Handbook of the economics of innovation and technological change / edited by Paul Stoneman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stoneman, Paul.

Series:

Blackwell handbooks in economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 583 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1995.

Summary:

This volume presents the first comprehensive, detailed and up-to-date overview of current knowledge in the Economics of Technological Change. It both reviews what is known and accepted as the best thinking in the field and sets the agenda for research in the future by taking the reader to the boundaries of the subject.

Each major topic is surveyed by a leading international expert in the field and the articles are specifically designed to be both rigorous and accessible. The quality and range of the contributions has ensured that the book is unique in covering the field in all its various dimensions whilst achieving the depth of analysis needed in each.

For those in the fields of the Economics of Technological Change, Industrial Organization and Science and Technology Policy this book will be an essential text and reference. The material will be invaluable and accessible to students and researchers as well as those working or setting policy in these fields.

Contents:

2 Patterns of Technological Acitivity: their Measurement and Interpretation / Pari Patel, Keith Pavitt 14

3 R&D and Productivity: Econometric Results and Measurement Issues / Zvi Griliches 52

4 Markets for Technology: Knowledge, Innovation and Appropriability / Paul Geroski 90

5 Game-Theoretic Approaches to the Modelling of Technological Change / John Beath, Yannis Katsoulacos, David Ulph 132

6 Empirical Studies of Innovative Activity / Wesley Cohen 182

7 Technological Diffusion / Massoud Karshenas, Paul Stoneman 265

8 Finance and Technological Change / Alan Goodacre, Ian Tonks 298

9 Technological Change in International Trade / Paul Krugman 342

10 Employment and Technological Change / Pascal Petit 366

11 The Economic Foundations of Technology Policy: Equilibrium and Evolutionary Perspectives / Stan Metcalfe 409

12 The Practice of Technology Policy / David Mowery 513.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0631177736

0631197745

OCLC:

31170120