Studies on Science and the Innovation Process:Selected Works of Nathan Rosenberg

Edited by Nathan Rosenberg

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Abstract: Science and technology have become increasingly intertwined in the twentieth century. However, little attention has been paid to the forces that have brought about this condition. Indeed, many scholars have taken it simply for granted that causality always runs from science to technology. In this groundbreaking book, Rosenberg's research suggests that history and extensive empirical evidence lead to a reality that is far more complex as well as far more interesting. Here, Rosenberg's papers explore a wide range of pertinent issues, especially those connected with the innovative process, including the realms of electric power, electronics, chemicals, aircraft, medicine, instrumentation and, in particular, higher education and the organization of research activities.

Keywords: Science and Technology; Innovation; Research Development; Medical Innovation; Economic Growth; Development; Research Policy; Engineering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
ISBN: 9789814273589
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction , pp 1-5

Nathan Rosenberg

Ch 2 The Commercial Exploitation of Science by American Industry , pp 7-39

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Ch 3 Academic Entrepreneurship , pp 41-56

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Ch 4 The Economic Impact of Scientific Instrumentation Developed in Academic Laboratories , pp 57-69

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Ch 5 Economic Development and the Transfer of Technology: Some Historical Perspectives , pp 71-96

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Ch 6 A General-Purpose Technology at Work: The Corliss Steam Engine in the Late-Nineteenth-Century United States , pp 97-135

Nathan Rosenberg and Manuel Trajtenberg

Ch 7 The role of electricity in industrial development , pp 137-151

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Ch 8 Uncertainty and Technological Change , pp 153-172

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Ch 9 An Overview of Innovation , pp 173-203

Stephen J. Kline and Nathan Rosenberg

Ch 10 Endogenous Forces in Twentieth-Century America , pp 205-224

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Ch 11 Why do firms do basic research (with their own money)? , pp 225-234

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Ch 12 From the Scalpel to the Scope: Endoscopic Innovations in Gastroenterology, Gynecology, and Surgery , pp 235-264

Annetine C. Gelijns and Nathan Rosenberg

Ch 13 The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL of MEDICINE , pp 265-273

Annetine C. Gelijns, Nathan Rosenberg and Alan J. Moskowitz

Ch 14 Some Critical Episodes in the Progress of Medical Innovation: An Anglo-American Perspective , pp 275-301

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Ch 15 Chemical Engineering as a General Purpose Technology , pp 303-328

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Ch 16 Technological Change in Chemicals: The Role of University – Industry Relations , pp 329-366

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Ch 17 Economic Experiments , pp 367-389

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Ch 18 Aeronautical Engineering , pp 391-402

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Ch 19 SCHUMPETER AND HISTORY , pp 403-412

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