1st Edition
Productivity in Natural Resource Industries Improvement through Innovation
By R. David Simpson
Copyright 1999
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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Several senior natural resource analysts study the role played by innovation, particularly technological innovation, in the pursuit of heightened productivity. Increasing the output of a given input improves a firm‘s bottom line, makes it more competitive internationally, and reduces the potential for resource depletion and shortages. Thus, high productivity is a necessary ingredient of economic... Read more
Foreword
Michael A. Toman
1. Introduction: Technological Innovation in Natural Resource Industries
R. David Simpson
2. Innovation and Productivity in U.S. Coal Mining
Joel Darmstadter
3. Technological Improvement in Petroleum Exploration and Development
Douglas R. Bohi
4. Innovation, Productivity Growth, and the Survival of the U.S. Copper Industry
John E. Tilton and Hans H. Landsberg
5. Land Use Change and Innovation in U.S. Forestry
Roger A. Sedjo
6. Productivity Trends in the Natural Resource Industries: A Cross-Cutting Analysis
Ian W.H. Parry
Index
Biography
R. David Simpson is a Fellow in the Energy and Natural Resources Division of Resources for the Future.
