Economics of Technology

• Abbreviated. Economics of Technology - An Introduction and Overview. (0. Granstrand); Factory Automation and Economic Performance: A Micro-to Macro Analysis. (B. Carlsson); Positive Feedbacks and Research Productivity in Science: Reopening Another Black Box (P. David); Microdynamics and Macrofoundations: an Evolutionary Perspective (G. Dosi); Technology, Economic Competence and the Theory of the Firm Discussing the Economic Forces Behind Long-Term Economic Growth. (G. Eliasson); Knowledge Segmentation - Integration in Theory and in Japanese Companies (M. Fransman); Technological, Technical and Economic Change's - A Systems Engineering Approach. An Analytical Framework. (0. Granstrand); The Notion of Science-Based Innovation Reconsidered: Empirical Results for the Triad Countries (H. Grupp); Economics of Technological Relationships (H. Hakansson); Changes in the Technological Landscape. The Temporal Dimension in the Growth and Decline of Large Technological Systems (S. Lindqvist); The Formation of the U.S. Market for Business Jets: A Study in Schumpeterian Rivalry. (A. Phillips et al.); Science - Technology - Economy Interactions (N. Rosenberg); Competing for Comparative Advantage Through Technological Innovation (F.M. Scherer); International Competitiveness, Trade and Technology Policies (L. Soete); The Steel Industries of Western Europe Compared, 1870-1914 (U. Wengenroth); Scientific and Technical Cycles: Analysis and Forecasting of Technological Cycles and Upheavals (Y.V. Yakovets); Towards Research on the Technology of Economic Development: Summary Remarks I (E. Dahmen); Beyond the Economics of Technology: Summary Remarks 2. (T.P. Hughes); Summary and Discussion (0. Granstrand) Appendices. Indices (name, subject).

Ove Granstrand has provided an extensive summary of the chapters and their implications for policy and future research. His philosophical reflections are particularly intriguing in terms of teaching technology to engineering and management students. This is indeed an important contribution in the field of economics of technology...should be a required reading for all students of technology. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management The volume is accessible and well written. Journal of Economics ... the book is a successful attempt to provide insights into old and new questions in the field, and it is a 'must' for those who would like to know where we are and where we are going in technology studies. Research Policy