1st Edition

Schumpeter and the Endogeneity of Technology Some American Perspectives

By Nathan Rosenberg Copyright 2000
136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

Schumpeter's profoundly influential work developed the notion of the endogeneity of technology, and offered illuminating historical analyses of how and why some social systems have managed to generate innovation. This new interpretation explores Schumpeter's central ideas, and examines the ways in which the concept of endogeneity can illuminate recent American economic history.

1. Joseph Schumpeter and the economic interpretation of history 2. Endogeneity in twentieth-century science and technology 3. American universities as endogenous institutions 4. Innovators and 'mere imitators' 5. Chemical engineering as a general purpose technology

Biography

Nathan Rosenberg

'As ever, Rosenberg's latest work shows his unerring grasp of the valuable and the insightful.' - Prof. G.N. von Tunzelmann, Research Policy