovation. 17. The information society and employment. 18. Technology and the environment
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