Technology and the Pursuit of Economic Growth

"Mowery and Rosenberg are among the most productive scholars who, over the past decade, have revolutionized our understanding of how technical advance comes about. This book collects and builds from their recent work and the work of others. It will be of major interest to scholars, policy-makers, and all others intrigued by the question of how technical advance comes about, and how the system currently is changing." Richard Nelson, Columbia University

• Part I. Introduction: 1. The need for a new framework for R&D analysis and policy; Part II. The Development Of The Institutional Structure, 1860–1940; 2. The growing role of science in the innovation process; 3. The beginnings of the commercial exploitation of science by US industry; 4. The US research system before 1945; 5. The organisation of industrial revolution in Great Britain, 1900–1950; Part III. The Development Of The Postwar System, 1940–1987; 6. The evolution of federal investment in research and development since World War II; 7. The US commercial aircraft industry; Part IV. New Environment, New Research Organisations: 8. The changing context of innovation, 1980–present; 9. International and domestic collaboration in research and development; 10. The merger of technology and trade policies; 11. Concluding observations; Bibliography.