Technical Change and Economic Theory

Technical Change and Economic Theory. Edited by G. Dosi, C. Freeman, R. Nelson, G. Silverberg, L. Soete. Pinter Publisher, London and New York. (1988)

Contents
Part I - Introduction
1. Introduction, - C. Freeman
Part II - Evolution, technology, and institutions: a wider framework for economic analysis
Preface - C. Freeman
2. Coordination and transformation: an overview of structures, behaviours and change in evolutionary environments - G. Dosi and L. Orsenigo
3. Structural crises of adjustment: business cycles and investment behaviour - C. Freeman and C. Perez
4. Technical change and the theory of regulation - R. Boyer
5. Evolution, innovation and economics - P.M. Allen
Part III - How well does established theory work
Preface - G. Dosi
6. Coordination and order in economic change and the interpretative power of economic theory - F. Coricelli and G. Dosi
7. Imperfect decisions and routinized production: implications for evolutionary modelling and inertial technical change - R. Heiner
8. On the dynamics of aggregate macroequations: from simple microbehaviour to complex macrorelationships - M. Lippi
9. Evolutionary theories in economic thought - N. Clark and C. Juma
Part IV - Innovation and the evolution of firms
Preface - R. Nelson
10. The nature of innovative process - G. Dosi
11. Towards the economics of information-intensive production systems: the case of advanced materials - M. Willingner and E. Zuscovitch
12. Technological change and the nature of the firm - D. Teece
13. The R and D function: corporate strategy and structure - N. Kay
14. Technological opportunities and industrial organization - R. Coombs
Part V - National Systems of innovation
Preface - R. Nelson
15. Institutions supporting technical change in the United States - R. Nelson
16. Japan: a new national system of innovations? - C. Freeman
17. Innovation as an interactive process: from user-producer interaction to the national system of innovation - B.A. Lundvall
18. Can the innovation system capitalism be outperformed? - P. Pelikan
Part VI - International diffusion of technology and international trade competition
Preface - L. Soete
19. Technical change and international trade - G. Dosi and L. Soete
20. Why growth rates differ - J. Fagerberg
21. Catching up in technology: entry barriers and windows of opportunity - C. Perez and L. Soete
22. Industrial structure, technical change and microeconomic behaviour in LDCs - K. Unger
23. Multinational enterprises and the international diffusion of technology - F. Chesnais
Part VII - Formal Models
Preface - G. Silverberg
24. Modelling economic dynamics and technical change: mathematical approaches to self-organisation and evolution - G. Silverberg
25. The diffusion of innovations: an interpretative survey - J. Metcalfe
26. Competing technologies: an overview - W.B. Arthur
27. Formalizing growth regimes - R. Boyer
Part VIII - Conclusions
28. Policy Conclusions - R. Nelson and L. Soete
Index