TY - BOOK TI - Technology and Economics SN - 9780309583039 AV - HC110.T4 -- T36 1991eb U1 - 338.927 PY - 1991/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - National Academies Press KW - Landau, Ralph -- Congresses KW - Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses KW - Research, Industrial -- United States -- Congresses KW - Economic development -- Congresses KW - United States -- Economic policy -- Congresses KW - Electronic books N1 - Technology & -- Economics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Ralph Landau: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Scholar -- How Competitiveness Can Be Achieved: Fostering Economic Growth and Productivity -- THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN GROWTH -- GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES VERSUS JAPAN -- THE JORGENSON ANALYSIS OF THE SOURCES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH -- RECENT NEW RESEARCH IN GROWTH ECONOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES -- THE LEGAL CLIMATE -- PHYSICAL CAPITAL FORMATION -- R& -- D AND EDUCATION -- MICROECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS -- WHAT SHOULD BE THE NATIONAL GOAL -- HOW GROWTH RATES CAN BE INCREASED TO MEET THE NATIONAL GOAL -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Capital Formation and Economic Growth -- TESTING OF HYPOTHESES -- ACCOUNTING FOR GROWTH -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Investing in Productivity Growth -- REFERENCES -- Technology and the Cost of Equity Capital -- THE COST OF CAPITAL -- THE COST OF EQUITY -- CORPORATE HORIZONS AND THE COST OF CAPITAL -- INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS -- POLICIES THAT REDUCE THE COST OF EQUITY -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Science and Its Applications: How To Succeed -- THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE -- EXPLOIT LUCK THROUGH OBSERVATION -- OPTIMIZE CHAOS -- PERSEVERE -- THINK FUNDAMENTALLY -- MOONLIGHT -- BE ARROGANT -- A SEVENTH KEY TO SUCCESS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- Challenges to Agricultural Research in the Twenty-First Century -- TECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTIONS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- STRESS ON THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM -- BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS -- RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS -- PERSPECTIVE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INNOVATION IN THE CHEMICAL PROCESSING INDUSTRIES -- NOTES -- List of Symposium Participants UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3376315 ER -