Technological change and productivity growth / Albert N. Link.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Link, Albert N.

Series:

Economics of technological change I ; 1.

Harwood fundamentals of pure and applied economics, 0191-1708 ; 13

Economics of technological change I ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Industrial productivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2001.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This volume reviews the literature on productivity growth and relates it to the production function approach to technological change.

Contents:

Cover; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; Copyright; Contents; Introduction to the Series; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SOME PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS; 3. EARLY STUDIES ON PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH: AN OVERVIEW; 4. THE PRODUCTION FUNCTION CONCEPT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; 5. ALTERNATIVE FRAMEWORKS FOR MEASURING TECHNICAL PROGRESS/PRODUCTIVITY; 6. TRENDS IN PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; 7. THE PRODUCTIVITY SLOWDOWN: SOME CONTRIBUTING FACTORS; 8. SOURCES OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; 9. THE TECHNOLOGY-PRODUCTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; 10. CONCLUSIONS; References; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Chur [Switzerland] : Harwood Academic Publishers, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-45808-5

0-415-75367-8

1-315-01469-6

1-136-45801-8

9781315014692

OCLC:

851156942