Technical Change and Economic Theory

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A sustained critique of mainstream economic theory and discussion of the development of an alternative. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Technical Change and Economic Theory. Edited by G. Dosi, C. Freeman, R. Nelson, G. Silverberg, L. Soete. Pinter Publisher, London and New York. (1988) Contents Part I - Introduction 1. Introduction, - C. Freeman Part II - Evolution, technology, and institutions: a wider framework for economic analysis Preface - C. Freeman 2. Coordination and transformation: an overview of structures, behaviours and change in evolutionary environments - G. Dosi and L. Orsenigo 3. Structural crises of adjustment: business cycles and investment behaviour - C. Freeman and C. Perez 4. Technical change and the theory of regulation - R. Boyer 5. Evolution, innovation and economics - P.M. Allen Part III - How well does established theory work Preface - G. Dosi 6. Coordination and order in economic change and the interpretative power of economic theory - F. Coricelli and G. Dosi 7. Imperfect decisions and routinized production: implications for evolutionary modelling and inertial technical change - R. Heiner 8. On the dynamics of aggregate macroequations: from simple microbehaviour to complex macrorelationships - M. Lippi 9. Evolutionary theories in economic thought - N. Clark and C. Juma Part IV - Innovation and the evolution of firms Preface - R. Nelson 10. The nature of innovative process - G. Dosi 11. Towards the economics of information-intensive production systems: the case of advanced materials - M. Willingner and E. Zuscovitch 12. Technological change and the nature of the firm - D. Teece 13. The R and D function: corporate strategy and structure - N. Kay 14. Technological opportunities and industrial organization - R. Coombs Part V - National Systems of innovation Preface - R. Nelson 15. Institutions supporting technical change in the United States - R. Nelson 16. Japan: a new national system of innovations? - C. Freeman 17. Innovation as an interactive process: from user-producer interaction to the national system of innovation - B.A. Lundvall 18. Can the innovation system capitalism be outperformed? - P. Pelikan Part VI - International diffusion of technology and international trade competition Preface - L. Soete 19. Technical change and international trade - G. Dosi and L. Soete 20. Why growth rates differ - J. Fagerberg 21. Catching up in technology: entry barriers and windows of opportunity - C. Perez and L. Soete 22. Industrial structure, technical change and microeconomic behaviour in LDCs - K. Unger 23. Multinational enterprises and the international diffusion of technology - F. Chesnais Part VII - Formal Models Preface - G. Silverberg 24. Modelling economic dynamics and technical change: mathematical approaches to self-organisation and evolution - G. Silverberg 25. The diffusion of innovations: an interpretative survey - J. Metcalfe 26. Competing technologies: an overview - W.B. Arthur 27. Formalizing growth regimes - R. Boyer Part VIII - Conclusions 28. Policy Conclusions - R. Nelson and L. Soete Index