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Technological Innovation and Economic Performance

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Technological Innovation and Economic Performance
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Benn Steil
Edited by David G. Victor
Edited by Richard R. Nelson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:488
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
Category/GenreEconomics
Ethical and social aspects of computing
ISBN/Barcode 9780691090917
ClassificationsDewey:338.064
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 3 February 2002
Publication Country United States

Description

Information technology accounts for over one-third of recent U.S. GDP growth and nearly two-thirds of corporate capital investment. "The New Economy" appears omnipresent, but little is actually known about its workings. This seminal volume brings together the research and critical thinking of many of the world's top macro and micro economists to provide a unique, multifaceted perspective. Through the use of detailed, up-to-date country and industry studies, this book provides the most authoritative and detailed analysis ever assembled into the causes of technological innovation and its relationship to economic performance. The country studies cover the United States, Japan, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the Nordic states. Nine industry studies examine the Internet, computers and semiconductors, banking, securities trading, venture capital, energy, agricultural biotechnology, pharmaceutical biotechnology, and automobiles. Commissioned and brought together for the research project by the world-renowned Council on Foreign Relations, the authors have produced one of the most important compendia in applied economics to be published in recent times.The contributors are Charles Calomiris, Ian Domowitz, Robert Evenson, Charles Fine, Robert Gordon, Richard Langlois, Josh Lerner, Markku Malkamaki, Patrick Messerlin, Joel Mokyr, David Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Stephen Nickell, Gary Pisano, Adam Posen, Daniel Raff, Horst Siebert, Timothy Simcoe, Benn Steil, Michael Stolpe, John Van Reenen, David Victor, and Matti Viren.

Author Biography

Benn Steil is Andre Meyer Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. David G. Victor is Robert W. Johnson, Jr., Senior Fellow and Director of the Science and Technology program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Richard R. Nelson is George Blumenthal Professor of International and Public Affairs, Business and Law at Columbia University.