Exploring the black box : technology, economics, and history /
The process of technological change takes a wide variety of forms. Propositions that may be accurate when referring to the pharmaceutical industry may be totally inappropriate when applied to the aircraft industry or to computers or forest products. The central theme of Nathan Rosenberg's new b...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
1994.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Dealing with an uncertain future. 1. Path-dependent aspects of technological change. 2. Charles Babbage: pioneer economist. 3. Joseph Schumpeter: radical economist. 4. Technological innovation and long waves
- pt. II. Technology in context. 5. Economic experiments. 6. Why in America? 7. Can Americans learn to become better imitators? 8. Critical issues in science policy research
- pt. III. Sectoral studies in technological change. 9. Energy-efficient technologies: past and future perspectives. 10. Innovation in the chemical processing industries. 11. Telecommunications: complex, uncertain, and path dependent. 12. Understanding the adoption of new technology in the forest products industry. 13. Scientific instrumentation and university research.
