Positive Sum Strategy

Harnessing Technology for Economic Growth

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 1986
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9780309567985
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This volume provides a state-of-the-art review of the relationship between technology and economic growth. Many of the 42 chapters discuss the political and corporate decisions for what one author calls a "e;Competitiveness Policy."e; As contributor John A. Young states, "e;Technology is our strongest advantage in world competition. Yet we do not capitalize on our preeminent position, and other countries are rapidly closing the gap."e; This lively volume provides many fresh insights including "e;two unusually balanced and illuminating discussions of Japan, "e; Science noted.

Table of contents

• The Positive Sum Strategy
• Copyright
• Introduction
• Contents
• Editors' Overview
• The Impact of Technological Innovation: A Historical View
• Macroeconomics, Technology, and Economic Growth: An Introduction to Some Important Issues
• Microeconomics and Productivity
• Dynamic Competition and Productivity Advances
• The Effect of Recent Macroeconomic Policies on Innovation and Productivity
• Macrorealities of the Information Economy
• Harnessing Technology for Growth
• Technology and Its Role in Modern Society
• National Science Policy and Technological Innovation
• The Role of the Legal System in Technological Innovation and Economic Growth
• The Bhopalization of American Tort Law
• From Understanding to Manipulating DNA
• The Physical Sciences As the Basis for Modern Technology
• Technological Education
• Basic Research in the Universities: How Much Utility?
• An Overview of Innovation
• Microeconomics of Technological Innovation
• Macroeconomics and Microeconomics of Innovation: The Role of the Technological Environment
• Technical Change and Innovation in Agriculture
• Technology Adoption: The Services Industries
• Technology Diffusion, Public Policy, and Industrial Competitiveness
• Determinants of Innovative Activity
• Programmed Innovation—Strategy for Success
• The Chemical Industry: Challenges, Risks, and Rewards
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation: The Electronics Industry
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Biotechnology
• Impact of Entrepreneurship and Innovation on the Distribution of Personal Computers
• Making the Transition From Entrepreneur to Large Company
• Cultivating Technological Innovation
• The Role of Large Banks in Financing Innovation
• A View From Wall Street
• Trends in Financing Innovation
• Technology and Trade: A Study of U.S. Competitiveness in Seven Industries
• Global Competition—The New Reality Results of the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness
• Innovation, Job Creation, and Competitiveness
• Dangers in U.S. Efforts to Promote International Competitiveness
• Government Policies for Innovation and Growth
• The Japanese Challenge in High Technology
• The Macroeconomic Background for High-Tech Industrialization in Japan
• Capital Formation in the United States and Japan
• Contributors
• Index