Technology and Economic Progress (British Association for the Advancement of Science)
Publisher: Intl Specialized Book Service Inc
Published: December 1988
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780333459317
Subjects: History of engineering & technology; Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies; Political economy; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Technology And Industrial Growth; Congresses; Economic aspects; Great Britain; Technological innovations; Business/Economics
Description: It is widely accepted that economic progress is highly dependent on developments in the invention and exploitation of new productions and processes arising from technical progress. This book considers these questions from many different viewpoints, progressing from a discussion of the forces affecting the process of technical change to empirical studies of technical change in different industries and firms, and a consideration of their economic and social consequesces.