Exploring the Black Box - Nathan Rosenberg

Exploring the Black Box

Technology, Economics, and History
Buch | Hardcover
288 Seiten
1994
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-45270-0 (ISBN)
124,70 inkl. MwSt
This book presents a unique account of how technological change is generated and the processes by which improved technologies are introduced into economic activity. Individual chapters explore the particular features of new technologies in different historical and sectoral contexts.
The process of technological change takes a wide variety of forms. Propositions that may be accurate when referring to the pharmaceutical industry may be totally inappropriate when applied to the aircraft industry or to computers or forest products. The central theme of Nathan Rosenberg's new book is the idea that technological changes are often 'path dependent', in the sense that their form and direction tend to be influenced strongly by the particular sequence of earlier events out of which a new technology has emerged. The book advances the understanding of technological change by explictly recognising its essential diversity and path-dependent nature. Individual chapters explore the particular features of new technologies in different historical and sectoral contexts. This book presents a unique account of how technological change is generated and the processes by which improved technologies are introduced.

List of figures; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Dealing With an Uncertain Future: 1. Path-dependent aspects of technological change; 2. Charles Babbage: pioneer economist; 3. Joseph Schumpeter: radical economist; 4. Technological innovation and long waves; Part II. Technology in Context: 5. Economic experiments; 6. Why in America?; 7. Can Americans learn to become better imitators?; 8. Critical issues in science policy research; Part III. Sectoral Studies in Technological Change: 9. Energy-efficient technologies: past and future perspectives; 10. Innovation in the chemical processing industries; 11. Telecommunications: complex, uncertain, and path-dependent; 12. Understanding the adoption of new technology in the forest products industry; 13. Scientific instrumentation and university research; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.3.1994
Zusatzinfo 4 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 236 mm
Gewicht 520 g
Themenwelt Technik
Wirtschaft Allgemeines / Lexika
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10 0-521-45270-8 / 0521452708
ISBN-13 978-0-521-45270-0 / 9780521452700
Zustand Neuware
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