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The economics of invention and innovation : with a case study of the development of the hovercraft / P.S. Johnson.
1975
G 191 JOH.E
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Title
The economics of invention and innovation : with a case study of the development of the hovercraft / P.S. Johnson.
Author
Johnson, P. S., author.
Description
xi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN
0855200782
9780855200787
9780855200787
Alternate Call Number
G 191 JOH.E
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Technological change; 2. The process of invention; 3. Size of firm, invention and innovation; 4. Competition in innovation; 5. Scientists and engineers : their supply and demand; 6. The government's role; 7. Technological change industry; 8. Co-operative industrial research; 9. The universities' contribution; 10. The background to the study; 11. Hovercraft production, operations and markets; 12. The individual inventor; 13. The technical development of the air cushion principle; 14. The development of the industry; 15. Public involvement; 16. Conclusions on the case study.
Series
Co-Operative research in industry.
Location
E01 03 416600
Published
London : M. Robertson, 1975.
Language
English
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