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

Chris Freeman (Author), Luc Soete (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0262561131 | ISBN-13: 978-0262561136 | Publication Date: August 1, 1997 | Edition: third edition

Technical innovation has moved to center stage in contemporary debates on economic theory and policy, and Chris Freeman and Luc Soete have played a prominent part in these debates. For this new edition of The Economics of Industrial Innovation, they have rewritten all the existing chapters and added ten new ones that address recent advances in theory and in policymaking. In the new chapters they deal with the international dimensions of technical change including underdevelopment, technology transfer, international trade, and globalization. They have also strengthened the historical account of the rise of new technologies, a main feature of earlier editions. They take advantage of their experience on projects for the OECD, the European Union, and industry in other new chapters on "The Information Society" and on environmental issues, as well as in 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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 470 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press; third edition edition (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262561131
• ISBN-13: 978-0262561136
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,318,075 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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