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The Positive Sum Strategy: Harnessing Technology for Economic Growth (1986)
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

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Front Matter (R1-R16)
Editors' Overview (1-16)
The Impact of Techological Innovation: A Historical View (17-32)
Macroeconomics, Technology, and Economic Growth: An Introduction to Some Important Issues (33-56)
Microeconomics and Productivity (57-76)
Dynamic Competition and Productivity Advances (77-88)
The Effect of Recent Macroeconomic Policies on Innovation and Productivity (89-92)
Macrorealities of the Information Economy (93-104)
Harnessing Technology for Growth (105-114)
Technology and Its Role in Modern Society (115-118)
National Science Policy and Technoligical Innovation (119-168)
The Role of the Legal System in Technological Innovation and Economic Growth (169-190)
The Bhopalization of American Tort Law (191-212)
From Understanding to Manipulating DNA (213-226)
The Physical Sciences As the Basis for Modern Technology (227-254)
Technological Education (255-262)
Basic Research in the Universities: How Much Utility? (263-274)
An Overview of Innovation (275-306)
Microeconomics of Technological Innovation (307-326)
Macroeconomics and Microeconomics of Innovation: The Role of the Technological Environment (327-332)
Technical Change and Innovation in Agriculture (333-356)
Technology Adoption: The Services Industries (357-372)
Technology Diffusion, Public Policy, and Industrial Competitiveness (373-392)
Determinants of Innovative Activity (393-398)
Programmed Innovation--Strategy for Success (399-416)
The Chemical Industry: Challenges, Risks, and Rewards (417-422)
Entrepeneurship and Innovation: The Electronics Industry (423-428)
Entrepeneurship and Innovation: Biotechnology (429-436)
Impact of Entrepeneurship and Innovation on the Distribution of Personal Computers (437-440)
Making the Transition From Entrepeneur to Large Company (441-442)
Cultivating Technological Innovation (443-452)
The Role of Large Banks in Financing Innovation (453-466)
A View From Wall Street (467-472)
Trends in Financing Innovation (473-478)
Technology and Trade: A Study of U.S. Competitiveness in Seven Industries (479-500)
Global Competition--The New Reality: Results of the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness (501-510)
The Need for National Consensus to Improve (511-516)
Innovation, Job Creation, and Competitiveness (517-526)
Dangers in U.S. Efforts to Promote International Competitiveness (527-534)
Government Policies for Innovation and Growth (535-540)
The Japanese Challenge in High Technology (541-568)
The Macroeconomic Background for High-Tech Industrialization in Japan (569-582)
Capital Formation in the United States and apan (583-606)
Contributors (607-622)
Index (623-640)