| Description |
xi, 304 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Part I. View of Technical Progress: 1. The historiography of technical progress -- 2. Marx as a student of technology -- Part II. Some Significant Characteristics of Technologies: 3. Technological interdependence in the American economy -- 4. The effects of energy supply characteristics on technology and economic growth -- 5. On technological expectations -- 6. Learning by using -- 7. How exogenous is science? -- Part III. Market Determinants of Technological Innovation: 8. Technical change in the commercial aircraft industry, 1925-1975 David C. Mowery and Nathan Rosenberg -- 9. The economic implications of the VSLI revolution Nathan Rosenberg and W. Edward Steinmueller -- 10. The influence of market demand upon innovation: a critical review of some recent empirical studies David C. Mowery and Nathan Rosenberg -- Part IV. Technology Transfer and Leadership: The International Context: 11. The international transfer of technology: implications for the industrialised countries -- 12. US technological leadership and foreign competition: de te fabula narratur? -- Index |
| Analysis |
Economic development |
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Technological innovations |
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Technology Social aspects |
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Technological innovation Economic aspects |
| Notes |
Reprinted 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Economic development.
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Technological innovations.
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Technology -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
82004563 |
| ISBN |
0521248086 |
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0521273676 (paperback) |
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