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

Rosenberg, Nathan

 
9780521459556: Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics, and History
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521459559 ISBN 13 : 9780521459556
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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.

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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

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521459559
ISBN 13 
9780521459556
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
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9780521452700: Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics, and History

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521452708 ISBN 13 :  9780521452700
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1994
Couverture rigide