Pubbl/distr/stampa	London : , : Routledge, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (398 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	338.9009173/2
Altri autori (Persone)	RoweJames E (James Edward)
Soggetto topico	Economic development Community development Economic policy
ISBN	1-315-23631-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Defining the discipline -- pt. 3. Theoretical concepts -- pt. 4. Theoretical frameworks.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910154620203321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (417 p.)
Disciplina	330.9 338.9
Altri autori (Persone)	GersovitzMark
Collana	Routledge library editions. Development
Soggetto topico	Economic development Economics
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-54660-4 1-136-87816-5 9786613859051 0-203-83851-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; THE THEORY AND EXPERIENCE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 On W. Arthur Lewis's Contributions to Economics; 2 W. Arthur Lewis: an Appreciation; Part One The Dual Economy; 3 Lewis and the Classicists; 4 The Pattern of Shift of Labor Force from Agriculture, 1950-70; 5 Food Price Inflation, Terms of Trade and Growth; 6 Alternative Theories of Wage Determination and Unemployment: the Efficiency Wage Model; 7 Agricultural Development, Education and Innovation; 8 Uncertainty, Information and the Inflation Tax in Poor Countries; Part Two The Open Economy 9 Unequal Exchange in a Lewis-Type World10 Protection and Growth in a Dual Economy; 11 Lessons of Experience under Fixed Exchange Rates; 12 Currency Baskets and Real Effective Exchange Rates; 13 Negotiating International Economic Order; Part Three Cost Benefit and Planning; 14 General Equilibrium Theory, Project Evaluation and Economic Development; 15 The Economics of Pollution Control; 16 Planning and Dual Values of Linearized Nonlinear Problems: A Gothic Tale; Part Four Economic History and History of Thought 17 Economic Growth and Stagnation in the United Kingdom before the First World War18 The Cyclical Pattern of Long-Term Lending; 19 Inter-Country Diffusion of Economic Growth, 1870-1914; 20 Latin America in Depression, 1929-39; 21 Indian Industrialization before 1945; 22 The Rise and Decline of Development Economics; Publications by W. Arthur Lewis; List of Authors and Their University Affiliations; Author Index; Subject Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910465842903321

Autore	Gomulka Stanislaw
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1990
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (496 p.)
Disciplina	338.06 338.064
Soggetto topico	Economic development Technological innovations Technological innovations - Economic aspects
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-134-94069-6 1-134-94070-X 1-282-37339-0 9786612373398 0-203-01305-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Acknowledgements; Part one Microeconomics of invention, innovation, and diffusion; Chapter one Preliminary concepts and relations; Production processes, techniques, and technology; Efficient techniques and technological progress; Allocative efficiency, X -efficiency, and relative rationality; Invention, innovation, and the role of science; Product and process innovations; Dynamic economies of scale, product cycle, and innovation; The trigger effect and an illustration of the long-term effects on prices; Economic growth and aggregate measures of innovation Correction for the changing (static) X-inefficiency Chapter two Inventive activity: distinct characteristics of nature and size; Public good quality of invention and game aspects of the invention/innovation process; Surges of basic inventions, innovative potentials, and variations in innovation rates; Chapter three Major time trends and cross-sectional tendencies: stylized facts; Major time trends; Major cross-sectional characteristics; The dominant innovation stimulus: technology-push versus demand-pull hypothesis; The interfirm variation in R&D expenditure: Mansfield's model Chapter four Market structure, rivalry, and innovation Market structure, R&D expenditure, and innovation: the Nordhaus model; Perfectly competitive industry with no spill-over effect; Oligopoly with free entry and a spill-over effect; The socially managed industry; Innovation, demand, and market structure: the Dasgupta-Stiglitz model; Process versus product innovation: the optimal mix under free entry; Oligopolistic (with free entry) versus socially managed industry when the spill-over effect is present; A note on strategic innovation Chapter five Behavioural and evolutionary versus neoclassical theory of technical choice and innovation Key principles of the neoclassical theory of technical choice; The choice of techniques under perfect competition in an n -sector economy; Criticisms of the neoclassical theory; Natural selection and the evolutionary thesis; The 'behavioural approach'; The Nelson-Winter 'evolutionary' model of technical choice and innovation; Chapter six Innovation diffusion: theory and evidence; Two key stylized facts of innovation diffusion Mathematical theory of spread of information and the logistic curve The Mansfield model; The Davies model; Some empirical findings; The game-theoretic approach: a model by Grindley; Chapter seven The behaviour of enterprises and innovation characteristics in centrally managed economies; The paradox of a high inefficiency and (until the late 1970's) respectable innovation rate; The discipline of the plan and the freedom of the firm; Systemic characteristics and policy aspects of innovation in centrally managed economies; Major systemic characteristics of the innovation process The effects of Hungarian-type reforms
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910450245803321

Autore	Gomulka Stanislaw
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1990
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (496 p.)
Disciplina	338.06 338.064
Soggetto topico	Economic development Technological innovations Technological innovations - Economic aspects
ISBN	1-134-94069-6 1-134-94070-X 1-282-37339-0 9786612373398 0-203-01305-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Acknowledgements; Part one Microeconomics of invention, innovation, and diffusion; Chapter one Preliminary concepts and relations; Production processes, techniques, and technology; Efficient techniques and technological progress; Allocative efficiency, X -efficiency, and relative rationality; Invention, innovation, and the role of science; Product and process innovations; Dynamic economies of scale, product cycle, and innovation; The trigger effect and an illustration of the long-term effects on prices; Economic growth and aggregate measures of innovation Correction for the changing (static) X-inefficiency Chapter two Inventive activity: distinct characteristics of nature and size; Public good quality of invention and game aspects of the invention/innovation process; Surges of basic inventions, innovative potentials, and variations in innovation rates; Chapter three Major time trends and cross-sectional tendencies: stylized facts; Major time trends; Major cross-sectional characteristics; The dominant innovation stimulus: technology-push versus demand-pull hypothesis; The interfirm variation in R&D expenditure: Mansfield's model Chapter four Market structure, rivalry, and innovation Market structure, R&D expenditure, and innovation: the Nordhaus model; Perfectly competitive industry with no spill-over effect; Oligopoly with free entry and a spill-over effect; The socially managed industry; Innovation, demand, and market structure: the Dasgupta-Stiglitz model; Process versus product innovation: the optimal mix under free entry; Oligopolistic (with free entry) versus socially managed industry when the spill-over effect is present; A note on strategic innovation Chapter five Behavioural and evolutionary versus neoclassical theory of technical choice and innovation Key principles of the neoclassical theory of technical choice; The choice of techniques under perfect competition in an n -sector economy; Criticisms of the neoclassical theory; Natural selection and the evolutionary thesis; The 'behavioural approach'; The Nelson-Winter 'evolutionary' model of technical choice and innovation; Chapter six Innovation diffusion: theory and evidence; Two key stylized facts of innovation diffusion Mathematical theory of spread of information and the logistic curve The Mansfield model; The Davies model; Some empirical findings; The game-theoretic approach: a model by Grindley; Chapter seven The behaviour of enterprises and innovation characteristics in centrally managed economies; The paradox of a high inefficiency and (until the late 1970's) respectable innovation rate; The discipline of the plan and the freedom of the firm; Systemic characteristics and policy aspects of innovation in centrally managed economies; Major systemic characteristics of the innovation process The effects of Hungarian-type reforms
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910812758903321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	London : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (305 p.)
Disciplina	338.9
Altri autori (Persone)	ChristiansenJens KhanShahrukh Rafi
Collana	Routledge studies in development economics
Soggetto topico	Economic development Economic policy International relations
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-136-91924-4 1-136-91925-2 1-282-88251-1 9786612882517 0-203-84431-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction; 1 Exploring and naming an economic development alternative; Part II: Conceptual issues and a new developmentalist agenda; 2 The market as means rather than master: The crisis of development and the future role of the state; 3 Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark: How development has disappeared from today's "development" discourse; 4 The economics of failed, failing, and fragile states: Productive structure as the missing link; Part III: Neo- liberal constraints on the policy agenda 5 The pernicious legacy of the rent-seeking paradigm6 Cementing neo-liberalism in the developing world: Ideational and institutional constraints on policy space; 7 Mobilizing public resources for a new development strategy in the age of globalization: The fiscal space dilemma in Latin America; 8 Investment treaties as a constraining framework; Part IV: Case studies in pro-active government; 9 Government reform and industrial development in China and Mexico; 10 Growth and development in Africa: Challenges and opportunities; Part V: Conclusion: Moving to alternatives 11 Climate-resilient industrial development paths: Design principles and alternative models12 Towards new developmentalism: Context, program, and constraints; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459308103321