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Technology and Economic Progress

Proceedings of Section F (Economics) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Belfast, 1987

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1989

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  1. Aubrey Silberston

    1. Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (9 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Technology and Economic Progress: The Supply and Demand for Scientists and Engineers

    • Aubrey Silberston
    Pages 1-24

  3. Science and Industry in the United Kingdom — 1952 and 1987

    • Bruce Williams
    Pages 25-42

  4. Economic Organisation and Technological Change

    • Partha Dasgupta
    Pages 43-53

  5. Evolution and Economic Change

    • Stan Metcalfe
    Pages 54-85

  6. Market Forces and the Evolution of Supply in the British Telecommunications and Electricity Supply Industries

    • Nicholas von Tunzelmann
    Pages 86-112

  7. The Technological Activities of the UK: A Fresh Look

    • Pari Patel, Keith Pavitt
    Pages 113-154

  8. The Economic Importance of Patents

    • Aubrey Silberston
    Pages 155-180

  9. Technical Change and the Work/Leisure Balance: A New System of Socio-economic Accounts

    • Jonathan Gershuny
    Pages 181-215

  10. Strategy and Finance in Small High-Technology Companies

    • John Grieve Smith, Vivien Fleck
    Pages 216-239

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 241-248
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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.

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  • Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK

    Aubrey Silberston

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