Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics, and History

by Nathan Rosenberg

Book Overview

This book presents a unique account of how technological change is generated and the processes by which improved technologies are introduced into economic activity. The central theme of the book is the idea that technological changes are often path dependent: their form and direction tend to be influenced strongly by the particular sequence of earlier events out of which a new technology has emerged. Individual chapters explore the particular features...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521459559
• ISBN13: 9780521459556
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"