Technology and the human prospect
By: edited by Roy M. MacLeod.
Contributors: MacLeod, Roy M.; Freeman, Christopher.
Publisher: F. Pinter
Published: 1986
Place of publication: London; Wolfeboro, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Technology -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
"Essays in honour of Christopher Freeman."
"Publications of Christopher Freeman": p. 239-246.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Economic analysis and technological change / Norman Clark; title: 'Chips' and 'Trajectories' / Keith Pavitt; title: Innovation in materials / George F. Ray; title: The state and private enterprise in high technology industries / Richard Nelson; title: Science in the political arena / Jean-Jacques Salomon; title: The role of quantitative information in science and technology policy formulation / Charles Falk; title: The new technological wave and the developing countries / Amilcar O. Herrera; title: Strategic questions in social research / Marie Jahoda; title: Technical change and fluctuations in employment / Bruce Williams; title: Schumpeter and Marx / Nathan Rosenberg; title: Technological innovation and long waves / Luc Soete.