The Economics of Industrial Innovation - 3rd Edition [Hardcover]

Chris Freeman (Author), Luc Soete (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0262061953 | ISBN-13: 978-0262061957 | Publication Date: July 11, 1997 | Edition: 3

Technical innovation has moved to centre stage in contemporary debates on economic theory and policy. The third edition of this work has been rewritten in all the existing chapters and has added ten new chapters to address recent advances in theory and in policymaking. Dealing with the international dimensions of technical change including underdevolopment, technology transfer, international trade, and globilization, it has also added to the historical account of the rise of new technologies. Using their experience of projects for the OECD, the European Union, and industry, the authors include new chapters on "the information society", environmental issues, and on the updated discussion of science and technology policy.

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Review

"As an introduction to the study of technical change in the twentieth-century economy, Freeman's book is superb."
- Business History Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Chris Freeman is Professor Emeritus at the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex, U.K. Luc Soete is Director of MERIT (Maastricht Economics Research Institute on Innovation and Technology) and Professor of International Economics at the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press; 3 edition (July 11, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262061953
• ISBN-13: 978-0262061957
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,317,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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