1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456229503321

Titolo

Technology & economics [[electronic resource] ] : papers commemorating Ralph Landau's service to the National Academy of Engineering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991

ISBN

1-280-21171-7

9786610211715

0-309-58303-9

0-585-14456-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LandauRalph

Disciplina

338.927

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Economic aspects - United States

Research, Industrial - United States

Economic development

Electronic books.

United States Economic policy Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a Symposium on Technology and Economics, held in Washington, D.C., Apr. 4-5, 1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Technology & Economics""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Ralph Landau: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Scholar""; ""How Competitiveness Can Be Achieved: Fostering Economic Growth and Productivity""; ""THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN GROWTH""; ""GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES VERSUS JAPAN""; ""THE JORGENSON ANALYSIS OF THE SOURCES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH""; ""RECENT NEW RESEARCH IN GROWTH ECONOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES""; ""THE LEGAL CLIMATE""; ""PHYSICAL CAPITAL FORMATION""; ""R&D AND EDUCATION""; ""MICROECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS""; ""WHAT SHOULD BE THE NATIONAL GOAL""

""HOW GROWTH RATES CAN BE INCREASED TO MEET THE NATIONAL GOAL""""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Capital Formation and Economic Growth""; ""TESTING OF HYPOTHESES""; ""ACCOUNTING FOR GROWTH""; ""CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT"";



""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Investing in Productivity Growth""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Technology and the Cost of Equity Capital""; ""THE COST OF CAPITAL""; ""THE COST OF EQUITY""; ""CORPORATE HORIZONS AND THE COST OF CAPITAL""; ""INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS""; ""POLICIES THAT REDUCE THE COST OF EQUITY""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""

""Science and Its Applications: How To Succeed""""THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE""; ""EXPLOIT LUCK THROUGH OBSERVATION""; ""OPTIMIZE CHAOS""; ""PERSEVERE""; ""THINK FUNDAMENTALLY""; ""MOONLIGHT""; ""BE ARROGANT""; ""A SEVENTH KEY TO SUCCESS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Challenges to Agricultural Research in the Twenty-First Century""; ""TECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTIONS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT""; ""STRESS ON THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM""; ""BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS""; ""RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS""; ""PERSPECTIVE""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""

""INNOVATION IN THE CHEMICAL PROCESSING INDUSTRIES""""NOTES""; ""List of Symposium Participants""

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996392252003316

Autore

Leigh Edward <1602-1671.>

Titolo

England described: or The several counties & shires thereof briefly handled [[electronic resource] ] : Some things also premised, to set forth the glory of this nation. / / By Edward Leigh Esquire, Mr of Arts of Magdalen-Hall in Oxford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by A.M. for Henry Marsh at the signe of the Princes-Arms in Chancery-lane, near Fleetstreet, 1659

Descrizione fisica

[16], 234, [6] p

Soggetti

Names, Geographical - England

England Description and travel 1601-1700

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

With three final advertisement leaves.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "May.".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.



Sommario/riassunto

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