Handbook of the Economics of Innovation

Considering subjects as diverse as the diffusion of various technologies and their industrial applications, governmental policies, and manifestations of innovation in our institutions, history, and environment, this title maps milestones in research and speculates about the roads ahead.

List of contents

Volume 2
I. Diffusion
The diffusion of new technology
General purpose technologies
International trade, foreign direct investment, and technology spillovers
II. Innovation Outcomes
Innovation and economic development
Energy, the environment, and technological change
The economics of innovation and technical change in agriculture
III. Measurement of Innovation
Growth accounting
Returns to R&D and productivity
Patent statistics as innovation indicators
Using innovation surveys for econometric analysis
IV. Policy Towards Innovation
Systems of innovation
Economics of technology policy
Military R&D and innovation

Report

"For too long the policy importance of innovation has taken a back seat to short-term stimulus initiatives. Hall and Rosenberg have assembled a scholarly collection of papers that provide a timely guide for rediscovering the role of innovation in economic growth." --Albert N. Link, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Product details

• Authors: Bronwyn H. Hall, Bronwyn H. Rosenberg Hall, Nathan Rosenberg
• Assisted by: Nathan Rosenberg (Reader / Narrator), Bronwyn H Hall (Editor), Bronwyn H. Hall (Editor), Hall Bronwyn H. (Editor), Nathan Rosenberg (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2010
• EAN: 9780444536099
• ISBN: 978-0-444-53609-9
• No. of pages: 600
• Series: Handbooks in Economics; Handbooks in Economics; Handbook of the Economics of I; Handbook of the Economics of Innovation
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, SCIENCE / Applied Sciences, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Research