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Technology and economic progress : proceedings of Section F (Economics) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Belfast, 1987
- Title
- Technology and economic progress : proceedings of Section F (Economics) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Belfast, 1987 / edited by Aubrey Silberston.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press, 1989.
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- Additional Authors
- Silberston, Aubrey.
- Description
- xiv, 248 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- British Association for the Advancement of Science. Section F (Economics)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Technology and economic progress: the supply and demand for scientists and engineers / Aubrey Silberston -- Science and industry in the United Kingdom -- 1952 and 1987 / Sir Bruce Williams -- Economic importance of patents / Aubrey Silberston.
- ISBN
- 0333459318
- 0333459326
- 9780333459317
- 9780333459324
- LCCN
- 89155028
- OCLC
- 20934638
- SCSB-2690213
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries