We examine the diffusion of steam technology across British counties during the eighteenth century. First, we provide new estimates for the regional variations in the timing, pace and extent of usage of steam engines. Our main data source is an updated version of the list of steam engines...

New analytical approaches and empirical evidence continue to shed light on the issue of corporate R&D. The papers in this special issue, which were originally presented at the conference Role and Dynamics of Corporate R&D (Seville, 8-9 October 2007), offer a sample of such approaches and...

[eng] The paper investigates the links between technology policy and macroeconomic policy, most explicitly for the EU. It uses a modified AS/AD framework to show how increases of aggregate demand in the form of (say) fiscal policy could feed through to induced gains in technology and growth. The...