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ISBN 10: 1136600655
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Author:  Luc Soete, Chris Freeman

The Economics of Industrial Innovation

 The Economics of Industrial Innovation 1st Table of contents:

1 Introduction

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 The Research and Development System
• 1.3 The Professionalization of Industrial R&D and its Growth
• 1.4 Modern Technology
• 1.5 Schumpeter’s Theory of Successive Industrial Revolutions
• 1.6 Structure of the Book
• Notes
• Review Articles, Literature Surveys and Key References

Part One The Rise of Science-Related Technology

• Introductory Note

2 The Industrial Revolution

• 2.1 Technical Innovations and the Industrial Revolution
• 2.2 The Innovations and Entrepreneurship of Josiah Wedgwood
• 2.3 Richard Arkwright, Samuel Crompton and the Cotton Industry
• 2.4 Prolonged Success of the British Cotton Industry

3 The Age of Electricity and Steel

• 3.1 The United States National System of Innovation
• 3.2 The United States Steel Industry
• 3.3 Applications of Steel
• 3.4 Electricity and Electrification
• 3.5 Giant Firms and Management Innovations

4 Process Innovations in Oil and Chemicals

• 4.1 From Batch to Flow Processes
• 4.2 Nineteenth-Century Process Innovation
• 4.3 The New Pattern of Process Development in Germany
• 4.4 Process Innovations in Oil Refining
• 4.5 Scale of Plant and the Process Plant Contractor
• Notes

5 Synthetic Materials

• 5.1 The Early Synthetic Materials and the Inventor-Entrepreneurs
• 5.2 The Main Synthetic Materials
• 5.3 Research and Experimental Development at IG Farben
• 5.4 Patents as a Measure of Inventive Output
• 5.5 Patents and Innovations
• 5.6 PVC
• 5.7 Polyethylene
• 5.8 Corfam (Synthetic Leather)
• 5.9 Product Development and Process Development
• 5.10 Instruments
• 5.11 New Trends in Materials Technology: Conclusions
• Notes

6 Mass Production and the Automobile

• 6.1 Internal Combustion, Steam or Electricity?
• 6.2 Henry Ford and Mass Production
• 6.3 The Diffusion of Fordism and its Modification
• 6.4 Post-War Innovation in Japan
• 6.5 Ohno and the Lean Production System in Toyota
• 6.6 Subcontractors in the Lean Production System
• 6.7 Conclusions

7 Electronics and Computers

• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Radio
• 7.3 Television
• 7.4 Radar
• 7.5 Computers
• 7.6 Electronic Components
• 7.7 The Microelectronic Revolution
• Notes

Part One Review Articles, Literature Surveys and Key References

Part Two The Micro-Economics of Innovation The Theory of the Firm

• Introductory Note

8 Success and Failure in Industrial Innovation

• 8.1 Innovation as Coupling of New Technology with a Market
• 8.2 Project Sappho
• 8.3 Resemblance between Sappho Pairs
• 8.4 Variation Unrelated to Success or Failure
• 8.5 The Pattern of Success
• 8.6 Further Studies of Innovation
• 8.7 Conclusions
• Notes

9 Innovation and Size of Firm

• 9.1 Size of Firm and Expenditure on R&D
• 9.2 Size of Firm and Invention
• 9.3 Size of Firm and Innovation
• 9.4 Innovation by Size of Firm and Branch of Industry
• 9.5 Conclusions
• Notes

10 Uncertainty, Project Evaluation and Innovation

• 10.1 Risk and Uncertainty
• 10.2 Project Estimation Techniques and their Reliability
• 10.3 Animal Spirits and Project Estimation
• 10.4 R&D Budgeting and the Strategy of the Firm
• Note

11 Innovation and the Strategy of the Firm

• 11.1 The Range of Innovation Strategies
• 11.2 Offensive Strategy
• 11.3 Defensive Innovation Strategy
• 11.4 Imitative and Dependent Strategies
• 11.5 Traditional and Opportunist Strategies
• 11.6 Conclusions
• Notes

Part Two Review Articles, Literature Surveys and Key References

Part Three Macro-Economics of Innovation Science, Technology and Growth and Globalization

• Introductory Note

12 National Systems of Innovation

• 12.1 Introduction: Friedrich List’s ‘national System’
• 12.2 The Rise of Professional R&D
• 12.3 Some Contrasting Features of National Systems of Innovation in the 1970s And 1980s
• 12.4 Globalization and National Systems
• 12.5 Conclusions

13 Technology and Economic Growth

• 13.1 On Facts and Figures: Long-Run Phases of Growth
• Long-term growth and technological convergence of the now-industrialized countries
• Post-war growth at world level: how growth rates differed
• 13.2 On Modelling Technical Change and Growth
• From old to new growth theory
• New growth models
• How old is new growth theory?
• 13.3 A Complementary Neo-Schumpeterian View of Growth
• Notes

14 Innovation and International Trade Performance

• 14.1 Introduction: On Statics and Dynamics in International Competitiveness
• 14.2 Innovation and International Competitiveness
• 14.3 Strategic Industries and Policies: An Attempt at Clarification
• 14.4 Domestic Strategic Policies for Multinational Firms
• 14.5 Conclusions
• Notes

15 Development and the Diffusion of Technology

• 15.1 Introduction
• 15.2 Technology Diffusion and Industrial Growth
• 15.3 International Technology Diffusion and Catching up
• 15.4 Technological Evolution, and Cost of Entry
• 15.5 Technological Catching up: From Product Life Cycles to Techno-Economic Paradigms
• 15.6 Conclusions: On the Need for Complementary Indigenous Capacities
• Notes

Part Three Review Articles, Literature Surveys and Key References

Part Four Innovation and Public Policy

• Introductory Note

16 Aspects of Public Policy for Science, Technology and Innovation

• 16.1 Introduction
• 16.2 Public Funding of Research
• 16.3 Public Investment in R&D for Industry
• 16.4 Innovation in Consumer Goods and Services
• 16.5 Changing Priorities for Science and Technology
• Note

17 The Information Society and Employment

• 17.1 New Technologies: Job Creation and Destruction
• 17.2 Information Service Activities and Future Employment
• 17.3 The New Employment Challenges
• 17.4 Unemployment and Inequality in the Information Society
• Notes

18 Technology and the Environment

• 18.1 Introduction
• 18.2 Environmentally Sustainable Development: from old to new ‘missions’ for Science and Technology Policy
• 18.3 Technical Change as a Cumulative Process: Towards an Environmentally Sustainable Technological Trajectory
• Direct regulation
• Economic instruments
• Procurement
• Social nexus
• 18.4 From Lock-In to Radical Breakthrough
• 18.5 The Role of Public Policies for Environmentally Sustainable Development
• 18.6 A Systems Approach: Complementarity And Coherence
• 18.7 Concluding Comments
• Notes

19 Conclusions Beyond the Economics of Industrial Innovation

• 19.1 Economics and Technological Progress: What is there to Assess?
• 19.2 Assessing Economic Progress and Endogenous Technology
• 19.3 Endogenous Technology Policy: How to Assess Technology Constructively
• Notes

Part Four Review Articles, Literature Surveys and Key References
Bibliography
Index

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