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The Economic Theory of Invention and Innovation.
2008
B 75 LIN.E
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Title
The Economic Theory of Invention and Innovation.
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Description
496 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
ISBN
9781847206022 Print
9781785367014 eBook
9781785367014 eBook
Alternate Call Number
B 75 LIN.E
Summary
This comprehensive collection presents the classic articles in the economics of invention and innovation. It covers topics related to sources of inventive and innovative activity, including exogenous and endogenous innovation, with an emphasis on R&D activity and the diffusion of new techniques. Professor Link has prepared an original introduction, which offers an authoritative overview of a subject that is of growing importance to both economists and management scientists.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Exogenous Innovations
1. Determinants of the Direction of Technological Change; 2. Technical Change and the Aggregate Production Function; 3. The Economics of Invention: A Survey of the Literature; 4. A Disaggregated View of Technical Change
Part II: Induced Innovation
5. A Survey of the Theory of Process-Innovations; 6. On the Theory of Induced Invention; 7. Induced Factor Augmenting Technical Progress from a Microeconomic Viewpoint; 8. An Economic Theory of Technological Change; 9. Empirical Support for the Theory of Induced Innovations
Part III: Endogenous Innovation
10. The Economic Implications of Learning by Doing; 11. In Search of Useful Theory of Innovation; 12. Endogenous Technological Change; 13. The Entrepreneur as Innovator
Part IV: Sources of Innovation
14. The Simple Economics of Basic Scientific Research; 15. Expenditure Patterns for Risky R and D Projects; 16. Inter-Industry Technology Flows in the United States; 17. Innovation and Learning: The Two Faces of R&D; 18. Learning-Before-Doing in the Development of New Process Technology
Part V: Adoption and Diffusion of Innovation
19. Hybrid Corn: An Exploration in the Economics of Technological Change; 20. Technical Change and the Rate of Imitation; 21. The Speed of Response of Firms to New Techniques; 22. Classifactory Notes on the Production and Transmission of Technological Knowledge; 23. Factors Affecting the Diffusion of Technology; 24. Clio and the Economics of QWERTY
Name Index
Introduction
Part I: Exogenous Innovations
1. Determinants of the Direction of Technological Change; 2. Technical Change and the Aggregate Production Function; 3. The Economics of Invention: A Survey of the Literature; 4. A Disaggregated View of Technical Change
Part II: Induced Innovation
5. A Survey of the Theory of Process-Innovations; 6. On the Theory of Induced Invention; 7. Induced Factor Augmenting Technical Progress from a Microeconomic Viewpoint; 8. An Economic Theory of Technological Change; 9. Empirical Support for the Theory of Induced Innovations
Part III: Endogenous Innovation
10. The Economic Implications of Learning by Doing; 11. In Search of Useful Theory of Innovation; 12. Endogenous Technological Change; 13. The Entrepreneur as Innovator
Part IV: Sources of Innovation
14. The Simple Economics of Basic Scientific Research; 15. Expenditure Patterns for Risky R and D Projects; 16. Inter-Industry Technology Flows in the United States; 17. Innovation and Learning: The Two Faces of R&D; 18. Learning-Before-Doing in the Development of New Process Technology
Part V: Adoption and Diffusion of Innovation
19. Hybrid Corn: An Exploration in the Economics of Technological Change; 20. Technical Change and the Rate of Imitation; 21. The Speed of Response of Firms to New Techniques; 22. Classifactory Notes on the Production and Transmission of Technological Knowledge; 23. Factors Affecting the Diffusion of Technology; 24. Clio and the Economics of QWERTY
Name Index
Published
Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2008.
Language
English
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