Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I INTRODUCTION -- 1 Introduction and Overview -- 2 Innovation in an Historical Perspective: Tales of Technology and Evolution -- Part II COUNTRY STUDIES -- 3 The United States -- 4 Japan -- 5 Germany -- 6 France -- 7...

Demonstrates how ideas in economics have shaped business decisions and models, as well as government policies. Discusses the pace of future innovation, how economists think about the world, and the role and importance of markets and their limits.

Is the internet a big deal? -- Why productivity is so important -- Productivity and the internet: what lies ahead? -- Benefits of the Internet that may not show up in the gdp -- Realizing the Internet's potential -- Concluding thoughts