Technology and the Wealth of Nations: The Dynamics of Constructed Advantage

The mass of information and stylized facts available on the economics of technical change and industrial innovation has grown immense. This abundance reflects the importance of these phenomena to the understanding of economic growth. This book attempts to distill this unwieldy quantity of information down to a few analytical principles that should enable the reader to understand the factors of technological competitiveness and the links between scientific and technical dynamics and the wealth of nations.