Technology and the pursuit of economic growth
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.
Print Book, English, 1989
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], 1989
History
viii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780521380331, 0521380332
20014624
Machine derived contents note: Part I. Introduction: 1. The need for a new framework for R & D analysis and policy
Part II. The Development Of The Institutional Structure, 1860-1940
2. The growing role of science in the innovation process
3. The beginnings of the commercial exploitation of science by US industry
4. The US research system before 1945
5. The organisation of industrial revolution in Great Britain, 1900-1950
Part III. The Development Of The Postwar System, 1940-1987
6. The evolution of federal investment in research and development since World War II
7. The US commercial aircraft industry
Part IV. New Environment, New Research Organisations: 8. The changing context of innovation, 1980-present
9. International and domestic collaboration in research and development
10. The merger of technology and trade policies
11. Concluding observations
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