The Machine in America
The Machine in America

Author: Carroll Pursell

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2007-03-15

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0801885787

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From the medieval farm implements used by the first colonists to the invisible links of the Internet, the history of technology in America is a history of society as well. This title analyzes technology's impact on the lives of women and men. It also discusses the innovation of an American system of manufactures.

Technology, Regions, and Policy
Technology, Regions, and Policy

Author: John Rees

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780847674091

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Technology, Regions, and Policy examines the links between technological change, regional development, and government policy. This timely book provides a synthesis of recent scholarship-the results of original research projects carried out by a distinguished group of academics. It explores the complex questions of how high-technology areas develop, the factors influencing the spread of industrial technology, and the impact of technological change on labor creation and displacement.

Dynamics of Distribution and Diffusion of New Technology
Dynamics of Distribution and Diffusion of New Technology

Author: Claude Diebolt

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-06-20

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 3319327445

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This book presents a comprehensive study of adoption and diffusion of technology in developing countries in a historical perspective. Combining the development of growth trajectories of the Indian economy in general and its manufacturing industry in particular, the book highlights the effective marriage between qualitative and quantitative methods for a better understanding and explaining of many hidden dynamic behaviors of adoption and diffusion trend in manufacturing industry. The use of various econometric methods is aimed to equip readers to make a judgement of the current state of diffusion pattern of new technologies in India and simulate a desirable future pattern in view of the various pro-industrial growth policies.

The U.S. Textile and Apparel Industry
The U.S. Textile and Apparel Industry

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13:

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This report describes the plight of America's textile industries threatened by imports from countries paying lower wages to workers. S/N 052-003-01064-0: $7.50.

The Government Role in Civilian Technology
The Government Role in Civilian Technology

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1992-02-01

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0309046300

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As U.S. industry faces worldwide challenges, policymakers are asking questions about the role of the federal government-not only in promoting basic research but also in ushering new innovations to the marketplace. This book offers an expert consensus on how government and industry together can respond to the new realities of a global marketplace. The volume offers firm conclusions about policy and organizational changes with the greatest potential to improve our technological competitiveness-and presents three alternative approaches for a new federal role. The volume examines: How federal involvement in technology development affects the nation's economic well-being. What we can learn from past federal efforts to stimulate civilian technology development-in the United States and among our major industrial competitors. How trends in productivity, R&D, and other key areas have affected U.S. performance, and how we compare to the world's rising industrial economies. Offering guidance on one of the 1990s most important issues, this volume will be indispensible to federal policymakers, executives in industry and technology, and researchers.