Technology And The Pursuit Of Economic Growth

Author : David C. Mowery,Nathan Rosenberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1991-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521389364

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Technology and the Pursuit of Economic Growth by David C. Mowery,Nathan Rosenberg Pdf

Technology's contribution to economic growth and competitiveness has been the subject of vigorous debate in recent years. This book demonstrates the importance of a historical perspective in understanding the role of technological innovation in the economy. The authors examine key episodes and institutions in the development of the U.S. research system and in the development of the research systems of other industrial economies. They argue that the large potential contributions of economics to the understanding of technology and economic growth have been constrained by the narrow theoretical framework employed within neoclassical economies. A richer framework, they believe, will support a more fruitful dialogue among economists, policymakers, and managers on the organization of public and private institutions for innovation. David Mowery is Associate Professor of Business and Public Policy at the School of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley. Nathan S. Rosenberg is Fairleigh Dickinson Professor of Economics at Stanford University. He is the author of Inside the Black Box: Technology and Economics (CUP, 1983).

Author : F. M. Scherer
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0815796536

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New Perspectives on Economic Growth and Technological Innovation by F. M. Scherer Pdf

A Brookings Institution Press and British-North American Committee publication Two hundred years ago, the first Industrial Revolution sparked a dramatic acceleration in the quantity of goods and services available to the average citizen--a trend of steadily increasing real income per capita that continues to this day. Since that time, economists have struggled to develop systematic explanations for what caused the sudden, rapid increase, why the economy keeps growing, and why the rate of growth varies in different time periods and nations. In this book, F. M. Scherer traces the evolution of economic growth theory from the Industrial Revolution to the present. Emphasizing technological change as the most crucial dynamic force for growth, Scherer analyzes early hypotheses that paid little attention to new technologies, follows the emergence of theories that increasingly emphasized technological change, and reviews the current state of economic growth theory. Pointing out a lack of solid microbehavioral foundations to support contemporary "new growth" ideas, Scherer then supplies some foundational "bricks" concerning financial investment and human capital, and concludes by exploring the prospects for sustaining rapid growth into the next century.

Author : Nathan Rosenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315496559

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Technology and American Economic Growth by Nathan Rosenberg Pdf

In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in "The Bad Earth". Updating and expanding its basic arguments and perceptions, this volume is an inquiry into the fundamental factors, needs, prospects, and limits of modern Chinese society.

Author : Richard R. Nelson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674019164

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Technology, Institutions, and Economic Growth by Richard R. Nelson Pdf

"In this book Richard R. Nelson mounts a full-blown attack on the standard neoclassical theory of economic growth, which he sees as hopelessly inadequate to explain the phenomenon. His alterative theory posits that economic growth driven by technological advance involves disequilibrium in a fundamental and continuing way. Nelson argues that an adequate theory must take into account a range of institutions, from universities to public laboratories and from government agencies to business firms and markets."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Tim Jackson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317388227

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Prosperity without Growth by Tim Jackson Pdf

What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental and social limits? The publication of Prosperity without Growth was a landmark in the sustainability debate. Tim Jackson’s piercing challenge to conventional economics openly questioned the most highly prized goal of politicians and economists alike: the continued pursuit of exponential economic growth. Its findings provoked controversy, inspired debate and led to a new wave of research building on its arguments and conclusions. This substantially revised and re-written edition updates those arguments and considerably expands upon them. Jackson demonstrates that building a ‘post-growth’ economy is a precise, definable and meaningful task. Starting from clear first principles, he sets out the dimensions of that task: the nature of enterprise; the quality of our working lives; the structure of investment; and the role of the money supply. He shows how the economy of tomorrow may be transformed in ways that protect employment, facilitate social investment, reduce inequality and deliver both ecological and financial stability. Seven years after it was first published, Prosperity without Growth is no longer a radical narrative whispered by a marginal fringe, but an essential vision of social progress in a post-crisis world. Fulfilling that vision is simply the most urgent task of our times.

Author : G. N. Von Tunzelmann
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1781956596

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Technology and Industrial Progress by G. N. Von Tunzelmann Pdf

What has dictated the rate and direction of technological change? How central has it been to industrial progress? How has it related to other determinants of economic growth and development? In Technology and Industrial Progress, Dr von Tunzelmann examines theoretical views on the nature and contribution of technology, and the empirical evidence from the major industrializing countries from the 18th century to the present day. The experiences of countries regarded in their time as the leaders of industrialization - Britain in the 18th century, the United States in the 19th century and Japan in the 20th century - are critically compared by the author. The following chapters study the transfer of each of these patterns of technology and growth to later industrializers, such as continental Europe, the Soviet Union, and today's newly industrializing countries. Adopting approaches drawn from evolutionary economics, Dr von Tunzelmann links micro-level phenomena relating to individual firms and technologies to macro-level outcomes as reflected in economic growth and development. This long-awaited book is exceptional both in the range of countries surveyed and the breadth of topics analysed, encompassing changes in production processes, products and marketing, management and finance.

Author : Ian Goldin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191083860

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The Pursuit of Development by Ian Goldin Pdf

What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments and the international community foster development? The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years. The notion of development itself has evolved from an original preoccupation with incomes and economic growth to a much broader understanding of development. In his new book, Ian Goldin considers the contributions that education, health, gender, equity and other dimensions of human well-being make to development, and discusses why it is also necessary to take into account the role of institutions and the rule of law as well as sustainability and environmental concerns.

Author : Phil Blackburn,Rod Coombs,Kenneth Green
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1985-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349075171

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Technology, Economic Growth and the Labour Process by Phil Blackburn,Rod Coombs,Kenneth Green Pdf

Author : Bart van Ark,Simon K. Kuipers,Gerard H. Kuper
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475731613

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Productivity, Technology and Economic Growth by Bart van Ark,Simon K. Kuipers,Gerard H. Kuper Pdf

Productivity, Technology and Economic Growth presents a selection of recent research advances on long term economic growth. While the contributions stem from both economic history, macro- and microeconomics and the economics of innovation, all papers depart from a common viewpoint: the key factor behind long term growth is productivity, and the latter is primarily driven by technological change. Most contributions show implicitly or explicitly that technological change is at least partly dependent on growth itself. Furthermore, technology appears to interact strongly with investment in physical and human capital as well as with changes in historical, political and institutional settings. Together these papers are an up-to-date account of the remarkable convergence in theoretical and empirical work on productivity and growth over the past decades. The first part deals with the characteristics of growth regimes over longer periods, ranging from 20 years to two centuries. The next four chapters study the determinants of productivity growth and, in some cases, productivity slowdown during the last quarter of the twentieth century. The final five chapters focus on the role of technology and innovation as the key determinants of growth. Productivity, Technology and Economic Growth is, therefore, a welcome collection for academic scholars and graduate students in economics, history and related social sciences as well as for policy makers.

Author : Nicholas A. Ashford,Ralph P. Hall
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300169720

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Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development by Nicholas A. Ashford,Ralph P. Hall Pdf

In this work, the authors offer a unified, transdisciplinary approach for achieving sustainable development in industrialized nations. They present an insightful analysis of the ways in which industrial states are unsustainable and how economic and social welfare are related to the environment, public health and safety.

Author : Gerald Silverberg,Luc Soete
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009661286

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The Economics of Growth and Technical Change by Gerald Silverberg,Luc Soete Pdf

Technical change and its relationship to economic growth are now at the forefront of research in economics. This important book - which contains contributions from leading economists - provides an invaluable state-of-the-art survey and analysis of the most recent work in this area. The book sheds new light on such major themes and issues as: the sources of technological knowledge and growth and time patterns in the growth and innovation process. It also addresses the role of national institutions and social infrastructure in growth, convergence and divergence in the world economy from both the modelling and the empirical perspectives, and the microfoundations of technology diffusion and learning by doing. The Economics of Growth and Technical Change will be essential reading for all economists with an interest in the economics of innovation and economic growth.

Author : E. J. Mishan
Publisher : New York : Praeger
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Economic development
ISBN : UOM:39015007215075

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Technology and Growth; the Price We Pay by E. J. Mishan Pdf

Author : Carin Holroyd
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781487502225

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Green Japan by Carin Holroyd Pdf

Green Japan critically examines the Japanese effort to combine economic growth with commitments to environmental sustainability.

Author : Elhanan Helpman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262082632

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General Purpose Technologies and Economic Growth by Elhanan Helpman Pdf

Traditionally, economists have considered the accumulation of conventional inputs such as labour and capital to be the primary force behind economic growth. In the late-1990s however, many economists place technological progress at the centre of the growth process. This shift is due to theoretical developments that allow researchers to link microeconomic outcomes.

Author : Danny Quah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Diffusion of innovations
ISBN : 0753019221

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Technology Dissemination and Economic Growth by Danny Quah Pdf