Technology and Economics

Abstract

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.