• Front Matter R1-R16

• Editors' Overview 1-16

• The Impact of Techological Innovation: A Historical View 17-32

• Macroeconomics, Technology, and Economic Growth: An Introduction to Some Important Issues 33-56

• Microeconomics and Productivity 57-76

• Dynamic Competition and Productivity Advances 77-88

• The Effect of Recent Macroeconomic Policies on Innovation and Productivity 89-92

• Macrorealities of the Information Economy 93-104

• Harnessing Technology for Growth 105-114

• Technology and Its Role in Modern Society 115-118

• National Science Policy and Technoligical Innovation 119-168

• The Role of the Legal System in Technological Innovation and Economic Growth 169-190

• The Bhopalization of American Tort Law 191-212

• From Understanding to Manipulating DNA 213-226

• The Physical Sciences As the Basis for Modern Technology 227-254

• Technological Education 255-262

• Basic Research in the Universities: How Much Utility? 263-274

• An Overview of Innovation 275-306

• Microeconomics of Technological Innovation 307-326

• Macroeconomics and Microeconomics of Innovation: The Role of the Technological Environment 327-332

• Technical Change and Innovation in Agriculture 333-356

• Technology Adoption: The Services Industries 357-372

• Technology Diffusion, Public Policy, and Industrial Competitiveness 373-392

• Determinants of Innovative Activity 393-398

• Programmed Innovation--Strategy for Success 399-416

• The Chemical Industry: Challenges, Risks, and Rewards 417-422

• Entrepeneurship and Innovation: The Electronics Industry 423-428

• Entrepeneurship and Innovation: Biotechnology 429-436

• Impact of Entrepeneurship and Innovation on the Distribution of Personal Computers 437-440

• Making the Transition From Entrepeneur to Large Company 441-442

• Cultivating Technological Innovation 443-452

• The Role of Large Banks in Financing Innovation 453-466

• A View From Wall Street 467-472

• Trends in Financing Innovation 473-478

• Technology and Trade: A Study of U.S. Competitiveness in Seven Industries 479-500

• Global Competition--The New Reality: Results of the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness 501-510

• The Need for National Consensus to Improve 511-516

• Innovation, Job Creation, and Competitiveness 517-526

• Dangers in U.S. Efforts to Promote International Competitiveness 527-534

• Government Policies for Innovation and Growth 535-540

• The Japanese Challenge in High Technology 541-568

• The Macroeconomic Background for High-Tech Industrialization in Japan 569-582

• Capital Formation in the United States and apan 583-606

• Contributors 607-622

• Index 623-640

" Macrorealities of the Information Economy ." The Positive Sum Strategy: Harnessing Technology for Economic Growth . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1986 .

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