1st Edition
The Theory of Technological Change and Economic Growth
By Dr Stanislaw Gomulka
Copyright 1991
220 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
In this wide ranging exposition of the various economic theories of technological change, Stanislaw Gomulka relates them to rates of growth experienced by different economies in both the short and the long term. Analysis of countries as diverse as Japan, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom demonstrates that there is an interdependence between technological change and the institutional and... Read more
Part I: Microeconomics of Invention, Innovation and Diffusion 1. Preliminary Concepts and Relations 2. Incentive Activity: Distinct Characteristics of Nature and Size 3. Major Time-Trends and Cross-Sectional Tendencies; Stylised Facts 4. Market Structure, Rivalry and Innovation 5. Behavioural and Evolutionary Versus Neoclassical Theory of Technical Choice and Innovation 6. Innovation Diffusion: Theory and Evidence 7. The Behaviour and Innovation Characteristics in Centrally Managed Economies Part II: Macroeconomics of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Growth 8. Innovative Biases, Factor Substitution, and the Measurement of Technological Change: Definitions and Theory 9. Variation of Innovation Rates among Countries and Over Time: The (First) Hat-Shape Relationship 10. Technological Revolutions as an Innovation Superwave in the Technology Frontier Area 11. Evidence and Macroeconomics of the International Technology Transfer 12. Macrotheories and Evidence of International Technology Transfer 13. Innovation Rate and Change of Economic Systems: A Grand Scenario 14. Bibliography
Biography
Dr Stanislaw Gomulka
`Gomulka's argument is thought-provoking and raises some of the most fundamental issues. It is an excellent original contribution to the theory of world economic growth.' - Regional Studies
