01529nam a22001457a 4500008004100000020001500041050001700056100002300073245008100096260003200177300002900209500002000238505110000258650002501358120330t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d a0415052386 aHC79.T4 G655 aGomulka, Stanislaw aThe theory of technological change and economic growth /cStanislaw Gomulka, aLondon:bRoutledge,cc1990. aix, 256 p.:bill;c21cm. aIncludes index. aContents: Microeconomics of invention, innovation, and diffusion -- Preliminary concepts and relations -- Inventive activity: Distinct characteristics of nature and size -- Major time trends and cross-sectional tendencies: Stylized facts -- Markets structure, rivalry, and innovation -- Behavioural and evolutionary versus neoclassical theory of technical choice and innovation -- Innovation diffusion: Theory and evidence -- The Behaviour of enterprises and innovation characteristics in centrally managed economies -- Macroeconomics of innovation, technology transfer, and growth -- Innovation biases, factor substitution, and the measurement of technological change: Definitions and theory -- Variation of innovation rates among countries and over time: The first hat-shape relationship -- 'Technological revolution' as an innovation superwave in the world technological frontier area -- Evidence and microeconomics of the international technology transfer -- Macrotheories and evidence of international technology transfer -- Innovation rate and change of economic systems: A Grand scenario. bEconomic development