The economic benefits and consequences of measurement standards -- Public support of measurement standards -- Measurement standards activities at the national institute of standards and technology -- Calibration testing at the national institute of standards and technology -- Summary remarks and...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): George V. Thompson (1954), 'Intercompany, Technical Standardization in the Early American Automobile Industry', Journal of Economic History, 14 (1), Winter, 1-20 -- Charles P. Kindleberger (1983), 'Standards as Public, Collective and Private Goods',...

For this invaluable collection, Professor Link has selected the most significant articles that have emerged in the last fifty years in the field of innovation policy. The first volume addresses the foundations of innovation policy and covers essential topics such as governments' role in...

This comprehensive collection presents the classic articles in the economics of invention and innovation. It covers topics related to sources of inventive and innovative activity, including exogenous and endogenous innovation, with an emphasis on R&D activity and the diffusion of new techniques....