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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783973403321

Autore

Link Albert N.

Titolo

Technological change and economic performance / / Albert N. Link and Donald S. Siegel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

0-429-23130-X

1-138-81127-0

0-203-41758-5

1-134-48738-X

1-280-05800-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Studies in global competition ; ; v. 17

Altri autori (Persone)

SiegelDonald S. <1959->

LinkAlbert N

Disciplina

338/.064

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Industrial productivity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Updated edition of: Technological change and productivity growth. c1987.

Published simultaneously in the USA and Canada.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [126]-148) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Some preliminary concepts; Early theoretical and empirical studies of economic growth; The production function concept of technological change; Alternative frameworks for measuring technical progress and productivity; Trends in productivity growth; The productivity slowdown; Sources of technical knowledge; The technology  productivity growth relationship; Effects of information technology on workers and economic performance; Research partnerships and economic performance; Concluding statement

Definition of symbolsStochastic frontier estimation; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reviews of the literature on historical and theoretical developments of technology and economic growth including productivity measures, technical knowledge, technological spillovers and stock market reactions to technology investment.