Technological Innovation and Economic Performance

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I INTRODUCTION -- 1 Introduction and Overview -- 2 Innovation in an Historical Perspective: Tales of Technology and Evolution -- Part II COUNTRY STUDIES -- 3 The United States -- 4 Japan -- 5 Germany -- 6 France -- 7 The United Kingdom -- 8 The Nordic Countries -- Part III INDUSTRY STUDIES -- 9 The Internet -- 10 Computers and Semiconductors -- 11 Banking and Financial Intermediation -- 12 Securities Trading -- 13 Venture Capital -- 14 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology -- 15 Agricultural Biotechnology -- 16 Electric Power -- 17 Automobiles -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index