Essays In Honor Of Edwin Mansfield: The Economics Of R & D, Innovation, And Technological Change Economics Of R & D, Innovation, And Technological Change

Edwin Mansfield was a research pioneer into the economics of R and D and technological change. As appreciation and remembrance for his scholarly contributions, eminent scholars have contributed original papers for this edited volume. The authors have followed the "Mansfieldian” approach of emphasizing economic insight and intuition over mathematical rigor and as a result are very accessable. Essays in Honor of Edwin Mansfield has the potential to serve as a reader in all advanced undergraduate and graduate classes/seminars in the economics of R and D and technological change. This edited volume will be the definitive work in the field. Cover......Page 1 ESSAYS IN HONOR OF EDWIN MANSFIELD......Page 3 ISBN-10: 0387250107......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 7 Edwin Mansfield: An Appreciation......Page 8 Flexibility and Endogenous Innovation......Page 15 Schumpeter and the Micro-foundations of Endogenous Growth......Page 20 Technology and Technology Transfer: Mansfieldian Inspirations and Subsequent Developments......Page 32 Welfare Implications of User Innovation......Page 49 Underinvestment in Public Good Technologies......Page 64 Evaluating Public Sector R&D Programs: The Advanced Technology Program's Investment in Wavelength References for Optical Fiber Communications......Page 89 Industrial R&D Laboratories: Windows on Black Boxes?......Page 100 Public Policy and Environmental Research and Development......Page 109 The Importance of R&D for Innovation A Reassessment Using French Survey Data......Page 128 University R&D and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Italy......Page 143 Reflections on Mansfield, Technological Complexity, and the "Golden Age" of U.S. Corporate R&D......Page 150 The Welfare Effects of Research and Production Joint Ventures......Page 169 Research Joint Ventures in the United States: A Descriptive Analysis......Page 182 Exploring the Patent Explosion......Page 189 The University and the Start-Up: Lessons from the Past Two Decades......Page 203 Patents and Appropriation: Concerns and Evidence......Page 211 The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 and University-Industry Technology Transfer: A Model for Other OECD Governments?......Page 226 Financing Constraints in the Inter Firm Diffusion of New Process Technologies......Page 239 Ed Mansfield and the Diffusion of Innovation: An Evolutionary Connection......Page 250 Mansfield's Missing Link: The Impact of Knowledge Spillovers on Firm Growth......Page 261 Predictable Cross-Industry Heterogeneity in Industry Dynamics......Page 265 Mansfield's Innovation in the Theory of Innovation......Page 270 Modeling the Impact of Technical Change on Emissions Abatement Investments in Developing Countries......Page 280 Index of Names......Page 295 In January of 1985, I received from the committee in Sweden an invitation to nominate candidates for the Nobel Prize in Economic Science.