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Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics, and History

Hardback

Main Details

Title Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics, and History
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Nathan Rosenberg
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 155
Category/GenreEconomic theory and philosophy
Technology - general issues
ISBN/Barcode 9780521452700
ClassificationsDewey:338.064
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 4 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 10 March 1994
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Reviews

'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 <\I>