Description |
xv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: ÿþ CONTENTS -- I The Setting of the Problem 1 -- II Patent Statistics 18 -- III The Role of Intellectual Stimuli 57 -- IV The Use of Important Inventions as a Cause of Further In- 73 -- vention -- V Productivity Advance: A Case of Supply and Demand? 87 -- VI The Amount of Invention is Governed by the Extent of the 104 -- Market - The Evidence of Time Series -- VII The Amount of Invention is Governed by the Extent of the 137 -- Market - The Evidence of Cross Sections -- VIII The Changing State of Knowledge and the Supply of Inven- 165 -- tions -- IX The Role of Demand in Consumer Goods Invention 179 -- X On the "Inevitability" of Individual Inventions 189 -- XI Summary and Conclusions 197 -- Appendixes 217 -- A Statistical Appendix -- B Inventors Past and Present 256 -- C Important Inventions in the Railroad Industry 269 -- D Important Mechanical Inventions in Agriculture 282 -- E Important Inventions in the Petroleum Industry 294 -- F Important Inventions in the Paper Industry 317 -- Index 329 -- xi |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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This ed. first pub. 1966 |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 309-328 |
Subject |
Economic development.
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Inventions.
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Technology -- Philosophy.
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LC no. |
66014453 |
ISBN |
0674464001 |
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