Technology and the pursuit of economic growth / David C. Mowery, Nathan Rosenberg.

Contents;

Part I: Introduction
1. A new framework for research and development: Analysis and policy implications

Part II: The development of the institutional structure, 1860-1940
2. The growing role of science in the innovation process
3. The beginnings of the commercial exploitation of science by U.S. industry
4. The U.S. research system before 1945
5. The organization of industrial research in great Britain, 1900-1950

Part III: The development of the postwar system, 1940-1987
6. Postwar federal investment in research and development
7. The U.S. commercial aircraft industry

Part IV: New environment, new research organizations
8. The changing context of innovation, 1980-present
9. International and domestic collaboration in research and development
10. The merger of technology and trade policies
11. Concluding observations

Bibliographical references : p. 297-320 . _ Index : p. 321-330.