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The Positive Sum Strategy:

Harnessing Technology for Economic Growth

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Publication Year:1986


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Ralph Landau and Nathan Rosenberg, editors
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This volume provides a state-of-the-art review of the relationship between technology and economic growth. Many of the 42 chapters discuss the political and corporate decisions for what one author calls a "Competitiveness Policy." As contributor John A. Young states, "Technology ...
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Front Matter i-xvi  
Editors' Overview 1-16 (skim)
The Impact of Techological Innovation: A Historical View 17-32 (skim)
Macroeconomics, Technology, and Economic Growth: An Introduction to Some Important Issues 33-56 (skim)
Microeconomics and Productivity 57-76 (skim)
Dynamic Competition and Productivity Advances 77-88 (skim)
The Effect of Recent Macroeconomic Policies on Innovation and Productivity 89-92 (skim)
Macrorealities of the Information Economy 93-104 (skim)
Harnessing Technology for Growth 105-114 (skim)
Technology and Its Role in Modern Society 115-118 (skim)
National Science Policy and Technoligical Innovation 119-168 (skim)
The Role of the Legal System in Technological Innovation and Economic Growth 169-190 (skim)
The Bhopalization of American Tort Law 191-212 (skim)
From Understanding to Manipulating DNA 213-226 (skim)
The Physical Sciences As the Basis for Modern Technology 227-254 (skim)
Technological Education 255-262 (skim)
Basic Research in the Universities: How Much Utility? 263-274 (skim)
An Overview of Innovation 275-306 (skim)
Microeconomics of Technological Innovation 307-326 (skim)
Macroeconomics and Microeconomics of Innovation: The Role of the Technological Environment 327-332 (skim)
Technical Change and Innovation in Agriculture 333-356 (skim)
Technology Adoption: The Services Industries 357-372 (skim)
Technology Diffusion, Public Policy, and Industrial Competitiveness 373-392 (skim)
Determinants of Innovative Activity 393-398 (skim)
Programmed Innovation--Strategy for Success 399-416 (skim)
The Chemical Industry: Challenges, Risks, and Rewards 417-422 (skim)
Entrepeneurship and Innovation: The Electronics Industry 423-428 (skim)
Entrepeneurship and Innovation: Biotechnology 429-436 (skim)
Impact of Entrepeneurship and Innovation on the Distribution of Personal Computers 437-440 (skim)
Making the Transition From Entrepeneur to Large Company 441-442 (skim)
Cultivating Technological Innovation 443-452 (skim)
The Role of Large Banks in Financing Innovation 453-466 (skim)
A View From Wall Street 467-472 (skim)
Trends in Financing Innovation 473-478 (skim)
Technology and Trade: A Study of U.S. Competitiveness in Seven Industries 479-500 (skim)
Global Competition--The New Reality: Results of the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness 501-510 (skim)
The Need for National Consensus to Improve 511-516 (skim)
Innovation, Job Creation, and Competitiveness 517-526 (skim)
Dangers in U.S. Efforts to Promote International Competitiveness 527-534 (skim)
Government Policies for Innovation and Growth 535-540 (skim)
The Japanese Challenge in High Technology 541-568 (skim)
The Macroeconomic Background for High-Tech Industrialization in Japan 569-582 (skim)
Capital Formation in the United States and apan 583-606 (skim)
Contributors 607-622 (skim)
Index 623-640 (skim)

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This volume provides a state-of-the-art review of the relationship between technology and economic growth. Many of the 42 chapters discuss the political and corporate decisions for what one author calls a "Competitiveness Policy." As contributor John A. Young states, "Technology is our strongest advantage in world competition. Yet we do not capitalize on our preeminent position, and other countries are rapidly closing the gap." This lively volume provides many fresh insights including "two unusually balanced and illuminating discussions of Japan," Science noted.

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