Technological innovation and economic performance
By: edited by Benn Steil, David G. Victor, Richard R. Nelson.
Contributors: Steil, Benn.; Victor, David G.; Nelson, Richard R.; Council on Foreign Relations.
Series: Council on Foreign Relations books
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 476
Subjects: Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Case studies; Industrial productivity -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-453) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview / Benn Steil, David G. Victor, and Richard R. Nelson; title: Innovation in an historical perspective: tales of technology and evolution / Joel Mokyr; title: The United States / Robert J. Gordon; title: Japan / Adam S. Posen; title: Germany / Horst Siebert and Michael Stolpe; title: France / Patrick A. Messerlin; title: The United Kingdom / Stephen Nickell and John Van Reenen; title: The Nordic countries / Matti Virén and Markku Malkamaki; title: The Internet / David C. Mowery and Timothy Simcoe; title: Computers and semiconductors / Richard N. Langlois; title: Banking and financial intermediation / Charles W. Calomiris; title: Securities trading / Ian Domowitz and Benn Steil; title: Venture capital / Josh Lerner; title: Pharmaceutical biotechnology / Gary P. Pisano; title: Agricultural biotechnology / Robert E. Evenson; title: Electric power / David G. Victor; title: Automobiles / Charles H. Fine and Daniel M.G. Raff.