Special Issue The Economics of Technology Policy
Author: Albert N. Link
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 244
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKGovernment as Entrepreneur
Author: Albert N. Link
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009-08-26
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0199708843
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGovernment acts as entrepreneur when its involvement in market activities is both innovative and characterized by entrepreneurial risk. Thinking of government as entrepreneur is a unique lens through which the authors of this book examine a specific subset of U.S. government policy actions. As such, their viewpoint underscores the purposeful intent of government, its ability to act in new and innovative ways, and its willingness to undertake policy actions that have uncertain outcomes. Viewing particular policy actions through an entrepreneurial lens is useful in two broad dimensions. First, it underscores the forward looking nature of policy makers as well as the need to evaluate the social outputs and outcomes of their behavior in terms of broad spillover impacts. Second, government acting as entrepreneur parallels in concept similar activities that occur in the private sector. Government as Entrepreneur is the first broad effort to emphasize the entrepreneurial aspects of governments. It is also the first systematic treatment of U.S. innovation policies to promote the formation of strategic research partnerships. It will foster a new perspective on the role of government and how incentives for government to act entrepreneurially might be institutionalized; it will serve as a vehicle for policy makers and scholars to think about the entrepreneurial actors in an economy, in a new way.
Assessing Technology and Innovation Policies
Author: Cristiano Antonelli
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-05-21
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 0429665997
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume brings together eminent international scholars to discuss and analyze regional and national technology and innovation policies from an economic assessment or economic impacts perspective. The analysis covers policies relevant to countries in Europe and Asia, and the United States. Not only might this volume initiate further study of technology and innovation policies, on a country-by-country basis, but also it might open doors for comparative policy analysis. This book was originally published as a special issue of Economics of Innovation and New Technology.
Innovation Studies
Author: Jan Fagerberg
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2013-10-31
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 019150985X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInnovation is increasingly recognized as a vitally important social and economic phenomenon worthy of serious research study. Firms are concerned about their innovation ability, particularly relative to their competitors. Politicians care about innovation, too, because of its presumed social and economic impact. However, to recognize that innovation is desirable is not sufficient. What is required is systematic and reliable knowledge about how best to influence innovation and to exploit its effects to the full. Gaining such knowledge is the aim of the field of innovation studies, which is now at least half a century old. Hence, it is an opportune time to ask what has been achieved and what we still need to know more about. This is what this book sets out to explore. Written by a number of central contributors to the field, it critically examines the current state of the art and identifies issues that merit greater attention. The focus is mainly on how society can derive the greatest benefit from innovation and what needs to done to achieve this. However, to learn more about how society can benefit more from innovation, one also needs to understand innovation processes in firms and how these interact with broader social, institutional and political factors. Such issues are therefore also central to the discussion here.
Advanced Introduction to Technology Policy
Author: Albert N. Link
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2021-05-28
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1789902126
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis intuitive Advanced Introduction provides an in-depth review of current U.S. technology policy, tracing the legislative history of policies such as the Economic Recovery Tax Act, the Small Business Innovation Development Act and the National Cooperative Research Act. The critical elements of the ecosystem in which technology policy exists are also discussed, with a particular focus on U.S. patent policy and U.S. investments in infrastructure technology.
Journal of Public Policy and Marketing
Author: Thomas C. Kinnear
Publisher: American Marketing Association
Published: 1984-05
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Economics of Information Technology
Author: Hal R. Varian
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-12-23
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 1139456725
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Economics of Information Technology is a concise and accessible review of some of the important economic factors affecting information technology industries. These industries are characterized by high fixed costs and low marginal costs of production, large switching costs for users, and strong network effects. These factors combine to produce some unique behavior. The book consists of two parts. In the first part, Professor Varian outlines the basic economics of these industries. In the second part, Professors Farrell and Shapiro describe the impact of these factors on competition policy. The clarity of the analysis and exposition makes this an ideal introduction for undergraduate and graduate students in economics, business strategy, law and related areas.
The New Economics of Technology Policy
Author: Dominique Foray
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 457
ISBN-13: 184844916X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis innovative book comprehensively sheds light on the theory and practice of technological policies by employing modern analytical tools and economic techniques. The New Economics of Technology Policy focuses on all public interventions intended to influence the intensity, composition and direction of technological innovations within a given entity such as a region, country or group of countries. Dominique Foray has gathered together many of the leading scholars in the field to comprehensively explore numerous avenues and pathways of research. Bringing together a collection of policy-oriented papers, this book will strongly appeal to policy-makers, academic researchers and graduate students with an interest in economics, public policy, science, technology and society.
