Creation and Transfer of Knowledge: Institutions and Incentives

ISBN-13: 9783540644262 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 314 str.

P. DasGupta; K. G. Maler; P. Gupta

Opis

Is knowledge an economic good? Cumulation of knowledge is a key determinant of economic growth, but only recently has knowledge moved to the core of economic analysis. This volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach to focus attention on knowledge as a key economic issue.

Recenzje

"This well written volume adopts a multidisciplinary approach to bring knowledge to the focus of attention, as a key economic issue."
Euroabstracts, 38/1998

Spis treści

G. Barba Navaretti, P. Dasgupta, K.G. Mäler, D. Siniscalo: Production and Transmission of Knowledge: Institutions and Economic Incentives. An Introduction.- Production of Knowledge: M. Hollingsworth: Patronage and Innovation in Architecture.- P. Aghion, J. Tirole: Opening the Black Box of Innovation.- G. Barba Navaretti, A. Bigano: R&D Inter-firm Agreements in Developing Countries. Where? Why? How?.- B. Jovanovic, Y. Nyarko: Research and Productivity.- R. Henderson, A.B. Jaffe, M. Trajtenberg: University Patenting Amid Changing Incentives for Commercialization.- P.A. David: Communication Norms and the Collective Cognitive Performance of 'Invisible Colleges'.- Transmission and Diffusion of Knowledge: J. Goody: Literacy and the Diffusion of Knowledge across Cultures and Times.- G. Bertola, D.C. Pirani: Market Failures, Education, and Macroeconomics.- J.-F. Thisse, Y. Zenou: How to Finance Education when the Labor Force is Heterogeneous?.- I. Bignamini, E. Castelnuovo: The Role of Educational Institutions in the Art Sector: From Academies to the Grand Tour.- A. Patel: Oral Transmission in Indian Classical Music: The Gharana System.- J. R. Markusen, A. J. Venables: The International Transmission of Knowledge by Multinational Firms: Impacts on Source and Host Country Skilled Labor.- M. Blomström, A. Kokko: Foreign Investment as a Vehicle for International Technology Transfer.