Output Measurement in Science and Technology : Essays in Honor of Yvan Fabian

Output Measurement in Science and Technology: Essays in Honor of Yvan Fabian focuses on the processes, methodologies, and indicators of the advancement in science and technology. The selection first offers information on a technology gap approach to why growth rates differ and the impact of technological innovation on international trade patterns. Discussions focus on industrial innovation and international trade performance, use of patents in international trade analyses, technology gaps, innovation and economic growth, and economic and technological levels of development. The text then elaborates on a survey of literature on patents and the measurement of technological change and patents as indicators of corporate technological strength, including patents as predictors of financial performance and corporate technological strength, improving the patent information, and patents in the innovation process. The manuscript ponders on an empirical study on patents and inventors and a study of innovation in the pesticide industry. Topics include market demand and environmental concern, quantitative and qualitative analysis of pesticide innovations over time, and a review of innovation in pesticides. The selection is a dependable reference for researchers wanting to study the output measurement in science and technology. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Preface , Pages v-vi , Christopher Freeman Introductory note , Pages 3-4 , J. MARCUM Is Western Europe losing the technological race? , Pages 5-31 , Pari PATEL, Keith PAVITT A technology gap approach to why growth rates differ , Pages 33-45 , Jan FAGERBERG The impact of technological innovation on international trade patterns: The evidence reconsidered , Pages 47-76 , Luc SOETE Patents and the measurement of technological change: A survey of the literature , Pages 77-87 , Bjørn L. BASBERG Patents as indicators of corporate technological strength , Pages 89-101 , Francis NARIN, Elliot NOMA, Ross PERRY Patents and inventors: An empirical study , Pages 103-120 , Giorgio SIRILLI A study of innovation in the pesticide industry: Analysis of the innovation record of an industrial sector , Pages 121-158 , Basil ACHILLADELIS, Albert SCHWARZKOPF, Martin CINES Assessing basic research: Reappraisal and update of an evaluation of four radio astronomy observatories , Pages 159-173 , John IRVINE, Ben R. MARTIN, John ABRAHAM, Tim PEACOCK Author index , Pages 175-178 Subject index , Pages 179-181 Edited By Christopher Freeman. These Papers Were First Published As A Special Issue Of Research Policy, Volume 16, Numbers 2-4, August 1987, Pp. 55-228--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographies And Indexes.