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"This book analyses the relationship between technological innovation and economic development in Japan before World … industries to shed light on technological innovation in the Japanese context with particular emphasis on the importance of the … countries in terms of how human capital, social capabilities and thereby technological innovation can figure in economic growth …
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Biographical information on a sample of renowned U.S. inventors is combined with information on the patents they received over their careers, and employed to highlight the implications of patent institutions for markets in inventions and for democratization. The United States deliberately...
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Biographical information on a sample of renowned U.S. inventors is combined with information on the patents they received over their careers, and employed to highlight the implications of patent institutions for markets in inventions and for democratization. The United States deliberately...
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Did the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars contribute to the Industrial Revolution? Recent scholarship argues warfare was an important factor in explaining Britain's industrialisation, by encouraging the invention and diffusion of key technologies with military applications. I re-examine...
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PART 1: 1774-1800 -- Chapter 1. The Extent of Steam Power Diffusion in Britain, 1774-1800: A Revision -- Chapter 2. Engineering Skills and the Efficiency of Steam Engines During Watt’s Patent -- Chapter 3. The Annual Cost of Watt vs. Newcomen Engines During the Duration of Watt’s Patent and...
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Did the outbreak of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars influence technical change during the Industrial Revolution? We address this question by investigating an instance of state intervention into the market for inventions from 1793-1820: the introduction of a new proviso into British...
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