Productivity in natural resource industries
Subtitle: improvement through innovation
By: edited by R. David Simpson
Contributors: Simpson, Ralph David
Publisher: Resources for the Future
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Coal trade -- United States; Petroleum industry and trade -- United States; Copper industry and trade -- United States; Forest products industry -- United States; Industrial productivity -- United States; Technological innovations -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: technological innovation in natural resource industries / R. David Simpson; title: Innovation and productivity in U.S. coal mining / Joel Darmstadter; title: Technological improvement in petroleum exploration and development / Douglas R. Bohi; title: Innovation, productivity growth, and the survival of the U.S. copper industry / John E. Tilton and Hans H. Landsberg; title: Land use change and innovation in U.S. forestry / Roger A. Sedjo; title: Productivity trends in the natural resource industries: a cross-cutting analysis / Ian W.H. Parry