Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics, and History - Couverture rigide

Rosenberg, Nathan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521452708 ISBN 13 : 9780521452700

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This book presents a unique account of how technological change is generated and introduced into economic activity.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The process of technological change takes a wide variety of forms. Propositions that may be accurate when referring to the pharmaceutical industry may be totally inappropriate when applied to the aircraft industry or to computers or forest products. The central theme of Nathan Rosenberg's new book is the idea that technological changes are often 'path dependent', in the sense that their form and direction tend to be influenced strongly by the particular sequence of earlier events out of which a new technology has emerged. The book advances the understanding of technological change by explictly recognising its essential diversity and path-dependent nature. Individual chapters explore the particular features of new technologies in different historical and sectoral contexts. This book presents a unique account of how technological change is generated and the processes by which improved technologies are introduced.

Revue de presse

'If you read nothing else on technological innovation, you will not go wrong by reading Rosenberg. One of the great virtues of his work is that it is easily accessible to the general reader.' Nature

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521452708
• ISBN 13: 9780521452700
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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