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Klappentext This book offers a unique synthesis of historical studies! economic analysis! and policy debate on the conditions conducive to technological advance and economic growth. Zusammenfassung This book demonstrates the importance of a historical perspective in understanding the role of technological innovation in the economy. The authors examine key episodes and institutions in the development of the U.S. research system and in the development of the research systems of other industrial economies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Introduction: 1. The need for a new framework for R&D analysis and policy; Part II. The Development Of The Institutional Structure, 1860-1940; 2. The growing role of science in the innovation process; 3. The beginnings of the commercial exploitation of science by US industry; 4. The US research system before 1945; 5. The organisation of industrial revolution in Great Britain, 1900-1950; Part III. The Development Of The Postwar System, 1940-1987; 6. The evolution of federal investment in research and development since World War II; 7. The US commercial aircraft industry; Part IV. New Environment, New Research Organisations: 8. The changing context of innovation, 1980-present; 9. International and domestic collaboration in research and development; 10. The merger of technology and trade policies; 11. Concluding observations; Bibliography.
