TY - GEN AU - Steil, Benn (ed.) AU - Victor, David G. (ed.) AU - Nelson, Richard R. (ed.) ED - Council on Foreign Relations TI - Technological Innovation and Economic Performance T2 - Council on foreign relations books SN - 9780691088747 U1 - 338.064 PY - 2002/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - technological innovations KW - economic aspects KW - industrial productivity KW - case studies N1 - Recommended by: Rasananda Panda; Content: Introduction and overview / Benn Steil, David G. Victor, and Richard R. Nelson -- Innovation in an historical perspective: tales of technology and evolution / Joel Mokyr -- The United States / Robert J. Gordon -- Japan / Adam S. Posen -- Germany / Horst Siebert and Michael Stolpe -- France / Patrick A. Messerlin -- The United Kingdom / Stephen Nickell and John Van Reenen -- The Nordic countries / Matti Virén and Markku Malkamaki -- The Internet / David C. Mowery and Timothy Simcoe -- Computers and semiconductors / Richard N. Langlois -- Banking and financial intermediation / Charles W. Calomiris -- Securities trading / Ian Domowitz and Benn Steil -- Venture capital / Josh Lerner -- Pharmaceutical biotechnology / Gary P. Pisano -- Agricultural biotechnology / Robert E. Evenson -- Electric power / David G. Victor -- Automobiles / Charles H. Fine and Daniel M.G. Raff ER -