Technology and Economic Progress : Proceedings of Section F (Economics) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Belfast, 1987

A collection of papers which examine the dependency of economic progress on technological developments progressing from a discussion of the forces affecting the process of technical change to empirical studies of technical change in different industries and firms. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Technology and Economic Progress: The Supply and Demand for Scientists and Engineers....Pages 1-24 Science and Industry in the United Kingdom — 1952 and 1987....Pages 25-42 Economic Organisation and Technological Change....Pages 43-53 Evolution and Economic Change....Pages 54-85 Market Forces and the Evolution of Supply in the British Telecommunications and Electricity Supply Industries....Pages 86-112 The Technological Activities of the UK: A Fresh Look....Pages 113-154 The Economic Importance of Patents....Pages 155-180 Technical Change and the Work/Leisure Balance: A New System of Socio-economic Accounts....Pages 181-215 Strategy and Finance in Small High-Technology Companies....Pages 216-239 Back Matter....Pages 241-248 It is widely accepted that economic progress is highly dependent on developments in the invention and exploitation of new productions and processes arising from technical progress. This book considers these questions from many different viewpoints, progressing from a discussion of the forces affecting the process of technical change to empirical studies of technical change in different industries and firms, and a consideration of their economic and social consequesces Edited By Aubrey Silberston. Includes Bibliographical References.