1 option
Invention and the rise of technocapitalism / Luis Suarez-Villa.
Lippincott Library HC110.T4 S82 2000
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Suarez-Villa, Luis.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technological innovations--United States--History.
- Technological innovations.
- Creative ability in business.
- History.
- United States.
- Capitalism--United States--History.
- Capitalism.
- Creative ability in business--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2000]
- Contents:
- 1 The Intangible Wealth of Nations 1
- The Challenge of a New Era 3
- Defining Invention 8
- Creativity, Education, and Diffusion 11
- Massification and Educational Quality 12
- Can Diffusion Reproduce Creativity? 17
- Invention as a Socioeconomic Resource 24
- Technological Leadership and Invention 26
- 2 The Emergence of Technocapitalism 41
- The Rise of Continuous Discovery 42
- Paradigm Shifts and Continuous Discovery 45
- Are Temporal Lags Declining? 52
- The Corporatization of Invention 65
- Can There Be a Free Market for Invention? 70
- The Role of the State 79
- Can Government Target Invention? 89
- 3 A Century of Invention 111
- Invention and Patenting 112
- Are Patents Good Indicators of Invention? 112
- Accumulation during Industrial Capitalism 119
- Industrial Capitalism and Invention 120
- Late Industrial Capitalism 125
- Invention and Innovative Capacity 129
- Invention, Sourcing, and Technocapital 136
- Is a New Geography of Invention Emerging? 137
- Venture Capital as Technocapital 148
- 4 The Cycles of Invention 161
- Cyclical Structure and Accumulation 162
- Cyclical Patterns during the Twentieth Century 163
- Corporate Invention and Cyclical Accumulation 169
- Cyclical Patterns of Sourcing 173
- Are There Cycles in the Geography of Invention? 174
- 5 The Infrastructure of Invention 187
- The Role of Infrastructure 188
- Static and Dynamic Functions 189
- The Platform 194
- Is There a Role for the Public Sector? 196
- Infrastructure and Accumulation 201
- Infrastructure during the Twentieth Century 201
- Infrastructure and Innovative Capacity 209
- Infrastructure and the New Geography of Invention 214
- 6 The Technocapitalist Dynamic 227
- The Elements of Change 227
- Microfacets 228
- The Macrostructure of Change 232
- The Structural Dynamic 234
- A Perspective on Long-Term Change 234
- Cyclical Interaction and Accumulation 236.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 074250204X
- 0742502058
- OCLC:
- 43083474
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.