Technology and the Wealth of Nations

Download or read book Technology and the Wealth of Nations written by Dominique Foray and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1993 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mass of information and stylized facts available on the economics of technical change and industrial innovation has grown immense. This abundance reflects the importance of these phenomena to the understanding of economic growth. This book attempts to distill this unwieldy quantity of information down to a few analytical principles that should enable the reader to understand the factors of technological competitiveness and the links between scientific and technical dynamics and the wealth of nations.