Introduction

Part I: A Perspective on Economic Growth and Technical Advance
1. Research on Productivity Growth and Productivity Differences: Dead Ends and New Departures
2. Capitalism as an Engine of Progress

Part II: Schumpeterian Competition
3. Schumpeter and Contemporary Research on the Economics of Innovation
4. Why Do Firms Differ, and How Does It Matter?
5. On Limiting or Encouraging Rivalry in Technical Progress: The Effect of Patent-Scope Decisions

Part III: Science and Technical Advance
6. The Role of Knowledge in R&D Efficiency
7. The Link between Science and Invention: The Case of the Transistor
8. American Universities and Technical Advance in Industry

Part IV: International Differences and International Convergence
9. The Rise and Fall of American Technological Leadership: The Postwar Era in Historical Perspective
10. National Innovation Systems: A Retrospective on a Study


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Richard R. Nelson is George Blumenthal Professor of International and Public Affairs, Business, and Law, Emeritus, at Columbia University.

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