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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827701003321

Autore

Korres George M

Titolo

Technical change and economic growth : inside the knowledge based economy / / George M. Korres

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hants, England, : Ashgate, c2008

ISBN

1-351-89581-8

1-351-89582-6

1-315-24169-2

1-281-89418-4

9786611894184

0-7546-8991-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

338' .064'094

338/.064094

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Economic aspects - European Union countries

Technological innovations - Economic aspects - Greece

Production functions (Economic theory)

European Union countries Economic conditions

Greece Economic conditions 1974-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Knowledge Economy and Innovation Activities: An Approach to Definitions and Measurement; 2 Modelling Knowledge Economy and Innovation Activities with the Context of New Growth Theory; 3 Knowledge Economy, Technical Change and Productivity Growth; 4 Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs), National System of Innovations and Diffusion of Knowledge; 5 European Innovation Policy and Regional Cohesion; Appendix: Glossary of Definitions and Measurements; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this in-depth and detailed study, George Korres analyzes the macroeconomic and the microeconomic factors influencing the



economics of innovation and the economic relations between technology, innovation, knowledge and productivity.