Technology and the Wealth of Nations

orig.cloth Minor rubbing. Some light page-edge soil. VG. 24x15cm, xiv,443 pp Contents: Conceptual Overview: Capital, Technology & Economic Growth; What is "Commercial" & What Is "Public" About Technology, & What Should Be? Successful Commercialization in the Chemical Process Industries; International Differences in Economic Fluctuations; The "Non R&D" Influences on Technology Commercialization: Comparing the Cost of Capital in the United States & Japan; Strategies for Capturing the Financial Benefits from Technological Innovations; Liability & Insurance Problems in the Commercialization of New Products: A Perspective from the United States & England; International Contrasts in Technology Commercialization: The Japanese Pattern of Innovation & Its Evolution; The Organization of the Innovative Process; The International Environment & the Commercialization Process: Dollar Devaluation, Interest Rate Volatility & the Duration of Investment in the United States; Japan's Management of Global Innovation: Technology Managament Across Borders; International Collaborative Ventures & the Commercialization of New Technologies; Managing the Commercialization of Technology: The Technology-Product Relationship: Early & Late Stages; Profiting from Innovations; Managing the Growth of Technical Information. Minor rubbing. Some light page-edge soil. VG.…